Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has sued the government of Kenya over the “illegal” removal of Peter Mathuki as Secretary General of the East African Community. Mabirizi’s suit against the Attorney General of Kenya and Dr Mathuki at the East African Court of Justice Reference …
Read More »Is Mathuki leaving EAC over financial impropriety?
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community Secretariat has defended Secretary General Peter Mathuki against allegations of financial mismanagement. The claims also suggest that it is the reason that Kenya President William Ruto has decided to withdraw him for an ambassadorial post, to prevent a crisis in case …
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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. …
Read More »EAC private sector calls for better financial services to boost trade
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The private sector has blamed the banking industry in the East African Community for doing little to promote trade and investment, which has kept the region’s development slow. The investors say banks have not helped them access the financing needed to boost trade to catch …
Read More »East Africa plans integrated approach to reap from migration
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) is consulting widely on ways of streamlining migration in the region to make it more beneficial to the development of the member countries. The ministers in charge of EAC, internal and labour, directorates of immigration from the region, as …
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Kadaga ruffles East African Community Secretariat Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs has protested the way the recruitment of staff has been going on at the East African Community Secretariat. Following the 42nd Extraordinary Meeting of …
Read More »UN reaffirms support to East African industrialization drive
Dar, Tanzania | Xinhua | The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has reaffirmed its support to industrialization drive in the East African Community (EAC) region, the EAC said in a statement on Saturday. The statement issued by the EAC headquarters in the northern city of Arusha said the reaffirmation …
Read More »Record gold imports tip Uganda-Tanzania balance of trade
Uganda imported gold from Tanzania worth $591 million , which is more than half of all imports from the country and five times more than all that Uganda exports there Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Kenya have lost their balance of trade surpluses to Tanzania over the …
Read More »VACCINES: EAC pushes for joint COVID-19 strategy
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community has stepped up efforts to ensure the region starts manufacturing its own COVID- 19 vaccines, jointly. This comes as individual countries are battling the pandemic largely separately, with each having their own approach to vaccines. The EAC Secretariat says that …
Read More »EABC calls for a coordinated East African approach on airlines
Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Business Council (EABC) has called for an East African Community (EAC) coordinated approach on the resumption of regional air services. The EABC in a statement warned that differences will frustrate efforts to spur intra-EAC trade and revive the tourism and hospitality …
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