East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 5th May, 2021: East African Community Partner States have no option but to accelerate the integration process if the region is to become competitive in the global economy, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said.
President Museveni said that failure by the EAC Partner States to form a stronger, more cohesive bloc with a bigger market would be disastrous for the region in the long run.
“Integration is not really something we will do or not do. It is a must. If we don’t we shall end up in a very bad situation. The question we should be asking ourselves as we seek to integrate is why need to integrate. If we can answer that question, the how will become quite easy,” said President Museveni.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 5th May, 2021: 42nd Extra-ordinary meeting of the EAC Council of Ministers is expected to take place from 6th - 7th May, 2021 via virtual means.
The two-day meeting will start with the session of Senior Officials and session of the Coordination Committee (Permanent /Principal/Under Secretaries) on Thursday 6th May, 2021 while the Ministerial Session will be held on Friday 7th May, 2021.
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 3rd May, 2021: East African Community Partner States have been urged to expedite the formation of the proposed Political Confederation for the region.
Uganda’s Acting Chief Justice Richard Butera said that East Africans had always lived together and would not wait for the Partner States to establish the confederation in order to continue with their interactions, adding that the citizens were well ahead of their national governments in as far as the integration process was concerned.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 30th April, 2021:The Executive Secretary of African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC), Ms. Charity Hanene Nchimunya today paid a courtesy call on the Secretary General of the East African Community, Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki in his office at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The two officials discussed a wide range of issues geared towards collaboration between AUABC and the EAC in ensuring effective mechanisms are in place to better facilitate the fight against corruption in the region.
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 28th April, 2021: The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki has called upon the staff of the EAC Organs and Institutions to work together as a team in the interest of achieving big results that will further propel the EAC integration agenda.
“I am convinced that all of us here have the united purpose to facilitate the implementation of all agreed projects and programmes in an effort to advance the lives of the citizenry in the Community,” said Dr. Mathuki.
Delivering the remarks during his inaugural meeting with the staff of the EAC Organs and Institutions, Dr. Mathuki urged the staff to put aside their differences and work together towards reviving the Community’s vision as envisioned by the founding fathers and expected by the citizenry.
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 27th April, 2021: The EAC Secretary General, Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki, has today undertaken his first assignment as the 6th Secretary General of the EAC in a virtual meeting with the European Union Commission.
The meeting provided the platform to review what is envisaged in the EU Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) for Sub-Saharan Africa 2021-27, taking into account lessons learnt from ongoing actions as well as the current priorities of the EU Commission and Regional Economic Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 27th April, 2021:The Ambassador -at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Head of Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership, H.E. Oleg Ozerov, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the EAC Secretary General, Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki in Arusha Tanzania.
While receiving the Russian Envoy, the Secretary General of the East African Community, hailed the existing cordial relations between the EAC and Russia. The Secretary General welcomed the support from the Russian Government geared towards enabling the Community to achieve its ambitious agenda.
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 26th April, 2021: The proposed East African Community Political Confederation is meant to strengthen and fast-track the integration process in East Africa.
Justice Benjamin Odoki, the Chairperson of the Committee of Experts tasked with drafting a model constitution for the proposed Political Confederation further said that the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC was not self-sufficient thus the need for the confederation.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 24th April, 2021: The East African Community Council of Ministers, Organs and Institutions and other stakeholders of the Community, on Friday bid farewell to the outgoing Secretary General, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
Amb Mfumukeko assumed office as the 5th EAC Secretary General on 26th April, 2016 for a five-year, non-renewable term. His tenure as the EAC Secretary General ends on 25th April, 2021.
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 24th April, 2021: East African Community Partner States shall largely retain their national sovereignty under the proposed EAC Political Confederation, this is according to Justice Benjamin Odoki, the Chairperson of the Committee of Experts tasked with drafting a model constitution for the confederation.
Justice Odoki further disclosed that the Political Confederation would ideally be vertical in that it would deal directly with Partner States rather than EAC citizens.
