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Speaker, Anita Among, has flagged today off the Parliament Sports Team to the 13th Edition of the East African Community (EAC) Inter-Parliamentary Games to be held in Kigali, Rwanda.
 

The Minister of State for Defence in Charge of Veteran Affairs Huda Oleru Abason commended the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) for its efforts in neutralizing negative elements in the region.

Officials from the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) are currently attending a five-day benchmark at the URA headquarters to understand the legal framework of URA’s VAT exemption.

The East African Community (EAC) is set to launch a regional bond that will enhance trade facilitation in the region and provide a cheaper and more efficient solution for the business community.

In an initiative to simplify and standardize trade documents and procedures in the region, the inaugural regional consultative meeting on the implementation of measures outlined in the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The East African Community (EAC) and the European Union (EU) kicked off the 1^st EU-EAC Regional Conference on Digital Transformation in the East African Community, in Arusha, Tanzania on Thursday, October 6.

Uganda has rallied members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to support its bid to host the group’s headquarters in Kampala.

Health experts in the East African Community (EAC) partner states have been urged to use new technologies to manage emerging diseases. Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Dr.

Uganda has won the East Africa Pamoja Bid to host the 2027 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). 

The high-level East African Community (EAC) regional meeting for policy and decision makers on Food Safety and Codex activities in the EAC has resolved to implement eleven actions, in a bid to intensify Food Safety and Codex in the region.