“We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough.”

The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness.

Tanzania being among the highly indebted countries, I had to give sports the least prominence during my first term, while setting priorities in revitalising our economy.

There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.