Miano said the EAC region brims with mineral wealth ranging from precious metals, gemstones, semi-precious metals, metallic minerals and industrial minerals, noting that these are a recipe for the establishment of a whole range of industries.
She said the region is, undoubtedly ideal for tourism and associated industries citing the the wide variety of wildlife, beautiful beaches, good weather and an array of attractive natural features.
“The spectacle of about 1.5 million wildebeest migrating between Kenya and Tanzania every year is recognised as one of the world’s seven wonders. Meanwhile, Africa’s two highest peaks—Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya—are in the EAC region and so is the source of the famed Nile – Lake Victoria, itself the second biggest fresh water inland water body in the world. The Nile, meanwhile, is the world’s second largest river after the Amazon.” She said.
Adding that: “Coastal cities and towns in both Kenya and Tanzania have a rich historical and cultural heritage courtesy of long running close interaction with multiple world cultures for centuries.”
