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| Group Photo of Workshop Participants in Dar-es-salaam |
The AMECEA Pastoral Department’s workshop to revive the Council of Laity for Eastern Africa (COLEA), which was held in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania from 25thto 29th November, 2014 elected an Interim Executive Committee.
The Interim Executive Committee members are comprised of representatives from the AMECEA Countries. They included Mr. Peter Kasenene from Uganda, Ms. Hanna Mehery from Eritrea, Ms, Annie Mikobi from Djibouti, Mr. Abel Muse from Ethiopia, Mr. Cyprian Okuse from South Sudan and Mr. Elias Lazaro from Malawi.
Other members include Mr. Emil Hagam from Tanzania, Mr. James Mwai from Kenya, and Mr. John Kangwa from Zambia and Ms. Joyce Zako from South Sudan who is the youth representative.
The Interim Executive Committee later on elected Mr. Peter Kasenene as the Chairperson, Mr. Emil Hagam as the Vice Chairperson, Ms. Annie Mikobi as the Secretary and Ms. Joyce Zako as Vice Secretary.
The mandate of the Executive interim committee is to work on the proposed amendments to the constitution of COLEA within a period of six months; research on what led to the malfunction of COLEA and compile a proposed document that will be presented to the Bishop concerning the way forward.
The proposed document which will be presented to the Bishop must clearly state the vision, mission, objectives and goal of COLEA. It must also give reason for the death of COLEA and explain why it should be revived. The document must also describe the sustainability of COLEA as well as propose specific areas of collaborations among COLEA members.
In the meantime AMECEA Pastoral Coordinator Fr. Febian Pikiti has submitted the names of the Interim Committee Members to the AMECEA Secretary General together with the terms of reference.
This will later be presented to the AMECEA Executive Board for Approval.
Source: Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Social Communications