EALA congratulates Hon Issa Ngendakumana following his appointment as Minister for Governance and Privitisation in the Republic of Burundi

By East African Community (EAC)

KAMPALA, Uganda, February 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- East African Legislative Assembly press statement by Rt. Hon. Abdirahin Haithar Abdi, speaker, EALA

On behalf of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and on my own behalf, I wish to congratulate Hon Issa Ngendakumana (immediate past EALA Member) upon his appointment last week as the Minister for Good Governance and Privatisation in the Republic of Burundi.

Let me take this opportunity at the outset to salute the President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency, Pierre Nkurunziza for appointing Hon Ngendakumana to his Cabinet thus bestowing full confidence in his leadership abilities.

EALA is privileged to have benefited from the knowledge, parliamentary and oratory skills of Hon Ngendakumana as a sitting Member of Assembly. We thank Hon Ngendakumana for the service he rendered to the region while he was a Member of EALA.

We assure Hon Ngendakumana of our full support and are confident that he shall deliver on the responsibilities of the new docket with dynamism.

We wish the Hon Ngendakumana all the best in the new endeavour.

February 13, 2012