How integration will lead to EA’s prosperity

President Yoweri Museni of Uganda salutes his country men on screen during the launch of EAC video conferencing at the East African Heads of State summit at KICC recently. On the left is Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Tanzania’s Jakaya Kikwete. [Photo: Tabitha Otwori/STANDARD]

East African ministers and secretariat members hold 800 meetings each year. That is an average of three meetings each day, all aimed at navigating the complex nature of the East African Community’s integration process.

For 11 years now, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and more recently, Rwanda and Burundi, have been on a journey towards achieving regional political and economic harmony.