Regional heads pledge to draft East Africa law before end of year

President Uhuru Kenyatta receives his Tanzanian counterpart President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at KICC, Nairobi.

NAIROBI: Heads of state from the East African Community say the process of drafting the Constitution for East African Political Federation is to be initiated before the end of the year.

Speaking Friday after a summit in Nairobi, the member States said they discussed the admission of South Sudan and Somalia into the community.