The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I'm not running the country.

Roads are the blood vessels of the economy.

There were times when there were riots in Africa, demonstrations against the IMF because of the policy advice they were giving, the conditionalities they were imposing, and the difficulties that arose out of the implementation of those conditionalities.

If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.

Africa needs access to markets.

There are no demands - undue demands... There are many questions we get? Why China? Why now and the answer is why not?... There is no any hidden agenda in our cooperation with China, it is a relationship based on mutual understanding and equality; they understand our situation.

Justice has to be done, justice must be seen to be done, what the AU is simply saying is that what is critical, what is the priority, is peace. That is priority number one now.