BY TANZANIA INFORMATION SERVICES.
TANZANIA has recorded big achievements in addressing challenges
identified in African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Report.
Addressing the media today on the launching of APRM country
report, The Executive Secretary of APRM Tanzania, Ms Rehema Twalib, (pictured above), said the
Report which is expected to be lauched tomorrow, shows Tanzania has
recorded good achievemets in many areas under review though still face many
challenges.
Ms Rehema who was accompanied by Head of Missions in
the APRM Continental Secretariet and the Coordinator for the Tanzanian APRM
process Dr. Rachel Mukamunana, told members of the press
that Tanzania prepared its Base Report under APRM and submitted it to the heads
of state and Government of participating counturies in 2013 and was also tabled
before the Pan African Parliament in 2016.
In both occassions, Ms Rehema said members lauded Tanzania for its
efforts to maintain peace and tranquility, human rights, economic
development, use of national language (Kiswahili), a union that has lasted for
more than 50 years and measeures taken to address challenges in provision of
social services.
The Executive
Secretary told the press that participating countries in APRM, which is a
voluntary process, are assessed in four thematic areas namely democracy and
political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance
and socio-economic governance.
Tanzania, she said, has recorded big achievements since joing the
project and, through Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks of Ministries,
Departments and agencies, has continued to address the governance challenges
that were identified since 2014.
She said APRM is a continuous process whereby people will be
always informed of the developments and added that the review involves various
stakaheolders including public.
Ms Rehema Twalib said that APRM, which is a part of African
self-monitoring mechanism, its the ultimate objective is to assist
Africans countries, including Tanzania to strengthen governance in order to
achieve sustainable development.
She emphasesed that the launching of the report was very important
not only because it is part of the impelementation of the agreed principles but
also signifies the continued “governmnet engagement and commitment towards
addressig challenges identified in the APRM Report”.
Meanwhile, head of Missions in the APRM continental
secretariat and coordinator of APRM process in Tanzania, Dr. Racheal Mukamunana
said the launching of the report asserts the commitment of the current
leadership under President John Pombe Magufuli to the implementation of APRM
program.
She said the
current leadership is steadfastly carrying on the work initiated by the
previous government and that shows the continuing in the commitment of Tanzanian
leadership to good governance in general and APRM program in particular.
“Though the
Report was composed in 2012 but the current President is well committed in
implementing it and that is what he has been doing since he took over from the
previous leadership” Dr. Mukamunana noted.
She added that
APRM “is an innovative instrument to assess ourselves (African countries). We
have both challenges and best practices and through this program we learn from
each other” She said.
For example, Dr.
Mukamunana said countries can learn from Tanzania’s experience in maintaining
peace and tranquility and can as well learn from Rwanda in upholding gender
equality.
She told members
of the press that the twenty participating countries are supposed to produce
reports after every four or five years which document their performance and
also identify new challenges which are supposed to be addressed by respective
governments.
Responding to
question from members of the press, the Dr. Mukamunana mentioned corruption in
offices, land issues, gender equality including women empowerment and of late
youth issues are among common challenges facing most countries in the
continent.
The launching of
the APRM country Report which is expected to be officially launched tomorrow by
the Vice President Madame Samia Suluhu Hassan at Mwalimu Nyerere Convention
centre will be attended by various stakeholders.
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