VICE President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on Wednesday expected to grace the annual Nile Day celebration, to commemorate the establishment of the 18-year-old Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), organisers said over the weekend.
Assistant director of water resources (Transboundary) in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Sylvester Matemu said that the day marked a major milestone in the history of Nile Cooperation.
He said that this year’s event is themed: “Our Shared Nile - Source of Energy, Food and Water for All” which links between water-food-energy nexus, livelihoods and economic development are quite visible in the Nile Basin countries.
NBI is an intergovernmental partnership of ten Nile Basin countries, namely Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and The Sudan.
“This is an important opportunity for NBI to enhance awareness and understanding among participants and Nile Basin citizens about the inter-relatedness as well as the importance of sustainable basin-wide Nile cooperation in ensuring energy, food and water security in the region,” the official said.
According to Matemu, the day also serves as an opportunity to enhance awareness about the benefits of basin-wide Nile cooperation, the challenges as well as consequences of non-cooperation, while searching ways and means to further the cooperation. This is in addition to exposing participants to the rich and varied cultures, which exist within the Nile Basin.
He said that activities will include public speeches, a brass band procession in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam is expected to be a major attraction.
The event is expected to attract various NBI stakeholders including Ministers in charge of Water Affairs in each Member State, government officials, Members of Parliament, Researchers and Academia. Others are civil society, media, women, youth, children and the general public.
NBI executive director, Innocent Ntabana said: “Celebrated at both regional and national level since 2007, Nile Day provides an opportunity for Nile Basin citizens to come together to exchange on topical issues concerning how to best take care of and use the shared Nile Basin water and related resources for the benefit of current and future generations.”
He said that the day also serves as an opportunity to enhance awareness about the benefits of basin-wide Nile cooperation, the challenges as well as consequences of non-cooperation while searching ways and means to further the cooperation.
On the lighter note, Ntabana said that the day serves to expose participants to the rich and varied cultures, which exist within the Nile Basin.
The regional Nile Day events began in 2007 in Kigali, Rwanda; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2008; Bujumbura, Burundi in 2009; Kabale, Uganda in 2010; Goma, DR Congo in 2011; Jinja, Uganda in 2012; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia in 2013; Kampala, Uganda in 2014; Khartoum, The Sudan in 2015; Vihiga County, Kisumu - Kenya in 2016.
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