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Pursuant to the Summit directive to commence the implementation of a Single Customs Territory, the Committee of Customs comprising of Commissioners General and Commissioners of Customs held a one-day meeting at the EAC Secretariat, Headquarters in Arusha today 17th January 2014 to strategize on the implementation of the Single Customs Territory.
The Commissioner General of Kenya Revenue Authority, Mr John Njiraini, who chaired the meeting, reiterated the commitment of the Revenue Authorities to the integration process and particularly the implementation of the Single Customs Territory. He noted the initiatives under the Trilateral arrangement by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda will be harmonized within the wider EAC Single Customs Territory.
On behalf of the Secretary General of the EAC, the Director Customs Mr. Kenneth Bagamuhunda noted that the Single Customs Territory (SCT) is one of the key regional integration priority policy interventions adopted by both the Council and the Summit to consolidate the EAC Customs Union. He said that ‘It is imperative that the Revenue Authorities take full responsibility to ensure the SCT is fully implemented as per the approved roadmap by the Council’.
The Committee established five technical working teams that will put in place operational requirements and procedures for the SCT. The meeting also agreed on the schedule of activities for the implementation of the SCT.
A pilot based approach segmented on the central and northern corridors was adopted which will progressively cover all goods cleared at the first ports of entry. The meeting agreed to integrate the ongoing activities on SCT on the Northern Corridor into the EAC wide SCT framework. A proactive, practical and result based method of work was agreed on as a way of work on the SCT.
The meeting was attended by the Commissioner General Kenya Revenue Authority, Mr John Njiraini; The Commissioner General Rwanda Revenue Authority, Mr Ben Karugarama; The Commissioner General Burundi, Mr Kieran Holmes; The Director of Customs Mr Kenneth Bagamuhunda, the Commissioners of Customs and experts from the EAC Partner States.
Mbona Kamishna Mkuu wa Mapato (TRA) Tanzania hakushiriki na pia naona taarifa ina sema tri-partite Kenya, Uganda na Rwanda ndo wamekubalu kuanza.
ReplyDeleteJe, msimamo wa Tanzania ni upi na lini wa_tanzania tutapata mrejesho (feed-back) toka serikali yetu juu ya msimamo wa nchi yetu sasa hivi.
Ankali, fuatilia tupate mrejesho isiwe hatuelewi msimamo, nini kina enedelea na manufaa ya msimamo wetu kutohudhuria kwa kipindi cha sasa.
Mdau
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Mdau wa juu Maazimio mengi ktk hii EAC yetu yanaendeshwa kwa matashi ya Kisiasa na haraka haraka zisizo na umakini na ndio maana Tanzania inasita kwenda kichwa kichwa kwenye mambo mengi tu TENA KWA UTARATIBU HUO TANZANIA MARA ZOTE INAKUWA IMEPIGA BAO !
ReplyDeleteInaeleweka wazi ya kuwa Rwanda,Uganda na Kenya ni wanachama wa EAC ambao mara zote hupenda kuharakisha mambo bila kufuata Kanuni tofauti na Tanzania na Burundi.
Ndio maana inaonekana tunatengwa lakini bora iwe hivyo kuliko kukurupukia mambo halafu baadae tunajikuta tumeangukia pua na kupigwa na wa za uso.
Angalieni mifano:
1.Hawa jamaa CoW 'Coalition of willing' yaani Kenya, Uganda na Rwanda wamekuwawakiipigia debe sana Sudani ya Kusini kukubaliwa kuingia uanachama wa EAC wakati haipo ktk kiwango cha kutimiza mashariti MUHIMU ya Uanachama yakiwemo
(i)Utulivu na Uhakika wa Kisiasa,
[Political stability]
(ii)Utawala Bora,
[Rule of law]
(iii)Haki za binaadamu,
[human wrights]
(iv)Uchumi unaoendeshwa kwa Mfumo
wa Masoko,[market driven economy]
(v) Demokrasia [Democracy]
(vi)Social Justice [Utawala wa Kisheria]
(vii)Global Partnership
[Urafiki wa Kidunia]
Hivyo ktk Vigezo Vikuu hivyo vya uanachama wa EAC Sudani ya Kusini imetimiza kigezo kimoja tu yaani (No.v Market driven economy-Uchumi unaoendshwa kwa Mfumo wa Masoko) huku ikikosa vigezo vingine 6 vya muhimu kama tunavyoona nchi haina utulivu wa Kisiasa ina vita na ukiukwaji wa Haki za binaadamu unaendelea huko kwa Mauaji ya Halaiki ya kivita.
Kenya na Uganda ndio wanaonufaika zaid Kiuchumi na Sudan Kusini huku Rwanda ikiburuzwa tu kushabikia hivyo 'CoW' wanaona Kigezo hicho ndio muhimu zaidi wakati vingine ndio zaidi ya huo uchumi na biashara.
HIVYO TANZANIA NA BURUNDI ZILIKUWA SAHIHI KUIKATAA SUDANI KUSINI KTK UANACHAMA WA EAC!
2.Hata hiyo Customs Union (kw nchi hizo 3 Kenya, Rwanda na Uganda) bado ina mapungufu mengi sana mfao ktk systems za Kodi Kenya wanatumia Customs Software inayoitwa Simbanet wakati Uganda na Rwanda wanatumia Asycuda wakati Umoja wa Forodha unahitaji nchi ziwe na Mfumo mmoja tu na sio iliyo tofatauti kwa itakuwa ni mkanganyiko ktk Utendaji wa kazi hiyo nyeti na kugawana Mapato kiufasaha.
3. Suala la Single Tourist Visa pia ni Mkenge afadhali Tanzania tumekataa kushirikiananao hao kwa kuwa kama tungeingia ingekuwa tumeliwa tungepoteza Mapato kwa kuwa Tanzania tuna QUALITY TOURISM(Misafara ya Kiwango cha juu cha Utalii,,,Utalii kwa wageni wenye wezo wa juu Kifedha) wakati Kenya, Rwanda na Uganda wana MASS TOURISM (Utalii wa kiwango cha chini cha Kifedha wageni wengi kwa gharama za chini.
HIVYO MDAU MAMBO MENGI WANAYO HARAKAKISHA KENYA, UGANDA NA RWANDA KAMA SIO SUALA LA MASLAHI YA UPANDE WAO, NI KUTAKAKA KUKIUKA TARATIBU ZA MCHAKATO KWA SABABU WANAZOJUA WAO AMBAZO MARA ZOTE HUISHIA MWAMBA KAMA SUALA LA KUISHBIKIA SUDANI YA KUSINI KTK KUPEWA UNANACHAMA KTK EAC !!!
Mdau wa pili umetoa ufafanuzi mzuri...Thanks; nilikuwa sina data though sikuwa na imani wala pressure na hawa CoW
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