President Kikwete: Presidency is stressful, thankless job

President Jakaya Kikwete has told his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta that Tanzania’s incumbent party, the CCM, will emerge victorious in the General Election come October 25.

President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meets President of the World Bank Group Dr. Jim Yong Kim in Toronto Canada. Photo by Freddy Maro

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete shakes hands with Virginia M. Ginni Rometty, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM during a dinner hosted by Mayor of New York and Chairman of the Bloomberg Philanthropies, Mr Michael Bloomberg, in Washington DC on Monday July 4, 2014. Bloomberg Philanthropies are some of the major sponsors of the US-Africa Leadership Summit. President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with the Mayor of New York and Chairman of the Bloomberg Philanthropies, Mr...

 President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in conversation with the Un Undersecretary for Humanitarian affairs Ms. Valerie Amos at the UN Headquarters in New York in the morning. President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in meets and hold talks with the President of Iceland H.E.Olafur Ragnar Grimsson during a bilateral meeting held alongside UN Climate Summit at the UN Headquarters in New York. Left is Tanzania’s UN Permanent Representative ambassador Tuvaku Manongi. Photos by Freddy Maro

President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meets the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso at his Office in Brussels Belgium this morning. President Kikwete was in Brussels where he attended the 4th EU Africa Summit under the theme, ”Investing in People, prosperity and peace”.(photo by Freddy Maro).

President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in conversation with Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at Trump Towers Hotel in New York this afternoon. Both presidents are attening the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York (photos by Freddy Maro)Pope Francis addresses the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday morning September 25, 2015Pope Francis addresses the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday morning September 25, 2015President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete mingles...

H.E Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, has sent a condolence message to H.E. Michael D. Higgins, President of the Republic of Ireland, following the demise of the former Irish Prime Minister H.E. Albert Reynolds (pictured) on 21st August 2014. The message reads as follows:-“H.E. Michael D. Higgins  President of the Republic of Ireland  Dublin  IRELAND
Your Excellency,
I have received with great sorrow the sad news...

H.E. Joko Widodo, Indonesian president-elect
H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania has sent a congratulatory message to His Excellency Joko Widodo, president elect of the Republic of Indonesia. The message reads as follows;
“His Excellency Joko Widodo, The President, Jakarta, REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.
Your Excellency,It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to convey to you, on behalf of the Government and people’s of the United Republic of...

 President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete greets  The Vice President of the World Bank Africa Region Mr.Makhtar Diop in New York in the sidelines of the 69th UN General Assembly   President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete holds talks  with The Vice President of the World Bank Africa Region Mr.Makhtar Diop President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete  talks with  Mr.Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City in his capacity as a United Nation’s Secretary General’s Special envoy for Cities and Climate change...