He made the appeal as he officially opened the Retreat of the Council of Ministers & Heads of Institutions of EAC at Kigali Convention Center. <\/p>\n
The retreat was meant to assess the achievements of the community of the past 20 years and discuss measures towards meeting its goals.
\nA similar retreat was held in 2009 when Rwanda was chairing EAC. <\/p>\n
President Kagame highlighted that telling each other the truth and seeking solutions together for problems will enable the implementation of integration goals. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe urgently need to get our house in order. Both in terms of ownership which include paying respective dues as well as enhancing transparency and accountability in the management of the institution. This is the only way to maintain integrity internally as well as credibility with our citizens and partner institutions. It will be very difficult to achieve even the more simple goals we have set if we don\u2019t get this right,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He called for elimination of obstacles blocking the implementation of set projects.<\/p>\n
\u201c We have to urgently unblock obstacles in going and non-going projects and to allow ourselves to finish the good work we have started together. Many of these require a little more than political will. Even small triumphs generate so much goodwill and increase trust of our people in the East Africa Community. So why deprive ourselves of success we need and that is within our reach?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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