PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa (left), in
conversation with his host President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Mozambique
President Filipe Nyusi (second right) and African Union (AU)
Chairperson Madam Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, shortly before the beginning
of the African Peer Review Mechanism Forum (APRM) at Intercontinental
Hotel in Nairobi yesterday. (Photo by PMO)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa arrived in Nairobi yesterday to represent President John Magufuli in the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) scheduled for today and tomorrow in the city.
Upon his arrival in Nairobi the Premier
met with various leaders from Japanese business companies who are also
attending the conference. During his meeting with the Vice President of
Chiyoda Corporation, Mr Tadashi Izawa the two leaders explored various
opportunities available in the natural gas sector in Tanzania and the
company agreed to provide training on capacity building to experts in
the sector especially on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for export.
Mr Izawa told the PM that they had been
pleased with the discovery of Helium in Tanzania, adding that his
company had enough experience and technology in carrying out gas
projects (Gas value Chain Planning and Execution).
“We have long time experience and
technology of promoting the gas sector including helium. For example, we
have the technology of separating natural gas and helium... we are
implementing this kind of projects in Qatar which is the second country
in producing the gas after the US.
He said that the training would be held
from next year benefiting not less than ten youths, who had completed a
Bachelor Degree in engineering.
Mr Izawa noted that a similar training
was held in Mozambique for eight youth. The PM, however, commended Mr
Izawa for their plan to provide training to Tanzanian youths, requesting
that the company should also consider helping youths from the areas
where the natural gas has been discovered to enable them manage some of
the work at the field.
Meanwhile, Mr Majaliwa met with the
Vice- President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr
Hiroshi Kato and talked about various issues including energy and
infrastructure.
In their discussion Mr Kato assured the
Premier that his would continue support for the country in various
projects, including agriculture, health, water, and infrastructure. Mr
Majaliwa, however, expressed gratitude for the Agency’s support in
implementing power projects especially the Kinyerezi power project.
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