TANZANIA PRIME MINISTER MAJALIWA, OPENS THE 6TH AFRICA WATER WEEK IN DAR ES SALAAM

Tanzania Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, addresses the 6^th Africa Water Week at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Monday July 18, 2016. THE Africa Water Week (AWW) is organized by the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) in conjunction with the African Union Commission.  The Africa’s flagship water event represents a political commitment at the highest level for creating platform to discuss and collectively seek solutions to Africa’s water and sanitation challenges. The event which attracts over 1000 participants from governments, regional institutions, international partners, the private sector, the scientific community, civil society, and the media from all over the world, and in particular Africa is held biennially as this year theme is “Setting the Platform for Implementing the SDGs on Water Security and Sanitation.”

The conference will come to an end on 22^nd July, 2016. (PHOTO AND STORY BY K-VISMEDIA/Khalfan Said)

The UNESCO Special Envoy for Water in Africa, Former President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, speaks during the opening session of the conference

 The UNESCO Special Envoy for Water in Africa, Former President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, (L), shakes hands with Tanzania Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, after he had delivered his speech

  The UNESCO Special Envoy for Water in Africa, Former President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, (L), is been congratulated by Tanzania's Water and Irrigation Minister, Eng. Gerson Lwenge after his speech

 The conference in progress, during the opening session

 The Executive Secretary of African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW), Bai-Mass M. Taal, speaks during the opening session

President of African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW),

the Senegalese Minister for Hydraulic and Sanitation Amadou Mansour Faye, delivers his speech

 

 Tanzania's Water and Irrigation Minister, Eng. Gerson Lwenge gives his speech

Representative of Commissioner of Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission, speaks during the day one conference

 A cross section of the conference participants

 Delegates read some important

Inputs for the conference

 Delegates keenly follow the speech

 

 UNESCO's Special Envoy for Water in Africa, Former Kenya President Mwai Kibaki (C), in a group photos with the Ministers

Delegates from Tanzania introduce to their fellowdelegates

 The high table rise for the Tanzania/East Africa's enthemes

A cross section of delegate attending the conference

Kenya's Minister for Water and Irrigation, Eugen Wamalwa (R), and his delegates applouds the speeches.