By Tanzania Information Services.
Tuesday,18 July,2017
Tanzania has recorded big achivements in addressing challenges identified in African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Report.
Addressing
the media today on the lauching of APRM country report, The Executive
Secretary of APRM Tanzania, Ms Rehema Twalib, 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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