The MoU signed in Dar es Salaam will see
the government starting to develop plots, buildings, offices and other
recreational areas at the country’s embassies worldwide.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Liberata
Mulamula, made the revelation.
Speaking shortly after the signing
ceremony, Ambassador Mulamula said that the move comes following a
strategic plan by her ministry to collaborate with other development
partners to ensure development of land and other properties of the
country’s embassies overseas.
“The aim of the plan is to ensure the
Ministry develops all the land and buildings being owned by our
embassies in foreign countries,” she said adding that development plan
will help the officials at the embassies acquire permanent residential
areas.
The plan is also set to enable the
Ministry set up extra offices that will be used as business offices to
generate income for embassies and the country at large.
“The plan will not only help set
permanent residential areas, but would help reduce the cost used by the
government to rent offices for our embassies,” she noted, adding that
the country currently owns 35 embassies worldwide and 25 among them have
got own land and properties.
According to the PS, among the 35
embassies, the government owns several buildings for the embassy offices
and residential areas under government development projects and has
since reduced the cost of renting offices that have been incurred by the
government.
On the other hand, UTT/PID Chief
Executive Officer Dr Gration Kamugisha said the document signed will
enable the unit to first identify areas to start with at the embassies
and thereafter they will start developing them as required.
“We have already toured some of the
embassies such as Abuja and Zambia to identify areas to be set into
development motion,” he said adding that development plans will consider
the availability of economic generating activities to ensure income
generation
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