By Zulfa Musa, The Citizen Correspondent
In Summary
Arusha. Former US President Bill Clinton has
said Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) must be protected at any cost to
retain its status as a world’s heritage site of immeasurable allure.
Excited by the unique conservation, which allows
wildlife to co-exist with humans, Mr Clinton could not resist calling
President Jakaya Kikwete on his way back from the NCA, telling him how
he was impressed by the scenery in the crater.
According to the Tanzania Tourists Board, the
Ngorongoro attracts over 600,000 visitors annually, accounting for over
50 per cent of the country’s arrivals which stand at 1.2 million.
Mr Clinton saw 19 lions, some black rhinos and
herds of buffaloes and wildebeest when the former US Head of State
visited the crater on his way back from Nainokanoka Ward within the NCA
where the Clinton Foundation is supporting a health initiative.
The former US President inoculated Maasai children
at Nainokanoka Village Dispensary where mothers from the pastoralist
community turned out in large numbers to receive him.
Mr Clinton assured the community that his
foundation would empower the dispensary for the facility to improve
health of the mothers and children by carrying out vaccinations in a bid
to prevent emerging diseases and reduce the cost of treating them.
Mr Clinton, whose foundation built a dispensary at
the Nainokanoka Ward, promised to install another refrigerator for the
storage of vaccination drugs, laboratory test samples, and sterilised
vaccine equipment, as the remote area was not connected to electricity.
“All what I wanted to do after retiring from the
presidency is to help the needy in developing countries particularly in
Africa where the gap between the haves and the have-nots is considerably
wide,” he said as he posed for photographs with his hosts.
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