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ARUSHA, TANZANIA | THE INDEPENDENT | Governments across the East African region need to stop giving lip service to the Education Sector and breathe life into the recent reforms with adequate funding. Tanzanian Vice President Dr Philip Isdor Mpango says that the educational reforms that EAC member states have embarked on …

ACCRA, GHANA | THE INDEPENDENT | The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreement, is now due to come into force on Thursday following the attainment of the required number of ratifying member countries. The treaty states that for the Agreement to take effect, at least 14 out of the 29 States …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youth proponents advocating for the political integration of the East African region are striving to reawaken the original spirit of the regional bloc through a visit to the burial site of Julius Nyerere. Nyerere, the former Tanzanian independence leader, is believed to be the original …

ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | In response to the growing calls to have the East African Community Treaty amended to reflect its current state, regional foreign and East African Community affairs ministers have demanded the process be accelerated. This was one of the resolutions reached by the ministers from Burundi, DR …

KIGALI, Rwanda | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC), a regional bloc, launched its election observer mission Friday to monitor Rwanda’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Veronica Mueni Nduva, secretary general of the EAC, inaugurated the observer mission in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, where she appointed David Maraga, former …

ARUSHA, Tanzania | Xinhua | Experts on Sunday renewed their calls for the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers to expedite amendments to the EAC Treaty to enable Kiswahili as the regional bloc’s official language. In a statement from the EAC headquarters in Arusha Monday, experts urged all member …

What to expect from Uganda signing IGAD Protocol COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda has finally signed the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) protocol that allows lawful free movement in and out of citizens of the countries of the East and Horn of Africa region. By signing of the Protocol …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Community countries are building their capacity and preparedness to respond to chemical attacks and disasters. With support from the United Kingdom, the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is now training core personnel in the bloc to first build awareness and understanding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s decision to revert Uganda Meteorology Authority (UNMA) to the department at the Ministry of Water and Environment has drawn mixed reactions. Uganda Meteorology Authority will no longer be semi-autonomous once President Museveni assents to the Bill seeking to merge or rationalize government Authorities and …

SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The feasibility studies for a transnational expressway connecting Uganda and Kenya is due to commence following the handing over of the site to the contractors. The 256km multinational expressway will run from Kakira in Jinja District, Uganda, through Busitema to Malaba and Busia, onwards to …