Lilongwe, Malawi Tanzania has secured SADC’s Executive Secretary post with 79 percent votes, replacing the outgoing Executive Secretary Dr. Tomaz Augusto Salomão who had served two terms of eight years. The Southern Africa Development Community Council of Ministers voted last night, ending their two-days meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi. “We won 79 percent of the votes, securing a post of Executive Secretary to be held by Dr. Stergomena L. Tax, currently Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of East African Cooperation,” said Hon. Bernard K. Membe (MP), Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation. We are just now waiting for the Heads of State and Government to approve the nomination when they meet on 17 to 18 August 2013, said Minister Membe.
Naibu Waziri wa Katiba na Sheria, Mhe. Angela Kairuki (katikati-mstari wa kwanza) akifuatana na Balozi wa Vietnam alimaliza muda wake wa kazi hapa nchini, Mhe. Nguyen Duy Thien (kulia), Mkuu wa Mabalozi wanaowakilisha nchi zao hapa nchini, Mhe. Balozi Juma Khalfan Mpango (kushoto mstari wa nyuma), Mkurugenzi wa Idara ya Diaspora, Balozi Bertha Semu-Somi na Mkurugenzi Msaidizi, Idara ya Asia na Australasia, Bw. Omar Mjenga walipokuwa wanawasili katika Hoteli ya Hyatt Regency Kilimanjaro kwa ajili ya hafla fupi ya kumuaga Balozi Thien.