EAC political federation opens in Kampala

[MkamaP]

Meeting for EAC political federation opens in KampalaPublish Date: Sep 11, 2013

The Permanent secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, James Mugume (left) and his boss Sam Kutesa are attending the meeting
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By Vision Reporter

A meeting to fast track the East African Political federation has opened in Kampala.

The Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Ministers of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are attending the meeting that opened on Tuesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Kampala Government said the meeting is a follow-up to the Summit that was held at the close of August by the Presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in Mombasa.
The summit was also attended by the South Sudan Foreign Affairs minister as well as the Burundi minister of Public Works and Equipment from Burundi.

According to a statement from the ministry of Foreign Affairs, the August 28, 2013 summit in Mombasa had reviewed progress of implementation of the decisions, two months earlier, on the deeper regional integration.

The June 24th to 25th meet in Entebbe according to the statement decided on the development of the railway, petroleum products, crude oil pipeline, oil refinery, and power generation and transmission. The others that they agreed on include development of a single tourist visa, single customs territory and fast trucking of the political federation.

Uganda's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Amb. James Mugume said that there is need for open discussion to provide concrete proposals for implementation of the federation.

 

[Feedback]

Where is Tanzania again.... is this an EAC Integration or Differentiation?

 

[Mkirua]

Membe, JK, we need to pull out from EAC immediately.

 

[Truth Matters]

Wanajaribu kutuchanganya ili yuingie kichwa kichwa, halafu waje kwa wingi TZ waseme ni wazawa wa hapa kama wanavyofanya Congo! EAC ya mwanzo ni sisi tulipata hasara sana kuliko wote, nadhani tulipata less than 10% Kenya ikichukua 70% sasa tumeamka hatumpati! Kaza buti JK, kama vipi mwendo ni SADC tu!

 

[Freeland]

No need to worry...Sisi tujipange kivyetu.......waendelee...ni ukweli usiopingika...they will need us at some point....waache wa rush

 

[Niambieni]

Kagame kenyatta m7 na wanao wasupport wote kihistoria wana matatizo kibao. Mikono yao damu zimemwagika. Ni afadhari ya hayawani. Wana lengo gani na leo ni sept 11?. Magaidi wakubwa

 

[nderingosha]

.....this EAC (without TZ) foreign ministers' meeting is a follow up to the recently held technical meeting in Mombasa....Cha kuchekesa ni kumwona juzi Membe akijigamba eti wamewaandika wenzao barua....tene eti kuwaomba wawaambie walichokuwa wanaongea kwenye hii mikutano.....this is pure nonsense by Membe.....yaani uambiwe wenzako wanachozungumza!!wakati kila kitu kinawekwa public...yaani Membe anaomba aambiwe kinachozungumzwa kwenye mikutano hii wakati hata EAC joint communique (without TZ)imewekwa public......

..TZ is already behind on the EAC issue...tupende tusipende.....Nimeona hata Rwanda sasa wameilazimisha TZ kushusha kodi ya magari ya Rwanda yanayoingia TZ.....baada ya Rwanda kupandisha ya kwao hadi $500.....Tz tumebaki kuombaomba tu...kwenye kila issue.....with all the ----'n massive resorces we have.....

 

[Money Stunna]

Where is Tanzania again.... is this an EAC Integration or Differentiation?

sasa kama wamepewa mualiko na awajaenda,tatizo la nani sasa?

 

[Mbombo Ngafu]

Hakuna federation ya maana baina ya hizo nchi bila Tanznaia kuwepo. Hao jamaa hawawezi kukaa kwa amani kwa muda mrefu, let them go, sie watz tupo na SADC yetu inatosha. Ngoja tuwaache waende wakaone moto wake. Just have a look eti Kenya Uganda Rwanda na Burundi wawe na political federation? Kenya na Ugand ajuzi juzi tu hapa walikuw awanagombania kaeneo kadogo sana ambacho kila nchi inasema kake. Rwand ana Burundi wale wale hutu and tutsi. Baada ya Tanzania kukataa kuwa mbuzi wa kafara sasa wameigeukia South Sudan kuwa kama mbuzi wa kafara wa kumnyonya baada ya kuona watz ni wagumu na wako makini. Tatizo kubwa la hizo nchi ni Ardhi. They don't have land. Tanzania ina ardhi kubwa na yenye rutuba nzuri. Sasa wanamendea resources za south sudan. Thank you God Tanzania is finally out of this intergration ya kinafiki.

 

[Ngongo]

Waunde tu hiyo federation mwisho wa siku itakuwa hadithi ya muungano wa Paka akitokea Panya kila mmoja tafanya juhudi zake za kumkamata Panya kwaajili ya kitowewo chake.

 

[Lu-ma-ga]

Haya mnayoyasema ni sawa lakini mnalo tatizo moja mnatakiwa kuachana na mawazo ya ccm ili mtengeneze katiba nzuri itakayolinda rasilimali za nchi, kama mnataka UWAZI iswe tunu ya taifa mnadhani mnaweze kudhibiti kweli hawa 3Ks+ burundi and sudan

 

[peche luke]

Kabla ya kuendelea na jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki. WaTz tuulizie mgao wa ile iliyo vunjika. Tujue tulikuwa na mali kiasi gani na tugawane sawa bin sawia. Baada ya hapo tujue hii ya sasa nayo ikivunjika tutagawana vipi. Nasema hivi kwani naona EAC imesha vunjika tunachosubiri ni matamko tu.]

 

[malipula]

Napenda hizi movie maana zinaifanya Tz kuamka!!Maana tunatia aibu sisi ni matajiri kuliko wote combined iweje sisi ndo maskini kuliko wote? Tatizo liko kwenye akili na ukosefu wa utekelezaji na rushwa

 

[mharakati]

Hii yote ni pressure ya Kenya kuogopa kua overtaken na TZ kiuchumi, geo-strategic, na kisiasa....Kenya stands to benefit the most kuliko hawa wengine...upande wa Kagame anataka tu kinga ya political federation inapokuja mambo ya usalama wake binfasi (labda kesi kwa vurugu zake DRC) na usalama wa Rwanda ambao uko fragile kutokana na historia ya chuki ya ukabila na umiliki wa rasilimali haswa ardhi.


kuna mwandishi aliandika East African ya wiki iliyopita :-
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/comment/Coalition+of+the+willing+Using +the+EAC+stick+to+beat+Tanzani a/-/434750/1983028/-/view/printVersion/-/54nn7n/-/index.html

 

[Asamwa]

sasa kama wamepewa mualiko na awajaenda,tatizo la nani sasa?

Mkuu una hakika kuwa Tanzania walipewa mwaliko wakakataa au ni mawazo yako tu?!

 

[Money Stunna]

Mkuu una hakika kuwa Tanzania walipewa mwaliko wakakataa au ni mawazo yako tu?!

nina uhakika wa kuambiwa

 

[Hoshea]

Miaka elfu saba watuache

 

[Mkirua]

nina uhakika wa kuambiwa

Na nani?

 

[Money Stunna]

Na nani?

waziri

 

[Ntale Wi Isumbi]

Meeting for EAC political federation opens in KampalaPublish Date: Sep 11, 2013

The Permanent secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, James Mugume (left) and his boss Sam Kutesa are attending the meeting
newvision

By Vision Reporter

A meeting to fast track the East African Political federation has opened in Kampala.

The Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Ministers of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are attending the meeting that opened on Tuesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Kampala Government said the meeting is a follow-up to the Summit that was held at the close of August by the Presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in Mombasa.
The summit was also attended by the South Sudan Foreign Affairs minister as well as the Burundi minister of Public Works and Equipment from Burundi.

According to a statement from the ministry of Foreign Affairs, the August 28, 2013 summit in Mombasa had reviewed progress of implementation of the decisions, two months earlier, on the deeper regional integration.

The June 24th to 25th meet in Entebbe according to the statement decided on the development of the railway, petroleum products, crude oil pipeline, oil refinery, and power generation and transmission. The others that they agreed on include development of a single tourist visa, single customs territory and fast trucking of the political federation.

Uganda's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Amb. James Mugume said that there is need for open discussion to provide concrete proposals for implementation of the federation.

In my opinion, emphasizing on a political federation without strong economic integration in the EAC region (which does not currently exist or is at a very infancy stage) is simply building a 'roof' without any 'foundation' or 'walls'. This is a fact which I bet the 'triple K group' (Kaguta, Kagame and Kenyatta) and their close allies Nkurunzinza (and more recently Salva Killi of Southern Sudan) know it very well. In fact, one does not need to be a 'first class economist' or a seasoned political scientist to discern this. Not even the European Union, the best known 'model' of regional integration in the world has moved to this stage, leave alone thinking of doing so. So, the big question is: what is in the minds of these 'neighbours' who want to fast track the EAC political ferederation? for whose benefit and how? Given the political history of their nations, and their involvement in the political dispensations of their countries (as individuals), Tanzanians have all the reasons to doubt and object to be part of this move. At least I'm one of those.