JK made a personal request to ambassador retzer for a management training of his closest aides, named
january makamba and
david jairo. This is why he hesitated remolving him from office.
.and Requests Capacity-Building for State House Staff
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¶3. (C) President Kikwete also raised a personal request
with the Ambassador: his desire to send his personal staff
for management training in Washington D.C. He explained, "I
would like to send some of my aides and maybe some press
officials to the U.S. to gain greater experience on how to
manage a President's Office." President Kikwete named two of
his assistants, Januari Makamba and David Jairo, whom he
believed would benefit from such training. Ambassador Retzer
responded positively, assuring President Kikwete that the
Embassy would look explore every possibility for facilitating
such a training program. While on the topic of fostering
government-to-government exchanges, Ambassador Retzer
informed President Kikwete about an upcoming Congressional
staff delegation, visiting Tanzania on August 8, to explore
the potential for establishing a U.S-Tanzanian legislative
exchange through the Inter-parliamentary exchange program.