Obama Receives Huge Welcome in Tanzania

Rais Barack Obama na Familia yake wakishuka kutoka ndege ya Airforce One muda mfupi baada ya kuwasili katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam jana mchana

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimkaribisha Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani muda mfupi baada ya kuwasili katika Uwanja wa ndege wa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam mchana wa jana. Kulia ni Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete.

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Kikwete akiwa na mgeni wake Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani muda mfupi baada ya kuwasili katika uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam leo mchana.nyuma ya Rais na mgeni wake ni Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete na mke wa Rais wa Marekani Mama Michelle Obama.

Rais Barrack Obama akikagua gwaride la heshima lililoandaliwa na jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania(JWTZ)

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimtambulisha kwa Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani Rais wa Zanzibar Dr.Ali Mohamed Shein muda mfupi baada ya kuwasili katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa kimataifa wa Mwalimu Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam leo mchana.Huku Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete na Mke wa Rais wa Marekani Michelle Obama Wakiangalia

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimtambulisha kwa Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani makamu wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Iddi muda mfupi baada ya Rais huyo wa Marekani  kuwasili nchini kwa Ziara ya kikazi ya siku mbili.

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimtambulisha kwa Rais Barrack Obama Spika wa Baraza la Wawakilishi Zanzibar Padu Ameir Kificho katika uwanja wa ndege wa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere leo mchana(picha na Freddy Maro)

Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete na mgeni wake Mama Michelle  Obama muda mfupi baada ya kuwasili kwa Rais Obama nchini kwa ziara ya siku mbili nchini

 

        

RaisDkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na mkewe Mama Salma Kikwete  wakiwaongoza wageni wao Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani na mkewe Michelle kuangalia ngoma mbalimbali za utamaduni muda mfupi baada ya kuwasili katika uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu Nyerere kwa ziara ya siku mbili nchini.

Mkuu wa Majeshi ya Ulinzi na Usalama Jenerali Davis Mwamunyange akisalimiana na Rais Barrack Obama katika uwanja wa ndege wa Mwalimu Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam jana

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho kikwete na mgeni wake Rais Barrack Obama wa Marekani wakifurahia na kufuata mapigo ya ngoma za utamaduni katika uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwalimu jijini Dar es Salaam leo mchana wakati  wa mapokezi ya kiongozi huyo wa Marekani na ujumbe wake.

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho kikwete akiwatambulisha baadhi ya viongozi waandamizi wa serikali kwa Rais Barrack Obama na mkewe katika uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam jana

Rais Barack Obama wa Marekani na mkewe Michelle Obama akipokewa kwa Shangwe Ikulu, Dar es salaam

na baadaye akaongea na wanahabari

 

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimpa maelezo ya mti wa mpingo anaotaka kuupanda katika viwanja vya Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam jana

Rais Obama akipanda mti aina ya mpingo katika viwanja vya Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam 

 

 

 DAR ES SALAAM — President Barack Obama leaves Tanzania Tuesday for Washington, ending his week-long Africa trip focused on expanding U.S. trade and investment with Africa, and on democratization. Thousands of people lined Dar es Salaam's streets to welcome Obama and his family.

The Obamas walked off Air Force One into a bright, steamy day in Dar es Salaam, where they were welcomed by Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, his wife and dignitaries.

Cheers went up in the crowd that included women dressed in traditional “khanga” skirts holding pictures of Obama.

Thousands lined the airport road to cheer the president's motorcade.

At the presidential state house, the Obamas and Kikwetes walked down a red carpet, shaking hands with wellwishers.

Later, at a news conference, President Kikwete thanked Obama for what he said was “invaluable” support for development, from education to food security and AIDS prevention.

“The lives of the people of Tanzania are different today, thanks in many ways to the support we have been getting from the United States of America," said President Kikwete.

President Obama lauded Tanzanians.

“Tanzanians continue to work to strengthen their democracy.  Parliament, opposition groups, civil society groups and journalists are all doing their part to advance the good governance and transparency on which democracy and transparency depend," said President Obama.

The two leaders also discussed the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which borders Tanzania.

Obama urged all parties to the recently signed U.N. Framework for Peace to fulfill their commitments, saying the peace effort has to be more than just a piece of paper.  Eleven countries, including the DRC, signed the agreement.

“The countries surrounding the Congo, they have got to make commitments to stop funding armed groups that are encroaching on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Congo," said Obama. "They have signed on to a piece of paper, now the question is, do they follow through?”

President Obama and his family leave Tuesday for Washington.

But first, he and former U.S. president George W. Bush will lay a wreath at the site of the al-Qaida bombing of the U.S. embassy in 1998