PRESIDENT KIKWETE GIVES NEW SUNDERLAND FC ACADEMY IN TANZANIA HIS SEAL OF APPROVAL

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete  today  November 1, 2014 joined senior officials from English Premier League football club, Sunderland AFC (SAFC) and Symbion Power, a US energy provider,  in a ceremony to mark a milestone in the start of the construction for a new community-based Sports Park in Dar es Salaam. 

 As part of Sunderland AFC’s ground-breaking football partnership with Tanzania, the club is lending its expertise to the creation of a football development programme in the country, in partnership with Symbion, who provide the East African nation with much needed electricity. 

 Central to this innovative programme is the construction of a community-based sport park, named after the President, located at Kidongo Chekundu, in Ilala Dar es Salaam. 
The Jakaya M. Kikwete Youth Park will provide a full-size 3G artificial surface, along with a five-a-side pitch, two sand

@Thank you very much... President Kikwete tells Dev Gurpal and Mahadia Saidi as he arrives for the ceremony

President Kikwete greets His Worship The Mayor of Ilala Jerry Silaa

President Kikwete greets the Member of Parliament for Ilala Hon Mussa Azzan Zungu

Welcome Sir...

President Kikwete greets Sunderland AFC’s chief executive Margaret Byrne

President Kikwete greets TFF President Jamal Malinzi

 Part of the  proposed new community-based Sports Park at Kidongo Chekundu  in Dar es Salaam. 

Sunderland AFC’s chief executive Margaret Byrne and an official of the club present to President Kikwete a coal miner's lantern

The President is happy with the present

Sunderland AFC’s chief executive Margaret Byrne and an official of the club present to President Kikwete a Sunderland jersey

Sunderland AFC’s chief executive Margaret Byrne with  President Kikwete

Paul Hinks, the Chief Executive Officer of Symbion Power, speaks

Part of the project

Work has already started

President Kikwete addresses the gathering

Part of the audience

The audience

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President Kikwete addresses the audience, thanks Sunderland and Symbion power for the historical initiative

President Kikwete asks TFF President to support the project

Part of the audience

The kids are happy for the project

President Kikwete speaks on

Youths are invited to assist President Kikwete plant a commemorative tree

A round of applause as President Kikwete and one of the youths water the planted tree seedling

More applause

And more applause

A souvenir photo with Symbion Power staff

A group photo with Ilala councillors

A word or two with Ilala Municipal leaders before taking his leave

President Kikwete shakes hands with Ilala MP Hon. Mussa Azzan Zungu

President Kikwete greets the Ilala Municipal Director

A handshsake with Ambassador Sanga

Teddy Mapunda says thank you Mr President for this as Councillor Abdul Masamaki awaits his turn

Mafia MP was also there

Asante Mzee....

Gerezani area residents happy with the President

A lucky Gerezani area resident gets a rare photo op with His Excellency

Gerezani area women thank the President

Thank you Sir for gracing the occasion...

Asante sana Mheshimiwa kwa mradi huu....

President Kikwete shakes hands with sports enthusiast Haruna Mbeyu 

Tahnk you Your Excellency...

Handshake from Councillor Matimbwa

A happy President Kikwete leaves the grounds