Basil Pesambili Mramba was the Tanzanian Minister of Finance before moving to the Ministry of Industries, Trade and Marketing. He is currently a member of Parliament from Rombo Constituency in Kilimanjaro Region.
- The fact that we have been forgiven our debts does not mean that our president has to use the donkey as a means of travel. Does this also mean we can't buy clothes and therefore walk naked?
- Quoted in "Tanzania defends presidential jet plans," BBC News (2002-07-23). Mramba was defending the purchase of a Presidential Jet while he was the Minister of Finance.
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