{{In a followup to the tripatite regional infrastructure development summit,officials from member countries of the East African Community will in october convene in Kigali to discuss the roadmap for the realisation of the political federation.}}
The meeting is slated among others to deliberate on the terms of reference and the roadmap. Technical experts and ministers are also set to prepare a draft of the Federal constitution.
Article 5(2) of the treaty establishing the EAC envisages a Customs Union, a Common Market, a Monetary Union and ultimately a Political Federation in order to strengthen and regulate the industrial, commercial, infrastructural, cultural, social, political and other relations of the Partner States.
Uganda tasked to spearhead the establishment of the one regional government will chair the discussions will chair the Kigali discussions.
The national coordinator of the tripartite initiative, Monique Mukaruliza, said,“Realising political federation will be based on the success of Customs Union, a Common Market, and a Monetary Union. Once people are moving freely within the Community I have no doubt that the federation will be realised.”
It is envisaged that the Federal State will comprise a Federal Executive, Federal Legislature and a Federal Judiciary, with functions based on the principle of separation of powers.
The political federation is expected to create a unified authority to coordinate policies, address the associated challenges as well as ensure sustainable growth and development in all sectors.
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