PRESS STATEMENT
ON THE 2012 ANNUAL FORUM AND EXHIBITIONS OF ALAT KAGERA BRANCH
The Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania - ALAT Kagera Branch, is organizing its 2012 Annual Forum and Exhibition in Bukoba from 4th to 5th May 2012. The event will have a regional outlook as it brings together all eight district councils. We wish to extend an invitation to partner organization/ institutions to attend this grand event.
ALAT Kagera and its members, the Local Government Authorities are mandated by the central Government to deliver socio and economic development to their respective communities. We have satisfied ourselves Kagera region holds a lot of potential given its geographical positioning in the East African Community. Bukoba Municipality and Kagera region as a whole holds great potential for Tanzania to participate in the EAC – Common Market. Kagera region communities, share customs and traditions with communities across borders with its neighboring countries, hence Kagera region is ideally situated to play a significant role in the integration process. As such ALAT Kagera branch has decided to make the theme of this Forum to revolve around EAC – Common Market with its socio and economic benefits to the general public “Mkoa wa Kagera ndio kiunganishi cha nchi za Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki; Tuzitambue fursa za Soko la Pamoja ili tuzichangamkie”.
More importantly, Kagera region is within the Lake Victoria Basin, which is East African Community common resource shared by all member states. Lake Victoria Basin is the most populous region in the EAC and has vast amount of natural resources and thus declared by EAC member states as its economic growth zone. Presently, there are considerable efforts carried out through Lake Vitoria Basin Commission (LVBC), which is a specialized institution of the EAC to market various investment projects within Lake Victoria Basin. Therefore, Kagera region qualifies to be the epicenter of such initiatives and stands to benefit from such projects.
We have approached several stakeholders, we are glad that some of them immediately rose to the occasion to become partners through sponsorship. As you can see some of our partners have joined us at this Press Conference and you can see their logos incorporated in our banner as well as their own roll up banners. At this juncture, I wish to recognize following institutions for their support and strong partnership spirit on putting together this grand event:
• The Office of the Regional Commissioner Kagera, who is here with us;
• The Ministry of East African Cooperation;
• Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF);
• Bukoba Municipal Council;
• Precision Air;
• TASAF; and
• Kolping Society of Tanzania
We are aware there are other organizations/ institutions that are interested to come on board but are yet to finalize some internal approvals. Therefore, for obvious reasons I can’t mention them until all has been finalized. However, we still have some room to accommodate more partners. Welcome one welcome all.
ALAT Kagera is therefore encouraging everyone that will receive the invitation not to miss the chance of being in Bukoba this time round.
We are anxiously looking forward to welcoming you in Bukoba!
For us to be able to stage an event of this stature, ALAT Kagera, decided to contract a firm that has expertise and experience. Therefore, we contracted M/S Vision Investments of Dar es Salaam, the same firm that successfully organized and managed the 27th ALAT Annual General Meeting at Kunduchi Beach Hotel in Dar es Salaa. All those who wish to become partners, should feel free to contact our Event Managers on the following address:
The Managing Director,
Vision Investments
Plot 56, Mazengo Street, Oyster Bay
P.O. Box 79896,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.
t.: +255 22 2664283 Fax:+255 22 2771265
c.: +255 754 280 491 / 784 280 491
w.: www.vision.co.tz /
e.: info@vision.co.tz
Twitter:@vision847
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