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National Consultations for drafting of Constitution for the EAC Political Confederation resumes in Kenya

as the media is urged to sensitize the citizens and create public awareness about the exercise

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 9th   May, 2023:  National consultations for the drafting of the Constitution of the East African Community (EAC) Political Confederation resumed in Mombasa, Kenya with the launch of 20-day long public hearing sessions across the country. 

The 20-day consultations will see the team of constitutional experts for Drafting the EAC Political Federation Constitution hold consultations with civil society, local leaders, opinion leaders and the business community, among other stakeholders, to seek their views on what kind of a Political Confederation they would desire for the EAC. 

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Situation in the Republic of the Sudan

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 18th April 2023: The East African Community (EAC) is deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict in our neighbouring state, the Republic of the Sudan.

The EAC calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the warring parties to avoid further loss of life, injuries and damage to property. The EAC further calls on both parties to seek an amicable settlement through the available conflict resolution mechanisms at the regional, continental and international levels.

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EAC commemorates 29 years of the Genocide against the Tutsi

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 7th April, 2023: The East African Community (EAC) in collaboration with the Arusha and Moshi Rwandan Community and the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (UN-MICT) on Friday commemorated the 29th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The commemoration event themed “Remember-Unite-Renew” was preceded by a ‘Walk to Remember’ and laying of wreaths at the Commemoration Monument at the EAC gardens as a tribute to the more than one million innocent lives lost through the heinous extermination of Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. 

The Arumeru District Commissioner, Ms. Emmanuella K. Mtatifikolo lays a wreath at the Commemoration monument at the EAC gardens.

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