New Nile basin resource use agreement coming

Faraja Mgwabati in Bagamoyo Daily News; Tuesday,September 18, 2007 @00:01

THE Colonial Agreement on the use of River Nile that has been at the centre of disputes among Nile River Basin zone, will be ‘buried’ soon to allow the new agreement that will bring a win-win situation for all nine countries surrounding the basin. The Agreement which was signed in 1929 between Tanzania’s British rulers and Egypt gave Egypt the power to dictate the use of water from River Nile while Tanzania remaining as an observer to it. Full Story Speaking to The Daily News in Bagamoyo yesterday during the Training on Water Resources Management for water Officials from Kenya Uganda and Tanzania, the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) National Project Coordinator for Tanzania Prof Felix Mtaro said the new Agreement that has been prepared by NBI member states is in its final stages