{"id":34332,"date":"2017-05-03T18:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T18:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/taking-stock-of-rwanda-s-performance-in-eala\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:47:55","slug":"taking-stock-of-rwanda-s-performance-in-eala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/taking-stock-of-rwanda-s-performance-in-eala\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking stock of Rwanda\u2019s performance in EALA"},"content":{"rendered":"

{The third five-year term of East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will end on 4th June 2017 a day before new legislators swear in. } <\/p>\n

The assembly is composed of 45 parliamentarians from five member states each having nine representatives. The new committee anticipated in June 2017 will incorporate legislators from South Sudan which officially became EAC member recently. <\/p>\n

Rwanda joined EAC in 2007. In a press briefing held yesterday, the representative of Rwanda\u2019s parliamentarians in EALA, MP Patricia Hajabakiga said they did all their best in regional activities. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe lead the telecommunication commission, business and investment commission, political commission and agriculture commission until today, accountability commission and budgeting and citizens welfare up to date,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Hajabakiga explained that the law reducing Non-Tariff barriers is among the achievements. In Rwanda, she explained the time of transporting goods from Dar es Salaam to Kigali has been reduced from 21 to three days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were too many weigh bridges along the way that have since been reduced, leaving only three between Rwanda and Dar Es Salaam while five operate between Kigali and Mombasa because we cross two countries,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

She also lauded making One Stop Border Posts possible. <\/p>\n

Oda Gasinzigwa who joined EALA in October 2016 has said that Rwandans contributed a lot in EALA raising concerns for law revisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the law banning plastic bags and the law related to reproductive health were proposed by MP Odette Nyiramirimo which shows Rwandans contribution,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

MP Nyiramirimo who completes her second term explained that they passed 27 laws since 2012 along with other projects that will have been passed before ending tenure in June 2017. <\/p>\n

\u201cRwandan MPs introduced six laws. We tried our best and I think we didn\u2019t disappoint the country,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

{{Unsolved problems }}<\/p>\n

Failure of EAC member states\u2019 failure to contribute to the Community budget has been a major challenge. Each member state had to contribute $8 378 108 in the 2016\/2017 budget but only 44.51%, had been realized by 13th March 2017. Rwanda had paid 48.08% at the time.<\/p>\n

MP Hajabakiga said recent communication with the Ministry of Infrastructure shows how far is the project of regional railway project. <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst Uganda has to avail the railway infrastructures at Rwanda\u2019s border as Tanzania has to do the same so Rwanda can follow the chain of the project. This means Rwanda can\u2019t do anything before these countries\u2019 executions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\"Rwanda\u2019s<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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