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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th January, 2020: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza today held private consultations with the team of EAC Constitutional Experts at the Presidential Palace in Ngozi, Burundi. The closed-door meeting marked the start of the National Stakeholders’ Consultations for drafting the EAC Political Confederation Constitution in the Republic of Burundi.
The objective of the Consultations, both public and private, which will be held in Ngozi, Gitega, Makamba and Bujumbura, is to obtain stakeholders’ views on their interests and other key issues that will better inform the drafting of a model Political Confederation and subsequently a Confederal Constitution in line with the principle of a people-centred Community.
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EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN COMMISSION
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN COMMISSION BILL (2019)
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is considering the Lake Victoria Basin Commission Bill (2019) with the aim of enacting the Lake Victoria Basin Commission Act which will be an act of the East African Community. The object of the Bill is to provide for the Lake Victoria Basin Commission as an institution of the Community and is premised on Chapter Nineteen of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, particularly Article 114, under which the Partner States agreed to cooperate in the management of their water and marine resources, and specifically, to establish a body for the management of Lake Victoria.
The Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources of EALA is collecting views from the stakeholders on the Bill, which is accessible from both the Lake Victoria Basin Commission website www.lvbcom.org and the East African Community website www.eac.int.
Comments can be sent to the Clerk of EALA by 31st January 2020 using the following contacts for consideration by the Committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copy to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Executive Secretary
East African Community
Lake Victoria Basin Commission
Nyanza Regional Headquarters, 13th floor
Owuor Otiende Road, Off Kenyatta Highway
P.O. Box 1510 - 40100
Kisumu, KENYA
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