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 …
Read More »Free movement for East Africans, finally?
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 …
Read More »EAC countries trained on chemical weapons and risk response
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 …
Read More »Uganda’s weather service: One step forward, three steps back
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 …
Read More »EAC shifts focus on Uganda-Kenya expressway
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 …
Read More »Minister Oboth warns EAC states on defence competition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Defence, Jacob Markson Oboth, has warned East Africa Community member states against prioritizing competition on defence matters and neglecting to secure and develop the region. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the EAC meeting of Chief Executive Officers of Military Industrial facilities …
Read More »Uganda improves trade balance with World
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s trade with the East African Community continues to grow in its favor, registering a trade surplus in January 2024, but is yet to reach the levels recorded in the same month a year ago. According to the latest national statistics, merchandise trade registered a …
Read More »Mabirizi sues Kenya govt over EAC Secretary General’s recall
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 …
Read More »EAC Secretary General appointed Kenya’s ambassador to Russia
Dr. Peter Mathuki is facing impeachment over the alleged misappropriation of funds at the secretariat Nairobi, Kenya | AGENCIES | The East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Dr. Peter Mathuki has been nominated by Kenya’s President Wiliam Ruto as the country’s ambassador to Russia. The nomination comes at a time when Dr …
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