{{Somalia’s Request to Join the East African Community will be scruitinised by bloc members. Somalia requested to Join EAC in February 2012.}}
Bloc members have agreed to setup a verification committee aimed at analysing whether Somalia fulfils the requirements to join EAC.
Last week, a Council of Ministers met in Arusha and approved the committee and directed partner states to nominate three members that would travel to Somalia in December to assess the requirements as stipulated in the EAC Treaty.
The vetting process will take over seven months, according to a subsequent communiqué from the meeting. The list of experts to participate in the exercise will be submitted by October 31.
The process will take into account the country profile and the level of compatibility with the EAC community stages of development in trade liberalisation and development, cooperation in investments and industrial development.
Other areas to be scrutinised include whether the conflict-torn nation has a well functioning monetary policy among other indicators.
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