{{President Paul Kagame will join President Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya for the 4th Summit of the northern corridor integration projects taking place in Entebbe on 20 February 2014. }}
The summit is an initiative bringing together Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda to fast track regional development through regional infrastructure, trade and political and economic integration. Other countries expected to attend are Burundi, South Sudan and Tanzania.
The Summit which will be preceded by a meeting of senior officials and ministers, will share developments, review implementation of projects discussed previously and propose the best way forward.
The Heads of State will also launch the East African tourist visa. Presidents Kagame and Kenyatta will show their IDs at their point of exit and receive a coupon upon arrival into Uganda. This will mark the official launch of the use of national identity cards, voter/students cards as travel documents.
At the inaugural Infrastructure Summit in Entebbe, Uganda in June 2013, leaders of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda agreed to divide responsibilities: Uganda committed to lead the railway development and political federation sector; Rwanda on customs, single tourists and East African Community e-identity card; while Kenya took on the implementation of the oil pipeline and electricity generation.
The following summit was held in Mombasa, Kenya where the Heads of States attended the commissioning of Berth 19, a project anticipated to increase capacity of the Kenyan port to serve the entire region.
The 3rd Summit was held in Kigali in 20 October last year where the Heads of State welcomed South Sudan to the initiative.
There was also the launch of the single customs territory which saw reduced time spent moving goods along the corridor from from Mombasa to Kampala to 18 days to 5 days and from Mombasa to Kigali move from 21 days to 8 days.
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