The
17th Ordinary East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit has
been rescheduled for 2nd March, 2016 in Arusha, Tanzania.
Top on
the agenda of the long-awaited meeting will be the consideration of
reports by the EAC Council of Ministers on: the negotiations on the
admission of the Republic of South Sudan into the Community; Sustainable
Financing Mechanisms for the EAC, and; the EAC Institutional Review.
The
meeting will also consider Council reports on: the Model, Structure and
Action Plan of the EAC Political Federation; Implementation of the
Framework for Harmonized EAC Roaming Charges; Modalities for Promotion
of Motor Vehicle Assembly in the region and Reduction of the Importation
of Used Motor Vehicles from Outside the Community, and; the Promotion
of the Textile and Leather Industries in the region, and stopping
importation of Used Clothes, Shoes and Other Leather Products from
outside the region.
The Summit is also expected to deliberate on
a report by the Council on the verification exercise for the admission
of the Republic of Somalia into the EAC.
The Heads of State are
expected to launch the new International East African e-passport
(electronic-passport) during the meeting.
Also scheduled to be
launched by the Summit is the Private Sector Partnership Fund which is
expected to deepen the participation of the private sector in the East
African integration.
The Summit will be preceded by a meeting of
the EAC Council of Ministers that will take place at the EAC
Headquarters in Arusha on 29th February 2016.
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