{{Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has asked East African Community (EAC) member states to put an end to all non-tariff barriers, saying they are the main impediments to the economic development of the region.}}
Addressing the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) sitting in Kampala June 5, the President also outlined economic bottlenecks that have hampered the growth of the region.
Among the bottlenecks are ideological disorientation, attacks on the private sector, an underdeveloped human resource, inadequate infrastructure, lack of industries and an underdeveloped agricultural sector, among others.
He was addressing the meeting both as the host of the Assembly and also the chairman of the EAC summit. “I urge that all partner states should fully implement the treaty by removing all the non-tariff barriers and we head for integration,” he said.
Currently, the EAC has achieved the protocol of customs union, common market and they are now headed to implementing the protocol of monetary union, which seeks to have a single currency for the five partner states.
Non-tariff barriers are such restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and or costly.
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