The president of Tanzania and outgoing chairman of the EAC John Pombe Magufuli yesterday on the 18th summit of Head States leaders clarified the achievement met since he was elected as a head of the Community at Arusha in 2015.
Magufuli said “During the past two years in which Tanzania was the chair of the EAC and in the past year when I served as Chairman, the secretariat reduced its annual spending from 12.6 million US dollars (about 26.5bn/-) to US 9.1 million dollars (about 19.1bn/-),”
President Magufuli, who ruled the bloc for over a year since was elected in October 2015, handed over the position to President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda during the 18th Ordinary EAC Heads of State Summit held at State House in Dar es Salaam, yesterday.
Dr Magufuli said in his address shortly before handing the leadership to President Museveni.“I appreciate efforts by the EAC Secretariat under the leadership of Secretary General (Ambassador Libérat Mfumukeko) for the cost-cutting measures,”
In turn, Amb Mfumukeko hailed the outgoing EAC chair for guiding the Arusha-based Secretariat on financial prudence during his tenure. “The cost-cutting measures were not only at the EAC, but was extended to all its institutions,” he remarked.
Dr Magufuli was happy as the EAC had been able to undertake a number of infrastructural projects in the region while others are in implementation stage.
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