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New UNHCR Regional Director pays virtual courtesy call on the Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 10th July, 2020:  The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region, Ms. Clementine Awu Nkweta Salami, today paid a virtual courtesy call on the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors, Hon. Christophe Bazivamo.

The overall purpose of the Courtesy call was to introduce the new Regional Director, UNHCR Nairobi, Kenya Office, to the EAC Secretariat and reinvigorate the existing relations between the EAC and the UNHCR in view of the emerging challenges of the refugees in the EAC region.

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41st Extraordinary Meeting of the Council on Ministers underway via videoconference

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 10th July, 2020: The 41st Extraordinary Meeting of the East African Community Council of Ministers is currently underway via videoconference.

Among the items on the agenda of the 41st Extraordinary Meeting of the Council are the Report of the of the Meeting of the Finance and Administration Committee held from 3rd to 10th March, 2020, including the Budget for the EAC for the Financial Year 2020/2021; and Human Resource matters including renewal of Staff contracts.

The Council of Ministers, which is established under Article 13 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC, is the policy making Organ of the Community.

The Council consists of: the Ministers responsible for EAC Affairs of each Partner State; any other Minister of the Partner States as each Partner State may determine, and; the Attorney General of each Partner State.

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About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of six Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The EAC Secretariat is ISO 9001: 2015 Certified

The new Chairpersons elected this afternoon are from left; Hon Christopher Nduwayo, Chair, Committee on Communication, Trade and Investment, Hon Amb Ndangiza Fatuma, Chair, Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution and Hon Dr Abdullah H. Makame, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources. Below are Hon Kennedy Kalonzo Musyoka, incoming Chair, Committee on Accounts, Hon Kennedy Mukulia Ayason, Chair of the Committee on Legal, Rules and Privileges and Hon Denis Namaara, Chair on Committee on General Purpose – Hon Denis Namaara.

EALA elects new Committees' Chairpersons

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East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, July 6th2020: Committees of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), today elected respective Chairpersons to serve the 4th Assembly for the balance of its life (of two and a half years).

The elections which took place this afternoon via a virtual process, completes the transition of Members in to new Committees. The six Chairpersons elected today (and the new Committee Members who were elected last week), take their mandate on Saturday, August 1st, 2020, at the expiry of the current Committees (constituted on 30th, July 2018).

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