KENYA: Ground breaking ceremony for AMECEA Commercial Complex takes place
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| Cardinal Njue and Cardinal Berhaneyesus lead guests in symbolic ground breaking ceremony |
Secretariat on Tuesday 26th May 2015 witnessed a huge milestone in
the history of the Association by conducting a ground breaking ceremony of ‘AMECEA
Commercial Complex’ which marked the beginning of a project whose mission is to
make the Regional Bishops Conference become self-reliant.
which was officiated by AMECEA Chairman H.E. Berhaneyesus D. Cardinal
Souraphiel was also attended by the AMECEA Chairman of Finance Committee H.E.
John Cardinal Njue; The AMECEA members of Executive Board and some members of
CUEA Council.
dignitaries who attended the ceremony include Most Rev Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp,
the president of SECAM and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango, Angola who was
accompanied by SECAM Secretary general Very Rev Joseph Komakoma; partners from
CAFOD and CRS.
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| Cardinal Berhaneyesus Chairman of AMECEA and Cardinal Njue unveils the Architectural model of AMECEA Commecial Complex |
“When it is fully completed it will become
instrumental in making AMECEA to be self-reliant and to make the region capable
of continuing with its mission,” says H.E. John Cardinal Njue, the chairman of
AMECEA Financial Committee and Archbishop of Nairobi, where the project is
located.
Njue said that the ground breaking ceremony is a wonderful achievement of a
project that the Regional Bishops Conference has thought about for quite some
time.
The Chairman of AMECEA H.E. Berhaneyesus Cardinal Souraphiel said that
the AMECEA Commercial Complex is a gift from God to the people of the region
especially the marginalized, the refugees and the less fortunate in the
society.
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| Members of AMECEA Executive Board and other dignitaries |
had funds, it would be able to respond to calls where help is needed. Not only
in the region but beyond and abroad,” Cardinal Berhaneyesus said adding that
when there was flooding in Malawi, the secretariat had to appeal to other
conferences to help and more help is still needed in other AMECEA Countries
such as South Sudan where many people are suffering as refugees with all their
hopes destroyed.
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| Invited guests at the ground breaking ceremony |
“Such a
project if blessed by the Lord can help us in our move of solidarity with the
people not only in AMECEA but also the neighboring countries, the neighboring
conferences and even abroad. So when we hear about earth quake in Nepal and so
on we could respond and offer solidarity,” Cardinal Berhaneyesus who is the
Archbishop of Addis Ababa Ethiopia said.
which is to be developed on a 1.5 acre plot belonging to the Regional Bishops
Conference in Nairobi is designed to be a mixed urban development complex
comprising of commercial and residential entities and is expected to be
completed in two years’ time.
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