{{President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya also the current chairperson of the East African Community is expected to deliver the State of EAC Address.}}
Uhuru will travel by road from Nairobi to Arusha city in Tanzania. He will also spend time visiting the new €14 million headquarters of the Community, inaugurated in November 2012 and address staff of EAC Secretariat.
EAC staff were last addressed by a regional Head of State in August 2005, by then Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa.
President Uhuru will also adress the East African Legisitaltive assembly (Eala) in context of the strengthened regional integration.
Next week’s session of the regional House expects to debate on the EAC Integration Bill 2014 among other activities, according to a statement from the EAC Secretariat.
The meeting brings together legislators, Council of Ministers and the Department of Political Federation at the EAC Secretariat in Arusha.
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