Members of the East African Legislative Assembly – EALA are calling for alternative sources of funding for the community. The EAC budget is mainly funded through member states’ contributions and development partners’ support. However, a recent report by the Audit Commission indicated that the bloc continues to grapple with various […]
Three candidates from South Sudan have withdrawn from today’s election for the next speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Presiding over the first meeting of the 5th assembly, the parliament clerk, Alex Obatre revealed that two candidates withdrew from the race on Sunday and another withdrew this morning. […]
Burundi and South Sudan are today facing off in the speaker race for the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). The election comes a day after the members of the 5th assembly from 7 member states took oath on Monday. The term of the outgoing speaker, Rwanda’s Martin Ngoga came to an […]
Heads of Defence Forces of the East African Community are expected to meet soon as the fighting between government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and M23 rebels in the east rages on. In a press statement, Burundi’s presidential spokesperson, Alain Diomede Nzeyimana, said the heads of […]
The Uganda People’s Defence Force has expressed readiness to deploy troops in the East African Community regional force that has begun deploying in the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where there is renewed fighting. The regional bloc has signaled that military action in the DRC will be the last […]
