JK hold talks with host US President Barak Obama and Secretary of State Sen. Hilary Clinton in the oval office May 21, 2009
JK shakes hands with U.S. Acting Chief of Protocol Gladys Boluda as he leaves the West Wing of the White House in Washington following his private meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. 
President Kikwete and Obama after holding talks in the oval office
President Kikwete shakes hands with his host President Obama in the oval office
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Department of State Ofice in Washington DC this afternoon.The President later met The US President Barrack Obama at the White House in Washington DC.By Oscar Obonyo
President Barack Obama’s administration could deploy its clout to force Kenya to hasten constitutional reforms.
President Barack Obama’s administration could deploy its clout to force Kenya to hasten constitutional reforms.
For the second time on Saturday, the US Ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, told The Standard on Sunday various options are available, including travel bans.
His statement reinforced another this month by Obama’s official emissary to President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Johnnie Carson, who made it clear his brief was to "warn a friend" America could soon "flex its muscles".
Ranneberger spoke against the backdrop of a closed-door meeting between Obama and Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete. It is believed Kenya’s troubled coalition and the gradual loss of grip by the weak-kneed Somali government featured at the meeting.
A secure Kenya is viewed by America and the European Union as guaranteed vanguard against the spill over of terrorism from lawless Somalia.
The turn of events, coming at a time the local economy and political fabric are tattered, rekindle memories of the first months of last year, when then US President George Bush sent messages to Kibaki and Raila that power sharing was not a matter of personal preference but inevitable.
Again like it is today one man, who played a big role in breaking the ice between Kibaki and Raila, was in the loop – President Kikwete who had just been crowned the African Union chairman. Bush flew into Tanzania – and it is after they met that Kikwete crossed over to Kenya with a message now believed to have been choosing between power sharing and dispatch of United Nations peacekeepers.
At the time, before Bush landed and with Kibaki having named a half-Cabinet with Kalonzo Musyoka as Vice-President, the VP flew to Tanzania to meet Kikwete.
This round again Kalonzo left the funeral of Water Minister Charity Ngilu’s mother, saying he was flying to Tanzania to meet Kikwete.
While there, his press service as well as the Tanzanian Press, curiously did not mention he had had closely-guarded talks with Kikwete, who was about to travel to the US. It is the journey that made him the first African leader to meet Obama as President.
As Kenya was told by Rannerberger, Obama would not set foot here, despite this being his ancestral roots, because of political disorder and jolt to the reform process.
Meanwhile, Ghana was celebrating Obama’s decision to choose her as his first stop as the President of the world’s only superpower.
In what our sources described as a "critical encounter", Kalonzo met Kikwete on May 15.
According to a report filed from Washington in Saturday’s Daily News of Tanzania, Kikwete and Obama discussed Kenya’s political situation and "other trouble regions of Darfur, DRC and Somalia".
Raila’s one-week tour.
The details of the discussions were however scanty, but given the stand US ambassador in Kenya has taken on the confusion in the Grand Coalition, and the slow pace of reforms, and with Kikwete’s perceived ‘expertise’ on Kenya’s affairs, it cannot be ruled out the issues raised by Rannerberger featured.
Asked what was discussed by the two world leaders on Saturday, the ambassador, who has adopted grassroots-based healing and reconciliation effort among communities scarred by post-election violence, said he did not know.
Interestingly, Kikwete’s visit to the US also coincided with that of Raila’s one-week tour of the superpower nation, where a few weeks ago, his wife Ida, met Mrs Mitchell Obama.
Raila’s team was tight-lipped on whether he tried or may even have talked to Obama, or even what Ida discussed with US first black First Lady.
From Tanzania, the regular VPPS dispatches captured events involving Tanzania’s VP, Dr. Ali Mohammed Shein.
"The two (Kikwete and Kalonzo) met although no details were divulged and we have been warned against running the story," an editor of Rai, Tanzania’s weekly political newspaper, confirmed to The Standard on Sunday.
According to the journalist, Kalonzo flew to Dar on Friday, and was met by his Tanzanian counterpart who drove him straight to State House for a meeting with Kikwete.
"Officially, your Vice-President’s host during the two-day trip was Dr Shein and not Kikwete.
We could not run this story because State House officials confided to us President Kikwete was sensitive over the Kenyan affair as he did not wish to be seen to favour any side of the political divide," the editor said in a telephone interview.
Although details of the Kalonzo-Kikwete meeting remain hazy, chances are the encounter was linked to the Obama meeting at the Oval Office on Thursday.
Kalonzo, a former Foreign Affairs Minister, played the same role, flying into African States shortly after the disputed presidential election, to give the PNU account to the international community.
It is not clear whether Raila was also in touch with the Tanzanian leader ahead of his meeting with Obama.
The Standard on Sunday also could not establish whether Raila was scheduled to meet Obama, although Kenya’s ambassador to the US, Peter Ogego, said the PM was not expected in Washington.
A fortnight ago Obama warned President Kibaki and PM to ease political tension and fully execute the National Accord as crafted by former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
His message, through Carson, was blunt: "The US is ready to take necessary steps should the coalition fail to implement the Annan agreement."
Tattered economy.
The apparent scramble for Kikwete’s attention by local leaders is understandable. The Kenyan situation after all formed part of the agenda of Obama-Kikwete talks.
Obama’s dissatisfaction with the local political leadership comes in the wake of a gloomy Economic Survey report by Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya. With a just 1.7 per cent growth, Kenya’s economy is no better than warring Somalia’s 2.6 per cent.
And even as the US is increasingly lumps Kenya with failed States in the region, the disturbing aspect of the unfolding drama is the country’s inability to tap and take advantage of the US President’s roots.
The one man, who is running away first with possible political and economic advantage from Obama, is Kikwete. Since election as Tanzania’s President in 2006, Kikwete has enjoyed closer ties with the ‘Big Brother’. That was the case during the reign of 43rd US President George W Bush.
His country’s clout and fortune have correspondingly risen as Kenya’s plummet.
In mid-2006, for instance, Kenyans reacted angrily when news filtered through that Bush and Kikwete had discussed Kenya, during a bilateral meeting in Washington.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Moses Wetangula, then an Assistant Minister, demanded a public apology from the two leaders.
Two years later, Bush flew to Tanzania when the country was burning, from where he issued threats to Kenyans to stop further bloodshed and form a coalition government.
Kikwete delivered the message and it worked.
Today, Kikwete still occupies that special and envious place in the eyes of American leadership.
Last Thursday, he met Obama in Washington. When Kikwete invited Obama to Tanzania, which former President Clinton like Bush, visited and snubbed Kenya, the new US leader’s response was more than curious.
"I would like to visit Tanzania. Last time I saw your country from the other side of Serengeti National Park," he said, referring to his 2006 visit to Kenya.
Then, Kibaki’s spokesman, Alfred Mutua, dismissed Obama as, "a junior Senator from Illinois". Mutua was reacting to Obama’s assertion corruption is undermining Kenya’s development.
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Tanzania elbows Kenya to become darling of US
As Kikwete claims the honour of being the first African head of state to visit White House, the growing estrangement between America and Kibaki’s regime is likely to pile further pressure on the troubled Grand Coalition Government.
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete this week claimed the honour of being the first African head of state to visit President Obama’s White House, in a move that will further highlight Kenya’s diminished status on the international scene.
The visit came on the back of a public snub by President Obama, who has opted to make Ghana the destination of his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa.
The growing estrangement between the US and Kenya
Safi sana mwanangu JK.
ReplyDeleteWANAUMIA SANA WAGARATIA.PRESIDENT KILA KONA UNAKUBALIKA SI UMANGANI WALA MAMTONI.
TUTAKUPA TU 2010 NA HATA KATIBA TUNAWEZA KUIBADILISHA 2015 UENDELEE KUPETA KINA MWANAKIJIJI WALIE TU.
MDAU MSWAHILI.
WAKENYA WAACHE KUFIKIRIA KWAMBA OBAMA ATAKUWA ANAWAWEKA MBELE KILA KITU KWA VILE BABAKE KATOKA KENYA.HAKUNA MAMBO HAYO KWENYE NCHI ZILIZO ENDELEA.WAO WAENDELEE NA UKABILA WAO NA OBAMA YEYE HATOBAGUA NCHI YOYOTE. NI RAISI WA MAREKANI SIO WA KENYA.
ReplyDeleteMnyonge mnyongeni haki yake mpeni
ReplyDeleteKikwete ni mmoja katika ya Marais wazuri kabisa wa wakati huu katika Afrika. Mbali ya kuwa anakubalika na mataifa mbalimbali makubwa, lakini pia ni mtu mwenye diplomasia ya hali ya juu, mtaratibu (kwa maana ni mfuata taratibu), si mpenda makuu (kwa maana hana majivuno), ni moja kati ya marais wavumilivu kabisa kama waliomtangulia. Hana jazba na ni mpenda watu.
Mungu akubariki JK, japo kuna wachache wanaokusema vibaya ninaamini hiyo ni kawaida kwa binadamu tumeumbwa tofauti kunawengi rangi nyeupe kwao ni kijivu na kijivu ni nyeusi ili mradi tu kila mtu na mtizamo wake.
Bravo Mh Rais.
Michuzi, kuhusu kikwete wananchi kwa pamoja tumekubali kuwa atawale milele hiyo sio tatizo, tatizo nipale tunapoona nchi yetu au wanachi wenzetu wanapoibiwa wazi wazi na wageni tena kwa kutumia watanzania wenzao kama wanavyofanya hawa wenye makampuni ya simu.
ReplyDeleteSiamini kila kukicha anakuta hawa wenye makampuni ya simu wanajifanya kuto misaada kwa wananchi tena kwa kutumia hata viongozi wa serikali.
Mimi inaniuma sana hii kwasababu najua kabisa haya makampuni yanawaibia watanzania kwa kiwango cha juu sana. Nchi yetu gharama za simu zipo juu mno ukilinganisha na mataifa mengine.
Naomba msamaa kwasababu maoni yangu hayaendani na hizi picha ulizotoa hapo juu lakini nimeona niwaunge mkono wote waliochangia katika hilo tangazo la vodacom hapo chini. Jamaa aliyetoa maoni kuhusu wizi wa haya makampuni kanigusa sana.
Nakumbuka hata baba wa taifa (Mwalimu Nyerere) alisema tusiwe wapumbavu kwa kupewa misaada inayotumaliza pia kwa kutumia wanchi wenzetu.
HUU NI UPUMBAVU WA HARI YA JUU.
Habari kaka Michuzi,
ReplyDeletePole sana kwa challenges zinazokukumba ila nataka nikutie moyo kwamba hata Obama alikumbana na vikwazo hivi toka hata kwa some of black folks... Jersey Jackson alishawahi toa maneno ya kashfa sana kwa Obama hadharani na wengi kundhihaki lkn mwisho wa siku ni ushindi tuuu kaka.. keep it up ,you are doing a good job..
Well,.. nikija kwenye hili swala la Kenya media perspectives juu ya mkutano wa JK na Obama. Nadhani wana Kenya walikuwa na HOPE kubwa sana juu yake na kutudharau sana sisi wa TZ . Natoa pongezi kwa His excelency JK kwa kuona hii opportunity na kuitumia vizuri. Viongozi wa kikazi hiki kipya wanatakiwa waige mfano wa JK ..badala ya kupoteza muda kujibu hoja za wapuuzi wanaotaka kumfundisha nini cha kufanya kama yeye hana macho na haoni matatizo ya watanzani amepiga "one step ahead" na kuendelea kuiweka nchi yetu kwenye platform ya kimataifa. Badala ya kupiga madongo wa TZ tujifunze kutoa constructive ideas na kumshauri president jinsi ya kuimarisha uhusiano huu ambao kwa juhudi zake binafsi ameuendeleza.
Mimi bado nina imani kubwa na raisi wetu na kusema kweli amefanya kazi kubwa sana mpaka sasa hivi. Suala la msingi ni yeye awe makini na hawa wa Kenya maana sasa watatafuta kila mbinu ili wajipendekeze kwa Obama ikiwezekana hata kwa kutuumiza sisi. Vilevile awe makini na hawa viongozi wake aliowapa mamlaka na ngazi za juu za uongozi wa nchi...wapo wengi tunaowafahamu ambao wameshashindwa kutekeleza majukumu yao ya msingi na kuendekeza rushwa na kujuana. Kwa mfano jiji la DSM sasa hivi ni kituko ..wamachinga wamerudi tena kama kawaida hadi kwenye CBD, vibaka bwelele , wapiga debe ndo usiseme , mitaro inanuka mpaka basi.....(sory kama ni nje ya mada but i hope msg is sent)
Nawakilisha,
MBAGAMOYO.
WAKENYA BWANA!!! NIMEFURAHI MTOA COMMENT HAPO JUU ALIVOSEMA WAACHE UKABILA. KENYA NI NCHI NZURI ILA UKABILA KWA KWELI UNABOA, OBAMA HANA UKABILA JAMANI, YE HABAGUI WALA KUCHAGUA
ReplyDeleteTATIZO WAKENYA BADO WANA SUPERIORITY KWA WATANZANIA, KWA HIYO HAWATAKI KUKUBALI KUWA KUNA MAZURI WATZ TUNAWEZA KUFANYA, NAFIKIRI ILI NI TATIZO LA WAKENYA, HATA KWA SISI TULIOSOMA KENYA TUNAFAHAMU KWAMBA TOKEA MASHULENI WAKENYA WATUDHARAU KUWA TUNATOKA NCHI MASIKINI,
ReplyDeleteHATA KUNA DRAMA ILIKUWA INAONESHWA KWENYE TV YA KUHUSU RUSHWA KWENYE IMMIGRATION/VISAS ISSUANCE, JAMAA ALIKUWA HANA HELA ZA KUHONGA NA ANATAKA VISA YA UK, AKAAMBIA HAKUNA LABDA WAMPATIE YA TANZANIA, NA WATU WOTE WAKACHEKA, HII NI DHARAU TU YA HAWA WATANI WETU WA JADI, LAZIMA WAKENYA WAKUBALI KUWA TZ INAINUKA KWA KASI YA AJABU NA HAKIKA WITH JK, TZ ITAKUWA PARADISO YA AFRIKA MASHARIKI
hizo ni frustrations zao hao wakenya, yaani ndoa yako inayumba wewe baada ya kuinusuru ndoa yako, unalalamika jirani anachangia, vipi wewe jifungie ndani na mwenzako mmalize tofauti zenu,
ReplyDeleteKenyans try to solve your problems and stop blame others for your failure
Nimesoma makala za magazeti ya Kenya zinazozungumzia ziara ya kikwete marekani na jinsi inavyovyohusisha pia uhusiano wa Kenya na mareknai kwa upande mmoja na Tanzania na marekani kwa upande mwingine. Nimesoma pia makala na tahariri ya moja ya magazeti ya Tanzania. Naomba niseme tu kuwa sijafurahishwa sana na mwitikio wetu kwa yale wanayoyasema huko kenya. Hakika hawajajisifu kuwa wako juu yetu sisi, wala hawajasema kuwa kikwete anajipendekeza au anashindana na kibaki. Wanacholia wenyewe ni kuwa mtafaruku wao katika serikali ya umoja ndiyo chanzo cha marekani kuisusa nchi asili ya rais wa taifa la marekani. Kwa hiyo niliposoma tahariri inayotaka kufananisha maraisi wetu wote waliotangulia na wale wa kenya nadhani tunaenda mbali kuliko inavyostahili. Kwa hakika inakuwa kama vile tunawapa sifa hata wasiyoistahili kwa kuandika kwa namna tunavyoandika. Huo ni mtizamo wangu na sintashangaa kuwa yawezekana umetokana na tatizo la ”GLOBAL WARMING” –si unajua makala za kenya nilizosoma ziliandikwa kwa kiingereza. Nawasilisha ni mimi JRPM(2009)
ReplyDeleteSasa hawa nao wamekosa cha kuongea au .... kwa hiyo kila kiongozi wa KE akija TZ ni kwaajili ya kukutana na viongozi wa juu wa Marekani hivyo wanamaanisha viongizi wa TZ ie JK ni mesenger wao. Halafu huyo huyo messenger anatembelewa ... I like their way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteBUT anyway wasijali hayo ni mambo ya "a junior Senator from Illinois"
Acheni hizo, kikwete mzuri, kikwete mzuri!! ni kweli kikwete anakubalika sana sana nje ya nchi na ndo maana ziara haziishi, ila je hicho ndo kigezo pekee cha raisi kuwa mzuri? anashindwa kutofautisha kazi yake ya uwaziri wa mambo ya nje na urais!
ReplyDeletehuku kukumbaia na kupendwa na wawekezaji kunatuumiza sana! Cheki kama sekta ya madini, mgodi una makuburu na wakenya asilimia 50! wakati wabongo tuna experience zaidi ya miaka 15! je bado tu hatuwezi kuendesha migodi, basi awaweke hao wageni kwenye vyeo vya juu, sio hata supervisor! Wabongo nawajua zaidi ya 100 ambao wako nje ya nchi wanafanya kazi ya migodi then tunaleta makuburu na kuwalipa mamilioni, kwa nini tusiwalipe hawa wazalendo na kodi ikaingia nchini. Ajira milioni si hizi hapa!
Kwa kifupi ni kuwa rais katilia mkazo zaidi mambo ya nje hadi anasahau nchi yake, atyulie nchini arekebishe mafisadi na kutumia rasilimali zetu kuinua uchumi sio kuwa omba omba tu wakati wakenya wanamake money kwa mlima wetu na madini yetu!
Watanzania pengine zaidi ya mtazamo wa Wakenya (ambao kwa msingi ni kama wetu, ila wao wana kawivu tu kwamba mziwanda wao kawatosa) ni muhimu kuona mtazamo wa Wamarekani kuhusu Kikwete na kwa nini alipewa mwaliko wa kukutana na Obama.
ReplyDeleteBofya link ifuatayo ili ujisomee ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/pl_afp/ustanzaniapoliticsobamaHivyo tunachoona sisi sio wanachoona wenzetu. Wenzetu wanamuona Kikwete kama Kiongozi Muislam ambaye anaweza kumsaidia Obama kubrainwash Waislam.
Interesting, isn't it?
Wakenya wajinyonge na mawivu yao.
ReplyDeleteanon 1028 kwani uongo hapa tz huduma gani utapata bila kutoa rushwa?
ReplyDeleteBwana Michuzi,
ReplyDeleteMimi binafsi nashukuru kwa juhudi zako za kutuletea habari muhimu kama hizi. Nafikiri Kikwete anafanya jambo la msingi kukutana na watu Muhimu duniani kama Barack!
Natumaini uhusiano wa Tanzania na US utaendelea kuwa mzuri kama ilivyokuwa sasa.
Lidumu taifa letu zuri!
Wakenya Mtajijuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu na mtakufa nacho hicho chonngo cha roho ! Hivi nyie mna akili kweli Yaani sisi Handsome Boy wetu atoke huko kwenye vumbi letu la kila siku safari na hako kahela ketu mbuzi ka tapayer money tena na kimasikini kwenda all the way to Nyumba Nyeupe na kwa MUaliko Rasmi kama RAISI WA KWANZA WA KIAFRIKA ...naduria tena RAISI WA KWANZA WA KIAFRICA kukutana na Mjomba OBAMA another powerful and sexy man eti na badala ya kuongelea NCHI YETU TANZANIA wakae wanawaongelea NYIE wachovu tena msiopendana wenye ukabila......!!! Aisee nyie mna wazimu sana tena , kwani mimi nauliza hiyo SHillingi Iliyomlipia NAuli JK and Convoy ilikuwa ile yenu ya Kenya ama yetu ya Madafu ya BONGO ? NI LAZIMA MKUBALI KWAMBA , THIS IS OUR TIME WATZ TO SHINE NYIE WAbana NDugu tumewavumilia sana kwa kiasi kirefu na misifa yenu na ubabaishaji tangu mlioanza kuutangaza Mlima wetu na parts za Nchi yetu kama ni vya kwenu mpaka sasa KAENI PEMBENi please, Si mnajua za mwizi ni arubaini? Everyday is for the thief and ONe day is for the owner . So siku na wakati wetu umewadia please TUACHENI TUTANUE KWA RAHA ZETU, acheni majungu na kutaka kujishaua as if you matter that much. Kama mliongelewa kwenye hiyo meeting am sure itakuwa ni salamu tuu za juu juu man ni lazima Uncle Obama aulize habari za Majirani zetu and nothing much, its customary. NYie Hamshangai Mtu wenu hataki hata kuwasikia kwa misifa yenu ndiio kwanza atashuka Ghana ,ni lazima mkubali mmekwisha you are old news jamani and now tuacheni WATZ tuwaonyeshe njia , ndio hatukatai kuwa Ujanja mlituzidi lakini sisi ni Wabongo bwana tunatumia exactly that our bongos ingawa tuko slow hatukurupuki hovyo tuu kwanza build a foundation and then achia vituz. NA Baba JK hongera Baba ila aste aste vitripu baba huko nje hawa mafisadi wako wanazidi kutumaliza nyumbanbi sema hamna noma wee TUWAKILISHE Tuu tutaanza kuwachoma moto kama wezi wa mtaani muda si mrefu we waache tuu. UNCLE OBAMA KARIBU BONGO Uje kuuona Kilimanjaro Live si unajua jamaa wako walivyo waongo na waezi. Tutakupa na Dual citizenship usiwe na wasi vile weye ni Uncle yetu. Kwanza hebu angalia Family Tree yako vizuri mbona umefanania sana na Wa-Aru Meru ?. hehehe Jamani I love Politics & Powerful MEN therefore BIG UP JK, BIG UP TANZANIA ...........OYeeeeeeeeeeeeee ! halooooooooooo !
ReplyDeletejamani hicho kingereza doh,yani anajitahidi kutumia maneno magumu aonekane wa maana huku sentesi zingine ni kaingiza tafrisi ya kilugha chao kwenye kingereza maneno mengine hata mzungu akisoma hataelewa,kazi kweli kweli,its not intresting kusoma,unatamni uruke utafute point tu
ReplyDeletekazi kweli kweli,wivu mbaya akajinyonge tu huyu bwana mwandishi
Watanzania tutaendelea kujisifia kwa Kikwete/mtu mmoja amefanya mazungumzo ya saa 1 na Obama.
ReplyDeleteBandari ya Mombasa ina ufanisi kuliko bandari yetu ya DSM.
Kenya inapokea watalii wengi kuliko Tanzania, ingawa Tanzania ina vivutio vingi.
Kenya "wameifungasha" Serengeti pamoja na Maasai Mara na zote zinajulikana zipo Kenya.
Hata Obama na akili zake zote anafikiri Serengeti ipo Kenya.
Tanzania mpaka kesho bado ni soko la bidhaa za Kenya.
Wanariadha wa Kenya wanawashinda wale Watanzania katika kila shindano tunaloshiriki. angalia Boston Marathon,New York,London,Chicago,Roterdam, etc
Watanzania tuache kuvimba kichwa kwa visifa vidogo visivyokuwa na maana kwamba Raisi wetu ndiyo kiongozi wa kwanza wa Kiafrika kukutana na Obama. Hivi tumejiuliza ni Maraisi wangapi wa toka Afrika wametembelea Marekani toka Obama achaguliwe?
Kikwete is not the first African President/head of state to meet Obama after being elected and sworn into the office as the 44th US president. That honour went to the former SA president, Kghalema Motlante, who met Obama during the G20 conference held in London recently. However, Kikwete is the first African head of state to visit him at his official residence and office, the White House.
ReplyDeleteI just dont see anything good to cheer about.This is nothing but politics.Mwafrika mpe kanzu chukua dhahabu bure..Inaelekea tunashangilia kuwa mamluki wa Marekani kama Mobotu alivyokuwa.America dont give a F*** about anybody but themselves
ReplyDeleteHehehehe... WIVU at the highest level. Obama akiwatosa sababu ya TZ wanalia. Wanamusiki wa Kimarekani na wale wana-film maarufu wakitua Bongo, waKenya mnalia. Nini sasa? Ninyi si ndio mmeelimika zaidi?
ReplyDeleteNa tena acheni mtindo wa kung'ang'ania UMOJA WA AFRIKA MASHARIKI. Mnataka tu kuja kutuibia na kuwafundisha watoto wetu Ukabila.
FUNGENI MILANGO YENU, KAENI KWENU.
Ninachoomba huyu Kikwete hakwenda kutembea white house kama kawaida yake. Nchi yake inamatatizo kilamahali na yeye sijui hii ni trip yangapi Marekani. Kitu kimoja naomba Kikwete na viongozi wengine wa Afrika wajifunze kwa Obama. Lakini kama huna akili Obama huwezi kumwelewa na hautamwelewa. Obama ni kioo cha wafrika wote. Use your brains people. Be truthful guys.
ReplyDeleteANONY 6:44PM
ReplyDeleteuliyelinganisha vitu vingikati ya tanzani na kenya umeongea ya maana sana. Nadhani tunahitaji vigezo vingi kuliko kupiga makelele JK amekua wa kwanza kuonana na Obama, kama kenya wanaumia juu ya hilo shauri lao, ila sisi tuangalie yetu, hasa ya maendeleo, maana hapo jirani zetu wanatuacha mbali.
AFP - Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete waves as he leaves the
ReplyDeleteWhite House in Washington, DC.
Thu May 21, 6:28 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
US President Barack Obama met Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on
Thursday, in his latest attempt to engage Muslim leaders ahead of major
speech to the Islamic world in Egypt next month.
Obama hosted private talks in the Oval Office which did not include a
photo-op, and Kikwete left the White House without talking to reporters.
Before the meeting, Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs said the two leaders
would discuss regional security and terrorism.
"I think regional concerns like economic development and health will
also be on the agenda," Gibbs said.
"I think the president obviously will continue his outreach in the
lead-up to his speech in Cairo with continued outreach to elected Muslim
leaders like the president."
Obama, who traces part of his ancestry to Kenya, will also concentrate
on sub-Saharan Africa during a stop in Ghana in July, but has not yet
fleshed out his administration's policy towards the continent in detail.
The US president is due to give a major speech to the Muslim world in
Egypt on June 4, and has been attempting to engage Muslim leaders and
their populations since taking office.