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East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, October 1st 2019: In a bid to mop out illegal Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the EAC region, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is emphatic that Partner States should as a matter of necessity, ratify, domesticate and operationalize the Nairobi Protocol and the Arms Trade Treaty. Failure to do so, creates a lacuna and opens up avenues for the weapons to get in to the wrong hands including that of terrorist networks. The Assembly is further calling for a regional legislative framework to address the problem of proliferation of small arms. Today, the Assembly adopted the report of the Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolutions on the Oversight Activity on the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the EAC region. The oversight activity was carried out in the region on August 25-28th, 2019, in collaboration with the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC).
The report presented to the House yesterday by the Chair of the RACR, Hon Victor Burikukiye, further urges the Assembly to recommend to the EAC Council of Ministers as a matter of priority, to ensure the process of marking and registering the firearms and light weapons is prioritized to enhance the fight against transboundary crime.
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East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, September 16th 2019: The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) resumes its 1st Meeting of the 3rd Session in Arusha, Tanzania, today, Monday, 16th September, 2019. The Plenary Sitting is expected to continue until October 5th, 2019.
The Assembly shall at this Sitting debate and enact the EAC Youth Council Bill, 2017, thereby befitting the youth who make a significant percentage of the populace in the EAC region a great deal. The Bill moved by Hon Susan Nakawuki, is premised on Article 120 of the EAC Treaty and seeks to implement the EAC Youth Policy 2014, which is an integral part of the 4th EAC Development Strategy 2011/2012 – 2015/2016. The Bill which sailed through the First Reading on 31st May 2017, recognises that Partner States have diverse laws and policies regarding the youth in their territories. The Bill thus seeks to harmonise the laws and regulations pertaining to youth in the Community while providing for a suitable legal framework. For the purpose, the Bill seeks to establish the East African Youth Council within the EAC to provide for the composition, objects and functions, administration, finances and to provide for other related matters.
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