{{Rwanda is hosting the 4th edition of the East African Community (EAC) annual conference on Good Governance under the theme: ‘Sustaining the Fight against Corruption to promote Regional Integration’.}}
According to EAC Deputy Secretary General (In charge of Political Federation) Charles Njoroge said, “The Conference will focus on corruption as an impediment to the regional integration agenda.”
He noted, “The timely realization of negative effects of corruption in the pursuit of regional integration cannot be overemphasized.’’
The decision by the EAC Council of Ministers to negotiate the Protocol on Preventing and Combating Corruption, Njoroge said, was a vivid demonstration of the Partner States’ commitment to address the vice.
He added: ‘’with increased trade, movement of persons, goods, services and capital under the Customs Union and Common Market Protocols, corruption has been identified as one of the Non- Tariff Barriers (NTBs). It impedes investments, trade, and movement of capital and provision of services and in the end, enhances poverty levels in our region’’.
About 150 representatives from Ministries responsible for Good Governance, EAC Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Affairs, National Institutions of Governance such as Anti-Corruption Agencies, Human Rights Commissions; National Electoral Commissions, Anti-Corruption Courts, East African Court of Justice and East African Legislative Assembly.
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