EAC Chief warns Tanzania on regional Integration

[nngu007]

September 23
21:002013


THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ( EAC) HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER TANZANIA’S COMMITMENT TO THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESS.



EAC Secretary General Dr Richard Sezibera hit out at those dilly-dallying over integration process, saying they were missing the point.

Dr Sezibera said Tanzania has faltered on a number of key issues agreed upon by EAC regional States including the liberation of its current accounts and waiving of work permit fees.

“We don’t have compelling powers over those countries which seem not to be co-operating with the process of regional integration but the EAC treaty provides for the Secretary-General to take a country that is lagging behind to court. But this is a long process,” Sezibera told reporters in Nairobi yesterday.

Long-term goal

“Those still putting barriers to trade and integration are missing the point. We need to integrate much faster,” he added.

Sezibera noted that some people were interested in the benefits of regional integration yet they were not ready to participate in achieving its long-term goal.“I’m concerned that at the individual and regional level, many actors are interested in plucking the fruits of regional integration rather than growing the tree,” he said, adding that the fundamental aim is to have East Africa’s prosperity by integrating. Sezibera was speaking on the sidelines of the Second Annual Banking and Research conference organised by the Kenya Bankers Association in Nairobi yesterday.

Tanzania’s commitment to regional integration has been under sharp focus since Kenya, Uganda andTanzania agreed to revive the defunct EAC in 1997. Tanzania has been viewed as a reluctant party to the integration process.

It has on several occasions asked for more time to open up its economy to East African counterparts. It is also understood that Tanzania negotiated as a member of the Southern African Development Community, but transferred its allegiance to the EAC after pressure from European Union.Early this month, Presidents Uhuru, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda met in Mombasa to discuss cross-border infrastructure projects without Tanzania’s input.Similarly, Tanzania and Burundi were conspicuously absent at an earlier meeting in June 2013 by the three presidents; Museveni, Kenyatta and Kagame in Entebbe which was dubbed as EAC’s first infrastructure summit.Tanzania’s objections to both land purchases and a common EAC passport in 2009 also raised fears over its government’s commitment to the regional integration efforts.

By JAMES ANYANZWA, The Standard

 

[nngu007]

EU mbona hawakuibagua United Kingdom?

 

[JokaKuu]

..Tanzania inasubiri nini kumtimua Dr.Seziraba?

..hivi kweli Dr.Seziraba/Rwanda inaweza kuituhumu Tanzania kwamba ktk EAC tunachuma tusichopanda?

..kwani Rwanda wana mchango gani ktk EAC mpaka wawe na kiburi na dharau kiasi hiki kwa Tanzania?

 

[simplemind]

EU mbona hawakuibagua United Kingdom?

UK inatekeleza makubaliano yote ya EU isipokuwa la common currency. Usiwe mwepesi wa kupindisha ukweli.

 

[JokaKuu]

UK inatekeleza makubaliano yote ya EU isipokuwa la common currency. Usiwe mwepesi wa kupindisha ukweli.

..Tanzania pia si tumetekeleza yote isipokuwa ardhi?

 

[Hydrobenga]

Huyu jamaa inafaa apigwe (Opresheni Kimbunga imemkosaje ?)

 

[simplemind]

..tanzania pia si tumetekeleza yote isipokuwa ardhi?

Nakubaliana na hoja mia kwa mia ndio maana juzi tume tekeleza operesheni kibunga kwa mafanikio makubwa. Kwa unafiki hatujambo.

 

[Koba]

..Tanzania inasubiri nini kumtimua Dr.Seziraba?

..hivi kweli Dr.Seziraba/Rwanda inaweza kuituhumu Tanzania kwamba ktk EAC tunachuma tusichopanda?

..kwani Rwanda wana mchango gani ktk EAC mpaka wawe na kiburi na dharau kiasi hiki kwa Tanzania?

yaani mtu kuongea tuu unakimbilia kutimuana?acha wafanye kazi yao na sijaona dharau yeyote hapo

 

[MTAZAMO]

Work permit? Naaaah!!!!

 

[JokaKuu]

yaani mtu kuongea tuu unakimbilia kutimuana?acha wafanye kazi yao na sijaona dharau yeyote hapo

..Dr.Sezirabu kila akitoa tamko ni kuinanga Tanzania tu.

..sijamsikia akizinanga nchi nyingine.

..hatuwezi kuwa na EAC SG ambaye yuko biased against mmoja wa waanzilishi wa jumuiya hiyo.

 

[nngu007]

UK inatekeleza makubaliano yote ya EU isipokuwa la common currency. Usiwe mwepesi wa kupindisha ukweli.

Kupindisha UKWELI?

1.United Kingdom Not a member of Schengen - Same as what KENYA UGANDA and RWANDA complaints about TANZANIA...

2.Currency UK keeps Pounds Sterling rather than EURO




Koba and Koba

 

[Ruzibiza]

..Tanzania inasubiri nini kumtimua Dr.Seziraba?

..hivi kweli Dr.Seziraba/Rwanda inaweza kuituhumu Tanzania kwamba ktk EAC tunachuma tusichopanda?

..kwani Rwanda wana mchango gani ktk EAC mpaka wawe na kiburi na dharau kiasi hiki kwa Tanzania?

.....ni Dr. Richard Sezibera ni Katibu mkuu wa EAC,Tanzania haiwezi kumtimua Dr kwa kuwa yupo kisheria na si mwajiriwa wa serikali ya TZ....
......ana uwezo wa kutuhumu na hata kushitaki mahamani nchi yoyote mwanajumuiya wa EAC pale anapoona haifuati utaratibu
.......Dr sezibera siyo Rwanda...sijajua umetumia nini (kichwa/tumbo)kufikiria na kuandika..."hivi kweli Dr.Seziraba/Rwanda inaweza kuituhumu Tanzania "
.......rwanda wameingiaje katika hizi tuhuma anazotoa katibu mkuu? Chuki zako zinazosababishwa na uelewa mdogo/uvimba macho sidhani kama zinakufanyia haki hata wewe mwenyew maana zinakufanya uonekane mp..umb...avu mbele za watu. mfano Rwanda imeingiaje katika hili?

 

[Ruzibiza]

..tanzania pia si tumetekeleza yote isipokuwa ardhi?

UNAJUA KIINGEREZA HATA KIDOGO?Maana naona hapa tatizo litakuwa ama lugha ama uelewa....

 

[Ruzibiza]

yaani mtu kuongea tuu unakimbilia kutimuana?acha wafanye kazi yao na sijaona dharau yeyote hapo

wavuta bangi hao kaka Koba umewasahau?unaona ameishaingiza Rwanda,baadaye kagame,kabla haijafika mwisho hii thread watakuwa wametaja na M23.....chuki itawatafuna wenyewe...

 

[fisi 2]

we are thinking to shake with blood hands and leave clean.lets stop Eac issues for our own security. We aren't safe in Eac.

 

[Raimundo]

Kitu nitakachomiss sana kwenye huu muungano ni Nov 1, mapumziko ya EAC. Otherwise hatuna cha kupoteza, watarudi tu.

 

[MkamaP]

Nafikiri ile fast-track walikuwa wana-shake ili TZ wapanic na ili tz iingizie kichwa kichwa kwa tahamaki. Sasa wamekuta ni unshakable ndo maana sahizi wameanza kutumia watumishi wa eac, maana pale awali walisema sio eac bali ni trio.

 

[ndupa]

Say no to Tanzania's land

 

[K-Boko]

..Tanzania inasubiri nini kumtimua Dr.Seziraba?

..hivi kweli Dr.Seziraba/Rwanda inaweza kuituhumu Tanzania kwamba ktk EAC tunachuma tusichopanda?

..kwani Rwanda wana mchango gani ktk EAC mpaka wawe na kiburi na dharau kiasi hiki kwa Tanzania?

Kwa sababu kama hizi za kutudharau mara kwa mara ndio maana safari hii tunawaonyesha kiburi halisi cha Mtanzania--ardhi hatutoi, kuingia kiubwete ndani ya nchi yetu hakuna na zaidi ya hayo, hatutoki katika EAC na kutufukuza hawana ubavu!!

 

[K-Boko]

nngu007 Seriously tunamtaka Waziri Sitta ajenge hoja ya kumkataa huyu jamaa kuendelea kuwa SG wa EAC--openly biased fellow! Mbona Juma Mwapachu hakuwa hivi?