Ikulu refutes report on JK’s salary

[RUCCI]

State House has refuted an article published by Mwananchi on Monday that revealed the salary of President Jakaya Kikwete.

In a statement sent to different media outlets, by the Directorate of Presidential Communications, State House said the publication was false, malicious with no grain of truth.

The newspaper published a recent report released by Africa Review website which revealed the salaries of sitting African Heads of State. In the findings, the newspaper reported that Mr Kikwete received $192,000 each year and that each month, the Head of State pocketed $16,000. Yesterday, State House insisted that Mr Kikwete was among the lowest paid Heads of State and that some public servants in the country were being paid more money than him.

However, the Directorate of Presidential Communications did not reveal Mr Kikwete’s salary.

“The salary that is paid to the Head of State does not even come cloes to the amount that was mentioned in the newspaper article,’’ read the statement in part, adding that the publication aimed at creating hatred between citizens and their president.

Source: The Citizen

 

[Utingo]

"The salary that is paid to the Head of State does not even come cloes to the amount that was mentioned in the newspaper article,''

Source:The Citizen

The reverse is true

 

[Mkomamanga]

You are a liar!!!! Tell us what is his salary and why are you scared revealing the salary of someone who is paid from tax payer's money? We know salaries for teachers, nurses, doctors etc...we want to know salaries of these other guys.....

 

[Kifyatu]

State House has refuted an article published by Mwananchi on Monday that revealed the salary of President Jakaya Kikwete.

In a statement sent to different media outlets, by the Directorate of Presidential Communications, State House said the publication was false, malicious with no grain of truth.

The newspaper published a recent report released by Africa Review website which revealed the salaries of sitting African Heads of State. In the findings, the newspaper reported that Mr Kikwete received $192,000 each year and that each month, the Head of State pocketed $16,000. Yesterday, State House insisted that Mr Kikwete was among the lowest paid Heads of State and that some public servants in the country were being paid more money than him.

However, the Directorate of Presidential Communications did not reveal Mr Kikwete's salary.

"The salary that is paid to the Head of State does not even come cloes to the amount that was mentioned in the newspaper article,'' read the statement in part, adding that the publication aimed at creating hatred between citizens and their president.

Source:The Citizen

We have employed this guy and we cannot even know how much we are paying him?

Imagine, you hired a house help and someone is taking money from your bank account to pay him or her but you are not allowed to know how much they are paying him/her? How ridiculous.

What these morons could have done is to disclose his official salary - which may not be much. We all know what he gets on top of his salary in the form of a variety of allowances is more than his salary and they can be silent about it - "security" reasons - you know? They always come up with this phony excuse of "maswala ya ki-intelijensia na usalama wa taifa".

Who are these people with no sense of imagination. Aargh.