World Bank Vice President to visit Tanzania
World Bank Group Senior Vice President Dr Sandie Okoro.
What you need to know:
Dr Okoro will visit Tanzania from June 6-14, and this will be her first visit to Tanzania since her appointment in 2016 as World Bank Group Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel.
Dar es Salaam. World Bank Group Senior Vice President Dr Sandie Okoro to visit Tanzania to discuss World Bank support to the Governance and Justice sectors in the country with senior government officials.
Dr Okoro will visit Tanzania from June 6-14, and this will be her first visit to Tanzania since her appointment in 2016 as World Bank Group Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel.
During her visit, Dr. Okoro will meet with Chief Justice Prof. Ibrahim Hamis Juma as well as Dr Philip Mpango, the Minister for Finance and Planning and other senior government officials.
“Dr Okoro will participate in a Roundtable Discussion bringing together various justice sector civil society representatives and other stakeholders to deliberate on issues relating to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country and explore innovative legal approaches and gender-specific strategies to fighting it.”
A key component of this Project is access to Justice and public trust under which a ‘Justice-on-Wheels’ Program (Mobile Courts) is being implemented with the aim of bringing justice services closer to the people, especially in peri-urban and rural areas.
In addition to visiting a World Bank-financed project, she will participate as Guest of Honor at the Girls in Action Initiative Conference in Dar es Salaam on June 9.
This conference brings together Tanzanian students in higher learning institutions under the theme: “Young Women and their place in the Modern Economy.”
“This component aims to empower vulnerable groups especially women, youth, and small businesses by providing quick and affordable justice services where they live and work”.
Dr Okoro will then travel to Arusha where she will co-host together with Chief Justice Juma a high-level conference on Gender and the Judiciary in Sub-Saharan Africa, June 10-14, 2018.
Before joining the World Bank, Dr Okoro, a British national, served as the Global General Counsel for HSBC Global Asset Management.
The World Bank is currently financing 24 national projects and in the Justice sector, the World Bank is financing about Sh148.2 billion Citizen-Centric Judicial Modernization and Justice Service Delivery Project.
