Kikwete can be summed up like this- he has a terrible inferiority complex. He knows he has no education, so he has to demonstrate he is educated. To do this he has to go to Europe and USA, address big gatherings (in English, wearing an impeccable tie) to be seen at ease and mingle with the likes of George Bush..... etc.
He knows that he has not achieved anything in his entire working life as a top civil servant (I am still to be told what did he achieve when he was minister of energy, finance or foreign affairs?) everything he got is through networking rather than genuine and honest hard working for it (goes for his education). To demonstrate achievement, he has to earn accolades from the Westerners even if his own masses despise him. He will do anything for ...
That is why he is the darling of the west. Be afraid, be very afraid of a president of a developing country who is 'the darling of the west'
It is bad enough to have a brother like that, needless to say, a president.