The East African
Tuesday February 23 2021
East African Court of Justice in a past session in Arusha, Tanzania. East African Community Heads of State meet to appoint judges this week. PHOTO | FILE
Summary
Court activity at the EACJ has been paralysed since November 2020, following the expiry of the tenure of seven judges out of 11 who are required to fully operationalise court proceedings.
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The vacancies at the East African Court of Justice could soon be filled as the EAC Heads of State meet to appoint judges this week.
Court activity at the EACJ has been paralysed since November 2020, following the expiry of the tenure of seven judges out of 11 who are required to fully operationalise court proceedings.
The East African
Monday February 22 2021
As EAC Secretary General Liberat Mfumukeko winds up his five years in office, focus is on his performance and successor. Pic: File
Summary
Based on the four pillars of the EAC – Customs Union, Common Market Protocol, Monetary Union and Political Federation – critics aver that none of those registered any meaningful development during Mfumukeko’s five-year tenure.
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As another cycle of the East African Community comes to an end with the appointment of a new Secretary General in the next few days, critics have described the tenure of the outgoing East African Community Secretary General Liberat Mfumukeko as a “disaster” and lacking in consensus building.
The East African
Wednesday February 17 2021
EAC heads of state at a past summit. Somalia and DRC want to join the bloc. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to join EAC and the former put its application to the Secretariat in 2013.
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Covid-19 challenges, Somalia’s application to the join the East African Community, ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement and consultations towards attaining a Political Federation will be top on the agenda at the Heads of State Summit scheduled for February 27.
“We are planning to have a Council meeting just before the Summit. There are issues like the challenges posed by Covid-19 in the EAC, the working of the institutions and others, though it is too early to come up with all the issues,” said Prof Manasseh Nshuti, Rwanda’s Minister of State in charge of the EAC and also the chairperson of the Council of Ministers. The pandemic made it difficult for th
The East African
Tuesday January 26 2021
Presidents Salva Kiir (South Sudan), Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya) and Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) at a past EAC Heads of State Summit. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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The regional bloc has also prioritised recovery plans for the region’s economy that has been battered by Covid-19 measures and regulations.
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The much anticipated East African Community Heads of State meeting has been scheduled for February 27.
In a letter addressed to all permanent secretaries and ministers for EAC Affairs from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, EAC Secretary General Liberat Mfumukeko advised that the Council of Ministers will hold their meeting on February 25.