THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
MINISTRY OF EAST AFRICAN COOPERATION
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER FOR
THE EAST AFRICAN COOPERATION,
HON. SAMUEL J. SITTA, MOVING IN
PARLIAMENT THE REVENUE AND
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES FOR THE
MINISTRY OF EAST AFRICAN COOPERATION
FOR THE YEAR 2012/2013
The New Headquarters Building of the East
African Community; Arusha
Dodoma.
August, 2012
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“We are better off in a larger economic
setting. We are strong in a larger
political grouping”
H.E Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,
President of The United Republic of
Tanzania, in his Speech to the
Extraordinary Summit of the EAC
Heads of State on the 19th April 2011
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MEAC LEADERSHIP
Hon. Samuel J. Sitta (MP)
MINISTER
Hon. Dr. Abdullah J. Abdullah
DEPUTY MINISTER
Dr. Stergomena L. Tax
PERMANENT SECRETARY
Mr. Uledi A. Mussa
DEPUTY PERMANENT
SECRETARY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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2.0 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
FOR 2011/2012
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2A: Objectives of the 2011/2012 Plan
9
2B: POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
13
2B1: The National Strategy on Regional
Integration:
13
2B2: The National Strategy for Implementation of
the EAC Common Market
14
2B3: The EAC Industrial Development Policy
and Strategy
17
2B4: Gender and Social Development Policy: .........................
2C: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL
INTEGRATION PHASES
19
2C1: Implementation of the Customs Union
Protocol
20
2C2: The East African Common Market
36
2C3: Establishment of the East African Monetary
Union
39
2C4: The East African Political Federation 43
2D: COOPERATION WITH OTHER REGIONAL
ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES
44
2D1: The COMESA, EAC and SADC Tripartite
Arrangement
44
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2D2: The EAC – EU Economic Partnership
Agreement
46
2E: COOPERATION IN THE PRODUCTIVE
SECTORS
2E1: Food Security
47
47
2E2: Joint Investment Promotion Conferences........................
2E3: Informal Sector Exhibitions
49
2E4: Tourism and Wildlife
50
2E5: The East African Community Single
Tourist Visa
50
2F1: The East African Road Network
53
2F2: Transport Strategy and Program
Development in the Road Sector:
57
2F3: The East African Rail Network:
58
2F4: Development of Marine Transportation and
Ports
59
2F5: The Civil Aviation Sector
59
2F6: The Energy Sector
60
2F7: Communications Sector
64
2F8: Construction of the New EAC
Headquarters:
66
2G: SOCIAL SERVICES SECTORS
2G1:
66
Education, Culture and Sports, Health
and Science
66
2G2: The East African Kiswahili Commission ........................
2G3: Environmental Protection
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70
2H: COOPERATION IN POLITICAL, PEACE
AND SECURITY ISSUES:....................
76
2H1: Regional Strategy on Peace and
Security……………………………….
77
2H2: Harmonisation of Policing Operations: .........................
2H3: The Fight Against Drug Abuse:
78
2H4: Countering Terrorism:
78
2H5: The Protocol on Peace and Security
79
2H6: Protocol on Cooperation in Defence
80
2H7: Joint Military Exercises
80
2H8: Cooperation in Political Affairs
81
2H9: Applications to Join the Community 83
2I THE EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE: 85
2J: THE EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY
85
2K: PARTICIPATION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
GOVERNMENT OF ZANZIBAR
87
2K1: Zanzibar Projects
2L: AWARENESS CREATION AND
SENSITIZATION
87
88
2M: ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT
91
2M1: Capacity Building
91
2M2: Cross Cutting Issues
92
2M3: Workers’ Participation in Decision Making ....................
2N: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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93
2P: CONTRIBUTION TO THE EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY
94
3.0 CHALLENGES AND MEASURES BEING TAKEN
TO MITIGATE THEM
96
4.0 ACTIVITIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FISCAL
YEAR 2012/2013
99
5.0 FUNDING REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL YEAR
2012/2013
104
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LIST OF APPENDIXES
1.
APPENDIX 1: Trends of
Partner States Exports in
the EAC,2005 - 2011
(US$
Million).......................106
2.
APPENDIX 2: Trends of
Partner States Imports in
the EAC, 2005 – 2011
(US$
Million)......................107
3.
APPENDIX 3:
Trends
of Total Intra-EAC Trade
2005-2011
(US$
Million)..............108
4.
APPENDIX
4:
Tanzania’s Balance of
Trade with other EAC
Partner States 2005-2011
(US$ Million)..............109
5.
APPENDIX 5: Investment
Inflows
into
Tanzania
from
other
Partners
States
(Number
of
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Projects and Value in US$
Million).....................110
6.
APPENDIX
6:
Tanzania’s
Leading
Sectors
in
Attracting
Regional
Investors
(Number and Value in
US$ Million)...............111
7.
APPENDIX 7:
Leading
Sectors in Job Creation
2005-2011…113
8.
APPENDIX 8:
The
East
African
Road
Network......................114
9.
APPENDIX 9:
The
East
African
Railway
Network.........116
10.
APPENDIX 10:
Cases
Adjudicated By the East
African Court Of Justice 2010/2011.................118
11.
APPENDIX 11: Bills and
Resolutions Adopted by
the EALA..130
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12.
APPENDIX
12:
Positions Filled Through
Appointments
and
Recruitment
2011/2012.................133
13.
APPENDIX 13: Confirmed
Staff
2011/2012.................134
14.
APPENDIX 14:
Staff
Confirmations............135
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACBF
AIDS
AWEPA
BAT
COMESA
DFID
DMI
EAC
EPA
FEPA
FSDRP
FYDP
GIZ
GNSS
HIV
ICF
ICT
IPPFAR
African Capacity Building
Foundation
Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome
The Association of European
Parliamentarians for Africa
British American Tobacco
Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa
Department for International
Development
Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute
East African Community
Economic Partnership Agreement
Framework for Economic
Partnership Agreement
Financial Sector Development and
Regionalization Project
Five Years Development Plan
Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit
Global Navigation Satellite System
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Climate Facility for Africa
Information and Communication
Technology
International Planned Parenthood
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LVEMP
LVWATS
AN
MCC
MFN
MKUKUT
A
MRHI
MUCCoB
s
NELSAP
OPRAS
OSBPs
REA
RORO
SADC
TANESC
O
TASUBA
TMEA
UNIDO
Federation Africa Region
Lake Victoria Environnemental
Management Program
Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation
Project
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Most Favoured Nations
Mkakati wa Kukuza Uchumi na
Kupunguza Umaskini Tanzania (The
National Strategy for Growth and
Reduction of Poverty - NSGRP)
Medicines Registration and
Harmonization Initiative
Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies
Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary
Action Programme
Open Performance Review and
Appraisal System.
One Stop Border Posts
Rural Energy Agency
Roll on Roll Off
Southern Africa Development
Community
Tanzania National Electric Company
Limited
Taasisi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni
Bagamoyo
TradeMark East Africa
United Nations Industrial
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WAMA
WTO
YD
ZECO
Development Organization
Wanawake na Maendeleo
World Trade Organization
Yamoussoukro Declaration
Zanzibar Electric Company Limited
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VISION AND MISSION OF THE MINISTRY
Vision:
To have a prosperous Community in
which
Tanzania
benefits
socially,
economically and politically.
Mission:
To ensure effective participation of
Tanzania in building a prosperous EAC
while safeguarding national interests.
Core Values:
 Integrity
 Respect
 Empowerment
 Accountability
 Customer Focused
 Result Oriented
 Transparency
 Impartiality
 Team Work
MOTTO
Always working to Standards and
with Speed
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SPEECH BY THE MINISTER FOR
EAST AFRICAN COOPERATION,
HON. SAMUEL J. SITTA (MP), MOVING
IN PARLIAMENT THE REVENUE AND
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES FOR
THE MINISTRY OF EAST AFRICAN
COOPERATION FOR THE
YEAR 2012/2013
1.0 INTRODUCTION:
1. Honourable
Speaker, following the
Report of the Parliamentary Committee on
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, presented
in your Esteemed Parliament,
about the
Ministry of East African Cooperation, I beg to
move that your esteemed
House receives,
discusses and approves the Revenue and
Expenditure estimates of the Ministry of East
African Cooperation for the year 2012/2013.
2. Honourable
Speaker, recently, the
nation was gripped in deep sorrow following the
accident of MV. Skagit that occurred near
Chumbe Island in Zanzibar. I wish to use this
opportunity to join my colleagues, the
Honourable Members of Parliament and
Tanzanians in general in extending condolences
to families, relatives and friends of the
passengers who died following the accident. May
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the Almighty God rest their souls in eternal
peace in heaven. Amen. Similarly, we pray for
the injured a fast recovery so as to continue with
their nation building obligations.
3. Honourable Speaker, during the year
2011/2012
your
Esteemed
House
elected
representatives of the United Republic of Tanzania to
the East African Legislative Assembly. Let me take
this opportunity to congratulate the House for
running the election so successfully. I also wish to
congratulate the elected Members of the EALA,
namely Hon. Abdulah Alli Hassan Mwinyi
(MEALA); Hon. Alhaji Adam Kimbisa (MEALA.);
Hon. Angela Charles Kizigha (MEALA.); Hon.
Bernard Musomi Murunya (MEALA); Hon.
Charles Makongoro Nyerere (MEALA); Hon.
Nderkindo Perpetua Kessy (MEALA); Hon.
Maryam Ussi Yahaya (MEALA); Hon. Shy Rose
Banji (MEALA.); and Hon. Dr. Twaha Issa
Taslima (MEALA). We, the Members of this
Parliament, are confident that the team will effectively
represent and fend for our nation’s interests in the
Community.
4. Honourable
Speaker, I thank you
personally and your office for the cooperation you
extended to us in the preparation of the Terms of
Reference for a System to Promote the Performance
and Accountability of the Members of the East
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African Legislative Assembly to the Parliament of
Tanzania. The system will enable this Parliament to
receive regular updates on the evolution of the East
African integration, and the performance of our
representatives in the EALA. Moreover, I thank you
for facilitating and participating in the induction
Seminar for the new Members of the EALA that was
held at Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam from 23 – 24 May,
2012. I also thank the Members of the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Security as well as the Chairpersons of all other
Standing Committees for their participation and
valuable contributions at the seminar. Similarly, I
thank the technical staff from the Ministry of East
African Cooperation, under the very able leadership of
the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Stergomena L. Tax and
the Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Thomas D.
Kashililah, for the excellent preparations for the
seminar.
5.
Honourable Speaker, in the case of the
Members of the Second EALA who have completed
their term, I wish to congratulate them for a
commendable job that they did in the Assembly, and
I wish them the best in their new roles. Honourable
Margaret N. Zziwa, the Member of the EALA from
Uganda, who was elected the Speaker of the EALA is
the first woman to that position. Through this
esteemed House, allow me to thank and wish the
former Speaker Hon. Abdi success in his retirement.
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6. Honourable
Speaker, I thank the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign
Affairs, Defence and Security for receiving,
discussing and providing valuable inputs to the
preparations of my Ministry’s Revenue and
Expenditure Estimates for the year 2012/13. I
wish to assure your esteemed House that my
Ministry would take into account the advice and
observations of the Committee.
7. Honourable Speaker, in preparing this
speech, the Ministry took cognisance of the
Statement of the Prime Minister, Honourable
Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda (MP), when
presenting his Office’s Revenue and Expenditure
estimates for the year 2012/2013 in this House.
In addition, this speech has also benefitted from
the presentation on the State of the Economy for
2011 and National Development Plan for
2012/13 by the Minister of State, President’s
Office, Social Relations and Coordination, Hon.
Stephen Masatu Wasira (MP), and that of the
Government’s
Revenue
and
Expenditure
Estimates for 2012/2013 by Hon. Dr. William
Mgimwa (MP), the Minister for Finance. I thank
the Ministers for their excellent speeches that
articulated so well the direction of Government
activities and the vision of the National Budget
for Fiscal Year 2012/2013.
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8. Honourable Speaker, I sincerely thank
my colleagues in the Ministry of East African
Cooperation, Hon. Dr. Abdullah J. Abdullah
(MP), the Deputy Minister; Dr. Stergomena L.
Tax, the Permanent Secretary; Mr. Uledi A.
Mussa, Deputy Permanent Secretary; the Heads
of Departments and Divisions; and all other staff
for the excellent cooperation extended to me. I
congratulate them for responding so positively to
my call to observe standards, speed, integrity,
and patriotism in their discharge of public
functions. My Ministry enjoys unity and
harmony, and has an unusually dedicated staff.
9. Honourable Speaker, to conclude this
introduction, I thank the Chief Government
Printer for printing this speech accurately and
within time.
2.0 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PLAN FOR 2011/2012
2A: Objectives of the 2011/2012 Plan
10.
Honourable Speaker, the Ministry
had planned to implement the following during
the 2011/2012 financial year:
(a)
To finalize the National Policy on Regional
Integration;
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(b)
To finalize the National Strategy and Plan
for the Implementation of the EAC Common
Market;
(c)
To
coordinate
and
lead
regional
negotiations leading to conclusion of the
Monetary Union;
(d)
To
coordinate
and
finalise
the
rationalisation of national laws, regulations
and
procedures
relevant
to
the
implementation of the EAC Common
Market Protocol;
(e)
To coordinate the development of economic
and social infrastructure within East Africa;
(f)
To coordinate the implementation of
sectoral programs in the economic, social
and productive sectors under the EAC
auspices;
(g)
To
coordinate
and
lead
Tanzania’s
participation in regional negotiations on
Community Protocols and Legislations;
(h)
To
coordinate
and
participation in the
negotiations;
(i)
To
coordinate
and
lead
Tanzania’s
participation in the COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite Arrangement negotiations;
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lead
Tanzania’s
EAC-EU
EPA
(j)
To continue the implementation of the
National
Public
Awareness
and
Sensitization Master Plan on EAC Regional
Integration;
(k)
To finalise the identification of and analysis
of the challenges to EAC Political
Federation;
(l)
To coordinate and take part in other
political and good governance initiatives in
the region;
(m) To coordinate the implementation of the
Regional Strategy on Peace and Security;
and
(n)
To build the Ministry’s operational capacity.
11. Honourable
Speaker,
the
implementation of these functions was guided by
the National Development Vision (2025), the Five
Year Development Plan (2011 – 2015), the
National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of
Poverty (NSGRP or MKUKUTA II), the National
Agriculture
Development Initiative
(Kilimo
Kwanza), the CCM Election Manifesto of 2010,
the Treaty for the Establishment of the East
African Community and its Protocols, the EAC
Development Strategy, and the decisions and
guidance of the EAC Summit of Heads of State
and Council of Ministers.
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12. Honourable
Speaker, besides the
National Vision, Policies and Plans referred to
herein, we have also deliberately referred and
reflected the Ministry's Vision, Mission and
Motto in this speech. We have done so because
we believe that the people who sent us to this
Parliament will not believe in us if they observe
that we do not have a Vision and a Mission. The
late Frantz Fannon, a renowned African scholar
and writer, once stated as follows in this regard:
“Each generation must, out of
relative obscurity, discover its
mission and fufill it”
The Father of the Nation, Mwalimu
Julius Kambarage Nyerere, implored us
that "Play your Part; it can be Done".
Thus, let us all cooperate in building a
prosperous and vibrant East African
Community. It can be Done.
13. Honourable
Speaker, during the
financial year 2011/2012, the Ministry was
allocated TZS 17,447,397,654, of which TZS
1,154,756,354 was for meeting Personal
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Emoluments
expenses
and
TZS
16,292,641,300 Other Charges. The Other
Charges
component
includes
TZS
11,016,151,636 earmarked for Tanzania’s
contribution to the Community’s budget. As on
the 30th June 2012, the Ministry had received
TZS 17,446,428,648, equivalent to 99% of the
approved budget.
2B: POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
2B1: The National Strategy on Regional
Integration:
14. Honourable Speaker, I am glad to
report to this august House that the Ministry
finalised the formulation of a National Policy on
Regional
Integration.
The
Ministry
has
submitted the Draft Policy for Government
consideration and approval. Similarly, during
the year, the 4th EAC Development Strategy
(2011/12 – 2015/16) was finalised and adopted
under the coordination and leadership of the
Ministry of Tanzania’s participation. Priority
areas under the Strategy include the mutually
beneficial implementation of the EAC Common
Market Protocol, elimination of Non-Tariff
Barriers to intra-regional trade, and involvement
of the private sector and civil society in the
integration process.
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2B2:
The
National
Strategy
for
Implementation of the EAC Common
Market
15. Honourable Speaker, the Ministry also
finalised
the
National
Strategy
for
Implementation of the EAC Common Market
during the year. The Strategy shall guide
national efforts in beneficially implementing the
relevant Protocol. The Strategy identifies the
opportunities for our country arising from the
EAC Common Market, Tanzania’s capacity to
harness those opportunities, and the challenges
that we must address in order to increase our
ability to utilise those opportunities. The
Strategy also shows clearly the strategic areas
and sectors in the market liberalisation process
agreed in the Protocol, especially regarding trade
in goods and services, employment, and
movement of capital. The Ministry shall continue
to monitor closely the implementation in these
strategic areas.
16. Honourable
Speaker, the areas
outlined in Strategy include the following:
(a)
Liberalisation of Trade in Goods:
the identified strategic interventions
include development of agriculture,
agro-processing
industries,
expansion and modernisation of
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infrastructure that links Tanzania
with the EAC Partner States as well
as Central and Southern Africa. The
respective infrastructure includes
Roads,
Railways,
Ports
and
Electricity;
(b)
Liberalisation
of
Trade
in
Services: Emphasis is being placed
on developing infrastructure for
Information
and
Communication
Technology (ICT), upgrading skills in
the tourism sector and copy rights
laws;
(c)
Liberalisation of Labour Market:
To enable Tanzanians to compete in
the labour market, the strategy
focuses on the improvement of the
quality of education, skills, and
professionalism of human resource,
especially
for
the
liberalised
professions, and establishment of a
mechanism that enables wider
publicity of available employment
opportunities in the media;
(d)
Liberalisation of Capital Market:
Tanzania’s capital market remains
rather young and shallow. The
Strategy,
therefore,
emphasises
reform of the legal and regulatory
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framework of the capital market to
facilitate broader participation of the
people in the said market, to develop
and deepen the financial market and
ease the availability of capital; and
(e)
The Right of Establishment: In this
area, the Strategy puts emphasises
on rationalisation of laws and
simplification of procedures for
setting up businesses as well as
maintaining conducive environment
for attracting serious investors.
17. Honourable Speaker, this Strategy
aims at coordinating and collating the sectoral
programmes towards encouraging and enabling
Tanzanians to effectively take advantage of the
regional opportunities in the EAC Common
Market and thereby benefit from the regional
integration process. For this purpose, the
Strategy identifies the various stakeholders and
their respective roles. The Ministry is in the
process of finalising the Monitoring and
Evaluation Framework for evaluating the efficacy
and
impact
of
the
Strategy
on
the
implementation of the EAC Common Market
Protocol.
18. Honourable Speaker, in accordance
with established procedures, the Strategy is
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expected to be adopted by the Government in
the financial year 2012/2013. I wish to reiterate
our request and advice to all Sectoral Ministries
to
prepare
sectoral
plans
for
effective
implementation and maximisation of benefits to
our nation in their areas of competence and
jurisdiction.
2B3: The EAC Industrial Development Policy
and Strategy
19. Honourable
Speaker,
industrial
development in the EAC region is one of the
areas accorded a high priority in the regional
integration process. Article 80 (1) of the EAC
Treaty directs Partner States to formulate an
Industrial Development Strategy in order to
increase industrial production in the region. An
EAC Industrial Development Policy and an
Industrial Development Strategy were finalised
and approved by the EAC Council of Ministers in
November 2011. The Partner States are now
implementing the Policy and Strategy, including
preparation of the Terms of Reference for
developing plans for industrial development,
technology, and innovation.
20. Honourable Speaker, in an effort to
develop industrialisation, the Community has
collaborated with the United Nations Industrial
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Organisation (UNIDO), under the EAC - UNIDO
Industrial
Upgrading
and
Modernization
Programme, to prepare an Action Plan for
modernising the region’s industries to match the
market’s
products
and
technological
development needs.
2B4: Gender and Social Development Policy:
21. Honourable Speaker, during the year
2011/2012, the Ministry coordinated and
participated in the negotiations leading to
finalisation of the Draft EAC Policy on Persons
with Disabilities. The Policy aims at empowering
people with disabilities to participate effectively
in EAC programmes.
22. Honourable Speaker, the Ministry also
coordinated negotiations on the development of
the Youth Policy. Negotiations in this regard are
to be finalised in the financial year 2012/2013.
Likewise,
the
Ministry
coordinated
and
participated in the formulation of the Child
Policy, the Gender Policy, and the EAC Social
Protection and Social Welfare Policy.
The
primary objective of these policies is to ensure
that all East Africans benefit from the
Community. Moreover, the Ministry coordinated
the preparation of an EAC Social Development
Framework that, upon completion, will serve as
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a guide for mainstreaming social development
issues in the Community. All these initiatives
will come to completion in financial year
2012/2013.
23. Honourable Speaker, these Strategies
are essential for taking full advantage of the
economic, social and political opportunities in
the Community, as well as meeting the
challenges of the future. The former U.S.
President, John F. Kennedy, in this context,
said as follows, and I quote:
“Change is the law of life. And those
who look only to the past or the
present are certain to miss the
future”
2C:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL
INTEGRATION PHASES
24. Honourable
Speaker,
regional
integration is unavoidable, in this Century, in
which the global economy is driven by
competition arising from globalisation that has
transformed the world into a single village.
Participation in Regional Integration Schemes is
critical for building national capacity to manage
the economic, social, technological, and political
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challenges of a globalised world. In short, a
nation that is still underplaying the importance
of regional cooperation is positioning itself for
failure in its search for rapid social and
economic development.
2C1: Implementation of the Customs Union
Protocol
25. Honourable Speaker, Paragraph 49(c)
of the CCM Election Manifesto of 2010, requires
the Government to establish strong national
industrial, trade, and marketing frameworks and
capacities to promote and increase exports. In
implementing this directive in 2011/2012, the
Ministry continued with coordination of the
implementation of the EAC Customs Union
Protocol, in which significant progress has been
made particularly through increased exports to
the region and thereby enhancing employment
investment, and production in the country.
26. Honourable
Speaker,
Tanzania’s
exports to the regional market continues to grow
year after year. In the period 2010, exports
increased by 62.3 %, from USD 285.0 million in
2009 to USD 462.7 millions in 2010.
Nevertheless, preliminary statistics for the year
2011 indicates that Tanzania’s exports to the
region declined slightly to USD 409 millions.
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Leading exports include fertiliser, cement, rice,
steel products, fish, wheat, sugar, and textiles.
Appendix No. 1 shows the trend of exports to
the EAC region for the period 2005 - 2011. On
the other hand, Graph No. 1 below shows the
trend of exports by individual EAC Partner
States.
Graph No. 1: Intra-EAC Exports (USD
Millions)
US$ Mil1800.00
1600.00
1400.00
1200.00
1000.00
Uganda
Tanzania
800.00
Kenya
600.00
Burundi
400.00
Rwanda
200.00
0.00
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
27. Honourable Speaker, Kenya continues
to be the dominant market for Tanzania’s goods
in the region, accounting for 60.17 percent of
the total exports in the Community. Kenya
continues to be dominant in market for goods in
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the Community accounting for 60 percent of the
market share. The main product exported to
Kenya from Tanzania includes mosquito nets,
plastic products, tea, electric transformers,
paper and paper products. Pie Chart No. 1
below presents the market share of the Partner
States for year 2011.
Pie Chart No. 1: Proportion of Exports
Between Partner States’ for 2011
Burundi 1%
Rwanda 3%
Uganda 20%
Tanzania 16%
Kenya 60%
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
28. Honourable Speaker, the value of
Tanzania’s imports from the region, on the other
hand, declined by 7.1 percent in 2010, from
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USD 316.9 millions in 2009 to USD 295.9
million in 2010. Preliminary statistics for 2011
indicate an increase in imports, reaching USD
378.1 millions. This increase reflects increased
importation from all EAC countries, whereby
imports from Uganda more than doubled. The
trend of imports between EAC Partner States is
shown in Appendix 2.
29. Honourable
Speaker,
Tanzania’s
imports from Uganda are mostly electrical goods,
shoes, and detergents. The other goods imported
from
within
the
Community
include
pharmaceuticals, steel and steel products, oils
and lubricants, and trucks and trailers. Graph
No. 2 below summarises the trend in Tanzania’s
imports from the EAC Region since 2005 and Pie
Chart No. 2 below indicates the proportions of
imports in intra-EAC trade for 2011.
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Graph No. 2: Intra-EAC Imports (USD Million)
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
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Pie Chart No. 2: Percentage of Imports from
EAC to Total Import in 2011
Rwanda 20%
Uganda 36%
Burundi 8%
Kenya 16%
Tanzania, 20%
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
Pattern of Trade Among EAC Partner States
30. Honourable Speaker, the value of
goods traded among the five EAC Member
Countries continued to grow during 2010, from
USD 3,437.3 Million in 2009 to USD 3,800.7
million in 2010, reflecting a 10.6 percent
increase. Preliminary statistics for 2011 also
indicate an even higher growth in trade
amounting to USD 4,485.9 millions, which is 18
percent above the value recorded in 2010.
Appendix 3 shows the trend in trade among the
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EAC Member Countries for the period 2005 to
2010.
31. Honourable Speaker, Kenya still leads
in the EAC market in terms of market share,
followed by Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and
Burundi in that order. On the imports side,
Uganda is the country that imports most from
the region, followed by Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda
and Burundi respectively.
32. Honourable
Speaker, Graph No 3
and Pie Chart 3 below summarise the pattern,
indicating that Kenya accounted for 41 percent
of all intra-regional trade in 2011, followed by
Uganda with 27 percent, Tanzania with18
percent, Rwanda 11 percent and Burundi at 3
percent. I therefore call on all Tanzanians to
open their eyes, get aggressive, and exploit the
vast opportunities in the region in order to
increase our market share in the regional trade.
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Graph No. 3: Trade in Goods Market Shares
2005 – 2010 (Million USD)
2000
1500
Uganda
1000
Tanzania
Kenya
500
Burundi
0
Rwanda
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
Pie Chart No. 3: Trade in Goods Market
Shares in 2010
Rwanda 10%
Burundi 4%
Uganda 27%
Kenya 41%
Tanzania 18%
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
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33. Honourable Speaker, Tanzania’s low
market
share
in
the
EAC
market
notwithstanding, I am pleased to inform your
august House that our balance of trade has
continued to strengthen over time, from a deficit
of USD 31.9 million in 2009 to a surplus of USD
166.8 million in 2010. As a result, and excluding
year 2009 when Tanzania’s exports suffered due
to the global economic crisis, trade has grown
for the two consecutive years with trade
surpluses being recorded. The trend of the EAC
Trade Statistics are summarised in Appendix 4.
Investment Growth
34. Honourable Speaker, implementation
of the Customs Union has continued to
complement the Government’s efforts in
promoting and developing investment in the
country. Both the number and value of projects
implemented by investors from the EAC
countries has increased year after year. During
2011, 21 new projects with a total investment
value of USD 58 million were implemented.
Details of the yearly number and value of
investment project by regional investors are
given in Appendix 5. The leading sectors in
attracting regional investors in that year were
Industries,
Construction,
Tourism,
Transportation, and Agriculture. Appendix 6
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shows the sectoral distribution of the projects
implemented. Overall, this indicates that the
industrial
and
services
sectors
have
demonstrated good growth patterns arising from
the implementation of the Customs Union.
35. Honourable Speaker, following the
increased flow of investment from within the
region, employment opportunities arising from
that investment have also increased yearly. In
2011, 1,668 new jobs were created compared to
1,575 jobs in 2010 as shown in Pie Chart 4.
The leading sectors in job creation were
Manufacturing, Agriculture, Transport, Tourism,
and Construction. Details on this matter are
given in Appendix 7.
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Pie Chart No. 4: Leading Sectors in Job
Creation
in
Tanzania
Resulting
from
Investment Flows from EAC (2011)
TOURISM 12%
TRANSPORT
13%
MANUFACTURING
44%
AGRICULTURE
10%
CONSTRUCTION 19%
SERVICES 12%
Source: EAC Trade Report 2011
Single EAC Customs Territory
36. Honourable
Speaker, in my year
2011/12 speech, I explained about the ongoing
negotiations on strengthening the
EAC
Customs Union with a view to establishing a
Single Customs Territory. Similarly, I explained
that the EAC Heads of State had instructed the
Council
of
Ministers
to
undertake
comprehensive analysis on the matter and
submit recommendations to the Summit. The
analysis was undertaken as directed and
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Council’s recommendations submitted to the
11th Extraordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of
State that was held in Arusha, Tanzania in April
2012. In the referred Summit, the Heads of
States endorsed the Destination Model, whereby
each Partner State retains responsibility for
managing its Customs operations and collecting
duties and taxes there from.
37. Honourable
Speaker, under this
model, it was agreed that goods transiting
through the territory of one Partner State to
another (transit goods) shall be inspected and
taxes collected at the first port of entry into EAC,
and the taxes transferred to the final destination
after verifying that the goods did actually cross
the border into the destination territory. The
Council of Ministers has subsequently formed a
Task Force to prepare operational procedures
and guidelines for operationalizing of the Model.
The Task Force shall complete this assignment
during financial year 2012/2013.
Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)
38. Honourable Speaker, in fiscal year
2011/2012, my Ministry continued to coordinate
and participate in the implementation of the
Regional Plan for Elimination of Non Tariff
Barriers. In the period under review, 50 NTBs
were identified and of which 27were eliminated.
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NTBs eliminated include levies and charges on
motor vehicles upon entry into another Partner
State, charges designed to restrict the export of
seeds and food products, barriers to the export
of Tanzania Distilleries Ltd’s products and
particularly Konyagi, duties and charges on
importation
of
pharmaceuticals
and
medicaments, cumbersome procedures for
availing Certificates of Origin, and mutual
recognition of the Certificate of Quality issued by
the Partner State’s respective authorities.
39. Honourable Speaker, despite all these
efforts initiated to eliminate NTBs sixteen new
ones were reported during the year. The new
NTBs include: reduction of the grace period for
goods at ports before being subjected to
demurrage charges, port congestion; varying
rates for overweight charges among road users
in different countries; weighing unloaded trucks,
which tends to waste time for no real benefit;
cumbersome procedures for perfecting security
for goods transiting through Partner State’s
territories; the banning of horticultural products
destined for export to Europe from transiting
through another country’s territory; and
imposition of charges and levies on agricultural
products traded within the EAC region.
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40. Honourable Speaker, at a Special
Ministerial Meeting on NTBs held in Mombasa,
Kenya in March 2012, the Partner States agreed
to eliminate all NTBs that had been identified,
and to expedite the identification of an
appropriate legal framework to govern the
treatment of NTBs as a permanent solution. I
therefore call upon the different authorities
responsible for the identified NTBs to remove
them expeditiously.
41. Honourable Speaker, as part of the
effort against NTBs, Partner States have also
established One Stop Boarder Posts (OSBP) at
border stations. The objective of this initiative is
to reduce unnecessary and time wasting
bureaucracy in the Customs, Immigration,
Standards and Security operations at border
crossings. This initiative will substantially
reduce the time spent at the crossings.
42. Honourable
Speaker, the Partner
States have therefore started constructing the
necessary infrastructure for the One Stop
Boarder Posts. The border stations where
Tanzania, in conjunction with the respective
neighbours, are building the OSBP are:
(a) Rusumo/Rusumo (Tanzania and Rwanda);
(b) Namanga/Namanga (Tanzania and Kenya);
(c) Sirari/Isebania (Tanzania and Kenya);
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(d) Holili/Taveta (Tanzania and Kenya)
(e) Horohoro/Lungalunga
(Tanzania
and
Kenya);
(f) Mutukula/Mutukula
(Tanzania
and
Uganda); and
(g) Kabanga/Kobero (Tanzania and Burundi).
The works are at different levels of completion.
43. Honourable Speaker, during 2011/12,
the Ministry and the sectoral Ministries
responsible for the operations to be covered
under the OSBPs (i.e. customs, immigration,
standards and safety of goods, security, and
transportation) have formed a National Technical
Committee on the implementation of this
initiative. The Committee is charged with
responsibility to oversee the establishment of the
posts as well as their actual operation, and to
report to a Committee of Permanent Secretaries
on any action needed at that level to expedite the
posts’
operationalisation
and
proper
management.
44. Honourable Speaker, the Ministry, as
a follow up to the issue on Cloves and other
restrictions
on
trade
affecting
Tanzania
Zanzibar, made a tour in Kenya and specifically
Mombasa and Shimoni, from the 18th to 20th
October 2011. The objective of this mission was
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to fulfil the Ministry’s resolve in finding solutions
to the challenges of Clove trade and its
management; allegations of mistreatment of
Zanzibar residents and travellers when entering
Kenya via Shimoni; illegal fishing at Pemba
Channel; and high fees of Work Permits.
45. Honourable Speaker, the outcome of
the said tour is that leaders from Tanzania and
Kenya agreed to work on the identified
challenges jointly through periodic meeting; and
undertake research on Cloves with view to
establishing a flow price for Cloves to guide
trade between the two Partner States. Regarding
the Shimoni border point, it was agreed that it
be opened for twelve hours and after which
seafarers contact the Kenya immigration officials
via Mobile No. +254722494948 for assistance.
46. Honourable Speaker, besides these
regional initiatives, there has been national ones
under the banner WIPO/BRELA BRAND
MISSION TO TANZANIA which has been
launched by the Government of Tanzania in
corroboration with the Government of the United
States of America and World Intellectual
Property Organisation. This measure would
enable the country to register Cloves internally
in the context of Geographical Indications. I
believe this initiative would go a long way to
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resolving the prevailing challenges on Cloves and
restore the historical legacy of Zanzibar as a
Spice Island.
47. Honourable Speaker, in an effort to
strengthen good neighbourliness and address
the challenges to cross border trade in the
region, my Ministry requested the Community to
promote regular bilateral meetings between
Partner States, particularly between Tanzania
and Kenya. Issues presented by Tanzania for
discussion under the suggested framework
include the smuggling of cloves from Zanzibar
and the extra KES 2 per kilogram charge
imposed on Tanzanian horticultural products
transiting through Kenya to the European
markets. I believe that these meetings will
produce lasting solutions to many of these longstanding challenges.
2C2: The East African Common Market
48. Honourable Speaker, Article 51(d) of
the CCM Election Manifesto of 2010, directs the
Government to sustain efforts aiming at
implementing the EAC Common Market
Protocol. During the year 2011/2012, my
Ministry, along with other stakeholders in the
public and private sectors continued with the
implementation of the Protocol.
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49. Honourable Speaker, in collaboration
with the respective sector Ministries, my
Ministry completed the review of the relevant
laws with a view to bringing them in harmony
with the Protocol. This exercise covered laws
governing employment, finance, investment,
company
registration,
land,
immigration,
tourism services (hotels and restaurants),
insurance,
and some
financial
services.
Recommendations for the rationalisation needed
have been identified, and submitted to the
respective sector Ministries for further action.
50. Honourable
Speaker,
during
2012/2013, the Ministry and the respective
sector Ministries will continue the review of laws
governing the remaining areas covered under the
Protocol, including banking and financial
services, tourism, education, procurement and
supplies,
transport,
communication,
and
professional services. Review of these laws will
facilitate implementation of the EAC Common
Market Protocol in respect to free movement of
persons and labour, free movement of services,
free movement of capital, right of establishment
and residence
51. Honourable Speaker, the East African
Community
finalised
a
monitoring
and
evaluation framework during 2011/2012 that
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will serve the region in coordinating the
implementation of the Protocol. The framework
identifies the performance indicators for
assessing the implementation status for each of
the agreements reached in the Protocol. Partner
States are required to report semi-annually on
their status of implementing the agreed actions,
and the reports discussed at the regional level.
For the M & E framework to be effective, Partner
States
are
expected
to
expedite
the
rationalisation of the national laws and bring
them into conformity with the EAC Common
Market Protocol. It is my humble hope and plea
that the process of rationalising our laws with
the Protocol shall be completed in good time,
with the support and indulgence of all
stakeholders.
52. Honourable
Speaker,
having
recognised that pending work on legal reforms
was one of the reasons for the rather slow pace
of implementation of the EAC Common Market
Protocol by Partner States, the Partner States
agreed to form National Committees for
implementing the Common Market Protocol.
Tanzania formed a Committee comprising of
Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Institutions
for this purpose. In addition to closely following
up the implementation of the Protocol, the
Committee is also responsible for developing
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strategies to maximise Tanzania’s benefits from
the EAC integration process, and particularly
the Common Market. As previously stated
herein, the Ministry has already finalised a
National Plan of Action for the Implementation of
the EAC Common Market Protocol with a view to
enabling the nation and individuals to optimise
their utilisation of the opportunities presented
by the Common Market.
2C3:
Establishment of
Monetary Union
the
East
African
53. Honourable Speaker, in year 2011/12,
the Ministry coordinated and led ongoing
negotiations on the East African Monetary Union
Protocol. The Ministry, in collaboration with the
Ministry of Finance, the Planning Commission,
the Bank of Tanzania, and other stakeholders
undertook a detailed assessment of Tanzania’s
readiness for entry into the East African
Monetary Union. The analysis aimed at
evaluating the status of implementation of
preceding stages of regional integration, which is
the Customs Union and the Common Market-as
building blocks towards a Monetary Union,
assess the readiness of the East African
Community to implement a Monetary Union,
and learn from the experience of the European
Monetary Union (EMU) in dealing with the
current crises.
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54. Honourable Speaker, the analysis has
concluded that the EAC Partner States ought to
accomplish a number of prerequisites before
establishing a Monetary Union. In short, these
prerequisites are:
(a) To complete implementation of the
outstanding agenda under the Customs
Union and Common Market stages;
(b) To strengthen the productive capacity
and build a strong infrastructure network
in order to harness the opportunities
arising from these foundation stages of
regional integration to establish strong,
sustainable,
and
complementary
constituent economies of the Partner
States;
(c) To revamp their economies and achieve
key macroeconomic convergence targets,
thereby
creating
the
conducive
environment for entry into a viable
Monetary Union;
(d) To harmonise their frameworks for
compiling national statistics, which is the
essential basis for a common monitoring
and evaluation system;
(e) to implement a Harmonized Accounting
System; and
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To design and implement a common
framework for fiscal policy management.
55. Honourable Speaker, members of a
regional High Level Task Force working on this
matter visited Europe on a study tour in
January 2012 in order to gain insights and
expand their understanding of the prerequisites
and process of establishing a sustainable
Monetary Union. The team also sought to gain
insight into the sources of the EMU’s crisis and
the measures being taken to contain it. The East
African Community has learned from that study
tour that, to successfully implement a Monetary
Union, the following must be borne in mind:
(a)
The Partner States must have
attained the qualities of an optimum
currency area, which include free
movement of goods, labour, and
capital plus integration of the
financial systems;
(b)
The Member States must have fully
implemented the foundation stages of
regional economic integration (i.e. the
Customs Union and Common Market)
as these will prepare the Members for
attaining the qualities of an optimum
currency area;
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(c)
The Partner States must be very
careful in admitting members to a
Monetary Union, by verifying their
compliance
with
macroeconomic
convergence targets and demonstrate
capacity to sustainably observe the
targets while operating within the
monetary Union. It was evident that
the real source of EMU’s current
crisis was the loose admission of
countries on security and defence
consideration without giving due
consideration to appropriate economic
indicators;
(d)
The Partner States must have a
harmonised framework for Fiscal
Policies. As this is rather difficult to
achieve due to the existence of
different
social
and
economic
aspirations among countries with
distinct political systems, it is
generally advisable to focus on
harmonisation of the economies and
thereby indirectly harmonise the
socioeconomic aspirations of the
people in a Monetary Union;
(e)
The Partner
strict fiscal
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States must observe
discipline, including
avoiding large fiscal deficits and the
accumulation of fiscal debt ; and
(f)
The Partner States must have a
common and enforceable statistical
framework.
56. Honourable Speaker, following our
internal analysis and the results of the
mentioned regional study tour, Tanzania will
consistently emphasise the need to build a
strong foundation for a Monetary Union before
attempting to start its implementation. Our goal
in this regard, is to have a sustainable Monetary
Union and Community.
2C4: The East African Political Federation
57. Honourable Speaker, I informed this
House in my 2011/2012 Speech that a Team of
Experts was to be formed and tasked to identify
the Fears, Challenges, and Concerns emanating
from the implementation of the Customs Union
and Common Market, and those that might
emerge in the event of a premature entry into an
East African Political Federation, without due
regard to the primary objectives of the
Community. The Team of experts completed its
assignment, and submitted its report to the
Summit of EAC Heads of State in Bujumbura in
November 2011 in Bujumbura, Burundi. The
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Heads of State directed the EAC Secretariat to
prepare a model of a Federation to form a basis
for continued dialogue on this issue.
58. Honourable Speaker, the Team of
Experts observed in its report that, as of now,
most East Africans are
yet to see tangible
benefits
arising
from
the
ongoing
implementation
of
the
EAC
integration.
Therefore, the Team advised the Partner States
to
focus
on
effective
and
beneficial
implementation of the initial stages of
integration before embarking on the process
towards a Political Federation. This caution will
be consistently observed by:
“But if to plan is to choose, to cite Mwalimu
Nyerere’s dictum, the EAC should henceforth
be more focused and selective, with few key
priorities that will result into visible and
tangible results.”
2D: COOPERATION WITH OTHER REGIONAL
ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES
2D1: The COMESA, EAC and SADC Tripartite
Arrangement
59. Honourable Speaker, Paragraph 51(a)
of the CCM Manifesto of 2010 requires the
Government to promote the utilisation of the
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domestic, regional, and international markets by
our people. In pursuit of this objective, and
pursuant to its mandate, my Ministry has
continued to coordinate and participate in the
negotiations for the establishment of a Free
Trade Area encompassing the regions of
COMESA, EAC and SADC.
60. Honourable Speaker, at their first joint
meeting in Kampala, Uganda in October 2008,
the Heads of State and Government of the
COMESA, EAC, and SADC countries resolved to
establish a COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Trade
Arrangement. It was further agreed that, the
Tripartite should encompass three pillars:
market integration including a free Trade Area,
development
of
infrastructure,
and
industrialisation.
61. Honourable Speaker, a Roadmap for
establishing an FTA in the whole of the
COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite region and the
legal and institutional framework to oversee the
FTA’s implementation was finalised during
2011/2012.
The
second
phase,
to
be
implemented after conclusion of negotiations
under Phase 1, will cover issues of trade in
services, copyrights and patents, competition
policies, and development of commercial and
competitive capacities.
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62. Honourable
Speaker, the Partner
States have also adopted negotiation guidelines,
and a plan of action to guide negotiations, and
formed several working groups focusing on
specialised subjects to facilitate the negotiation
process. Negotiations are planned to start
formerly in August 2012.
2D2: The EAC – EU Economic Partnership
Agreement
63. Honourable
Speaker,
negotiations
between the East African Community and the
European Union on the Economic Partnership
Agreement (EPA continued during 2011/2012),
focusing on the areas that were not concluded in
the
transitory
Framework
for
Economic
Partnership Agreement (FEPA). Outstanding
areas relate to taxes and levies on exports; the
Most Favoured Nations (MFN) treatment; and
economic
cooperation.
Negotiations
are
continuing on new areas that include the Rules
of Origin, and cooperation in agriculture. The
parties agreed to postpone negotiations on Trade
in Services and other Trade Related Issues until
another time to be agreed mutually, when the
parties are ready for such negotiations.
64. Honourable Speaker, the Economic
Partnership Agreement provides opportunities
for products from EAC countries to enter the
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European Union markets duty free and without
any encumbrances. On the other hand, EAC
countries are obliged to allow preferential
market access to some EU products. The EPA is
also expected to extend economic and
development cooperation between the EAC
Partner States and EU whereby the EU and its
Members will provide economic assistance to
EAC countries and support their effort to
surmount
infrastructure
and
productive
capacity challenges.
65. Honourable Speaker, allow me to call
on all stakeholders in the EPA negotiations to
maintain their vigilance, and to conduct the
negotiations with utmost professionalism to
ensure a successful and mutually beneficial
conclusion of the agreement.
2E:
COOPERATION IN THE PRODUCTIVE
SECTORS
2E1: Food Security
66. Honourable Speaker, as one of the
measures to enhance Food Security, the
Ministry participated and coordinated the
preparation of the Community Fund for
Agriculture;
and
mechanism
for
the
establishment
of
Regional
Commodities
Exchange under the EAC Financial Sector
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Development
and
Regionalization
Project
(FSDRP). These initiatives are expected to be
concluded in the course of 2012/2013.
67. Honourable Speaker, during the year
2011/2012, the Partner States also initiated
consultations
on
the
EAC Emergency Preparedness
and
response
Plan for pastoralists in the dry lands of EAC
seeking to assist livestock keepers in dry and
arid zones to cope with the vagaries of weather.
The programme will involve construction of
stable
housing
for
livestock
keepers,
strengthening social services in pastoral areas,
avoiding child labour and thus enable schooling,
and to avoid frequent land disputes between
farmers and pastoralists. The consultations on
this programme are continuing, and scheduled
for conclusion in 2012/2013.
2E2: Joint Investment Promotion
Conferences
68. Honourable Speaker,
the Partner
States have an understanding for organising
Joint
Investment
Conferences
in
the
Community, as one of the ways of marketing the
region as a single investment area and attracting
more inward investment. The Joint Investment
Conferences are yearly events and are organised
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in Partner States on a rotational basis. In the
year 2011/2012, the Ministry coordinated
Tanzania's participation in the Lake Tanganyika
Basin Investment Conference held in November
2011, in Bujumbura, Burundi. The aim of the
Conference was to advertise the various
investment opportunities existing in the basin to
promote trade by encouraging traders and
investors from inside and outside the
Community to invest in it. Let me take this
opportunity to thank the organisers of this
important Conference, and urge stakeholders in
the Lake Tanganyika Basin to follow up and
implement all the resolutions made at the
Conference for their own benefits and that of the
nation.
2E3: Informal Sector Exhibitions
69. Honourable Speaker, my Ministry also
coordinated Tanzania’s participation in the 12th
Jua Kali/Nguvu Kazi Exhibition in Kampala,
Uganda during the year 2011/2012. The
exhibitions are held annually to provide an
avenue for entrepreneurs in the Partner States
to meet and share experiences on how to develop
their enterprises, learn new technologies, and
establish business networks. As with previous
exhibitions, this exhibition was a great success
to our entrepreneurs. Allow me to I sincerely
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congratulate the entrepreneurs who participated
in this exhibition, and especially those who were
able to conclude commercial agreements.
2E4: Tourism and Wildlife
70. Honourable
Speaker, in the year
2011/12, the Ministry coordinated training of
experts to be charged with assessing the
standards of hotels and restaurants in the
Community, whereby 15 experts from Tanzania
Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar were awarded
certification on graduation. The objective of this
exercise was to enable these experts to speed up
the process of ranking Hotels and Restaurants
on a Star scale, and make them eligible to
compete in the same East African Tourism
Sector. In fiscal year 2012/2013, the Ministry in
collaboration with relevant sectors will continue
to coordinate the grading and assignment of
Stars to Hotels and Restaurants in the Southern
Regions.
2E5: The East African Community Single
Tourist Visa
71. Honourable Speaker, in carrying out
the directives of the Council of Ministers of the
East African Community urging Partner States
to take steps to promote East Africa as a single
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tourist destination, in 2011/2012 the Partner
States continued assessing their readiness for
adopting a Single Tourist Visa. Preliminary
results of the assessment suggest that there are
challenges in implementing the proposed
system, and that these will need to be seriously
addressed and specific strategies for that
purpose set. These challenges include the
collection and distribution of revenue, security,
and economic and technological infrastructure.
To get ourselves prepared, the Ministry in
collaboration with relevant Sector Ministries are
undertaking an internal study to determine what
would be needed for Tanzania to adopt a
regional Single Tourist Visa and therefore
prepare accordingly. This will continue in fiscal
year 2012/2013.
72. Honourable
Speaker,
the
implementation
of
programmes
for
infrastructural development in the East African
Community is being done in accordance with
Article 89 of the Treaty Establishing the East
African Community which requires Partner
States to cooperate in developing infrastructure.
Moreover, implementation of programmes for
developing and strengthening infrastructure is
guided by the National Development Vision
(2025), which provides for the strengthening of
infrastructure to facilitate other productive
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sectors. Likewise, infrastructural development is
done in accordance with paragraph 19(e) of the
CCM Election Manifesto of 2010 which requires
the Government to put in place the basic
economic infrastructure for a modern economy
for ensuring the availability of reliable power
supply and by improving economic and service
infrastructure in general; and paragraph 19(f) of
the Manifesto that directs the Government to
utilize the favourable geographical location for
the nation’s economic growth.
73. Honourable Speaker, Tanzania, being
the only country that borders all Partner States
of the Community, the development and
strengthening
of
transport
infrastructure
particularly
ports,
railway
systems,
construction of airports, maritime, air and road
transport must be among its priorities in the
Community.
The
development
of
such
infrastructure will enable Tanzania to take
advantage of its geographical location in
benefiting economically, socially and culturally.
In the fulfilment of this mission, the Ministry
continued to coordinate the implementation of
infrastructure projects in the Community.
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2F1: The East African Road Network
74. Honourable
Speaker, in the year
2011/2012, the Partner States of the East
African
Community
have
continued
to
implement the East African Road Network
Project in the Community. The network includes
national roads of regional importance that were
identified as connecting the Partner States as
shown in Appendix 8.
75. Honourable Speaker, in the case of
Tanzania,
implementation
of
the
road
infrastructure programme in each zone was as
follows:
First Zone: This is a Transport Corridor
commencing from Mombasa - Malaba - Katuna Kigali - Kanyaru-Bujumbura - Gatumba,
including Marangu-Tarakea, Chalinze - Segera,
and Segera - Himo. Rehabilitation to tarmac
grade has started on the 172 KM Korogwe Mkumbala - Same section, and design work on
the 80 Km Same - Himo section has
commenced. Rehabilitation and design of these
sections is financed by the World Bank, and will
continue during 2012/13.
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Second Zone:
This is a Central Transport
Corridor joining Dar es Salaam and Kigoma,
Rwanda, and Burundi. The relevant roads run
from Dar-es-salaam - Isaka - Lusahunga Mutukula - Masaka, and Lusahunga Nyakasanza – Rusumo - Kigali - Gisenyi. In
2011/2012, rehabilitation of these roads
continued with financing from the Tanzania
Government and is expected to be completed in
2012/13. Moreover, detailed design of the 150
KM Lusahunga-Rusumo and the 150 KM
Kobero-Nyakasanza sections have commenced
with financing from the World Bank, and will
continue during 2012/2013.
Third Zone: This Zone covers the Biharamulo Mwanza - Musoma - Sirari - Lodwar – Lokichogio
roads. Construction on the 112 KM Uyovu Bwanga – Biharamulo section will commence
during 2012/2013.
Fourth Zone: This corridor joins Tanzania’s
Southern highland to the Western Regions of
Tanzania, from Tunduma - Sumbawanga Kigoma - Manyovu (Mugina) - Rumonge Bujumbura - Ruhwa (Bugarama) - Karongi Gisenyi.
During
fiscal
year
2011/2012,
construction to tarmac grade on the Tunduma –
Sumbawanga – Kizi continued with financing
from the Tanzania Government and the
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Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Works
on the section will continue during 2012/2013.
Fifth Zone: This Zone runs from Tunduma Iringa – Dodoma - Arusha - Namanga – Moyale.
During 2011/2012, construction continued on
the Iringa – Dodoma section continued with
financing from AfDB. Upgrading to tarmac grade
of the Dodoma – Mayamaya – Bonga – Babati
Road continues with financing from the
Tanzania Government. Construction works were
progressing well on the 43.8 KM DodomaMayamaya and the 19KM Bonga-Babati
sections. During 2012/13, construction will
commence on the 188.15 KM Mayamaya-Bonga
Section with funding from ADfB and the
Government. As for the Babati – Arusha Road,
construction and rehabilitation works continue
with funding from AfDB and the World Bank.
The works will continue during fiscal year
2012/2013.
The Arusha – Namanga – Athi River Road
76. HonourableSpeaker, as explained in
my speech for the year 2011/2012, construction
of the Arusha - Namanga - Athi River road
covers 104.4 kilometres on the Tanzania side.
The construction of road to tarmac grade and
bridges were completed during 2011/2012, and
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the Community is currently seeking funding for
correctional works in areas that harbour water
when it rains, including building 12 new bridges
and 43 culverts to prevent water damage over 40
kilometres. It is expected that these works will
be completed, to allow the road to be formerly
inaugurated by the Heads of State in November
2012.
The Arusha – Holili/Taveta – Voi Road
77. HonourableSpeaker, the Ministry also
continued with coordinating the feasibility study
and detailed design of the Arusha – Holili/Taveta
– Voi, which has 158.8 KM on the Tanzania side
and 122.5 KM on the Kenya side. These tasks
were scheduled for completion in 2012/2013.
The Malindi –
Bagamoyo Road
Lunga
Lunga
-
Tanga
–
78. Honourable Speaker, during 2011/12,
my Ministry coordinated the feasibility study for
the 400 KM long Malindi – Lunga Lunga - Tanga
– Bagamoyo Road. The road shall consist 240
KM on the Tanzania side, from Tanga to
Bagamoyo. The feasibility study and detailed
design started in February 2011 and completion
is expected before the end of 2012. My Ministry
will continue to coordinate the next steps during
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the year 2012/13, after completion of the
detailed design.
The Tanga – Horohoro Road
79. HonourableSpeaker,
during
2011/2012, works progressed well on the 66 KM
Tanga – Horohoro Road, running from the
Tanzania – Kenya border to Tanga City. The US
government, through the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC), is the financier of this road
at a total cost of TZS 69.9 billion. Works started
in January, 2010 and had reached 86 percent of
all planned works by March, 2012.
80. Honourable Speaker, as with other
sectors, the development of existing and new
roads in the road network of the East African
Community is conducted under the supervision
of the Ministry of Works. Details on these roads
are therefore as set forth by Minster for Works in
his speech before this august House.
2F2: Transport Strategy and Program
Development in the Road Sector:
81. Honourable Speaker, in furtherance of
the transport sector, in the year 2011/2012, the
Partner States completed the EAC Transport
Strategy
and
Road
Sector
Development
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Programme. The Strategy identifies projects that
will be implemented during the next ten years
(2011/12 – 2019/20). The transport projects
included in the Strategy include roads, railways,
air transport, lake and marine transport, and
pipelines for the transportation of liquids
including oil and gas. The next step now is
Projects Unpacking with a view to soliciting
financing for implementation. This shall be
undertaken during 2012/2013.
2F3: The East African Rail Network:
82. Honourable
Speaker,
Tanzania,
Rwanda and Burundi continued to cooperate
during
2011/2012
in
relation
to
the
development of the railway Isaka - Kigali/Keza to
Musongati in Burundi whereby detailed design
and
environmental
impact
assessment;
assessment of the economic feasibility and the
legal and institutional frameworks including the
role of the private sector were initiated. The
preparation of detailed design is expected to be
completed during 2012/2013. This extension of
the
railway
network
is
part
of
the
Comprehensive East African Railways Plan as
seen in Appendix 9.
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2F4: Development of Marine Transportation
and Ports
83. Honourable Speaker, in developing the
transport sector and ports, Partner States have
adopted the Terms of Reference for preparing a
Marine Transport Strategy. The Strategy will
identify priorities for projects to develop marine
transport and ports in the Community. My
Ministry will continue to coordinate the
preparation of the Strategy during the financial
year 2012/2013.
2F5: The Civil Aviation Sector
84. Honourable Speaker, the Ministry has
continued to coordinate and participate in
discussions aimed at strengthening aviation by
increasing the use of Cheaper Navigation System
based on the Global Navigation Satellite System
(GNSS); implementation of the Yamoussoukro
Declaration (YD) to enable liberalisation of air
transport in the Community area; to adopt a
regional approach to conducting investigation of
aircraft accidents; installation of Security
System to enhance ability to see a large defence
area instead of the radar system Automatic
Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast
(ADS-B).
Work on these initiatives will continue during
2012/2013.
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Development of the Meteorology Sub Sector
85. Honourable Speaker, in strengthening the
meteorology sub sector, the Ministry coordinated and
participated in the review of the Development Plan and
Five Year Investment Strategy for the sub sector
during 2011/2012. This task has now been
completed.
During 2012/2013, the Partner
States will search for financing to enable
implementation
of
the
Investment Plan.
Moreover, the
Ministry coordinated and
participated in the preparation of the Climate
change Master Plan. A Draft Comprehensive Plan
was completed and submitted to the Sectoral
Council of the Environment Sector, which
directed that it be availed to Partner States for
comments. Finalisation and adoption of the Plan
is expected to be attained in 2012/2013.
2F6: The Energy Sector
86. Honourable Speaker, Article 101 of the
EAC Treaty states that Partner States shall adopt
policies and mechanisms to promote the efficient
exploitation, development, joint research and
utilisation of various energy resources available
within the region with a view to generating and
distributing electricity at affordable in the Community.
Similarly, paragraph 63(b) of the CCM Election
Manifesto of 2010, spells out that the
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Government engage in effort to connect the
national grid to those of neighbouring countries
with a view to assuring reliability in power
supply. The following were undertaken in
2011/2012 in respect of these objectives:
Interconnectivity of Partner States’ National
Grids
87. Honourable Speaker, under the East
African Community Power Pool, the Ministry
coordinated and participated in the preparation
of Draft Memorandum of Understanding that
will enable Partner States to conclude
Agreements on Trade in Power and thereby
eliminate electricity shortages in the region. The
MoU reflects agreements among the Partner
States and among service providers. They will be
completed during 2012/2013.
88. Honourable Speaker, each Partner
State nominated a service provider that will be
involved in these arrangements. Tanzania
nominated TANESCO and ZECO; Kenya
nominated two companies; and Rwanda, Uganda
and Burundi nominated one company each.
89. Honourable Speaker, paragraph 63(u)
of the CCM Election Manifesto of 2010 requires
the Government to commence implementation of
the Zambia - Tanzania - Kenya (ZTK) power line
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project, which will connect the Eastern and
Southern
Africa
power
networks.
Implementation of this project will enable the
realisation of the EAC and SADC plans for
establishing a Southern Africa Power Pool
covering all member countries of the two
economic groupings. A feasibility study on the
connection of the Tanzania and Kenya from
Singida to Arusha and Nairobi continued during
2011/2012 with financial support from the
Norwegian government. The study, which is
coordinated by the Nile Equatorial Lakes
Subsidiary Action programme (NELSAP), is due
for completion in financial year 2012/2013.
Power
Generation
Murongo/Kikagati
Project
at
90. Honourable Speaker, the Ministry also
coordinated and participated in negotiating the
Murongo/Kikagati power
project that is
projected to produce 16 MW. A Memorandum of
Understanding between the Governments of
Tanzania and Uganda was signed in September,
2011. The two countries are now negotiating the
relevant implementation contracts, including the
Bilateral Agreement, which has reached the final
stages of review before signature. It is expected
that the respective Agreements will be concluded
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in the course of 2012/2013 so that project
implementation may commence.
91. Honourable Speaker, for this project to
be successfully implemented, the Government
will have to develop the electricity distribution
infrastructure in the target beneficiary areas in
Tanzania. The government, through the Rural
energy Agency (REA), has allocated funds in its
2012/2013 budget for this purpose in Karagwe
District.
Priority Power Generation and Distribution
Projects
92. Honourable Speaker, in response to
the recurring shortage of electrical energy, in
2011/2012 the Partner States identified priority
projects
for
electricity
production
and
distribution in order to be funded through
regional cooperation. On the Tanzania side, the
projects proposed are: Singida-Arusha-Nairobi
400kV Interconnector; Masaka-Mwanza 220kV
Interconnector;
Rusumo-Nyakanazi
220kV
Interconnector; Stieglers Gorge Hydro-Power
Project 2100MW; Kiwira Coal 200MW; and
Rusumo Hydro Power Plant 90MW. The East
African Community continues to seek funding
mechanisms to facilitate implementation of
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these projects; and the process is expected to
continue through 2012/2013.
Cross Border Electrification Policy
93. Honourable Speaker, in the course of
fiscal year 2011/2012, the Community started
working on the Cross-Border Electrification
Policy. The policy serves as a guide on how
Partner States shall cooperate in facilitating the
electrification of border villages and townships.
It shall be completed in 2012/2013.
2F7:
Communications Sector
94. Honourable
Speaker, in the year
2011/2012, the Ministry coordinated and
participated
in
the
discussions
towards
establishment of The East African Broadband
Infrastructure Network. This aims at facilitating
communication between the Partner States and
the rest of the world. Tanzania has already
delivered broadband connectivity to it borders
with all of the other Partner States, as well as
Zambia and Malawi. Currently, Rwanda is
enjoying broadband connectivity through this
infrastructure. Discussions with the remaining
Partner States are underway in order to facilitate
access to improved and low cost communication
among East Africans, and other parts of the
world. This will contribute in developing
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economic and social activities among Partner
States.
95. Honourable Speaker, a Draft Protocol
for Cooperation in the ICT Sector has already
been prepared. It will set the basis for
cooperation in the broader ICT industry that will
enable Tanzania and other Partner States to
benefit commercially. The protocol is expected to
be finalised during 2012/2013.
Harmonisation of the Axle Load Limits on
East African Roads
96. Honourable Speaker, during 2011/12,
the Community finalised a study aimed at
harmonising policies and procedures used in the
regulation of axle load limits on East African
roads. The Partner States have also finalised a
Draft Legislation and Regulations on the Axle
Road Limits. The draft is expected to be enacted
during 2012/2013.
97. Honourable Speaker, among others,
the law aims to reduce the number of
weighbridge stations (optimal number of
weighbridges), so as to reduce the turnaround
time for the vehicles while protecting road
infrastructure from overloading and load shifts
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in the course of transportation, and outright
fraud..
2F8:
Construction of the New EAC
Headquarters:
98. Honourable Speaker, I am glad to
inform
your
esteemed
Parliament
that
construction of the Community Headquarters,
which began in January 2010, has been
completed. The Tanzania Government is now
working on the 300 metres road to the new
premises, named The EAC Close, which will be
used by the Heads of State to access the new
facilities. The official opening of the building is
scheduled for November 2012.
2G:
2G1:
SOCIAL SERVICES SECTORS
Education, Culture and Sports, Health
and Science
99. Honourable Speaker, Article 5(1) of the
EAC Treaty outlines the objectives of the
Community include the formulation of policies
and
programmes
aimed
at
enhancing
cooperation among Partner States in the social
and cultural and spheres. The Treaty further
elaborates areas of cooperation to include
education,
culture,
sports,
science
and
technology,
health,
employment
and
environmental protection.
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100.
Honourable
Speaker,
moreover,
paragraph 85 of the CCM Election Manifesto of
2010, requires the Government to improve,
strengthen and expand education at all levels
from basic education to the University level, and
ensure that the education provided to our
youths is of the quality that empowers them to
take their eligible place in and out of the East
African Community.
Harmonisation of the Curriculum and
Education Systems
101. Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, the Partner States continued their
consultations on harmonising their education
systems and curriculum. This will enable East
Africans to get similar education and therefore
facilitate fair competition in the labour market
and equal access to employment. A report on the
harmonisation of education systems has been
completed, and currently negotiations are
ongoing focused on having in place an
Implementation Plan during 2012/2013. I
hereby call on my fellow Tanzanians to take
advantage of employment opportunities for the
professions that have been liberalised in the
context of the Common Market implementation.
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Centres of Excellence:
102.
Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, the East African Community
concluded the verification of institutions with a
view to designating them as Centres of
Excellence as catalysts for developing Science
and Technology and other important areas for
the socio-economic development of the people.
The Centres would available for use by East
Africans from all Partner States. In Tanzania,
the institutions verified were:
(a)
University of Dar es Salaam, Faculty of
Marine Sciences- -Zanzibar;
(b)
The Dar es Salaam Maritime Transport
Institute (DMI)- Studies of Marine
Transportation and Marine Engineering
Technology;
(c)
The Bagamoyo Institute of Arts (TASUBA)
(d)
The Moshi University of Cooperative and
Business Skills (MUCCoBs), and
(e)
The Wildlife College - Mweka.
The Community Essay Competition
103.
Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012,
the
Ministry
continued
to
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coordinate the Community Essay Competition
for East African Secondary School students. The
aim of this competition is to create awareness of
students on various issues pertaining to the
East African Community. The topic for 2012 is:
“Discuss
the
Role
of
Education
in
Strengthening Integration in the East African
Community”.
104.
Honourable Speaker, I wish to
inform your Esteemed Parliament that winners
for 2011 Essay Competition received their prizes
during the EAC Summit Meeting in Bujumbura,
Burundi in November, 2011. Miss Neema John,
a Tanzanian student from Jangwani Secondary
School, got the Third Prize.
2G2: The East African Kiswahili Commission
105. Honourable Speaker, with happiness
I wish to report to the august House that, at its
24th Meeting held in Bujumbura, Burundi in
November 2011, the EAC Council of Ministers
appointed the United Republic of Tanzania to
host the headquarters of the EAC Kiswahili
Commission. The headquarters will be based in
Zanzibar. I wish to thank and congratulate all
stakeholders, particularly the Revolutionary
Government of Zanzibar, for successfully
managing the process that brought us this
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national achievement. The process to actually
establish and operationalise the Commission is
still ongoing, and the institution should start
discharging its duties in the course of /2013.
2G3: Environmental Protection
The
Lake
Victoria
Environmental
Management Project (LVEMP II)
106.
Honourable Speaker, given that Lake
Victoria is one of the most important resources
in the East African Community, the Community
is implementing the Second Phase of the Lake
Victoria Environmental Management Program
(LVEMP II). This phase will end in June 2013.
This programme is implemented in two main
components: regional and national projects.
During
2011/12,
the
regional
projects
implemented related to the carrying of analysis
and formulation of the following policies and
strategies:
(a) Strategy for Sustainable Land Use in the
Lake Victoria Basin;
(b) Strategy for Monitoring, Data Collection,
and Control of Water Hyacinth in the Lake
Victoria Basin;
(c) Mechanism
for
Environmental
Management and Protection;
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(d) Communication and Information Exchange
on Environment; and
(e) Water Release and Supply Policy in Lake
Victoria.
107.
Honourable Speaker, the second
component of the programme relates to national
projects that aim at mitigating environmental
degradation, especially in the Simiyu Catchment
Area, and improving the quality of life for the
communities around Lake Victoria. The projects
are in Bariadi, Kwimba, Magu, Maswa, Mwanza
and Meatu Districts in Mwanza, Mara and
Simiyu Regions. The implementation of these
projects is at different stages of completion.
108.
Honourable Speaker, to ensure
proper management of these projects, ten
teaching guidelines on
the operation and
management of community projects were
developed and begun to be used in fiscal year
2011/2012. The East African Community, in
collaboration with the LVEMP, II are identifying
additional projects to be financed during
2012/2013.
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Water and Sanitation Projects in the Victoria
Basin:
109.
Honourable Speaker, in 2011/2012,
the Ministry coordinated the implementation of
the Lake Victoria Water Supply and Sanitation
Project (LVWASTAN) in three towns, namely,
Geita, Nansio and Sengerema. The project seeks
to minimise environmental degradation and
achieve the water, sanitation, and environment
related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
in the project areas. In 2011/2012, the East
African Community signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the African Development
Bank for funding the project. Implementation of
this project will continue in fiscal year
2012/2013.
The Environmental and Health Management
Project in the Mara River Basin
110.
Honourable Speaker, the Ministry
continued with coordinating the implementation
of the Environmental Management, Biodiversity,
and Community Health Project in the Mara River
Basin during 2011/2012. The three year (20092012) project is implemented in Tanzania and
Kenya with the primary objective being
strengthening environmental management in the
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Mara
River
basin.
Achievements
2011/2012 include the following:
during
a)
University students from Tanzania and
Kenya
received
training
leading
to
Postgraduate Degrees in Environmental
Management issues, whereby a total of
eight students (8) from the Tanzania’s Ardhi
University benefited;
b)
Several studies and researches were
conducted in the Basin, including:
 Strategic Environmental Assessment;
 Communication Strategy for the
Mara River Basin; and
 The Resources Management Strategy
for the Mara River Basin.
2G4: The Health Sector
111.
Honourable Speaker, in the Health
Sector, the Community is implementing several
programmes and projects for the benefit of the
citizenry. During 2011/2012, the Ministry
continued to coordinate the implementation of
programmes and projects which resulted into
the following benefits:
(a) Training
provided
to
Civil
Society
Organisations engaged in child and youth
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health
issues.
WAMA
Foundation
(Wanawake na Maendeleo), the Private
Nurses and Midwives Association of
Tanzania
(PRINMAT),
the
Young
Connection Association (YCA) and the
Tanzania Young Positive Ambassador
(TAYOPA) were among the organisation
that benefited from this initiative;
(b) Launch of an EAC Medicines Registration
Harmonization Initiative (EAC-MRHI) that
aims at the harmonisation of policies,
laws, and procedures for the registration of
medicines in order to facilitate easier
access to essential drugs and assure
compliance with standards. This is a
unique project throughout Africa, and is
financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation;
(c) Stakeholders in nomadic societies and
those living in groups (drivers and
students) received training on the main
sources of HIV infection. Training was
conducted in areas around Lake Victoria;
(d) Border communities in Rusumo on the
Tanzania – Rwanda border; Namanga on
the Tanzania - Kenya border; and Kabanga
and Kobero on the Tanzania – Burundi
border received training on communicable
diseases on human and animals; and
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(e) Finalised negotiations on Intellectual
Property Rights Documentations regarding
the manufacturing of medicines and the
Draft East African Protocol on Trade in
Medicines and Community Health. These
documents are expected to be tabled in
Community’s Council of Ministers for
ratification during fiscal year 2012/2013.
112. Honourable Speaker, the Partner
States have recognised the importance of
harmonising issues of curriculum, teaching
practice and service delivery in order to have
comparable social services in the Community.
The professions covered include doctors,
pharmacists, Nurses and Midwives. In addition,
the Partner States have continued to cooperate
in strengthening laboratories to deal with
infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases
like TB and others.
113. Honourable Speaker, the East
African Community inspected the Dentists and
Pharmacists’ Training Colleges in the medical
schools located in the Community during
2011/12. The second phase of this exercise will
be conducted in September 2012. The objective
of these inspections is to have a better
understanding of the training colleges for
dentists, and other medical fields in the
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Community. I therefore wish to use this
opportunity to inform your august House and
encourage all stakeholders to take part in the
forthcoming 4th Annual East African Health and
Scientific Conference slated for September, 2012
in Rwanda. The Conference will bring together
experts and stakeholders in the health sector to
share experiences, discuss the challenges facing
the health sector, and chart out ways to
overcome them.
2H:
COOPERATION IN POLITICAL, PEACE
AND SECURITY ISSUES:
114. Honourable Speaker, Articles 123, 124
and 125 of the EAC Treaty require Partner
States to cooperate in political, peace, and
security matters. The Regional Strategy guides
cooperation in the Peace and Security areas on
Peace and Security that was signed in 2006. On
the other hand, cooperation in defence is
governed by the Memorandum of Understanding
on in Defense Cooperation signed by the Partner
States in 2001.
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2H1: Regional Strategy on Peace and
Security
115. Honourable Speaker, Article 124 of the
EAC Treaty clearly provides that Partner States
shall cooperate in maintaining peace and
security. During 2011/2012, the Ministry
coordinated the implementation of the EAC
Strategy for Regional Peace and Security,
including coordination of and participation in
three regional meetings of the Heads of Criminal
Investigation and Motor Vehicle Registrars.
These meetings were convened to exchange
information and chart ways for combating crime
in the Community. The Partner States agreed to
regularly conduct joint and coordinated
operations against theft of motor vehicles. In
addition, the Partner States agreed to explore
the possibility of involving Sudan, Ethiopia and
South Africa in the fight against the new
challenges emanating from human trafficking.
2H2: Harmonisation of Policing Operations:
116. Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012,
my
Ministry
coordinated
consultations aimed at increased cooperation in
police
operations.
Arising
from
these
consultations, the Partner States are developing
guidelines
on
the
harmonisation
and
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management of policing operations in the
Community. The Partner States also started, in
2011/2012, the verification of Forensic Centres
in the region to determine their capacity with a
view to designating one of them as a Regional
Forensic Centre. In addition to improving service
delivery in the Communities, the initiative will
reduce costs to Partner States. The verification
and related work will continue in 2012/2013.
2H3: The Fight Against Drug Abuse:
117. Honourable Speaker, the fight
against drug abuse continued in 2011/2012.
Partner
States were
able
to
exchange
information on the techniques and routes used
by drug traffickers. The Community has
reviewed the respective Partner States’ laws on
this matter with a view to facilitating
consultations on how to harmonise them,
including the sentences applicable to drug abuse
offences. The exercise is to continue during
2012/2013.
2H4: Countering Terrorism:
118.
Honourable Speaker, in the year
2011/2012, the Partner States continued to
negotiate an EAC Agreement on Cooperation on
Countering Terrorism. Finalisation of the
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Agreement is an important step in strengthening
cooperation in fighting terrorism in East Africa.
Moreover, the Partner States are cooperating in
the implementation of the project against the
proliferation of small arms. Cooperation in these
areas will be sustained during 2012/2013.
119. Honourable
Speaker,
in
my
2011/2012 speech, I informed the House that
the marking of arms exercise was to be held
throughout the country. I now wish to report
that the exercise was implemented, starting with
Singida, Manyara, Tabora, Kigoma and Kagera
Regions, and will continue in 2012/2013.
2H5: The Protocol on Peace and Security
120.
Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, the Community finalized the Draft
Protocol on Peace and Security and its Annexes,
which are the Conflict Prevention, Management
and Resolution Framework, and the Early
Warning Mechanism. The Partner States are
currently identifying the laws that will require
review to facilitate implementation of the
referred system. This process is expected to be
completed in 2012/2013.
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2H6: Protocol on Cooperation in Defence
121. Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, the Community finalised the
Protocol on Cooperation in Defence. The Protocol
was signed by the EAC Heads of State during
their Summit in April, 2012 in Arusha. As part
of this Protocol, the Partner States have agreed
to commence consultation on the feasibility of
promulgating a
Mutual Defence Pact. The
consultations will commence as soon as the
Protocol is ratified by the Partner States.
Consultations on the Mutual Defence Pact are
expected to be completed in the course of
2012/2013.
2H7: Joint Military Exercises
122.
Honourable Speaker, as part of
cooperation
in
defence,
the
Community
organised two Joint Military exercises in
2011/2012. . These were the “Exercise Natural
Fire 11” and Ushirikiano Imara. Exercise Natural
Fire 11 was conducted in Chukwani, Zanzibar in
September, 2011 and involved the armed forces
of the EAC Partner States and the USA. The
main objective of the exercise was to build the
capacity of the Partner States’ Defense Forces in
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dealing with the challenges of terrorism, natural
disasters, restoring peace and countering antipiracy operations. In addition, the exercise
aimed at establishing and strengthening systems
and common understanding in mounting
operations of this nature.
123. Honourable
Speaker,
Operation
Ushirikiano Imara was a Command Post Exercise
for Commanders of Rescue Stations. The
exercise was carried out in Musanze, Rwanda in
October, 2011. The theme of this exercise was
Peace
Support
Operations,
Disaster
Management, Counter Terrorism, and Counter
Piracy.
124.
Honourable Madam Speaker, the
Ministry
is
currently
coordinating
the
participation of our forces in the Field Training
Exercise under Operation “Ushirikiano Imara”
that will again be held in
Rwanda in
2012/2013. The aim of this planned exercise is
to give our troops readiness to deal with any
defence, security or disaster challenges.
2H8:
Cooperation in Political Affairs
125. Honourable Speaker, Article 6(d) of
the EAC Treaty, among others, requires Partner
States to observe democratic governance. During
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2011/2012, the Partner States prepared
guidelines for conducting transparent, free and
fair elections. This guide will be used by Election
Observers from the East African Community.
126.
Honourable Speaker, in order to
facilitate East Africans to access employment
opportunities in regional and international
organizations, the Partner States are cooperating
in supporting each other’s citizens aspiring for
employment in regional and international
organisations. During the year 2011/2012, this
form
of
cooperation
enabled
Tanzania’s
Controller and Auditor General, Mr Ludovick
Utouh, to secure a position in the United
Nations Audit Board, following elections held in
November 2011, at the UN Headquarters in New
York, USA.
127. Honourable Speaker, through this
august House, allow me to congratulate Mr.
Ludovick Uttouh for this appointment, which
adds to our nation’s credentials, and influence
in the international arena. Moreover, let me
reiterate my call to all Tanzanians aspiring for
electable international positions to inform the
Ministry of East African Cooperation to enable it
to solicit support from our fellow Partner States
in the East African Community.
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2H9: Applications to Join the Community
128.
Honourable Speaker, during the year
2011/2012, the Republic of Sudan and South
Sudan applied to join the East African
Community.
129. Honourable Speaker, Article 3(3) of
the EAC Treaty sets out the criteria and
conditions for admission of new members into
the Community. The qualifications and criteria
are as follows:
(a) acceptance of the Community as set
out in the Treaty;
(b) adherence to universally acceptable
principles
of
good
governance,
democracy, the rule of law, observance
of human rights and social justice;
(c) potential
contribution
to
the
strengthening of integration within the
East African region;
(d) geographical proximity to and interdependence between it and the Partner
States;
(e) establishment and maintenance of a
market driven economy; and
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(f)
its social and economic policies being
compatible
with
those
of
the
Community.
130.
Honourable Speaker, in addition,
Article 11(9) (c) of the Treaty provides that only
the Summit of the Heads of State of Partner
States shall have powers over the admission of
new members into the Community. The
application from the Republic of Sudan was
submitted to the Heads of State at their Summit
Meeting in November, 2011 in Bujumbura,
Burundi. After reviewing the application, the
Heads of State observed that the Republic of
Sudan, as of now, does not meet some of the
criteria for admission set out in Article 3(3) of
the Treaty, particularly geographical proximity to
the Community. The application from the
Republic of South Sudan is currently being
reviewed to establish compliance with the
criteria in Article 3(3) of the Treaty.
131. Honourable
Speaker,
also
the
Republic of Somalia submitted applications to
join the Community in February 2012. The
Heads of State will decide on this application in
due course.
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2I THE EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE:
Honourable Speaker, during 2011/2012, the
East African Court of Justice continued to
discharge its responsibilities effectively. The
Court managed to conclude eleven (11) cases as
shown in Appendix10. The Court is doing a
commendable job.
2J:
THE EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY
132. Honourable Speaker, the East
African Legislative Assembly (EALA) passed
eleven Bills (11) into law. The Bills passed are
listed in Appendix 11 hereof.
133. Honourable Speaker, according to
the EAC Treaty, Community laws may be
enacted based on Bills presented to the EALA by
the Council of Ministers, or Private Motions
submitted by members of the Assembly. The
Ministry has noted several challenges regarding
the submission and processing of Private
Motions in the EALA. These challenges include
insufficient involvement of the public in
preparation of the Bills, the absence of
opportunity for the Legislatures of the Partner
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States to contribute to the Bills, and the
asymmetry in the roles of the Council of
Ministers and the EALA in discharging the
legislative functions of the Community.
134. Honourable Speaker, cognisance of
these challenges, and having regard to the
operational principles of the Community that
require a people-centred integration
and
decision making by consensus, the Government
has submitted proposal for amending the Treaty
in order to provide for a better and smooth
legislative process via Private Bills.
135. The Ministry in collaboration with the
Office of the Clerk to the Tanzania Parliament
prepared
Guidelines
to
improve
the
representation, accountability, and performance
of the Members of the EALA. Among others, the
Guidelines stipulate the mechanisms for the
Members of the EALA to report and are
accountable to the Parliament of Tanzania. In
the process, this should contribute to improved
cooperation and relations between this esteemed
Parliament and the EALA.
136. Honourable Speaker, I suggest that
the Guidelines be put to use and applied
effectively in order to avail this House an
opportunity to be informed of the business
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transacted at the EALA and the integration
process generally.
2K: PARTICIPATION OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT OF
ZANZIBAR
137.
Honourable Speaker, in 2011/2012,
the Ministry continued to cooperate with the
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGZ) in
respect of the EAC integration.. The cooperation
manifested in the conduct of joint studies,
development of common national positions,
regular consultations through joint teams in
preparation
for
Community
meetings,
participation in Community Task Forces, and
Community meetings. In this way, the interest of
both parts of the Union have been safeguarded
in the Community programmes and in the
decisions reached at the regional level. Similarly,
the two sides cooperated in the formulation of
policies, agreements, projects, and various
protocols of the Community.
2K1: Zanzibar Projects
138.
Honourable
Speaker,
in
my
Ministry’s Budget Speech for 2011/2012, I
informed this esteemed House about the status
of implementation of the seven Zanzibar Projects
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that had been presented by The United Republic
of Tanzania and incorporated in the Community
programmes for soliciting funding. The current
status of those projects is as follows:
139.
Honourable Speaker, the Pemba
Airport project is among the priority projects
discussed with the AfDB in November, 2011.
Following those consultations, AfDB agreed to
finance the final feasibility study with a view to
eventually also funding its upgrading project.
140.
Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, the Transport Strategy for the East
African Commuity was approved. The Maruhubi
Port Project is among Tanzania’s priority projects
included in the Strategy. Moreover, the Dry
Dock Construction project and the Roll on Roll
Off (RORO) at the Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam and
Mombasa ports are also included. In addition,
these projects were presented by the EAC to the
COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite for soliciting
funding. Close involvement and follow up by the
RGZ is essential for these Zanzibar- specific
projects, as is the case for other projects
presented by the Partner States.
2L:
AWARENESS CREATION AND
SENSITIZATION
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141.
Honourable Speaker, in order to
enable Tanzanians to benefit from the
opportunities arising from the East African
integration, the Ministry has continued to
provide public education about the integration
process.
142.
Honourable Speaker, in fiscal year
2011/2012, the Ministry provided public
education through various media including
workshops and seminars, TV and radio
programs, stakeholder meetings, publications,
flyers and brochures as follows:
(a) Five TV programmes were broadcasted
twice each week. More programmes will
be aired during fiscal year 2012/2013;
(b) Joint Sensitization (with the governments
of the other Partner States) of the cross
border communities were undertaken in
collaboration with the Government of the
Republic of Uganda and the Republic of
Kenya at Mutukula and Namanga
respectively;
(c) Monthly press briefings to media outlets
were made to provide updates on the
progress of the EAC integration and
regional projects;
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(d) Seminars
and workshops to
the
Members of the Union Parliament and
the Members of the Zanzibar House of
Representatives; and institutions of
Higher learning;
(e) Participation in the Nane Nane and Fifty
Years of independence Exhibition; and
(f)
Preparing
and
distributing
various
publications. The publications include:
Achievements
in
East
African
Cooperation during the Fifty Years of
Independence; Be Aware of the Customs
Union
and
the
Opportunities
it
Represents;
Get
Aware
of
the
Opportunities From the Common Market;
A flyer on Frequently Asked Questions
about the East African Community
(Second Edition); a Ministry’s Newsletter;
A publication on the East African
Community
integration
process,
procedures, principles and the stages
successfully completed.
143. Honourable Speaker, in 2011/2012,
the Ministry continued with the finalisation of a
Communication Strategy that will guide
awareness creation to various stakeholders
groups. The Draft Strategy has been completed
and is ready for operation in 2012/13.
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2M: ADMINISTRATION
AND
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN
2M1: Capacity Building
144.
Honourable
Speaker,
in
its
endeavour to build capacity for discharging its
functions, the Ministry accomplished the
following milestones:
(a) Six (6) Leadership Positions were filled
through appointments, and three (3)
Operational Service positions were filled
through new recruitment as shown in
Appendix 13;
(b)
thirty (30) staff were promoted as shown
in Appendix 14;
(c)
Seven (7) employees were confirmed of
their employment, and eleven (11)
members of staff confirmed in leadership
positions. These measures are summarised
in Appendix 15.
145. Honourable Speaker, during the year
2011/2012, the Ministry prepared a Three Year
Training Plan for 2011/12-2013/14. As of May
2012, sixteen (16) members of staff had attended
long courses in and out of the country, and
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another thirty-five (35) attended short courses in
and out of the country.
2M2: Cross Cutting Issues
Public Service Ethics
146. Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, eighty (80) members of staff
received induction training on public service
ethics. The coverage of the induction course
included security issues, ethics and conduct of
public personnel in the day-to-day delivery of
public service.
Fight Against HIV and AIDS Infection
147. Honourable
Speaker;
during
2011/2012, the Ministry conducted awareness
creation training to employees on how to avoid
HIV/AIDS. Eighty-seven (87) employees took
part in this training. The ministry also continued
to support employees living with HIV/AIDS, by
providing them with supplementary nutrients
and advice on healthy living and treatment. The
Ministry also sensitised its employees against
stigma and discrimination against the infected
employees.
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2M3: Workers’ Participation in Decision
Making
148. Honourable Speaker, paragraph 80 (c)
of the CCM Election Manifesto for 2010 requires
the Government to resolve and determine all
labour disputes in good time, and to strengthen
workers’ participation in decision making at
work places. In carrying out these directives,
and to facilitate productivity and tranquillity at
work, the Ministry has continued to involve staff
through the following measures:
(a)
Carrying out joint Management and
Staff meetings annually;
(b)
Organising
Meetings;
(c)
Organising
Retreats
for
Management Team every quarter;
monthly
(d)
Management
the
Adherence to the Employment and
Labour Relations Act of 2004, including
organising the Workers council Meeting.
The Ministry had two (2) Workers’
Council meetings in 2011/2012
2N: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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149. Honourable
Speaker,
during
2011/2012, the Ministry continued with
strengthening the management of Government
revenues and expenditure on the basis of the
Public Finance Act, the Public Procurement Act,
and Government directive that require MDAs to
hold quarterly Meetings of the Oversight
Committee on Revenue and Expenditure. The
Ministry also prepared and implemented the
Procurement Plan for 2011/2012. Allow me to
use this opportunity to inform your esteemed
House that, for 2010/2011, my Ministry
received a clean audit report from the National
Audit Office (NAO).
150. Honourable Speaker, The Ministry was
also audited by the Public Procurement
Regulatory Authority (PPRA) in 2011/2012 with
a view to assessing the extent to which the
Ministry complies with Public Procurement Act
No 21 of 2004 and the Regulations thereunder.
The audit reveals that the Ministry scored
highly, at 84%, on PPRA’s compliance scale.
2P: CONTRIBUTION TO THE EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY
151.
Honourable
Speaker,
the
EAC
Partner States are generally expected to have
made their annual contributions to the
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Community by the end of December each year.
In 2011/2012, each Partner State was supposed
to contribute USD 6,333,700, equivalent to TZS
11,016,151,636. In that year, the Ministry paid
the contribution in full. The challenges in this
regards, are our inability to contribute in good
time, and the increasing level of contributions
expected from Partner States due to the rapid
expansions
Community’s
operations.
The
increase in contributions has not been
commensurate with the Ministry’s budget
allocations. The Ministry is engaged in
consultations with the Ministry of Finance with
a view to finding a lasting solution to these
challenges.
152. Honourable Speaker, on behalf of the
Ministry and the East African Community, I
would like to sincerely thank the Development
Partners that are cooperation with us in the
execution of different programs and projects in
the Ministry and the Community, especially the
governments of the United Kingdom, France,
Canada, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark,
Finland,
USA,
Japan,
and
Germany;
international
organisations and institutions
including the European Union, the African
Development Bank (AfDB), DfID, the Bank of
Japan, the Japanese International Corporation
Agency (JICA), the Japanese International
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Development Bank (JBIC), the world Bank, GIZ,
the Rockefeller Foundation, Kilimo Trust, The
Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF),
AWEPA, African Capacity Building Facility
(ACBF), British American Tobacco (BAT); Trade
Mark East Africa (TMEA), and the International
Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Region
(IPPFAR).
153. Honourable Speaker, similarly, I also
wish to commend all those countries that have
presented their diplomatic identity documents to
the East African community.
3.0 CHALLENGES AND MEASURES BEING
TAKEN TO MITIGATE THEM
154. Honourable Speaker, notwithstanding
the achievements in the implementation of the
Ministry’s programmes for the fiscal year
2011/2012, there are still several challenges
that the Ministry continues to encounter. They
include the following:
(a) Inadequate attention and sensitivity
placed on the integration process by
some stakeholders, leading to their
failure to accommodate the integration
issues in the sectoral and national plans,
as well as failing to participate effectively
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in the integration process especially in
their respective areas of responsibility;
(b) the rapid expansion of the East African
Community, that is not consistent with
the increase in the human and financial
resources of the Ministry;
(c) insufficient budgetary allocation, which is
compelling the Ministry to leave out some
of its programmes unattended;
(d) Inadequate awareness of the East African
Community integration issues among the
public, leading to the failure of
Tanzanians to take advantage of the
many opportunities arising therefrom;
(e) Misleading information propagated by
some media houses, knowingly or
unknowingly; and
(f)
Some internal and external stakeholders
seeking to accelerate the integration
process irrespective of the consequences
thereof.
155.
Honourable Speaker, in mitigating
these challenges, the Ministry has taken the
following measures:
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(a) prepared a National Policy on Regional
Integration;
(b) continued
to encourage and involve
different sectors in regional integration
issues to enable them mainstream and
accord
sufficient
weight
to
the
implementation
of
the
integration
initiatives in their sectors;
(c) Conducted
studies and analyses for
effective participation in negotiations,
articulation of
opportunities and
challenges of integration and developing
appropriate
strategies for creating
Tanzanians awareness and utilisation of
opportunities, and the means of dealing
with the identified challenges;
(d) Convened stakeholders meetings prior to
and after Community to enable adequate
preparation for a progressive and
systematic integration necessary for a
sustainable integration; ; ensuring that
national
interests
are
sufficiently
protected; and that the decisions reached
in the Community are implemented on
time;
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(e) implementation of the Public Education
Plan by adopting different strategies for
that purpose;
(f)
Collaboration with PMO-RALG in respect
of the need for the Local Authorities to
mainstream EAC issues in their activities
and allocate sufficient resources for
implementing theme, and train the
selected LGA trainers and empower them
to effectively provide public education in
their areas;
(g) Preparation of the EAC Common Market
Implementation Plan, identifying the
relevant sectoral strategies, and the
responsibilities of each stakeholder so as
to
enable
Tanzanians
to
benefit
accordingly ; and
(h) Preparation and implementation of a
sustainable training plan to build the
capacity of our human resources and
increase efficiency in the implementation
of the Ministry’s obligations.
4.0 ACTIVITIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN
FISCAL YEAR 2012/2013
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156.
Honourable Speaker, my Ministry, in
corroboration with the Sector Ministries and
other stakeholders, will continue with the
discharge of its functions in 2012/2013. The
priority activities for the financial 2012/2013
shall include the following:
(a) To
coordinate
and
oversee
implementation of the EAC Treaty and its
Protocols;
(b) To complete the internal process for the
Government’s approval of the National
Regional
Integration
Policy,
and
commence its implementation;
(c) To review the Ministry’s Strategic Plan in
order to align it with the National Five
Year Development Plan (2011/2012 –
2015/2016), and the
Community’s
Development Strategy (2011/2012 –
2015/2016);
(d) To coordinate the implementation of the
National
EAC
Common
Implementation Strategy;
(e) To
Market
conduct
public education and
sensitisation programmes to enhance
stakeholders’
awareness
about
the
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opportunities
integration;
(f)
arising
from
the
EAC
To finalise
the rationalisation and
harmonisation exercise of national laws
for compliance with the provisions of the
EAC Common market Protocol;
(g) To
coordinate and lead Tanzania’s
participation
in
negotiating
the
COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite
Arrangement;
(h) To
coordinate and lead Tanzania’s
participation in the negotiations for the
establishment of an EAC Monetary
Union;
(i) To
coordinate and lead Tanzania’s
participation
in
negotiating
an
operational framework of the EAC Single
Customs Territory;
(j) To
participate and lead Tanzania’s
participation in the verification of the
Republic of South Sudan’s readiness to
join the Community;
(k) To coordinate the implementation of the
EAC
Infrastructure
Development
Strategies (Roads, Railways, Broadband
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ICT Network, and the Power Generation
and Transmission Plan);
(l) To
coordinate the implementation of
Sectoral Programmes in the productive
and social service sectors;
(m) To coordinate the preparation of various
Protocols and legislations, including the
Protocol on Peace and Security the
Protocol on Good Governance; the
Protocol on Combating Corruption; the
Protocol on Extension of the Mandate of
the East African Court of Justice; the
Mutual Defence Pact; the East African
Development Fund Pact; the legal
framework for the operation of One Stop
Border Posts; the Axle Load Limits
Harmonisation
legislation,
and
the
Standards and Quality Protocol and
legislation;
(n) To
coordinate the implementation of
various
Community
policies
and
strategies,
including
the
Industrial
Development Policy, the Food Security
Policy, the Action Plan for Mitigating the
Effects of Climate Change, and the NTBs
Elimination
Plan
which
includes
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construction of One Stop Border Posts
(OSBP);
(o) To undertake analysis aimed at developing
a country position that embodies the
public’s views on an appropriate model of
an EAC Political Federation;
(p) to build the Ministry’s capacity so that it
becomes a Think Tank on matters of
regional integration and, in collaboration
with other stakeholders, to undertake
evaluations and detailed analyses for the
formulation of positions that secure
national interests in negotiations and in
various stages of the integration process;
and
(q) To pay Tanzania’s contribution to the
Community.
157. Honourable Speaker, with great
humility, I thank the residents of the Urambo
East Constituency for their faith in me, and their
advice and cooperation that has enabled me to
perform my parliamentary duties effectively and
efficiently. Through this esteemed House, I
assure them that I will continue to cooperate
with them and ensure that the development of
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the Urambo East Constituency accelerates
towards meeting international standards.
158.
Honourable Spika, I cannot conclude
this speech without thanking my good and
beloved wife, Hon. Margaret, who has always
been my very close mentor. I am also grateful to
my family in general for their love and
cooperation that has enabled me at all times to
perform my duties in a professional, confident
and effective manner.
5.0
FUNDING REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL
YEAR 2012/2013
159.
Honourable Speaker, in order to
discharge responsibilities and plans outlined
above and achieve the desired objectives, the
Ministry of East African Cooperation requests
that approval be granted for it to spend a total of
TZS 16,643,667,000 as follows:
Personal
Emoluments (PE)
Other
Charges (OC)
TOTAL -
TZS
1,378,292,000
TZS
15,265,375,000
TZS
16,643,667,000
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160.
Honourable Speaker, along with this
Speech there are several Appendixes. I pray that
those appendixes be accepted as submissions in
support of my request. Moreover, my Speech
may be accessed on the Ministry’s website, that
is, www.meac.go.tz. This speech is also
available in Kiswahili.
161. Honourable Speaker, now allow me
to extend my sincere gratitude to you personally,
and to my fellow Members of Parliament, for
listening to me.
162.
Honourable Speaker, I beg to move.
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APPENDIXES
Appendix 1:
Trends of Partner States Exports in the EAC, 2005 - 2011 (US$
Million
2005
2006
2007
Uganda
87.90
101.80
148.80
Tanzania
142.00
147.40
169.40
Kenya
831.20
641.00
830.40
Burundi
5.40
27.00
15.40
Rwanda
36.80
36.60
45.10
Total
1103.30
953.80
1209.10
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2008
195.20
310.50
1036.60
10.70
43.40
1596.40
2009
398.80
285.00
1169.50
14.20
93.20
1960.70
201
428.6
462.7
1280.0
16.0
50.4
2237.7
Appendix 2:
Trends of Partner States Imports in the EAC, 2005 – 2011 (US$
Million)
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Uganda
550.80
429.70
526.50
566.80
547.00
576.50
692.50
Tanzania
175.90
220.60
110.10
425.30
316.90
295.90
378.10
Kenya
59.50
76.70
188.00
181.00
162.50
256.80
302.90
Burundi
53.80
61.40
79.60
84.90
86.80
89.20
160.80
Rwanda
97.20
139.80
201.90
303.30
363.50
344.60
Total
937.20
928.20
1106.10
1561.30
Source: East African Trade Report 2011
1476.70
1563.00
1919.40
Total
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Appendix 3:
Trends of Total Intra-EAC Trade 2005-2011 (US$ Million)
(US$
MILLION)
Uganda
Tanzania
Kenya
Year
2005
638.7
0
317.9
0
890.7
0
2006
531.4
0
368.0
0
717.7
0
2007
675.3
0
279.5
0
1,018
.40
Burundi
2008
762.0
0
735.8
0
1,217
.60
59.20 88.20 95.00 95.60
134.0 176.4 247.0 346.7
Rwanda
0
0
0
0
2,040 1,882 2,315 3,157
TOTAL
.50
.00
.20
.70
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2009
945.7
0
601.9
0
1,332
.00
101.0
0
456.6
0
3,437
.40
2010
1,005
.10
758.6
0
1,536
.80
105.2
0
395.0
0
3,800
.70
2011
1,196
.20
787.1
0
1,847
.20
189.1
0
466.2
0
4,486
.00
Exports
Imports
Balance
Appendix 4:
Tanzania’s Balance of Trade with other EAC Partner States 20052011 (US$ Million)
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
142.00
147.40
169.40
310.50
285.00
462.70
175.90
220.60
110.10
425.30
316.90
295.90
-33.90
-73.2
59.3
-114.8
-31.90
166.8
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2011
409.00
378.10
30.90
Appendix 5:
Investment Inflows into Tanzania from other Partners States
(Number of Projects and Value in US$ Million)
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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308.
08
2.27
-
-
-
-
-
-
35
39.6 38 41.0 27 50.8 77 310.
5
6
8
35
Source: Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)
110
ML
USD
2011
ML
No.
USD
ML
USD
1
67.2
3
0.17
1
9
1
11.3
8
0.31
No.
27
2
49.4
9
33.7
3
0.48
1
1.64
1
-
-
4
4.62
-
46.6
6
-
42
83.7
33
73.6
6
2
1
58.3
5
5
Appendix 6:
Tanzania’s Leading Sectors in Attracting Regional Investors
(Number and Value in US$ Million)
PRODUCTION
NUMBER
VALUE
EMPLOYMENT
YEAR
OF
(MIL
(NUMBER OF
PROJECTS
USD)
JOBS)
2005
5
8.01
127
2006
12
15.07
2,163
2007
15
7.64
255
2008
23
231.22
429
2009
21
30.70
1,143
2010
10
16.55
1,761
2011
5
9.61
744
TOTAL
91
318.8
6,622
SERVICES
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
TOTAL
4
4
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
TOTAL
CONSTRUCTION
3
3.06
9
7.85
4
2.78
13
19.16
3
3.83
11
17.34
4
19.62
47
73.64
17.72
17.72
111
198
198
17
53
21
67
29
395
145
727
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
TOTAL
AGRICULTURE
1
3.25
1
6.67
2
7.82
3
9.28
2
0.65
3
11.90
2
4.03
14
43.60
TRANSPORTATION
2005
2
2.34
2006
3
4.62
2007
4
2.16
2008
9
11.20
2009
3
8.07
2010
4
23.72
2011
2
7.49
TOTAL
27
59.60
TOURISM
2005
3
2.30
2006
5
2.71
2007
4
2.82
2008
11
11.56
2009
5
3.98
2010
3
1.96
2011
4
15.49
TOTAL
35
40.82
Source: Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)
112
107
206
1524
12
21
1,382
165
3,417
87
363
106
226
141
722
218
1,863
40
213
29
164
181
68
198
893
APPENDIX 7
Leading Sectors in Job Creation 2005-2011
SECTOR
YE
Produc Servi Constru Agricul Trans Touri
AR
tion
ces
ction
ture
port
sm
200
127.0
17.0
107.0
87.0
40.0
5
200 2,163.0
53.0
206.0
363.0 213.0
6
200
255.0
21.0 1,524.0
106.0
29.0
7
200
429.0
67.0
12.0
226.0 164.0
8
200 1,143.0
29.0
21.0
141.0 181.0
9
201 1,761.0
395.0 1,382.0
722.0
68.0
0
201
744.0 198.0
145.0
165.0
218.0 198.0
1
Chanzo: Kituo cha Uwekezaji Tanzania (TIC)
113
Appendix 8:
The East African Road Network
114
115
Appendix 9:
The East African Railway Network
116
117
Appendix 10
List of Cases decided by the East African Court of
Justice in 2011/2012
Case/Appe Parties
Explanation Decision
al No.
of
the
Case/Appe
al
Appeal No. Legal
The
On
19th
4 of 2012
Brains Trust Appellant
April, 2012
Ltd versus was
the
The
aggrieved
Appellate
Attorney
by
the Division
General of decision of upheld the
the
the
First decision of
Republic of Instant
the
First
Uganda
Division
in Instant
Reference
Division.
No. 10 of
2011 where
it was inter
alia
held
that
the
Applicants
had
no
locus standi
to
challenge
the
interpretatio
n by the
118
Reference
Democrati
No. 6 of c
Party
2011
versus The
Secretary
General of
the
EAC
and
the
Attorney
General of
the
Republic of
Uganda
Attorney
General of
the Republic
of Uganda
on
Article
51(1) of the
EAC Treaty
regarding
the limit for
holding
office in the
East African
Legislative
Assembly
(EALA)
The
applicants
requested
the Court to
stay
the
Election of
EALA
Members
until
the
Rules
of
Procedure
of
Parliament
of Uganda
for election
of
EALA
119
The
decision on
this
reference
was
delivered
on
10th
May, 2012
where the
First Instant
Division
stayed the
Election of
EALA
Members
until
the
Members
would
be
amended
to conform
to Article 50
of the EAC
Treaty.
Appeal No. Emmanuel
4 of 2011
Mwakisha
and
748
other
versus the
Attorney
General of
the
Republic of
Kenya
The
Appellant
was
aggrieved
by
the
decision of
the
First
Instant
Division
in
Reference
No. 2 of
2010 where
it was held
that
according
to
Article
10.05 of the
120
Rules
of
Procedure
of
Parliament
of Uganda
for election
of
EALA
Members
would be
amended
to conform
to Article 50
of the EAC
Treaty.
On
27th
April, 2012
the
Appellate
Division
upheld the
decision of
the
First
Instant
Division.
Reference
Legal
No. 10 of Brains Trust
2011
Ltd versus
The
Attorney
General of
the
Republic of
Uganda
Mediation
Agreement
of
1984,
issues
relating
to
pensions of
employees
of
the
defunct
EAC
are
handled by
National
Courts.
The
applicants
requested
the Court to
decide that
Article 51(1)
of the EAC
Treaty does
not bar any
person
to
be
reelected to
become
Member of
the
East
African
Legislative
Assembly
121
The
decision on
this
reference
was
delivered
on
30th
March,
2012 where
the
First
Instant
Division
held
that
the proper
interpretati
on
of
Article
51
(1) of the
(EALA) after
holding
office
for
two terms of
five
years
each.
Appeal No. Alcon
2 of 2011
Internation
al Limited
versus
Standard
Chartered
Bank
of
Uganda
and Others
The
Applicant
sought the
court order
to compel
the
Respondent
to honor its
guarantee
to pay the
applicant
US$
8,858,469.97
together
with
its
interest on
behalf
of
NSSF
Uganda.
122
Treaty
is
that
any
person
is
not eligible
for
reelection to
EALA after
holding
office
for
two terms
of
five
years each
On
16th
March,
2012,
the
Appellate
Division
held
that
according
to
Article
35A of EAC
Treaty, the
Appellate
Division has
jurisdiction
to
determine
appeals
from
the
First Instant
Division
Appeal No. The
3 of 2011
Attorney
General of
the United
Republic of
Tanzania
versus
African
Network for
Animal
Welfare
(ANAW)
The claimed
amount was
an
award
given to the
applicant
by
an
arbitrator on
a
dispute
between
him
and
NSSF
of
Uganda.
The
appellant
filed
an
appeal
against the
decision of
the Court of
First Instance
on
Reference
No. 9 of
2010. In that
reference
the
court
decided
that
according
to articles 5
(2) and (3),
123
and not to
determine
cases
which are
under the
jurisdiction
of the First
Instant
Division.
The
decision on
this Appeal
was
delivered
on
15th
March,
2012 where
the
Appellate
Court
upheld the
decision of
the Court
of
First
Instance,
that
according
to articles 5
8(1)
(c),
111(1)(d),
111(2)
together
Articles
114(1)
(a)
and (b) of
the
Treaty
for
the
Establishme
nt of East
African
Community
it
has
jurisdiction
to
determine
matters
relating
to
protection
of
environment
s in Partner
States
The appellant
Appeal No. The
filed
an
1 of 2011
Attorney
General of appeal at the
Appellate
the
of
Republic of Division
EACJ
Kenya
challenging
versus
124
(2) and (3),
8(1)
(c),
111(1)(d),
111(2)
together
Articles
114(1) (a)
and (b) of
the Treaty
EACJ
has
jurisdiction
to
determine
matters
relating to
protection
of
environme
nt
in
Partner
States
On
15th
Mach,
2012,
the
Appellate
Division
delivered
its
Independe the ruling of
nt Medical the Court of
First Instance
Legal Unit
on
the
ground that
the
defendant
filed the case
outside
the
time
limit
prescribed
under Article
30(2).
This
Article
requires
cases to be
filed
within
three months
from
the
occurrence of
the
event
complained
against.
Reference
Mary
The
No. 7 of Ariviza and claimants
2010
others
wanted the
versus the court to set
Attorney
aside
the
General of decision an
the
Interim
Republic of Independen
Kenya and t
125
judgment
in favour of
the
appellant.
It
agreed
that
the
respondent
were time
barred to
file
their
case
at
EACJ
On
30th
November
2011,
the
EACJ
delivered
its
judgment
against the
claimants
Secretary
Constitution
General of al
Dispute
EAC
Resolution
Court
(IICDRC) of
Kenya
which ruled
against
them
on
their
applications
to stop the
process of
promulgatin
g the New
Constitution
of Kenya.
Reference
Alcon
The
first
No. 6 of Internation respondent
2010
al Limited was sued for
versus
failure
to
Standard
honor
his
Chartered guarantee
Bank
of to pay the
Uganda
applicant
and Others US$
8,858,469.97
together
with
its
interest. The
claimed
126
on
the
ground
that EACJ
does
not
have
jurisdiction
to
determine
appeals
from
National
Courts.
On
29th
November
2011,
the
EACJ
decided
against the
applicant
on
the
ground
that
according
to Article 30
of
the
Treaty,
amount was
an
award
given to the
applicant
by
an
arbitrator on
a
dispute
between
him
and
NSSF
of
Uganda.
However,
during
this
case there
was a case
pending at
the
High
Court
of
Uganda
filed by NSSF
against that
award
In this case
Reference
The
the Attorney
No. 9 of Attorney
of
2010
General of General
Tanzania
United
an
Republic of raised
Objection
Tanzania
that
EACJ
versus
does
not
African
Network for have
127
EACJ does
not
have
jurisdiction
to entertain
cases that
are
pending
before
National
Courts.
On
29th
August
2011,
the
court
decided in
favour
of
the
respondent
. The court
Reference
Animal
Welfare
(ANAW)
jurisdiction to
determine
cases relating
to matters of
environment
in the Partner
States.
He
averred that
environmenta
l matters are
still within the
jurisdiction of
National
Courts.
Emmanuel
The
128
observed
that
according
to articles 5
(2) and (3),
8(1)
(c),
111(1)(d),
111(2)
together
Articles
114(1) (a)
and (b) of
the Treaty
for
the
Establishme
nt of East
African
Community
it
has
jurisdiction
to
determine
matters
relating to
protection
of
environme
nt
in
Partner
States.
On
29th
No. 2
2010
of Mwakisha
and
748
other
versus the
Attorney
General of
the
Republic of
Kenya
applicants
who
were
former
employees of
the defunct
East African
Community
filed this case
complaining
that
the
Kenyan
Government
has
neglected/fail
ed and or
refused
to
pay to them
pensions and
other benefits
due to them
for services
they
had
rendered to
the defunct
EAC
129
September
2011
the
court
delivered
its
judgment
against the
applicants
on
the
ground
that
according
to
the
Mediation
Agreement
of
1984,
issues
relating to
pensions of
employees
of
the
defunct
EAC
are
handled by
National
Courts.
Appendix 11:
Bills Adopted by the EALA 2011/2012
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bills
The Administration of the East African
Legislative Assembly Act, 2011.
The East African Community Service
Commission Act, 2011.
The East African Community Tourism and
Wildlife Management Act, 2010.
The East African Parliamentary Institute
(EAPI) Bill, 2011.
5.
The East African Community Legislative
Assembly Elections Bill, 2011.
6.
The East African Community Polythene Bags
Control Bill, 2011.
The African Community Trans-boundary
Ecosystems Management Bill, 2010.
The Inter-University Council of East Africa,
(Amendment Bill), 2010.
The East African Community Human and
Peoples Rights Bill, 2011.
The East African Community Elections Bill,
2011.
The East African Community HIV and AIDS
Control and Prevention Bill, 2012.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
130
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Resolutions
EALA Resolution paying tribute to Rt. Hon.
Abdirahin H. Abdi for the excellent focused
dedicated and determined leadership he
exhibited during his tenure of office as
Speaker of the 2nd East African Legislative
Assembly.
EALA Resolution urging the Summit of EAC
Heads of State to intervene and resolve the
conflict between Sudan and South Sudan
and other related matters.
EALA Resolution to support the promotion of
Culture as a lever to raise an East African
Identity and as an asset to EAC Social and
Economic Integration.
EALA Resolution urging the Secretary
General and the Council of Ministers to
enhance access of Persons with Disabilities
to the New EAC Headquarters.
EALA Resolution urging the Council of
Ministers to engage further with the
European Union to address pertinent issues
raised by the Assembly.
EALA
Resolution
urging
National
Parliaments to Commemorate the World Day
of Democracy on 15th September each year.
EALA Resolution seeking the EAC Council of
Ministers to implore the International
Criminal Court to transfer the case of the
131
8.
9.
accused four Kenyans facing trial in respect
of the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan
General Elections to the East African Court
of Justice and to reinforce the Treaty
Provisions.
Azimio la Bunge la Afrika Mashariki la
kuipongeza Sudan ya Kusini kupata Uhuru
wake (EALA Resolution to Commend
Southern
Sudan
for
attaining
her
Independence).
Resolution of the East African Legislative
Assembly to Mark the International Day for
the Elimination of Violence Against Women
and the 16 Days of Activism 25 November to
10 December.
Appendix 12
132
Positions Filled Through Appointments and Recruitment
2011/2012
N
O.
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
B
POSITION
Director
Head
Division
Assistant
Director
Assistant
Director
NUMB
ER
1
of
1
1
3
DEPARTMENT
Political,
Defence
Security
ICT Division
and
Administration and
Management.
Policy and Planning
HR
Positions Filled Through Recruitment under
Operation Service
Driver II
3
Administration and HR
Management.
Appendix 13
133
Confirmed Staff 2011/2012
NO
.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
FORMER POSITION
Office management Secretary
Personal Secretary II
Accountant II
Assistant Accountant
Accounts Assistant
Economist II
Finance Management Officer II
Engineer II
Legal Officer II
Supplies Officer II
Assistant Supplies Officer
Systems Analyst II
Internal Auditor II
Driver II
Office Assistant
Administrative Officer II
Registry Assistant II
TOTAL
Appendix 14
134
NEW POSITION
Principal Executive Assisstant II
Personal Secretary I
Accountant I
Accountant II
Assistant Accountant
Economist I
Finance management Officer I
Engineer I
Legal Officer I
Supplies Officer I
Supplies Officer II
Systems Analyst I
Internal Auditor I
driver I
Senior Office Assistant
Administrative Officer I
Registry Assistant II
Confirmed Staff in their Employment and Promotions
A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
B
1
2
3
Confirmed Position in
Employment
Accountant II
Information Officer II
Community Développent
Office II
Finance Management Officer
II
Economist II
Economist II
Trade Officer II
Dat of Confirmation
14/04/2011
28/05/2011
30/06/2010
18/02/2011
21/10/2011
25/10/2012
12/10/2012
Confirmed Appointments
Assistant Director22/12/2011
Administration
Assistant Director-Planning
22/12/2011
and Budget
Assistant Director-Policy
22/12/2011
135
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Speed’’
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KENYA
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UGANDA
RWANDA
BURUNDI
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