AMECEA: Executive Board Members contented with the progress made in the construction of AMECEA Commercial Complex
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| Cardinal Berhaneyesus signing a visitors book at the site |
Executive Board Members led by the Chairman, H.E. Eminence Berhaneyesus D. Cardinal
Souraphiel, C.M., Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia together with the Archbishop
of Nairobi and AMECEA Chairman of Finance Committee H.E. John Cardinal Njue, were
very satisfied with the progress of construction work of AMECEA Commercial
Complex that was launched in May this year.
behalf of the Executive Board, Cardinal Berhaneyesus said, “It was a great joy
to go back to the site after the ground breaking ceremony and witness the
marvelous work of construction going on.”
before going to the site, Cardinal Berhaneyesus told AMECEA Online News that the
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| AMECEA Executive Board Members |
management of the construction had
briefed the Executive board members on the construction progress and that 5% of
the project has been done. This involves mainly digging of the basement, which
will serve as car park area.
informed that AMECEA Secretariat has fully handed over the site to the
construction management and that all the necessary documentations have been
signed. We are also happy that AMECEA Secretariat has given the construction
management a space to build their own office and storage for construction
material,” Cardinal Berhaneyesus said adding that what they saw at the site is
a sign of good progress.
that following their interactions with the construction management team, so far
there has been no major problems encountered during the digging of the basement
which is expected to end by November 2015 so that the foundation can be laid.
that during the laying of the foundation, something symbolic for the
association should be done and led by the Archbishop of Nairobi, H.E. Cardinal
Njue. “Secretariat should get the flags
of all AMECEA member countries and probably some few copies of initial
documents of AMECEA and put in a preservative container and bury them in the
foundation of the complex, to signify the Founding Fathers of the Association,”
he said.
AMECEA Board meeting will be in May 2016 and we are hopeful that the basement
will have been completed by then and pillars for the walls erected,” he said.
Complex, which is the first one of its nature since the inception of AMECEA in
the year 1961, will be an income generating entity for AMECEA and is comprised
of furnished apartments, a supermarket, shops,
and offices.
Executive Board Members have been in Nairobi from 22nd November for their
ordinary meeting. The Board Members usually meet twice in a year to deliberate
on the general issues affecting the AMECEA Region as well as to facilitate the running
of secretariat and implementations of AMECEA Plenary Assembly Resolutions.
Board Members present during the site inspection together with the two
Cardinals include Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde, Chairman of AMECEA Social
Communications and Bishop of Solwezi-Zambia; Rt. Rev. Rogatus Kimaryo, Chairman
of AMECEA Staffing Committee and Bishop of Same-Tanzania; Rt. Rev Phillip
Anyolo, Chairman of AMECEA Pastoral department and Bishop of Homa Bay -Kenya;
Rt. Rev. Tesfasellassie Medhin, Bishop of Adigrat-Ethiopia and Representative
of Ethiopian Bishops Conference to the Board and Rt. Rev. Thomas Osman, O.F.M.
Cap., Bishop of Barentu-Eritrea and Representative of Eritrean Bishops
Conference to the Board; Rt. Rev. Maurice Muhatia, Bishop of Nakuru-Kenya in
his capacity as a Chairman of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)
Council and and Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Kanyama, Bishop of Dedza-Malawi, a substitute
delegate to the Executive Board from Malawi.
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