We must kickstart EAC’s rise into a powerhouse

East African Community (EAC) leaders should be concerned that the economic bloc has yet to unlock the region’s potential as envisaged more than two decades ago.

At inception, the EAC was expected to avoid the pitfalls that had led to the collapse of its predecessor. Regrettably, the then regional leaders chose to gloss over their differences instead of going to the core of the problems and uprooting them once and for all.