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Court out of cash

Hamstrung by its member countries refusing to pay their annual contributions, the East African Community is perennially short of cash. On 29 May, the bureau of the East African Leg...


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The missing man in Arusha

Pending a court challenge, axed Secretary-General Mathuki has not resigned from the EAC despite being absent from his post since his recall

Confusion reigns over the status of Peter Mathuki the outgoing Secretary-General of the East African Community. Last month, Mathuki was abruptly recalled by Kenyan President Willia...

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A Sheafra of fake news

Spoof social media post on common currency launch spotlights high costs of regional transfers

Initially planned for launch in 2024, the East African Community's plans for a monetary union, including a single currency and common central bank, were postponed until 2033 by the...

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The new age of austerity

Higher taxes will finance any extra spending as the region's finance ministers rein in borrowing and try to cut back the public sector

The headline figures that government spending in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda, is set to increase by 10%, 7%, 6.5% and 5.65% respectively, suggested that little had changed w...

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Scrambling for a Pax Swahili

Kenya's entry into the Congolese crucible is driven more by hopes of diplomatic and commercial gains than military adventurism

It is hanging by a thread. A truce, signed in Luanda with only the tacit participation of the principal antagonist, guaranteed by a phone call between Kenya's former President Uhur...


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