BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI-- The Burundian Minister in the presidency in charge of the East African Affairs, Mrs. Hafsa Mossi, has announced several socioeconomic projects.
These projects are part of those planned within the East African Community (EAC). This was revealed during a press conference on the big realizations in 2011, a period during which Burundi had assumed the presidency of the EAC.
To resolve the problem of energy, the General Secretary of the EAC was called upon to look for financing as soon as possible for electric interconnection for the Rusumo-Bujumbura line before 2015, the construction of a thermal power plant of 200 MW to make use of peat, a mineral that is plentiful just a few kilometers north of Bujumbura before 2015 and the construction of the Rusumo hydroelectric dam before 2016.
Besides this, Mrs Mossi said, the project of a railroad connecting Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi (Dar Es Salaam-Isaka-Kigali/Keza-Gitega-Musongati) is a priority of the EAC.
In terms of food safety, an action plan on the food safety and the regional politics on climate change was adopted and the annual budget of its application will be adopted during the budgetary year 2012/2013, said Mrs Mossi.
In addition to this, Mossi also announced that the first conference on tourism, fauna and flora will be organized in Burundi during the financial year 2012-2013.
Furthermore, a regional project on the harmonization of the regulation of medicines is going to start soon in all the partner countries of the EAC. Burundi will host the recently created Commission on research in health.
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