The EAC Ministers have considered and adopted the proposed budget of US$ 1,894,400 for the initial operationalization of the East African Kiswahili Commission (EASTECO) from the next fiscal year 2013-2014.
According to the statement from Arusha Based EAC Office, Rwanda and Tanzania have been selected to host the Science and Technology and Kiswahili Commissions respectively.
That was among the agreements reached when the ministers responsible for education, science and technology, culture and sports from the five EAC member states were adopting the revised draft, Inter University Council for East Africa Bill, 2012 last weekend.
Kiswahili is currently the Lingua-franca of the community which uses English as its official tongue.
EAC plans to operationalize the East African Science and Technology Commission and East African Kiswahili Commission; as well as matters regarding Mutual Recognition Agreements that various professional bodies are currently working on to facilitate movement of labor and trade in professional services.
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