GITEGA, September 20th (ABP) –Burundi Head of State, Mr. Evariste Ndayishimiye, chaired the Cabinet meeting at his palace in Gitega (central Burundi) on Wednesday 18 September 2024.
On the agenda were six items, including an information note on the management of the Mpox disease, presented by the Minister of Public Health and the Fight against AIDS. The Minister of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines, in turn, developed his ministry’s sectoral strategy paper, while the Minister of the Interior, Community Development and Public Security developed the draft law revising Law No1/02 of 3 March 2016 reforming communal taxation in Burundi.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation presented a paper on the draft decree on the creation, mission, organisation and functioning of the interministerial strategic steering committee responsible for coordinating the implementation of the national development cooperation strategy.
The last two items were reported by the Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning. Those included a note on the memorandum of understanding between the shareholders of the mixed company known as ‘Fonds d’Impulsion de Garantie et d’Accompagnement’, FIGA, and a note on the treatment of loans retroceded to SINELAC by the States.