By Staff Reporter
Tanzania’s seasoned diplomat, Ambassador Ombeni Sefue has been appointed to join the Panel of Eminent Persons of the African Union’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) following his nomination by the Fifth Phase Government of Tanzania.
According to information confirmed by the Executive Secretary of the APRM Tanzania Secretariat, Rehema Twalib, Ambasador Sefue and other new panelists were endorsed during the Forum of Heads of State and Government held in Addis Ababa on Saturday.
Other new panelists include Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari (Nigeria), Amb. Mona Omar Attia (Egypt), Fatma Zohra Karadia (Algeria), Bishop Don Dinis Salomão Sengulane (Mozambique) and Prof. Augustin Loada (Burkina Faso).
APRM is a specialized Agency of the African Union (AU), and was initiated in 2002 and established in 2003 by the African Union in the framework of the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
“APRM is a tool for sharing experiences, reinforcing best practices, identifying deficiencies, and assessing capacity-building needs to foster policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, and sustainable development and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration,” a statement in the APRM website reads.
The statement adds: “Member countries use the APRM to self–monitor all aspects of their governance and socio-economic development. African Union (AU) stakeholders participate in the self-assessment of all branches of government – executive, legislative and judicial – as well as the private sector, civil society and the media.
“The APRM Review Process gives member states a space for national dialogue on governance and socio-economic indicators and an opportunity to build consensus on the way forward.”
On the Panel of Eminent Persons, the APRM website cites it as a crucial oversight organ with a high level mandate to ensure credibility and performance of the Mechanism.
“The Panel exercises oversight of the APRM process with a view to ensuring the independence, professionalism and credibility of the process. It is important to note that the APRM is directed and managed by a Panel of between 5 and 7 Eminent Persons. They are ‘Africans who have distinguished themselves in careers that are relevant to the work of APRM’,” reads a statement in the website.
Tanzania joined the APRM way back in July, 2004. The country’s Parliament ratified the MOU on 1st February 2005. The country’s first assessment report was presented to the Forum of Heads of State and Government in January, 2013.
Ambassador ana mtoto anazurura tuu hamjali...amtafute mwanawe na amtumze
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