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Virtual roll out of East African Community Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking Systems (RECDT)

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  • During the event, a real time live demonstration of driver registration and verification of EAC digital certificate at the borders 
  • Time: Zoom will be open from 12:00PM (EAT) on Tuesday 8th–September 2020 and event starts at 2.00PM. 
  • Join Zoom Meeting: Launch of EAC RECDT. Meeting ID: 834 8633 7113. Passcode: 506536 

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 8th September, 2020: ​The East Africa Community Secretariat and its Partner States will hold a virtual event to officially mark the roll out of the Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System (RECDTS) from Malaba/Malaba the border between Uganda and Kenya and Mirama Hills / Kagitumba, the border between Uganda and Rwanda, today Tuesday  8th September, 2020 at 2PM.

The tracking system provides a surveillance system to monitor long distance trucker’s crew and enable contact tracing. It allows Partner States to electronically share truck drivers’ COVID-19 test results; therefore, minimizing need for multiple COVID-19 tests in a single trip.  

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Assembly approves Vote-on-Account od USD 19.6 million for quarter 1 of new financial year

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East African Legislative Assembly; September 3rd, 2020: Arusha, Tanzania: The East African Legislative Assembly late yesterday at a virtual sitting, approved a Vote on Account of USD 19,697,574.88 Million to support the normal operations and to cater for expenses of the EAC in the first quarter of the Financial Year 2020/2021. Under the approved Vote on Account, the EAC Secretariat is to receive USD 9,095,178.88, East African Legislative Assembly – USD 5,295,062, East African Court of Justice, USD 574,063, and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission, USD 941,717.  The East African Science and Technology Commission is to receive USD 512,037, East African Kiswahili Commission – USD 305,482, East African Health Research Commission, USD 362,333, while East African Competition Authority is allocated USD 352,576. On its part, USD 1,89,257 is earmarked for the Inter University Council of East Africa and USD 305,482 pegged for the activities of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization. 

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EAC Council of Ministers adopts EAC Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/2021

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 6th August, 2020: The East African Community Council of Ministers has finally adopted the Community’s 2020/2021 budget estimates. 

The Council at its 41st Extra-Ordinary Meeting held via Video-Conferencing adopted the US$97.6 million budget that will cater for three EAC Organs and Institutions’ recurrent and development expenditure for the current financial year which runs from 1st July, 2020 to 30th June, 2021.  

Of the total amount, US$55.6 million will come from EAC Partner States while Development Partners will contribute US$41.9 million. 

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