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Bujumbura, Burundi | Xinhua | The 5th Edition of the East African Community (EAC) Arts and Cultural Festival ended on a high note on Friday evening in the Burundian capital Bujumbura with different cultural performances from the bloc’s member states, the EAC said in a statement on Saturday. The statement said …

The regional force will be commanded by Kenya’s Major General Jeff Nyagah & one of the two deputies Brigadier General Emma Kaputa of the DRC 🔴 DRC will also do the following 1️⃣ Designate a Minister responsible for EAC Affairs 2️⃣ Remit the financial contribution of the DRC to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni and a section of leaders in the East African Community (EAC) have praised the late Queen of England, Elizabeth II for her admirable leadership of the Commonwealth and reconciliatory efforts. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of 56 sovereign states and …

  Analysts welcome move but fear bloc is expanding too fast Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |  Just eleven days after the Democratic Republic of Congo ratified the East African Community Treaty on July 11, the bloc’s leaders agreed to fast-track the verification of Somalia’s application to join the community. Sitting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga, has announced the National Unity Platform-NUP’s decision to shun the forthcoming elections of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) representatives, which commence on 19 September 2022 with nominations. The tenure of the current EALA members ends …

It will boost manufacturing and bridge the funding gap to the sector that holds great potential for Uganda’s growth Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s commercial banks are planning to provide Shs1trillion in export credit facility to help local manufacturers boost their access to the regional markets. Sarah Arapta, …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC), a regional bloc, on Monday launched its election observer mission to monitor Kenya’s Aug. 9 general elections. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the head of the EAC Election Observation Mission to the 2022 General Election in Kenya, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital …

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) has this morning launched the  Election Observation Mission (EAC-EOM) to the 2022 General Election in Kenya. The mission will be led by former president of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete. The team comprising of about 50 observers from EAC partner states arrived in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has rejected a verification report by a select Committee of the East African Community – EAC Council of Ministers proposing the establishment of the East African Central Bank headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. This was revealed by Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the First Deputy Prime …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of the East African Community have renewed calls to expedite the proposed federation of the member states into a single sovereign government. Founded in 1967 for socio-economic and political reasons, the EAC is an intergovernmental organization composed of seven Great Lakes nations of East …