From left: Presidents Salva Kiir (South Sudan) Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya). President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi stayed out of the loop of the third infrastructure summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
Cross-posting this article by DANIEL K. KALINAKI from the AFRICA REVIEW — President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi stayed out of the loop of the third infrastructure summit in Kigali, Rwanda but their absence loomed large in the conference room.
President Museveni told journalists in a brief press conference on Monday that talk of a “coalition of the willing” involving Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya was inaccurate since the three countries were only discussing infrastructure projects along the
President Museveni told journalists in a brief press conference on Monday that talk of a “coalition of the willing” involving Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya was inaccurate since the three countries were only discussing infrastructure projects along the
northern corridor and would involve Tanzania once discussions moved to the southern corridor.
However, the final communiqué read out after the meeting of the three heads of state did not include an update on efforts to fast-track the East African political federation, a matter whose discussion outside the East African Community Tanzanian officials have expressed concern over.
At the last infrastructure summit in Mombasa Uganda was tasked to spearhead efforts to fast-track the political federation and a committee headed by the country’s Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Aronda Nyakairima met in Kampala this month to kick-start the writing of a draft constitution. They had been expected to provide an update to the summit on Monday.
Gen. Nyakairima on Monday declined to comment on the exercise while Kenya’s East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism minister Phyllis Kandie said talk of a political federation was a “side-show” which had not been discussed by the ministers or the heads of state in Kigali.
Tanzania’s ministry of East African Cooperation recently issued a statement warning that the tri-lateral talks among Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are against the EAC protocol.
The statement argued that all EAC member states had to endorse the regional infrastructure deals signed by Presidents Kenyatta, Museveni and Kagame otherwise they contravene Article 7(1) (e) of the EAC protocol.
“Even though this Article allows member countries to enter bi-lateral or Tri-lateral agreements, it is a must that issues under consideration for implementation under this arrangement are fully discussed and agreed upon by all member countries,” the statement from the ministry said.
However President Museveni said yesterday he was unaware of complaints from Tanzania about the trilateral agreements.
“Unless I get an official letter from the state, I consider what I see in the press as lies,” he said in response to a journalist’s question.
Tanzanian diplomats are understood to have expressed their concerns about being left out of the regional plans through the Council of Ministers. Officials in Dar es Salaam say they have not been invited to participate in the Coalition of the Willing and are expected to raise the matter more directly at the next EAC Heads of State Summit in Kampala in late November.
Burundi sent a ministerial delegation to the last summit in Mombasa and President Nkurunziza visited with President Kenyatta a few days later on what was said to be a private visit. We were unable to confirm whether Bujumbura or Dar es Salaam had been invited to Monday’s summit.
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DANIEL K. KALINAKI
Twitter: @kalinaki
Email: dkalinaki@ke.nationmedia.com
However, the final communiqué read out after the meeting of the three heads of state did not include an update on efforts to fast-track the East African political federation, a matter whose discussion outside the East African Community Tanzanian officials have expressed concern over.
At the last infrastructure summit in Mombasa Uganda was tasked to spearhead efforts to fast-track the political federation and a committee headed by the country’s Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Aronda Nyakairima met in Kampala this month to kick-start the writing of a draft constitution. They had been expected to provide an update to the summit on Monday.
Gen. Nyakairima on Monday declined to comment on the exercise while Kenya’s East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism minister Phyllis Kandie said talk of a political federation was a “side-show” which had not been discussed by the ministers or the heads of state in Kigali.
Tanzania’s ministry of East African Cooperation recently issued a statement warning that the tri-lateral talks among Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are against the EAC protocol.
The statement argued that all EAC member states had to endorse the regional infrastructure deals signed by Presidents Kenyatta, Museveni and Kagame otherwise they contravene Article 7(1) (e) of the EAC protocol.
“Even though this Article allows member countries to enter bi-lateral or Tri-lateral agreements, it is a must that issues under consideration for implementation under this arrangement are fully discussed and agreed upon by all member countries,” the statement from the ministry said.
However President Museveni said yesterday he was unaware of complaints from Tanzania about the trilateral agreements.
“Unless I get an official letter from the state, I consider what I see in the press as lies,” he said in response to a journalist’s question.
Tanzanian diplomats are understood to have expressed their concerns about being left out of the regional plans through the Council of Ministers. Officials in Dar es Salaam say they have not been invited to participate in the Coalition of the Willing and are expected to raise the matter more directly at the next EAC Heads of State Summit in Kampala in late November.
Burundi sent a ministerial delegation to the last summit in Mombasa and President Nkurunziza visited with President Kenyatta a few days later on what was said to be a private visit. We were unable to confirm whether Bujumbura or Dar es Salaam had been invited to Monday’s summit.
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DANIEL K. KALINAKI
Twitter: @kalinaki
Email: dkalinaki@ke.nationmedia.com
Hawa akina Ks(Kiir, Kagame, Kaguta, Kenyatta, na pengine, Kuruzinza) watatunyang'aya hivi hivi tu u-Afrika Mashariki?
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Oops! NILISAHAU KUMTAJA K MWINGINE, KAGAME, HAPO JUU!
ReplyDeleteKelele za wapangaji hazimzuwii mwenye nyumba kulala...Tanzania ndio wenye nyumba hawa waache waendelee wala hawatutishi na hizo kelele zao...ss tunadeal na SADC sasa na naona tunachelewa tu kwa nn serikali isitoe official stand kwamba tumejitoa kabisa kwenye hii EAC.
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1:Let us stick to SADC(Wachumi-Tunahiitaji sana hii EAC????)
ReplyDelete2:Museveni=unpredictable
3:Nashauri rais wetu asihudhurie tena hii mikutano kama itafanyika nje ya Tanzania.Waliotokea "msituni" wanaweza kumdhuru Rais wetu.Tusisahau Historia.
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Hawa jamaa sio bure, lazima Tanzania tuchukue maamuzi magumu. Hakuna kuogopa hapa, aiwezekani kila wakikaa ni wao tu, EAC ndiyo hiyo?
ReplyDeleteTupige chini EAC na tukomae na SADC tutasonga tu.
Ni vigumu kujichanganya na Museveni na Kagame wao wana ajenda za kibnafsi. Kwa nini tusijiulize Mseveni yupo madarakani zaidi ya miaka 25, Kagame miaka inaenda 20, hawawaamini wenzao kama wanaweza kuongoza nchi. Hao kweli kuchanganyika na wengine yawezekana? Hata Kenyatta itafika mahali watashindwana tu, watamletea habari ambazo wakenya hawatakubali, waKenya wana msimamo hawakubali kutawaliwa kirahisi.
ReplyDeleteAchana na EAC hawa jamaa wana fukuto binafsi
Watanzania wengi hawana ajira,elimu wanazo vyuo vikuu tunajenga usiku na mchana,endapo tutaachana na huu upuuzi wa EAC,ambao leo hii nafasi za kazi kwenye makampuni mengi yenye kulipa mishahara mikubwa ni wakenya,wahindi,na waganda.Viwanda vya kenya vinafanya kazi usiku na mchana,wanalinda ajira za raia wao,ni kwa sababu watanzania ni wanunuzi wakubwa wa bidhaa zao.Nyerere alipofunga mpaka watu walimwona kuwa ana maamuzi mabaya,lakini leo si mnaona,nini kinachotokea?Naomba watanzania tuamke,tuweke viwanda vyetu imara,watanzania wapate ajira,na pia tuimarishe shilingi.Funga bidhaa zote za kenya kuingia nchini,wao sasa hivi wanajua watauza sana somalia na sudan,tuachane nao jamani.
ReplyDeleteUkiona watu wanakaa CHEMBA ujue kuna dalili mbaya dhidi yako!
ReplyDeleteKikwete tafadhali sana achana na hawa jamaa wana agenda ya siri dhidi yetu kama dalili zina vyoonyesha.
Kwanza hawakubaliki Kimataifa na hata hiyo Miradi yao ni kuwa WANATWANGA MAJI KWENYE KINU !!!
NCHI ZAO HAZINA AMANI DUNIA NZIMA INATAMBUA, NCHI ZAO HAZIWEKEZEKI TENA.
-KENYA, KUNA HALI YA UGAIDI NA HATARI ZA VITA.
-RWANDA, VITA ZINA ENDELEA MSITUNI
-UGANDA, MUSEVENI AMEZIDISHA RUSHWA HADI AMEKATIWA MISAADA YA NJE.
JITIHADA ZAO NI ZA BURE NA MWISHOWE WATASHINDWA NA KUAIBIKA SANA KAMA MAELEZEO YANA VYONAVYO ASHIRIA HAPO JUU.
Hata sisi Tanzania Miradi ya Miundo mbinu tunayo tena sisi tumewafunika vibaya sana.
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1-Tuna Miradi ya Bandari mpya 2, Bagamoyo Ujenzi US$ 11 Bilion uwezo 20 Million Containers TEU(TWENTY FEET EQUIVALENT UNIT) na Mwambani Tanga Ujenzi US$ 32 Bilion uwezo 5 Million Containers TEU . (Jumla US$ 43 Billion)
2-Tunaziongezea uwezo Bandari 3 za zamani Tanga, Mtwara na Dar.
3-Tuna Reli 3 ,Tanga hadi Musoma na Kigoma, Bagamoyo hadi Morogoro, Mtwara hadi Songea Ruvuma Migodi ya Makaa ya Mawe 'Coal' na Uranium.
KENYA,UGANDA,SOUTH SUDAN,ETHIOPIA,RWANDA.
-Nchi zote zina Bandri moja (1) mpya Lamu Port Mradi wa LAPSSET Ujenzi US$ 25 Bilion pamoja na Reli na Barabara na Bomba la Mafuta na Refinery.
ZAIDI YA HAPO WAO WANA TAPATAPA KUTAFUTA FEDHA ZA MIRADI HIYO WAKATI SISI TANZANIA FEDHA ZITAPATIKANA KWA HARAKA KWA KUWA TUNAUZIKA ZAIDI KIMATAIFA HUKO MAREKANI,ULYA NA CHINA NA DUNIA NZIMA KULIKO WAO.
HIVYO WACHA WATUTENGE WANATUONEA WIVU TUMEWAFUNIKA !!!
achaneni na wenzi hawa wa harithi ya watoto wetu waende zao nashangaa kuona viongozi wetu hawajawadiliti tuu, walishaitwa manyangau watanzania walizani mtoto wa simba atakuwa amigeuka wa paka sahauni,lakini wameshindwa kama pepo.tusonge mbele tumhaibishe shetani
ReplyDeleteYES NA KATIKA HISTORIA, NIVIGUMU SANA KWA MTANZANIA KUINGIA KUFANYA KAZI KENYA KULIKO MALAWI, KONGO, ACHANA NAO, ISSUE OFFICIAL STATEMENT KUJITOA HIYO NI DHARAU KWANI TUNAFAIDIKA NINI NA HIZO NCH BY THE WA, TUNAFAIDIKA NINI NA NCHI ZILIZOKO KWENYE VITA!!
ReplyDeleteUnajua Tanzania tuna kila aina ya natural resources...kinachotakiwa ni sisi kuwa makini...katika kutumia natural resources zetu kitaalum, tuachane na mambo ya RUSHWA, HONGO...NA MATUMIZI MABAYA YA SERIKALI, WANANCHI WAWEZESHWE WALE WENYE AKILI WAWEZE FANYA MAMBO MAKUBWA NA KUEXPORT PRODUCTS KWA NCHI TAJIRI NA PIA NASI TUACHE KUIMPORT VITU VIDOGO VIDOGO...VYOTE TUVITENGENEZE WENYEWE HAPO TU TAPATA MAENDELEO FASTA..ILA TUKIKALIA KUFANYA MAMBO KISWAHILI..SWAHILI...HATUWEZI KUFIKA POPOTE...NCHI YETU ILIVYO NI KWAMBA HAITAJI KUTEGEMEA MUUNGANO WA AFRIKA MASHARIKI ILI KUPIGA HATUA
ReplyDeleteTATIZO KUBWA NI KWAMBA WATU WENGI AKILI ZIMELALA...YAANI HAWATAKI KUTUMIA AKILI..NA HATA WANAOTUMIA..UNAKUTA..WANASIASA WANAWABANIA...AU WANABANIWA NA WATANZANIA WENZAO...
TUACHE KUFIKIRIA SHORTCUT...KILA MTU AFANYE KAZI INAVYOTAKIWA, KODI IKUSANYWE NA ITUMIKE KWENYE MAMBO MAZURI...WIZI UACHE...NA USANII..
YAANI UKIONGEA NA WATU TOKA NJE UWA WANASHANGAA SANA KUHUSU WATANZANIA...KUSHINDWA KUENDELEZA NCHI...MIPANGO MINGI INAANZISHWA NA SERIKALI..LAKINI..MWISHO WAKE HAKUNA OUTPUT YA KUELEWEKA...NI MIPANGO TU YA WATU KULA HELA...INABIDI TUAMUE KUFANYA MAMBO KWA AKILI...SOMETIME NAFIKIRI MAY BE WAKITUTENGA...ITATUFANYA TUAMKE KUTOKA USINGIZINI....
KWA SASA UZALENDO HAUPO..WATU WENGI WANAFIKIRIA KUFANIKIWA FASTA..KWA KUIIBIA SERIKALI..N.K...
WANASIASA NAO WANAFIKIRIA KICHAMA ZAIDI..BADALA..YA KINCHI..ZAIDI...
HEBU ANGALIA MATUKIO MABAYA KILA SIKU KWENYE NCHI...HATUA HAZICHUKULIWI...
TEMBO WAMEUWAWA WENGI...TU...ILA SASA NAONA HALI ITATULIA BAADA YA JESHI KUINGILIA KATI, na ni kwa sababu jeshi wanafanya mambo kwa descpline, hata hao majangiri/wananchi wanaofanya au kushiriki hivyo vitendo wakisikia tu..jeshi limeingilia kati..lazima waache upuuzi wao.
VIONGOZI WA SIASA WAFUATILIE WHY NCHI ZINGINE ZIMEENDELEA!..NA WASIMAMIE HAYO MAMBO MAZURI WATAKAYO YAJUA KWA KUFUATILIA...TATIZO..HATUSOMI!
Huu ni utoto. Waacheni wafanye wanavyofanya. Nchi yetu ni kubwa na inao uwezo wa kujitegemea na kushirikiana na yeyote yule anaye hitaji kushirikiana nasi. Mbona tuna lalamika na kunungunika kama watoto wadogo. Wakati Museveni akililia reli ya Tanga Musoma tulikuwa tunaimba ngonjera zetu za kila siku. Wametuchoka kwa maneno tupu. Ngoja wanaume watuonyeshe kwamba wanaweza kufunga kazi ya uhakika. Tupunguze mipango tutie mkazo kwenye utendaji na utekelezaji.
ReplyDeleteNakubaliana na wadau wooote hapo juu. EAC ina faida kwa akina Bkhressa, Mengi na wafanya biashara wachache. Pia nahisi viongozi wa serikali nao wana hisa zao hapo. Lakini kwa wananchi wa kawaida wa vizazi vya leo na vya kesho, EAC ni janga. Tuliepuke mapema iwezekanavyo. Ila tusiwe na wivu kama malengo yao yatatimia. Hatujitoi EAC kwa vile hatutaki waendelee ila kwa vile hatuoni faida za kuwemo.
ReplyDeleteJambo la msingi ni matumizi mazuri ya rasilimali zetu ili ziwanufaishe wengi. Hawa waliouza wanyama kimyakimya huko Qatar wafungwe.
Kagame not to be trusted. and I dont think they have anything to offer us zaidi ya ujirani mwema. Tunachokosa hapo ni matumizi ya bandari zetu kusafirisha mizigo yao. Mm naona tunaweza kufanya vizuri sana on our own, tunahitaji serekali nzuri (no corruption) na wananchi wenye mawazo ya maendeleo ya nchi yetu. We need to work on effiency of our government mambo kama kukusanya kodi ni muhimu sana. Tujenge barabara zetu, south to north. Mambo kama umeme na maji ni necessity we have to have them. Tuboreshe mfumo wa elimu, hospital zetu kuwa nzuri zaidi, tuimarishe ulinzi wa wananchi.
ReplyDeleteSerekali nayo isaidie kwa ku promote small business, na dhana ya watu kuweza kujiajiri kwa ujumla. Kuna marafiki zetu kama China au Afrika kusini watu waweze kwenda kwa urahisi kufanya biashara. Tourism nalo ni pato muhimu mambo kama ya tindikali yanatuharibia. Michezo ingeweza kuwa ajira muhimu lkn huko bado hatujafika. Tunaweza kuwa na uhusiano na nchi za EAC individually lkn sio kwenye shirikisho. UK walikomalia na pound yao. Na balozi wa Marekani alituambia Tanzania First
Tanzania First. wezi wapigwe vita ili tuendelee na tujenge discipline ya kazi hao ni watu wadogo mno hawatatuweza masoko yapo dunia nzima.Tafadhari wanasiasa Tanzania First acheni wizi wa mali za umma. Tutafika tu
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