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President Uhuru Kenyatta will travel to
Arusha, Tanzania, tomorrow where he is
expected address members of the East
African Legislative Assembly (Eala).
Mr Kenyatta, the chairperson of the East
African Community, will deliver the State
of EAC Address in the regional parliament
on Tuesday.
On arrival, the President, who will travel
by road from Nairobi, will also have the
opportunity of meeting the staff of the EAC
Secretariat before the conference.
According to a programme issued by EAC,
Mr Kenyatta will spend time visiting the
new headquarters of the Community,
inaugurated in November 2012.
The building, situated next to the Arusha
International Conference Centre, was
constructed through a 14 million (Sh1.6
billion) grant from the German
government.
The last time the EAC staff were addressed
by a regional Head of State was in August
2005, when then Tanzanian President
Benjamin Mkapa met them shortly before
he stepped down.
During the event, he was tasked to explain
Tanzanias membership to different
economic blocs and whether it was not
compromising the countrys commitment to
the Community.
President Kenyatta will be the second head
of State to address Eala since the new
chambers were opened on November 27,
2012. Tanzanias Jakaya Kikwete was first.
The presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu
Saturday confirmed the President will
travel to Arusha on Monday and return on
Tuesday.
The President will address Eala in context
of the strengthened regional integration. He
will stop over at Namanga to address an
informal gathering, said Mr Esipisu.
President Kenyatta was in Arusha in April
last year for the Extra-Ordinary Summit of
the EAC Heads of State which, among other
things, set in motion the process to
realise the EAC Single Customs Territory.
The focus of the address reflects on matters
of general policies relating to the progress
that the community has made, while
outlining strategic challenges requiring
greater attention.
In most instances, the occasion calls upon
the chairperson of the Summit of EAC
Heads of State to traverse the region and
deliver the address in a neighbouring
partner State where the Eala is sitting.
Next weeks session of the regional House
expects to debate on the EAC Integration
Bill 2014 among other activities, according
to a statement from the EAC Secretariat.
The meeting brings together legislators,
Council of Ministers and the Department of
Political Federation at the EAC Secretariat
in Arusha.
source : Uhuru to address Eala in Arusha
Arusha, Tanzania, tomorrow where he is
expected address members of the East
African Legislative Assembly (Eala).
Mr Kenyatta, the chairperson of the East
African Community, will deliver the State
of EAC Address in the regional parliament
on Tuesday.
On arrival, the President, who will travel
by road from Nairobi, will also have the
opportunity of meeting the staff of the EAC
Secretariat before the conference.
According to a programme issued by EAC,
Mr Kenyatta will spend time visiting the
new headquarters of the Community,
inaugurated in November 2012.
The building, situated next to the Arusha
International Conference Centre, was
constructed through a 14 million (Sh1.6
billion) grant from the German
government.
The last time the EAC staff were addressed
by a regional Head of State was in August
2005, when then Tanzanian President
Benjamin Mkapa met them shortly before
he stepped down.
During the event, he was tasked to explain
Tanzanias membership to different
economic blocs and whether it was not
compromising the countrys commitment to
the Community.
President Kenyatta will be the second head
of State to address Eala since the new
chambers were opened on November 27,
2012. Tanzanias Jakaya Kikwete was first.
The presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu
Saturday confirmed the President will
travel to Arusha on Monday and return on
Tuesday.
The President will address Eala in context
of the strengthened regional integration. He
will stop over at Namanga to address an
informal gathering, said Mr Esipisu.
President Kenyatta was in Arusha in April
last year for the Extra-Ordinary Summit of
the EAC Heads of State which, among other
things, set in motion the process to
realise the EAC Single Customs Territory.
The focus of the address reflects on matters
of general policies relating to the progress
that the community has made, while
outlining strategic challenges requiring
greater attention.
In most instances, the occasion calls upon
the chairperson of the Summit of EAC
Heads of State to traverse the region and
deliver the address in a neighbouring
partner State where the Eala is sitting.
Next weeks session of the regional House
expects to debate on the EAC Integration
Bill 2014 among other activities, according
to a statement from the EAC Secretariat.
The meeting brings together legislators,
Council of Ministers and the Department of
Political Federation at the EAC Secretariat
in Arusha.
source : Uhuru to address Eala in Arusha
