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Benefits abound but integration of EAC remains merely on paper

The East African Community - a bloc of seven countries - is far from achieving its dream of uniting its members under a federation. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Mr Geofrey Ochieng Okoth, a Kenyan, completed his master's degree in biostatistics last May from Uganda's Makerere University thanks to a generous scholarship by the East African Community.

Ms Marie Cecile Muhorakey, a beneficiary from Rwanda, will next year finish her master's in crop protection, a course not available in her country, from Kenyatta University.

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