EALA set to Hold Special Sitting in Arusha

{{The East African Assembly (EALA) is set to hold its special sitting in Arusha Tanzania to discuss issues related to millennium development goals (MDGS) and Habitat. }}

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete is expected to officiate at the opening of the sitting which starts August 19, next week.

Kikwete is expected to address EALA during a special sitting on Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) that also marks the silver jubilee of the global parliamentarians on habitat on August 30 prior the actual plenary sittings.

According to EALA speaker, Margaret Zziwa who also doubles up as the president global parliamentarians on habitant Africa chapter, the clock to achieve the set Millenium Development Goals MDGs is ticking fast with the 2015 deadline looming.

“One appreciates that there are intricacies in realising the MDGs; are we doing enough to enable the globe realise shelter for all by 2015. I think we can do more,” said Zziwa in a statement by EALA secretariat.

Zziwa remarked that some governments had left the role entirely to local governments with little or no tools to meager resources and inadequate human capacity to handle the challenge.

Commenting on the Arusha EALA sitting, Zziwa said the meeting would discuss matters of legislative business.

She said they are expected to receive and debate reports of the committee of EALA, consider the EAC disaster risk reduction and management bill 2013 and the EAC public holidays bill among other businesses.

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