Official says natural disasters worry EAC

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>A member of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) from Tanzania, Ms Shy-Rose Bhanji, says Kiswahili should be made one of the official languages of the East African Community (EAC).

Rain tends to do immense damage to Tanzania’s infrastructure. It causes death to people as well, while destroying property.

Today is the International Day for Disaster Reduction, a date set aside by the United Nations to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness on them.

A mobile text message has lately been doing the rounds, advising people to take precautions against cooking gas-induced disasters. It should not be ignored, like we do with regard to information cooked up for fun, political motives or settling scores relayed via that media.

Climate-related disasters in the five years since global leaders last met to discuss climate change have cost almost $500 billion - three times more than for the whole of the 1970s, international agency Oxfam said Friday.

Africa is playing a key role in shaping the future. Fifty years ago, the world watched Africa with fascination as seventeen countries declared their independence in 1960.

>A record downpour on Wednesday washed away crops in the field, pasture land, shelters and a key bridge. This virtually divided the country into two isolated parts, courtesy of the distant Ukaguru Mountains range that overflowed upstream and fed Mkundi River. This cut off communication between the coastal belt and the upcountry regions.