The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko having a chat with His Excellency Egon Kochanke, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Republic of Tanzania and Accredited to the EAC
Secretary General of the EAC, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
His Excellency Egon Kochanke signs the agreement as Ms Lena Thiede,
Counsellor / Head of Regional Cooperation at the German Embassy in Dar
es Salaam; Director of KfW Development Bank Dr. Helmut Schon and EAC
Deputy Secretary General (Productive and Social Sector) Hon Bazivamo
looks on
Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany pose for a picture after initialled Financing Agreement
Secretary General of EAC , Amb.
Liberat Mfumukeko signs the second agreement with KfW Development Bank
Director, Dr. Helmut Schon
Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko and KfW Development Bank Director, Dr. Helmut Schon displays the Financing Agreement document
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The Federal Republic of Germany,
KfW Development Bank and the East African Community (EAC) today signed
Financing Agreement of 40 million euros in total, to support regional
immunization programme and establishment and operations of the Regional
Laboratory Network for Communicable Diseases.
The Secretary General of the East
African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko signed on behalf of the
Community while His Excellency Egon Kochanke, Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany to the United Republic of Tanzania and also
accredited to the East African Community initialled on behalf the
Germany Government and Dr. Helmut Schon, on behalf of KfW.
- 30 million euros in financial assistance will be invested in Immunization programmes in the EAC in collaboration with GAVI
- Another 10 million euros in financial assistance will be used in the operation of the Regional Laboratory Network for Communicable Diseases consisting of mobile laboratory units located at national reference laboratories.
This new commitment will bring
Germany’s contribution to fight child mortality through immunisation
programmes to 90 million euros since 2013. So far about 50 million of
Rota Virus Vaccines, Pneumococcal Vaccines and Pentavalent Vaccines have
been financed in the EAC Partner States. Implicitly, an equal number of
children have been vaccinated against the biggest killers of children,
namely diarrhea and pneumonia.
Speaking during the signing
ceremony, the EAC Secretary General, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko, thanked
the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for its support to the
EAC. ‘’We have truly benefited from the German support which has
catalysed other development Partners to support our projects and
programmes.
Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko
underscored the assistance for the health sector in the EAC reaffirms
Germany’s status as a true friend of the people of East Africa.
H.E. Egon Kochanke, Ambassador
said: “The new commitments underline that Germany continues to be a
strong partner for the EAC, contributing to an integration process that
puts the people in the centre”.
On his part, the Director of KfW
Development Bank, Dar es Salaam Office, Dr. Helmut Schon said ‘’the
support from KfW underlines the importance we give to the East African
Community’’ a regional approach under the EAC coordination makes very
much sense to address communicable diseases.
Accompanying Amb. Kochanke was Ms
Lena Thiede, Counsellor/Head of Regional Cooperation at the German
Embassy in Dar es Salaam, and Director of KfW Development Bank, Dr.
Helmut Schon.
Others at the function were EAC
Deputy Secretaries General (Finance and Administration), Hon Jesca
Eriyo; (Productive and Social Sector), Hon. Christophe Bavizamo and
(Political Federation), Mr. Charles Njoroge
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