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President
Samia Suluhu Hassan pledged her support in ensuring that the 5th Assembly
fulfilled its mandate of furthering the EAC integration agenda
Arusha. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said Tanzania will leave no stone unturned in the quest for peace and security in East Africa.
As she met the Speaker of the East
African Legislative Assembly, Joseph Ntakirutimana, here on March 3, 2023,
President Hassan said socioeconomic development goes hand in hand with peace
and security.
“Tanzania is working hard to bring
socioeconomic development to East Africans and ensure that there’s peace and
security in the region,” she said.
The recently elected Speaker of the
regional Assembly had paid a courtesy call to the Head of State at the Arusha
state lodge.
President Hassan further pledged her
support in ensuring that the 5th Assembly fulfilled its mandate of furthering
the EAC integration agenda.
The 5th Assembly was sworn in in
December last year for a five-year tenure with Mr Ntakirutimana, the Burundian
diplomat, as its Speaker.
The discussion was attended, among
others, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Dr
Stergomena Tax. During her stay here last week, President Hassan met the heads
of the regional bodies based in Arusha.
In some meetings, she handed over
title deeds to the East African Community (EAC) and its affiliate
organisations.
While the EAC got an additional 125
acres, a business body affiliated with it, the East African Business Council
(EABC), received three hectares.
EAC already has its permanent
headquarters in Arusha’s prime zone but has additional land on the outskirts of
the city.
The regional organization’s
officials say the 125 acres are reserve land to be used for its expansion
projects in the future.
EABC, on the other hand, will use
the land to construct its permanent headquarters, according to its executive
director, John Bosco Kalisa.
The Head of State also used her
presence in Arusha to reach out to the opposition leaders and held talks with
Chadema national chairman Freeman Mbowe.
Incidentally, her arrival in Arusha
for the retreat of Cabinet ministers and senior civil servants coincided with
the arrival of a Chadema politician, Godbless Lema, who fled the country in
November 2020.
According to Chadema National
Chairman Freeman Mbowe, the President will tomorrow officiate the opening of
the national conference of the Opposition party’s women wing in Moshi.
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