The Mara
Regional Commissioner Adam Malima launched the 2019 Mara Day celebrations at Sokoine grounds
in Mugumu town of Serengeti district in Mara Region.
Malima said
commemoration of the day provides a great opportunity for stakeholders from
Tanzania and Kenya to lay out strategies that help to promote sustainable conservation
in the Mara River Basin.
The Mara River starts in the Mau forests on the Kenyan
side, and the flows through the Masai Mara Game Reserves and Serengeti National
Park before emptying into Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
Held on September 15th each year,
Mara Day incorporates a different theme to campaign for sustainable
conservation of the Mara River Basin.
“I, Mara River- stand with me” is the theme of 2019 Mara Day celebrations.
The 10th Sectorial Council of Ministers
for Lake Victoria Basin held in the Rwandan capital Kigali in May 2012 declared
every September 15 the “Mara Day.
Apart from supporting wildlife conservation, Mara River
is also a source of livelihood to around 1.1 million Tanzanians and Kenyans.
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