Livestock Bill in the Offing

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…as Hon Dr Woda J Odok granted leave to introduce key Bill

East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: November 24th 2020: EALA Member, Hon Dr Woda Jeremiah Odok, has been granted leave to introduce an EAC Livestock Bill 2020, to provide for the transboundary movement of livestock and control of animal diseases within the bloc.

 The envisaged EAC Livestock Bill 2020, is to grant a coordinated identification, characterization, mapping and enumeration of livestock.  It also seeks to strengthen the detection, prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases. At the same time, the Bill shall provide for a regulatory framework to monitor pastoral ecosystems. 

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EALA virtual sitting currently underway

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East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: November 9^th, 2020: EALA has commenced its First Meeting of the Fourth Session via virtual means.  The Session which got underway on Friday, November 6^th, 2020, runs until November 26^th, 2020.  

Key highlights of the plenary that is presided over by Speaker, Rt Hon Ngoga Karoli Martin, is a report of the Assembly assessing the implementation of the Common Market Protocol in relation to cross-border trade.  The report, whose tabling and debate is timely, looks at the implementation of the key integration pillar (Common Market Protocol) in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, which has greatly impacted on the EAC region, the continent and beyond.  The report follows a series of the assessment activities undertaken by the regional assembly in all six Partner States in May 2020. 

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