East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 30th November, 2021: The East African Community Council of Ministers has unlocked the recruitment process for vacancies that was postponed in October this year.
Making the announcement, the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers who is also Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for EAC and Regional Development, Hon. Adan Mohamed, said that shortlisted applicants from the EAC Partner States would soon receive invitations from the Secretariat to participate in the interviews.
East African Court of Justice, 25th November l 2021: The President of the Court Hon Justice Nestor Kayobera calls on the academia and young Lawyers to engage in promoting justice in the region as their role in the integration agenda is very critical.
This was during a one- day public conference for the University Students and young Lawyers held at Light University Bujumbura as part of the EACJ 20th Anniversary celebrations.
His Lordship commended the Management of the University for the initiative to organize the conference and being the first one to engage the academia in large numbers in 20 years of the Court.
He pointed out that "this is a result of the Court sitting in Burundi for a long period (one month), which is an opportunity to reach and sensitize the population on the Court and the disputes settled there. This will enable the public have deeper understanding of the Court and the disputes settled as a violation of the East African Community Laws, he said.
Justice Kayobera urged the Students and Lawyers, that it is very pertinent to read and familiarize with the Treaty, Protocols, EACJ rules of procedure and Law Reports all available on the website of the Court, this will enable to grow rich knowledge in the jurisprudence of the Court and be able to practice before the EACJ.
He further added that these engagements will continue in all Partner States to ensure people are aware of the services of the Court in protecting their rights in the integration process.
On his part, the Vice President of the Court, Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire also called on students and lawyers to be peace makers as the best approach in dispute resolution mechanism in the region. He urged Lawyers to always be prepared to argue their cases before Court properly.
Prof. Gaspard Banyankimbona, Executive Secretary for Inter-University Council for East Africa pointed out the need for curriculum harmonization for the East African Common Higher Education Area, a directive of the EAC Heads of State since May 2017 which should be implemented.
Prof. Banyakimbona said that to fast- track and facilitate free movement of labour specifically for law professionals within the Community. He strongly indicated the need for development of a harmonized legal training and certification framework for EAC to ease mutual recognition of qualifications and professional mobility in the region
“A lawyer who has studied and trained in any Partner State can practice in another one without any restriction,” said Prof.
He called upon Partner States to take advantage of Article 126 of the Treaty in coming up with measures to harmonize legal training and certification.
The conference was attended by the students of law and communication, Directors, Deans, Lecturers of the University and Lawyers from Bujumbura, Judges and staff of the East African Court of Justice.
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Bujumbura Light University.
It is a private and faith-based university which aims Excellency and quality in the exercise of our mission to educate current and future leaders of this country and the region. With its 21 years of existence, the Bujumbura Light University has around 6,000 students divided into 10 faculties and 2 institutes as well as 7 Masters programs.
The University has 5 campuses: Here in Mutanga, Kinindo in the south and avenue du large; downtown for distance learning; a research campus in Kajaga / Route Gatumba and a campus in GOMA/Democratic Republic of Congo.
The University has also a center specialized in training and research in entrepreneurship (CUFORE) which supports academics and non-academics who wish to undertake and contribute to the issue of unemployment and the socio-economic inclusion of women and young especially, men not excluded of course.
About the East African Court of Justice
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ or ‘the Court’), is one of the organs of the East African Community established under Article 9 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community. Established in November 2001, the Court’s major responsibility is to ensure the adherence to law in the interpretation and application of and compliance with the EAC Treaty.
Arusha is the temporary seat of the Court until the Summit determines its permanent seat. The Court’s sub-registries are located in the respective National Courts in the Partner States.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 24thNovember, 2021: The East African Community (EAC) has today launched the EAC Regional and Domestic Tourism Media Campaign set to publicize national and regional tourism products and services, in a move aiming at stimulating intra-regional travel.
The campaign dubbed, ‘Tembea Nyumbani’, seeks to entice East Africans to travel in their specific countries and around the region, in an effort to revive domestic and regional tourism across the region, amid the pandemic.
The campaign is set to run for three weeks, from 1st December, 2021. It is part of implementation of the EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy and EAC Recovery Plan supported by German Development Agency, GIZ.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 24th November, 2021: A five-day retreat of the staff of the EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (StatDHRP) is currently underway in Karatu, Tanzania.
The objectives of the retreat is to review the progress on the Project implementation at technical level; discuss the current status on the EAC database development; prepare the Project work plan and budget for the Financial Year 2022/23 and hold consultations on the New Regional Statistics Project among others.
Speaking on behalf of the EAC Secretary General Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki during the opening session of the retreat, the Deputy Secretary General in charge of planning and Infrastructure, Eng. Steven Mlote said that the retreat presents an opportunity to reflect on the achievements and challenges faced in the implementation of the Work plan for the Financial Year 2021/2022 which was developed in a similar retreat at this same venue one year ago.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 23rd November, 2021: Ministers in charge of East African Community (EAC) Affairs have recommended for consideration by the EAC Heads of States the report of the verification team on the application by The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to join the Community.
The Ministers further recommended that the EAC Heads of State direct the commencement of negotiations with the DRC, in accordance with the findings of the verification team.
The Ministers made the decision during their 44th Extra-Ordinary Meeting held on 22nd November, 2021 via a hybrid format.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 22nd November, 2021: The 41st Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers is currently underway via hybrid (physical and virtual) means.
The six-day meeting started on Monday, 22nd November, 2021 with the Session of Senior Officials which ends on Wednesday, 24th November, 2021.The session of the Coordination Committee (Permanent /Principal/Under Secretaries) is set for Thursday, 25th November, while the Ministerial Session will take place on Monday, 29th November, 2021.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 19th November, 2021: East African workers and laborers are set to benefit through prompt intervention of challenges affecting labor mobility and employment, following a commitment to operationalize a regional technical working group.
This follows extensive deliberations between the East African Community (EAC) and the East African Trade Union Confederation (EATUC) on strengthening the labour, employment and migration agenda, held today at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
East African Court of Justice, 19th November 2021: The Appellate Division dismissed Appeal No. 3 of 2020 Central Bank of Kenya vs Pontrilas Investments Limited & Attorney General of Kenya.
Court ordered that both the Appeal and Cross appeal have no merit and ordered the First Instance Division (Trial Court) to proceed to hear and determine Reference No. 8 of 2017.
The Appeal was challenging the decision of the Trial Court in Application No. 14 of 2017 arising from the Reference mentioned.
Ebène, Mauritius, November 17, 2021 - " The Maritime Security Architecture can only function fully if there is an interconnection between the national and regional levels.” This is what emerged from the 7th edition of the Steering Committee (SC) of the MASE regional agreements, held this Wednesday, November 17, 2021, by video conference.
Organised by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) through the Regional Maritime SecurityProgramme (MASE) funded by the European Union, this session brought together more than thirty participants representing the seven signatory States (Comoros, Djibouti, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles), the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC), the Regional Operations Coordination Centre (RCOC) and the European Union (EU) Delegation in Mauritius.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 17th November, 2021: The East African Community (EAC) and the Federal Republic of Germany have today firmed up their longstanding cooperation by signing an additional US$11.5 million financing agreement to support water resource management at the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC).
Germany further committed an additional US$12.6 million to support the digitalization of trade and integration in the bloc, EAC pandemic preparedness and in integrating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
