The eighth Strategic Dialogue between the Nile Basin Initiative and primary donors ended on Tuesday in Kigali with a call for a renewed commitment to invest in Nile cooperation and to sustain the gains so far.
National Minister for Electricity, Water and Irrigation Jemma Nunu Kumba, who chairs the Nile Council of Ministers, said the Nile Basin Initiative achieved much in the last 14 years but a lot still needs to be done to realize the shared vision.
Member states re-affirmed their commitment to the Nile cooperative process and the sustainability of the Nile Basin Initiative institutions.
They called on development partners to continue their support towards achieving the member states’ development agenda.
Development partners pledged to work with Nile Basin Initiative to enhance the institutional and financial mechanisms necessary to deepen the Nile cooperative process.
The eighth Strategic Dialogue between the Nile Basin Initiative and primary donors was held in Kigali, Rwanda, on October from 28 and 29.