Sh520bn granted by German in past three years

Dar es Salaam. Germany has, in the past three years, grated Tanzania Sh520.86 billion which financed various projects in a number of sectors including tourism and environment, health, water, energy and good governance in public finance.

The money was also spent on supporting refugee camps in Kigoma Region.

This was said on Monday September 18, in Dar es Salaam by the deputy Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Finance and Planning, Ms Amina Shaaban, during the signing bilateral development consultation between Tanzania and Germany.

Ms Shaaban represented Tanzania in the signing while the Germany side was represented by Mr Georg Rademacher, the head of East Africa zone of the federal ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

From the agreement, Germany has expressed intention to extend its support on the said sectors effectively from 2018 to 2021.

According to a ministry press release, the meeting was part of preparations of the bilateral negotiations to be held in 2018, where Germany is expected to declare the amount that would be issued to support the said projects.

“We thank the federal government for being among the key development partners for a long time, they have been supporting us a lot,” she said and assured the Tanzania would take further the cooperation for the betterment of the two sides.

For his part, Mr Rademacher commended Tanzania for maintaining peace and preservation of its natural resources.

He also hailed the efforts taken to fight corruption and embezzlement of public funds and that, is country would continue to support in order that social services can be improved.