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Transition from Electroplating to Hot Dip Galvanization technology for steel wires hurts industry COMMENT | SOLOMON A. MUTAGAYA | The East African Standards are prepared by the East African Standards Committee (EASC) that was established in accordance with the East African Community Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act., 2006. …

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged East African Community (EAC) leaders to fast-track implementation of programmes and projects that will deliver quick results for the benefit of EAC citizens. Acknowledging the progress the EAC has made since its re-establishment more than two decades ago, the …

  Nairobi,  Kenya | THE INDEPEDENT |  Private sector players in the region are accusing the East African Community (EAC)  leaders of doing too little as the transport sector continues to suffer, allegedly from bad policies. And this, according to them has led to a surge in the cost of …

  Finally becomes 7th partner State Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On July 11, the Democratic Republic of Congo officially became the seventh member of the East African Community after depositing the ‘instrument of ratification’ with the East African Community Secretary General at the bloc’s headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African business watchdog called for deliberate actions to bring down the cost of transport and logistics to ensure exports compete at domestic and international levels. In a statement issued late Thursday, the East African Business Council (EABC) said EAC transport costs are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since its establishment in 2014, the East African Pension Supervisors Association (EAPSA) has been promoting the pension agenda within the region focusing on mutual cooperation, information sharing, and capacity building among pension supervisory authorities. Key among the issues on the EAPSA agenda is the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has raised concern over some East African Community-EAC countries breaching trade agreements by limiting the entry of goods from partner states into their markets. Among made the statement on Monday while meeting judges from the East African Court of …

Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday officially became the seventh full member of the East African Community (EAC). The EAC said in its official tweet that the DRC became a full member of the regional bloc after it deposited instruments of ratification on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga has questioned the relevance of the East African Community-EAC in pacifying member states following the repeated anarchy in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. On April 8th, 2022, DRC signed the Treaty of accession becoming the youngest member of the …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | East African Community (EAC) leaders on Monday directed an immediate cessation of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property as well as mass displacements. The leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, …