Kenyan lawyers to work in all East African Community states in one year

Integration Secretary in the ministry of East African Affairs Barrack Ndegwa addresses the press at a Kisumu hotel on May 19,2016 during sensitization of lawyers on matters touching the region. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Kenyan lawyers will begin practising across the six East African Community states in the next one year.

The Mutual Agreement Recognition which will operationalise the process is in its final stages, according to Ministry of East African Affairs.

The ministry's Integration Secretary Barrack Ndegwa (pictured) said EAC has opened the borders and member states have become one big family, and thus lawyers will be able to work in Kenya Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.