Balozi wa Tanzania nchiniMarekani na Mexico Mhe. Wilson Masilingi akihutubia siku ya maadhimisho ya miaka 54 ya Muungano katika hotel ya Fairmoung Washington, DC.
Wageni waalikwa wakimsikiliza Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani na Mexico Mhe. Wilson Masilingi alipokua akihutubia siku ya maadhimisho ya miaka 54 ya Muungano katika hotel ya Fairmoung Washington, DC.
Balozi wa Tanzania nchiniMarekani na Mexico Mhe. Wilson Masilingi, mkewe Marystela Masilingi, Mwambata wa Jeshi wa Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani na Canada, Brigedia Jerali Adolph Mutta na Mkewe wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja na mgeni rasmi mwakilishi toka Department of State Duputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of African Affairs, Bwn Eric Stromayer na mkewe.
Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani na Mexico Mhe. Wilson Masilingi na mkewe Marystela Masilingi wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja na wambata na wake zao kutoka Mabalozi mbalimbali ya Afrika yanayowakilisha nchi zao nchini Marekani.
Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani na Mexico Mhe. Wilson Masilingi na mkewe Marystela Masilingi wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja na maafisa na wafanyakazi pamoja na familia zao wa Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani na Mexico.
Excellency Mr.
Eric Stromayer,
Ag. Deputy
Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State and Mrs. Stromayer;
Excellency Ambassador
Hersey Kyota, the Dean of Diplomatic Corps;
Excellency Ambassador
Serge Mombouli, the Dean of African Group of Ambassadors;
Excellencies
Ambassadors and Charge’d’ Affaires, a.i;
Senior Military
Officers and Defence Attaches;
Excellencies
Representatives of International Organizations;
Distinguished
Leaders of the American Business Community;
Distinguished
Honorary Consuls;
Distinguished
Leaders of Tanzania Diaspora;
Distinguished
Invited guests;
Fellow
Tanzanians;
Ladies and
Gentlemen;
Good
Evening
My
Wife and I, feel highly honored, privileged and delighted to welcome you on
behalf of Tanzania Embassy family.
We
thank God for this day. We thank Mr.
Eric Stromayer and Madam Stromayer for accepting to come to grace our
event. We thank everyone for accepting
our invitation to join us in commemorating the 54th United Republic
of Tanzania National Day. That many of
you travelled long distances, is clear evidence of how you value our friendship
and partnership. Thank you for coming.
We
thank the entire Embassy Staff that constituted itself as an organizing
committee of this ceremony under the leadership of Brigadier General Adolph
Mutta, our Defence Attaché, for excellent work.
Their cooperation and support is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
We
thank Fairmont Hotel management and Staff for excellent facilities put to our
disposal for the success of our event.
We
thank the Tanzania Diaspora for their cooperation and support to our
Mission. We value highly their
contribution to the social and economic development of the country they will
never stop calling home. To those who
are present here, we are happy and thankful to you for accepting to represent a
big family of Tanzania Diaspora.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Today
we are remembering April 26th, 1964 when our founding fathers of the
United Republic of Tanzania, the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere,
President of the then Republic of Tanganyika and the late Sheikh Abeid Amani
Karume, then President of the Peoples Republic of Zanzibar united two sovereign
states Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Our founding fathers honestly, diligently and
faithfully provided leadership in the fight against ignorance, diseases and
poverty. They taught us that before a
tribe, religion and race, we should first and foremost be Tanzanians. That is the reinforced core of our foundation
as a peaceful stable and united nation since 1964. Our founding fathers made swahili our
national language that unites more than one hundreds and twenty tribes. English is the official working language.
Our
great leaders united many tribes and several races into a great country because
Tanzania is multiracial country.
However,
tribes and minorities were given space to maintain their own cultures and their
own ways of life, if they don’t violate the law and human rights. When our nation is threatened by anything,
internal or external, we deal with it together, as one people; we do not divide
into Tanganyikans or Zanzibaris, tribal or religious faiths.
Therefore,
today Tanzanians at home and abroad are celebrating because we are one united
people under the leadership of H.E. Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, President
of the United Republic of Tanzania and H.E. Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, the
President of Zanzibar. Our country has
remained peaceful united and strong for the past 54 years. We are progressing together. We have witnessed peaceful transfer of power
five times at the Union level and seven times in Zanzibar. We are at peace with our neighbours. We participated effectively in the liberation
struggle with our brother and sisters.
Our ports serve landlocked neighbouring countries. We are faithful and active members of the
United Nations, African Union, as well as, several regional economic
organizations.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Tanzania
is a vast country with a total area 947,300 km2 with ample arable
land suitable for agriculture, plenty fresh water bodies, blessed with friendly
people and abundant natural resources.
We are proud of long beautiful beaches, Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro
Crater, Serengeti Wildlife, culture, historical sites in Zanzibar and Tanzania
mainland. Tourism is a leading sector in
generating foreign exchange. H.E.
President John Pombe Magufuli is offering decisive leadership for speedy development. He has decided to build a new airline with
new modern long range aircrafts from Boeing Company. We will begin taking delivery of Dreamliney
aircrafts beginning this year. We want
to start direct flights from Far East and from America to Tanzania. Contractors are on site constructing a
standard gauge electric railway line from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, Mwanza and
Kigoma. Soon construction of a big Dam
will begin in order to generate electricity 2100 megawatts. I trust you were able to follow a video
documentary in what is in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, as we transform our
country for quick inclusive economic growth.
We
have natural gas with confirmed reserves at 57 trillion cubic feet. We are already generating electricity from
natural gas and we are going to use part of that gas for cement and fertilizer
industries. Our country expect to earn
close to US Dollars 5 Billion annually in gas exports after completion of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant project.
We have tanzanite (that originate in Tanzania alone), gold (4th
largest gold producer in Africa), diamond, coal, iron, nickel, copper, silver,
uranium, phosphates, and helium gas (estimated at 54 billion cubic feet) just
to mention a few.
Ladies and Gentlemen
We
have many achievements to be proud of since 1964 to date, in our efforts to
become a middle income country by 2025.
In 1964 our population was 11.34 million people. This year the population is estimated at 57.7
million people, the majority of whom are the youth. Life expectance in 1964 was 44.7 years. Now life expectance is 66.7 years, because
health services have improved. We are
doing well in education by offering free primary and secondary education to our
boys and girls. Provision of adult
education, is continuing as well.
Our
economy has been growing steadily for the past two decades. We can safely say that we have completed our
transition to a market economy. Our
annual economic growth is at 6.8 percent on average for the past fifteen years,
while inflation rate is controlled at below 5.5 percent.
However,
we still face many development challenges.
Therefore, our two governments, the Union Government and the
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar working with the people and our
development partners, including our host the great country the United States of
America, we continue to address these challenges that include eradicating
ignorance, poverty and preventable diseases achieving universal primary and
secondary education; promoting gender equality; reducing child mortality;
improving maternal health; combating HIV/AIDS; malaria and other diseases;
ensuring environmental sustainability; and cooperating with the international
community in fighting terrorism.
Ladies and Gentlemen
I
take this opportunity to thank the government and people of this great country,
the United States of America for tremendous support to our country in fighting
ignorance, diseases and poverty. We
recognize and appreciate the great contribution of American Peace Corps. The first group of Volunteers in Africa
arrived in Tanzania in 1962. More than
2500 volunteers have served in Tanzania since then working with communities in
a variety of projects in agriculture, education (teaching Mathematics, Science
and English); the environment and health promotion. Peace Corps Volunteers promotes world peace
through contributing to social and economic development of interested
countries. In September 2017, 57 Peace
Corps Volunteers arrived in Tanzania and started work in Zanzibar and on Tanzania
mainland. We thank you for your good
heart.
We
work with our American friends through USAID in various projects and
initiatives; for example US President’s Malaria Initiative has reduced
drastically deaths caused by malaria on Tanzania mainland. Zanzibar has almost
halted malaria transmission; USAID/Tanzania maternal and child health programs
prioritizes improved health for the most vulnerable women, girls, newborns and
children under five; USAID/Tanzania gender equality and Youth inclusion project
or Hope (Tumaini) is mobilizing the youth; USAID works with us to mitigate the
impact and spread of Tanzania’s HIV/AIDS in partnership with our governments;
and USAID through “Feed the future Initiative” supports our ambitious plan to
transform the Agriculture sector that employs more than 75 percent of our
population so that it contributes more to economic growth. We appreciate USAID contribution to Feed the
Future resources in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania
(SAGCOT) a region having the potential to make significant contribution to the
economic growth of our country.
Ladies and Gentlemen
H.E.
Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, the President of the United Republic of
Tanzania early this year made the pledge at a Sherry party he hosted for
members of the Diplomatic Corps and International Organizations based in
Tanzania saying: “In 2018 the government
will continue taking efforts aimed at making the country more investment
friendly to both local and foreign investments.
These efforts include the fight against corruption, increasing
transparency and accountability of public servants, as well as, the improvement
of infrastructure – roads, railways and air transport. Let the tourists and investors come to this
peaceful country and the government will render any cooperation needed.”
Distinguished invited guests ladies
and gentlemen welcome to Tanzania to invest or as
tourists. You will be well received by
friendly people in a peaceful and strong united country. You will enjoy what you will see and
experience, Love Zanzibar and Tanzania mainland. I promise on behalf of my President.
I
now have the honor to propose a toast to you.
Long live the United Republic of Tanzania. Long live the United States of America. Long live the friendship between the United
Republic of Tanzania and the United States of America.
Again
thank you for gracing our Tanzania National Day.
ASANTE
SANA
KARIBU
TANZANIA
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