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| The President of Tanzania Hon. Jakaya Kikwete |
C) Kikwete represents the "young Turk" segment of the CCM party. He is popular, politically adroit, charismatic and very ambitious. In socially conservative Tanzania, however, Kikwete's relative youth - he is 55 - has worked against him. So has his playboy reputation. As the party has increasingly emphasized experience and education, Kikwete has a built an impressive resume. Since 1995, Kikwete has been Foreign Minister and also the MP for Chalinze Constituency. Previous government positions include Minister for Finance (1994-95), and Deputy Minister, then Minister for Energy, Minerals and Water (1990- 94.) For the twenty years before his government service, Kikwete served in various positions in the CCM party, and in its predecessor party, TANU.
7. (U) Kikwete comes from the small town of Msogo, on the coast near Bagamoyo. He has a BA in economics from the University of Dar es Salaam.
8. (C) An able politician, Kikwete is a somewhat unenthusiastic administrator. On Embassy row, his Foreign Ministry has a reputation for being understaffed and minimally responsive. Kikwete himself is personable, and conveys the impression that he will at least consider the views of foreign diplomats. Kikwete has signaled that he might discuss signing an Article 98 agreement with the US; the current President Benjamin Mkapa has firmly closed the door on any agreement for the remainder of his Presidency. For years, observers of the Great Lakes conflicts have considered Kikwete to be virulently pro-Hutu. Rumors that he was facilitating arms transfers to Burundian Hutu rebels persisted, but have never been substantiated. Kikwete's marriage to a cousin of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana may have fueled these rumors, which are now fading as the Burundi conflict winds down.
9. (u) Please see Embassy Dar es Salaam's SPRNet site for a complete update and background on the Tanzanian elections.
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Kuna wakati JK alikuwa na girl friend wa Kinyarwanda, sasa sijui kama ndiye huyo.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, huyu mkuu wetu naona hana siri. Nimekutana na Mfilipino New York alikuwa dreva na mara nyingi akimpeleka mkuu wetu kwenye mastarehe. Yaani masimulizi yake utachoka.
Nadhani kuna maeneo hawakuwa makini. Kikwete kaanza uwaziri wa mambo ya nje after genocide and not before.
ReplyDeleteHizi cable ambazo haziwi scrutinized ni sawa na genge la gossips japo mara nyingi zimekuwa vyanzo vya taarifa nyeti na muhimu.
ReplyDeleteKaazi ipo kweli kweli. Kama hivi ndivyo wamarekani wanavyowaona viongozi wetu hasa ukichanganya hii na ile wikileaks kuhusu suti, then our leaders need to be very carefully with the Americans.
ReplyDeleteSina uhakika na Mkapa (hakuwa rais wakati wa genocide) kuunga mkono wahutu lakini mwandishi wa kitabu 'Genocide and Covert Operations in Africa', anahusisha kifo cha Jenerali Imran Kombe na mauaji ya Rwanda. Imezungumza pia conspiracy ya kuharibika kwa ndege ya rais wa Burundi hapa Dar, delay ya ndege ya Rais wa Rwanda na baadaye rais wa Burundi kupewa lift na rais wa Rwanda na wote kufa saa moja baada ya kutoka Dar es Salaam. Nashindwa kukataa kuhusu Mkapa ila kama mwandishi yuko sahihi kuna dalili kuwa some sections within our intelligence were in support of the rebels from Uganda.
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm not surprised! Shame shame shame!
ReplyDeleteSo, according to this thread, The plane carrying Habyarimana and his colleague from Burundi was short down by his own Hutu men?? Hahahahaaaaa! Only a fool believes this! And this phrase is enough to show who wrote these rubbishes in the name of US diplomat!!!! The boarder is at your disposal Mr. War-man and blood sucker, just cross with your army!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAccording to secret US State
ReplyDeleteDepartment cables published by whistle-blowing site
Wikileaks, President Jakaya Kikwete’s wife fondly known in
Tanzania as “Mama Salma Kikwete” is a cousin of former
Rwanda leader Juvenal Habyarimana. The shocking details are
contained in a cable sent to Washington on Thursday May 5th,
2005, by Shabyna Stillman, a senior diplomat at the US
embassy in Dar es Salaam.