A seven-man delegation from the German Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs visited the EAC Headquarters and were received by the Deputy Secretary General in charge of Political Federation, Dr. Julius Tangus Rotich.
Accompanying the German Parliamentarians was H.E. Klaus-Peter Brandes, the German Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Leading the delegation was Hon. Siegfried Kauder, MP, and Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the German Federal Parliament.
The MPs October 9, toured the new EAC Headquarters which was funded by the German government and is due for occupation by the EAC Organs on 15 October 2012.
They were later briefed on the developments in the regional integration process by the Deputy Secretary General, Dr. Rotich.
The Deputy Secretary General noted, “As you are aware, the German Government has crowned this relationship with the support in the construction of the new EAC Headquarters, due for official launch in November 2012.”
Dr. Rotich added that “this high level visit, to us goes beyond a symbolic significance and reaffirms the strong ties of friendship and cooperation between the EAC region and the Federal Republic of Germany and I welcome the Hon. Members to engage in discourse with the EAC freely”.
Dr. Rotich briefed the delegation on the latest developments taking place in all the four pillars of regional integration from the Customs Union, Common Market, Monetary Union, to the Political Federation.
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