EAC

EAC Partner States have been called upon to exploit the huge potential for export of raw cotton to the world market.

The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors Christophe Bazivamo has called on the partner states to increase regional coordination in response to the increasing problems of the Ecosystems.

The High Commissioner of Pakistan to Tanzania and the EAC, Amb. Muhammad Saleem, paid a courtesy call on EAC Secretary General Dr. Peter Mathuki at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha.  

Reliable and affordable energy sources of energy are key to the attainment of all the four stages of the EAC integration, namely the Customs Union, Common Market, Monetary Union and Political Federation. 

The cooperation between the East African Community and Germany got a US$65 million boost that will be used to implement projects in the areas of health, digital skills and water resources management.

 Following numerous concerns raised by various stakeholders, EALA has today withdrawn the EAC Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Bill, 2017, paving way for the Committee on General Purpose to re-draft the said legislation afresh. 

The East African Legislative Assembly has reconsidered and approved the EAC Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/21, amounting to USD97,669,708, at a Special Sitting held virtually. With it, the Assembly further enacted the recommitted EAC Appropriation Bill, 2020.

The Feasibility Study and Detailed Engineering Design for the Tanzania – Uganda Road Project have been concluded.

President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the NRM presidential flag bearer, called on the party leaders to preach the gospel of East African integration to Ugandans, with an eye of creating more markets for local goods.

Security Experts from the six East African Community Partner States convened in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a three-day meeting which is part of regional efforts towards harmonization of Police Standard Operating Procedures (SPOs).