Lets play numbers on the last Kikwete visit to US to attend GA meeting.
On average, Kikwete has a minimum entourage of 15 individuals. these guys include 1 ADC, I presume 4-8 bodyguards (including sweepers), personal assistant, speech writer, physician, 3 senior staff from Ikulu, then 2 individuals from Foreign affairs and the rest is the politicians accompaning Kikwete, which invclude waziri or naibu waziri, wabunge wawili, maafisa kutoka wizara mbali mbali , a representative from SMZ and some other cheerleaders.
On this trip to UN this time around, people travelling on Kikwete's tab were around 20. Hawa si mawaziri au wabunge, ni wafanyakazi wa Ikulu!
6 of these individuals flied on 1st class which is around $12000 for a round trip a head ($ 72000.00 total ) check
www.ba.com nenda country Tanzania for pricing!
14 travelled business class or economy with average fare of about $3000.00 roundtrip ( $42000.00 for this group total)
Cost of staying in a 5 star hotel during GA meetings is around $450.00 (450*19*8= $68400) a night at Barclay Intercontinental New York. Presidential suite runs at minimum of $3000 (3000*8= $24000) a night!
Each team member on President crew received $300 a day per diem I am not sure how much the Presidente himself gets but 19*300*8= $45600
Bado kuna meal na entertainment allowance ambazo ni karibu $200.00 kwa kila mtu 19*200*8= $30400.00
Sasa tukijumlisha jumla ya gharama za hawa waliokuja kwa jina la Ikulu, jumla ni $282400.00
Bado wale ambao ni wa Mambo ya nje ambako ni Membe na wasaidizi 4, Ofisi ya Rais SMZ labda wajumbe 2, wabunge wawili na tunasikia kulikuwa na mawaziri 10 safari hii hivyo kila mmoja ni Usafiri 1st class.
Let say hawa jamaa ni 20 katika kundi hili. Tayari 10 kati yao, nauli zao ni $120000.00 waliobakia nauli ni $30000.00
Tukija mahali pa kulala, Mawaziri wao wanalala vyumba daraja la juu kuliko makarani waliolipia $450.00. Vyumba vya Suite ambavyo si presidential pale Intercontinental ni $650.00 kila usiku. Hivyo 10*650*8=$52000.00
Wale kumi wa chini pamoja na makatibu na wabunge ni vibosile nusu, hivyo wao ni mkao wa Suite daraja la pili za $550.00 kwa usiku mmoja, 10*550*8= $44000.00
Nao 20 wakijumuishwa kwa mkao wa Per Diem na fedha za chakula kwa siku ambazo jumla ni $500, unakuta kuwa ni 20*500*8= $80000.00
Jumla ya hawa 20 katika safari hii ni $326000.00
Hivyo ujio mzima wa Rais Kikwete kwenye mkutano wa UN pale New York kwa siku 8 kwa watu 20 ni $608400.00!
Sasa angalieni kwa pesa za madafu, $608400.00 x tsh 1200.00 = Tsh. 730, 080, 000.00
Wow, what a rich Country Tanzania is!
Sasa fanya hesabu za Kikwete average safari za Marekani kwa mwaka ni 6! go figure!