Benjamin Mkapa Quotes

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

  Benjamin Mkapa

  Men, Poverty, Action

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• The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest.

  Benjamin Mkapa

  Ideas, Decision, Brotherhood

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• When a jumbo jet crashes, we will rush in with assistance, but we forget that each day 30,000 children die unnecessarily from poverty-related preventable causes - equivalent to 100 jumbo jets crashing every day.

  Benjamin Mkapa

  Children, Each Day, Poverty

  "In Quotes: UN World Summit". news.bbc.co.uk. September 16, 2005.

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• I am aware that many regard me as an anti-sports character person, but the truth is that the country's economy by then was in bad shape. 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.

  Benjamin Mkapa

  Sports, Country, Character

  "Tanzania: Mkapa - 'I Do Not Hate Sports'". allafrica.com. May 07, 2011.

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