East African Community, Arusha, Tanzania: November 9th, 2020: The 48th East African Revenue Authorities Commissioners General’s (EARACGs) meeting to discuss experiences and address challenges facing tax administrations in the region will be held virtually on 11th November, 2020.
The meeting themed “Rethink, Restart and Reinvent: Our Road to Recovery”, will concentrate on lessons learnt by the EAC Partner States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the innovative approaches that will shore up revenue in the region.
East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: November 9th, 2020: EALA has commenced its First Meeting of the Fourth Session via virtual means. The Session which got underway on Friday, November 6th, 2020, runs until November 26th, 2020.
Key highlights of the plenary that is presided over by Speaker, Rt Hon Ngoga Karoli Martin, is a report of the Assembly assessing the implementation of the Common Market Protocol in relation to cross-border trade. The report, whose tabling and debate is timely, looks at the implementation of the key integration pillar (Common Market Protocol) in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, which has greatly impacted on the EAC region, the continent and beyond. The report follows a series of the assessment activities undertaken by the regional assembly in all six Partner States in May 2020.
East African Community , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 27th October, 2020: The former President of Burundi and Head of the Mission (HoM), H.E. Sylvester Ntibantunganya yesterday flagged off 59 members of the East African Community Election Observer Mission to various regions of the country ready for the 28th October, 2020 General Elections.
Addressing the Observers and the Media, at the flag off event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the HoM commended the people of Tanzania for so far conducting themselves with maturity in one of the most vibrant election campaigns in the country’s history.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 24th October, 2020: The former President of the Republic of Burundi and Head of the East African Community Election Observer Mission (EOM) to the General Elections in the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, paid a courtesy call to the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E Ali Hassan Mwinyi at his Msasani home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, Friday, 23rd October, 2020: The East African Community and the French Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania by the EAC Secretary General Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko and the Ambassador of France to Tanzania accredited at EAC, H.E. Frédéric Clavier.
The objective of the MoU is to establish a framework of cooperation and facilitate the Parties’ strategic partnership to draw on expertise and support collaborative initiatives to sustain the EAC Integration Agenda. Highlighted in the five (5) year MoU are the key priority areas of cooperation that the two parties seek to explore. These include Energy, Climate Change and Biodiversity, Industry, Private Sector Development and Investment Promotion, Customs and Trade, Financial Sector, and Capacity Building and Project Development. For the purpose of concretizing cooperation in the earmarked sectors, the Government of France will mobilize different actors and instruments.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 22nd October, 2020:The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the first Continental Strategy on Migration for Africa for the period 2020-2024. The Strategy provides an excellent opportunity to further develop synergies for more robust migration dialogues and outcomes across regions and with all relevant partners.
The IOM’s Continental Strategy was conceived to reinforce commitment towards safe, orderly and regular migration within and outside the African continent. Through multi-stakeholder engagement, it is expected to give impetus for adaptive measures for better migration management and scale up the positive impacts, opportunities and benefits of migration for the whole of society.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th October, 2020: As part of the International Rural Women’s Day celebration, on 15th October 2020; the Rwandan government in partnership with the East African Community launched the 50 Million African Women Speak Project Networking Platform in Musanze, Northern Rwanda.
The online platform is intended to support women empowerment initiatives by providing African Women Entrepreneurs with access to critical information on financial and non-financial services as well as provide opportunities for business networks among African Women Entrepreneurs.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 16th October, 2020: The EAC Election Observer Mission is due for deployment in Tanzania, effective Friday 23rd October, 2020. The Mission will arrive in Dar es salaam on Friday 23rd October 2020 and will observe the General Elections slated for 28th October, 2020.
The deployment of EAC Election Observer Mission is a mandate under the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC and pursuant to the invitation of the National Electoral Commission of Tanzania (NEC), as well as the decision of the Council of Ministers on observation of elections in the EAC Partner States. The Mission’s mandate is to observe the overall electoral environment, pre-election activities, the polling day, the counting and tallying/announcement of results.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, Wednesday, 7th October, 2020: The EU Ambassador to Tanzania and the East African Community, Manfredo Fanti and the Secretary General of the EAC, H.E. Libérat Mfumukeko, today launched a new EUR 16,400,000 (approx. 43.87 billion TZS) joint programme to strengthen regional economic integration, through advancing implementation of the Customs Union and Common Market Protocols.
In particular, the Common Objectives in Regional Economic Integration (CORE) programme will be instrumental in moving towards a fully-fledged Customs Union, by supporting more robust information, communication and technology (ICT) based data exchange protocols for the clearing of goods. Thanks to digital solutions, customs operations will be simpler, quicker, as well as safer during this pandemic situation thereby resulting in a reduction of the costs of cross-border trade.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 7 October, 2020: While October to December is normally considered an important rainfall season for Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, this time round a drier than normal season is expected in most parts of the EAC region. Only western Uganda and the border area with South Sudan might see higher than normal rainfall according to the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum that brings together the national meteorological and hydrological experts in the region. The Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors in the EAC Secretariat, Hon. Christophe Bazivamo, urges the Partner States to take appropriate measures in time to mitigate possible threats to the citizens related to the expected high temperatures.
