EAC ministers discuss political confederation in Kampala

Ministers responsible for East African Community (EAC) affairs are meeting in Kampala for the 35th Extra-Ordinary Meeting taking place from February 15 to 20 at the Imperial Royale Hotel.

The 35th Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community council of ministers has been convened to prepare for the 19th Ordinary EAC Heads of State Summit, a press release issued on Tuesday has said.

The meeting will consider, among others, the report of the council to the summit for the period may 2017 – February 2018; report on the implementation of previous decisions of the summit; sustainable financing mechanism for the East African Community; priority areas and activity plan for Republic of South Sudan (RSS)’s integration in EAC.

Other issues to be considered include the status of preparation for the joint retreat of EAC Heads of State on infrastructure, health financing and development - concept note, terms of reference, roadmap and budget estimate for the drafting of the EAC Political Confederation Constitution as well as receiving an update on EPA.

The EAC Council of Ministers is the policy organ of the community and consists of the ministers responsible for the East African Community Affairs of each partner state and such other ministers of the partner states as each partner state may determine.

The 36th Meeting of the Council of Ministers will held on 19 and 20 at the same hotel and the joint EAC Heads of State Retreat on Infrastructure and Health Financing and Development is slated for February 21 to February 22, 2018.

The 19th Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State under the theme, Enhancing Socio-Economic Development for deeper Integration of the Community, will crown the EAC activities in Kampala on Friday February 23.

This is what I fail to understand the political confederation is the only agenda emphasised in Kampala!

Geza Ulole said:

This is what I fail to understand the political confederation is the only agenda emphasised in Kampala!

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It would be better to revive and create the East African Institutions which collapsed in 1977 when the first EAC crumbled. East African Telecommunications Corporation, East African Railways Corporation, East African Harbors Corporation, East African Airways Corporation, East African Examinations Council, East African Research Institute, East African Petrolium Development Corporation, East African Currency Board, East African Customs and Excise thereafter an ‘EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION’!

SADC is a better choice for some lousy Southern noisy neighbor.

I'd like to have a look at the draft concept note and TOR once ready.

EAC cannot be Federated or confederated, atleast not in the next 50 years. Political and economic systems in individual member states are very different, we have 3 military dictatorships(rwanda,burundi,uganda) 1 Kingdom of Kikuyu(Kenya),1 Warzone(SS) and 1 member of soviet republic ruled by CCM politubro

Kiyawi said:

It would be better to revive and create the East African Institutions which collapsed in 1977 when the first EAC crumbled. East African Telecommunications Corporation, East African Railways Corporation, East African Harbors Corporation, East African Airways Corporation, East African Examinations Council, East African Research Institute, East African Petrolium Development Corporation, East African Currency Board, East African Customs and Excise thereafter an ‘EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION’!

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Someone within the block is in a hurry to rule this region, his thinking backwards. Political union first, institutions later.