East African Community

East African Community Deputy Secretary General challenges Uganda on protests

The Deputy secretary general of the East African Community, Beatrice Kiraso is challenging the Ugandan government to address people’s needs which have led nationals to hold weekly riots in different parts of the country. Speaking at the opening of the 4th meeting of  directors of CID and registrars of motor vehicles in the region, Kiraso said that all what […]

East African countries urged to increase security boarder funding

East African Crime Investigation Detective (CID) society chiefs meeting in Kampala have asked regional government to consider increased funding for boarder security. Opening the meeting at the imperial Royal Hotel this Wednesday 1st June 2011, the inspector general of police Major General Kale Kanyaihura called for more collaboration among the east African member states if […]

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete to Host 9th Africa Investment Forum

Press Release The 9th annual Africa Investment Forum 2011 (AIF) being organised by the Commonwealth Business Council in collaboration with the Government of The United Republic of Tanzania and the East African Community (EAC) will be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 17 to 19 April, 2011. The 2011 Africa Investment Forum themed Accelerating […]

Lake Victoria Investment Forum seeks for partners for December meet

The East African Community and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission have organized the first-ever EAC Lake Victoria Basin Investment Forum, planned December 1st-5th 2010. The investment forum will take place in Mwanza, Tanzania under the theme “Realizing Economic Benefits in the EAC Common Market through the Lake Victoria Basin”. According to a statement from the […]

East African states working on common IDs

The East African member states are working on a common identification system that will help facilitate free movement of citizens within the East African Community region. Free movement of persons is one of requirements of the East African Common Market Protocol that gets operational on July 1st 2010. The East African countries are Uganda, Rwanda, […]

EAC urged to beef up Mt Elgon Environmental conservation programmes

A Ugandan East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member, Hon. Lydia Wanyotto has urged the Secretariat of the East African Community to beef up its programmes designed to sensitize people surrounding Mt Elgon region, the importance of environmental conservation. This comes hardly two months after mudslides hit Eastern Uganda district of Budduda which claimed the lives […]