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Viewing cable 06DARESSALAAM1418, TIME RIPE FOR US-TANZANIA PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06DARESSALAAM1418 2006-08-21 10:05 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dar Es Salaam
VZCZCXYZ0010
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHDR #1418/01 2331005
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 211005Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4623
INFO RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 0049
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY 2815
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY 0221
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 3204
RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 0293
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001418 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT AF/E FOR B YODER, AF/RSA FOR K MOODY 
PASS TO PD, OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGE 
ALSO TO H FOR C NEARY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC KMDR TZ
SUBJECT: TIME RIPE FOR US-TANZANIA PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE 
 
REF: A. STATE 0124091 
     B. STATE 121382 
     C. STATE 114479 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY.  The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is ready 
and willing to establish a legislative exchange with the 
United States Congress.  This sentiment surfaced quickly 
during a Congressional staff delegation from August 8-10 led 
by Matthew Szymanski, Chief of Staff for both the U.S.-China 
Parliamentary Exchange and the U.S. House of Representatives 
Small Business Committee.  Key Tanzanian parliamentarians 
including Speaker of the House, Hon. Samuel Sitta, and 
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Juma Akukweti, 
expressed great enthusiasm in response to Szymanski's 
proposition to create a U.S.-Tanzanian 
"parliament-to-parliament" exchange.  Tanzanian officials 
underlined the timely nature of such an undertaking given 
their desire to strengthen legislative capacity.  Post 
strongly believes that Tanzania, as one of the few stable 
advancing democracies in sub-Saharan Africa, would be an 
ideal choice should the U.S. Congress seek to expand its 
legislative exchange programs into Africa.  END SUMMARY. 
 
GOT Enthusiastic on U.S.-Tanzania Parliament Exchange 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
2. (U) The GOT indicated great interest in the prospect of 
establishing a legislative "parliament-to-parliament" 
exchange with the United States. StaffDel Szymanski's 
meetings in Dodoma with the Speaker of the House, Samuel 
Sitta, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Juma Akukweti, and 
several key Committee Chairpersons, revealed across-the-board 
agreement that such an exchange would facilitate mutual 
understanding, knowledge-sharing and important 
relationship-building. 
 
3. (U) Minister Akukweti said that regularizing an exchange 
program would be "very, very useful" and promised to do 
everything possible to help make the program happen.  Speaker 
Sitta said that a U.S.-Tanzania Parliament exchange "sounded 
excellent," and noted that Tanzania's Parliament borrowed a 
great many rules, ideas and procedures from the U.S. system 
and that an exchange program could prove beneficial as 
Tanzania's democracy matures.  Likewise, the various 
committee chairpersons including the Vice Chair of the 
Economic Affairs Committee, Adam Malima, Chair of the Defense 
Committee, Capt. George Mkuchika, Chair of the Public 
Accounts Committee, John Cheyo, and Vice Chair of the Foreign 
Affairs Committee, Mussa Zungu, expressed overwhelming 
support for the prospect of an exchange, agreeing to form a 
working group to push the proposal forward.  Both Minister 
Akukweti and Speaker Sitta promised to write letters of 
interest and support to U.S. Congress' Speaker of the House, 
Dennis Hastert. 
 
GOT Emphasizes Time is Right for Exchange 
----------------------------------------- 
4. (U) Beyond the evident enthusiasm regarding setting up a 
legislative exchange, the notion that the time was now ripe 
for such a program echoed throughout StaffDel Szymanski's 
visit.  Speaker Sitta told Szymanski: "You have come at the 
right time, a time when our government is making the move 
toward those values of democracy which are entrenched in the 
U.S. system; values of transparency and good governance." 
Similarly, the Chief of the Americas Division at the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Pastory Ngaiza, noted that the 
time was right in Tanzania to begin an exchange with the U.S. 
Also, the head of the USAID-funded State University of New 
York (SUNY) program for parliamentary strengthening, Donna 
Bugby, reiterated this sentiment, saying that "the 
temperature was right in Tanzania for Parliament to work with 
the U.S. Congress and further develop the quality of the 
legislative system." 
 
Speaker Sitta Shows Willingness to Fund Travel 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
5.  (U) The GOT raised the question of budgeting and 
available resources to implement a U.S.-Tanzania 
parliamentary exchange.  Szymanski explained that the U.S. 
Congress has funds earmarked for travel that could be used to 
send U.S. legislators and staff to Tanzania.  He also 
explained that there were resources within the State 
Department's office of Citizen Exchange that could possibly 
be used to host a Tanzanian delegation  once in the U.S. but 
noted that these funds would not cover airfare. 
Surprisingly,  while Minister Akukweti and several 
Chairpersons expressed concern for the expenses involved, 
Speaker Sitta said that the GOT would be able to budget for 
travel to the U.S.  He emphasized that the exchange would be 
successful only if it were a true partnership. "We would not 
want support only from your side.  Both sides must be willing 
to reciprocate travel and allocate some resources." 
 
Getting the Ball Rolling 
------------------------ 
6. (U) During the Szymanski StaffDel, Ambassador Retzer 
emphasized that he was willing to assist in anyway possible 
to engage with Capitol Hill on the proposal.  Ambassador 
Retzer has already acted quickly, sending a letter of support 
to Speaker Hastert on August 11, just one day after the 
delegation's departure.  On August 14, Vice Chair of the 
Foreign Relations Committee, Hon. Mussa Zungu, hand delivered 
a letter of support for Speaker Hastert to the Deputy Chief 
of Mission, endorsed by Speaker Sitta and signed by all 
Committee Chairpersons.  The GOT, therefore, has demonstrated 
another measure of its enthusiasm about the potential 
exchange and its desire to get the ball rolling. 
 
Comment: Tanzania Offers Ideal Exchange Partner for U.S. 
Congress 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
7. (SBU) There is no question of the GOT's interest in 
setting up a legislative exchange with the U.S. Congress. 
The proposal appears to be a "no-brainer" with every official 
recognizing the program's "win-win" potential.  Two key 
questions remain: (i) Will the U.S. manage to identify a 
champion within Congress to promote an exchange with 
Tanzania? (ii) And will both the U.S. and Tanzania commit 
sufficient resources to jump-start the process? In post's 
view, a legislative exchange program is an opportunity not to 
be missed for the U.S. to reach out and influence one of East 
Africa's few advancing democracies.  As Tanzania's attitude 
towards the U.S. warms from chilly skepticism to trust and 
admiration, opening up the legislative lines of communication 
would play an integral part in post's transformational 
diplomacy efforts.  END COMMENT. 
RETZER