{{The leaders of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda seek to develop a joint power generation project to increase power supply in the region}}.<\/p>\n
Presidents Paul Kagame and Uhuru Kenyatta met in Kampala on Thursday at a tripartite summit chaired by Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni.<\/p>\n
The meeting was also attended by Burundi\u2019s Vice President Geravis Rufykiri and Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin from South Sudan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n
The Tanzanian delegation led by Vice President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal attended the summit as observers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWork on power interconnection should be completed in the Republic of Uganda by February 2015, Republic of Kenya by March 2015 and Republic of Rwanda by April 2015,\u201d a communiqu\u00e9 released at the end of the meeting says.<\/p>\n
The regional leaders also agreed to develop a common mechanism of acquiring way-leaves for not only power generation but to cover other utilities within the integration projects.<\/p>\n
Major tripartite projects, including EA single tourism visa and use of national identity cards as travel documents which came into force on January 1, 2014 were officially launched.<\/p>\n
The leaders also signed the Defense, Peace and Security Pact designed to strengthen regional security and partnership in the fight against terrorism, cross-border crime and other regional security threats.<\/p>\n
President Kagame hailed the achievements made on current joint projects, saying it was encouraging. (East African News Agency)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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