2013 has come to a close, and 2014 beckons . I wish you all as well as all your loved ones a prosperous and peaceful New Year. May it bring you success, joy, and strength.
The end of the year and the beginning of a new one is a time for celebration, for reflection, and for renewal of vows. I thank you all for your invaluable contribution to East African Integration during the year just ended. When I joined the team in 2011, I outlined five priorities among the many other priorities for the next five years. I thank you for working hard to achieve all of them.
You have brought to fruition the Single Customs Territory. I look forward to its implementation beginning 2014. We have seen significant and sustained removal of non-tariff barriers to trade - and the results thereof are beginning to be felt by East Africans.
Implementation of the free movement of persons and labor provisions of the Common Market Protocol has received a major boost by the agreement on the use of Identity Cards as travel documents within East Africa for Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. I look forward to the beginning of implementation in 2014.
Ambassador Dr. Richard Sezibera,
ReplyDeleteYour message is not for all East Africans you just want to PRAISE a certain band within EAC region so called ''Coalition of Willing'' OR CoW.
Is just like message to the Coalition of Willing !!!