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I believe the report will give a befitting profile to the women and development agenda.

— Salma Kikwete

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As a former first lady of this nation and a mother, i am proud to witness these achievements because it proves that our efforts towards provision of education are not futile.

We need to feel pride in our language. We need to acknowledge the fact that Kiswahili bare the same value as any other language and never should we demean our language or any other culture whatsoever.

It saddens me to see sometimes even children under-five forced into labour, many of them are from poor families, so they do this for a living

Language has no borders. We need to take a front row position and become pioneers of our respective language across borders to facilitate communication.

This is what some of us can afford to do, bring you here and offer you with quality education. It remains with you to make full use of it, and you shouldn't let go of it. Your families and country needs your services, pull up your socks and take your rightful positions in the society when you finish with your education.

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