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Kenya and the other partners in the East African Community (EAC) Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, have no option but to speed up integration of their individual economies. But for this to happen, there are fundamental challenges that must be addressed before integration takes place.
For instance, while Kenya’s economy is capitalist, more open and public-sector driven, that of Tanzania is a closed, socialist with a large presence of the state. Uganda has been under a mixture of free enterprise and state dominance. It is to overcoming these stark differences that strong political will and leadership is required to push the EAC integration agenda, cutting through historical suspicions and mistrust between member states.
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