So we’ve taken our daughters and stood with them on the shores of West Africa, in those doors of no return, mindful that their ancestors were both slaves and slave owners. We’ve stood with them in that small cell on Robben Island where Madiba showed the world that, no matter the nature of his physical confinement, he alone was the master of his fate. (Applause.) For us, for our children, Africa and its people teach us a powerful lesson — that we must uphold the inherent dignity of every human being.
Tumechukua hatua ya kuhakikisha kuwa mianya ya kodi inazibwa na kwamba makampuni yanalipa kodi stahiki kwa kununua na kufunga mtambo wa Kusimamia Mawasiliano ya simu nchini. Mtambo huo unaowezesha Mamlaka ya Mawasiliano (TCRA) kukusanya takwimu halisi za mawasiliano yanayofanywa. Tangu kuanza kutumika kwa mtambo huo, mwaka jana Serikali imeweza kukusanya shilingi bilioni 24.6 ambazo vinginevyo zisingepatikana. Aidha, tumekuwa nchi ya kwanza Afrika ya Mashariki kuhama kutoka mfumo wa analojia kwenda digitali.