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Jakaya Kikwete, the President of Tanzania started tweeting on 8 April 2011. His Twitter account has been verified as genuine and remains very active with an average of 2.52 tweets a day.

Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)

follows unilaterally (0)
followed unilaterally by (3)
follows mutually (0)

Jakaya Kikwete loves to engage with his followers, creating healthy debates and wishing them luck. Three quarters of his tweets are actually @replies to his followers. The President also tweets words of wisdom, current events and links to articles or websites relevant to Tanzania. The President tweets mainly in English but also a few times in Swahili. He only follows two others on the site: January Makamba ‏(Deputy Minister of Communication, Science & Technology), and the citizen-centered initiative Twaweza.

Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)

Tweets:	1,089
Following:	2
Followers:	26,762
Joined Twitter:	03/21/2011
Language:	English/Swahili
Status:	Active
Tweets/day:	2.41
% Retweets:	2%
Mentions/Tweet:	0.87
Replies/Tweet:	74%
% Tweets retweeted:	40%
Total of retweets:	3,024
Most mentioned
@lifeofmshaba (34), @YerickoNyerere (30), @Ronaldlovechild (17), @AnnieTANZANIA (15), @Chahali (15).

First tweet

Mchakato wa kuhuisha Katiba ni muhimu sana kwa mustakabali wa taifa letu.Kila mmoja ajitahidi kushiriki kutoa maoni yake kadri inavyofaa.
— Jakaya Kikwete (@jmkikwete) April 8, 2011

Most popular tweet

Rest in peace Dr.Wangari Maathai.A great woman,an inspiration for many women across Africa,a magnificent visionary & embodiment of courage.
— Jakaya Kikwete (@jmkikwete) September 26, 2011

Translation: Streamline the process of constitution is very important to the future of our nation. Every one sought to share his opinion as appropriate.