Tanzania High Commission - Nairobi

Retired President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. Jakaya Kikwete (Third Right) during the requiem mass for the former First Lady of Kenya, H.E. Lucy Kibaki in Othaya, Nyeri county last weekend. The former Head of State represented the President of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. John Pombe Magufuli at the state funeral. Others are, from Left, President Uhuru Kenyatta, First Lady Margaret, Deputy President William Ruto (Right) and his wife Rachel.

Retired President Kikwete (Third right) poses for a picture with Ambassador John Haule and some embassy staff at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi before leaving for home on May 8.

H.E. Kikwete shares a moment with Ambassador Haule at the airport before his departure.

Ambassador Haule (Third right) and a section of Nairobi embassy staff compare notes at the Intercontinental hotel, where retired President Kikwete was lodged after arriving on May 6 evening.

ONE STOP BORDER POST SET FOR LAUNCH AT HOLILI-TAVETA ON 27TH FEB 2016

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 26th February, 2016: The East African Community (EAC) is officially launching the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Holili and Taveta border between Kenya and Tanzania tomorrow 27th February 2016, in order to enhance trade facilitation and quicken clearance of people in a conducive and secure environment.

The launch will be conducted by Phyllis J. Kandie, EGH, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs, the Republic of Kenya and Hon. Amb. Dr. Augustine P.Mahiga (MP), Minister for Foreign Affairs, East African Regional and International Cooperation; the United Republic of Tanzania, in the presence of other Ministers/Cabinet Secretaries from the other Partner States. The occasion will also be graced by Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera, the EAC Secretary General and the representatives of the financiers Trademark East Africa (TMEA) and the Business Community, led by the East African Business Council.

The OSBP is a concept that reduces the number of stops incurred in a cross border trade transaction by combining the activities of both countries' border organizations at a single location with simplified exit and entry procedures and joint processing, where possible. Motor vehicles and pedestrians only stop in the country of entry and perform exit and entry border formalities. One-stop is achieved by placing the border officials of two adjoining countries at each other's adjoining border post so that each border post controls only the traffic entering the country. The exit formalities of the exit country and the entry formalities of the country of entry are carried out at the border post in the country of entry. At Holili and Taveta OSBP, Kenyan Government officials performing exit functions have been deployed at Holili and are working with the Tanzanian Government officials performing entry functions. For Tanzanian Government officials performing exit functions, they have been deployed at Taveta and are working within the same building with the Kenyans that are performing entry functions.

Traffic in either direction is thus bypassing the exit border post and going directly to the border post of entry in the other country. The main feature of the OSBP concept is that traffic crossing the border stops once instead of stopping at the border post of exit for exit formalities and at the border-post of entry for entry formalities. Hence One-Stop Border Post.

In the East African Community all OSBPs will operate using a regional framework and in this regard, the EAC OSBP Act 2013 has been assented to by all Partner States and is being gazetted. The OSBP Regulations have been drafted to operationalize the OSBPs at regional level and await the Council of Ministers' approval. The OSBP Procedure Manual is being developed to guide and ensure uniform operations of the OSBP.

The Holili and Taveta OSBP has been constructed with the financial support of the Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA). The OSBP is operating in conformity with the regional OSBP requirement as most of the bilateral arrangements are based on the regional legal and administrative instruments.>

From commencement of the OSBP at Holili and Taveta, a number benefits to the people and trade have been noticed. Some of the benefits are; quick clearance of pedestrians and passengers as they are now not stopping in the country of exit; saving of time as travelers are only stopping once for border formality; increased turnaround of commercial traffic as compliant traders are now spending little time at the border; reduced time spent at the border for inspection as it is only conducted once; reduced cost of doing business as interventions are reduced from two to one and cooperation among border agencies as they are now sharing information in a more organized and transparent manner entrenching regional integration.

East African Community Announced vacancies;

Position Title Job Grade Duty Station Application Deadline
Programme Assistant - Agriculture & Food Security Department G5 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 4 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Accounts Assistant G5 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 3:00am
Senior Personal Secretary G5 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 3:00am
Registrar D1 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 3:00pm
Deputy Registrar, Mergers and Acquisitions P5 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 3:00pm
Deputy Registrar, Monopolies and Cartels P5 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 3:00pm
Principal Health Officer P3 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Administrative Assistant G5 Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 11 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Accounts Assistant Equivalent to Professional Position Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 18 March 2016 - 8:00pm
EAC Quality Management System (QMS) Focal Officer Equivalent to Professional Position Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 18 March 2016 - 8:00pm
Principal Research Fellow Equivalent to Professional Position Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 18 March 2016 - 8:00pm
Research Assistant Equivalent to Professional Position Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 18 March 2016 - 8:00pm
Senior Research Fellow Equivalent to Professional Position Arusha, Tanzania Friday, 18 March 2016 - 8:00pm

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East African Community Secretariat; Arusha, Tanzania; 24 February 2016:

The 17th Ordinary East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit has been rescheduled for 2nd March, 2016 in Arusha, Tanzania.

Top on the agenda of the long-awaited meeting will be the consideration of reports by the EAC Council of Ministers on: the negotiations on the admission of the Republic of South Sudan into the Community; Sustainable Financing Mechanisms for the EAC, and; the EAC Institutional Review.

The meeting will also consider Council reports on: the Model, Structure and Action Plan of the EAC Political Federation; Implementation of the Framework for Harmonized EAC Roaming Charges; Modalities for Promotion of Motor Vehicle Assembly in the region and Reduction of the Importation of Used Motor Vehicles from Outside the Community, and; the Promotion of the Textile and Leather Industries in the region, and stopping importation of Used Clothes, Shoes and Other Leather Products from outside the region.

The Summit is also expected to deliberate on a report by the Council on the verification exercise for the admission of the Republic of Somalia into the EAC.

The Heads of State are expected to launch the new International East African e-Passport (electronic-passport) during the meeting.

Also scheduled to be launched by the Summit is the Private Sector Fund which is expected to deepen the participation of the private sector in the East African integration process.

The Summit will be preceded by a meeting of the EAC Council of Ministers that will take place at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha on 29th February, 2016.

Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Kenya, Mhe. John Haule akizungumza na Balozi wa Hungary Mhe. Laszlo Mathe, jijini Nairobi.

Serikali ya Hungary imetoa scholarship 30 kwa Tanzania kwa miaka mitatu kuanzia mwaka huu. Wawakilishi hao wa nchi pia walizungumzia ushirikiano wa kiuchumi, ambapo Hungary imeahidi kushawishi wawekezaji kuanzisha miradi ya ubia ya viwanda itakayosisitiza uhamishaji wa teknolojia kwa Tanzania.

Mhe. Balozi Haule akikabidhi zawadi kutoka Tanzania kwa Mhe. Balozi Mathe

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Moja ya washiriki wa mitindo ya mavazi kutoka tanzania walioshiriki kwenye maonyesho ya kibiashara ya Nairobi - Nairobi Show 2013