The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko, on Tuesday morning engaged Senior Editors and Journalists at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
As part of the Secretary General’s publicity and outreach programme to the Republic of Uganda, on the sidelines of the ongoing 5th Session of the East African Legislative Assembly sitting in Kampala, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko hosted a Media breakfast meeting, during which he expounded on his priorities during his five-year tenure which began in April 2016.
The Secretary General said he would focus on few priorities that will deliver quick results and on those that will touch on the lives of East Africans and address their basic needs such as food, health, education and improved incomes.
The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko( M) with Uganda’s Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of EAC Affairs, Rt. Hon. Kirunda Kivejinja (L) and Dr James Njagu, Chief de Cabinet to the Secretary General.
He said a big percentage of EAC resources will be directed to sectors such as Agriculture, Health, Education, and Employment creation.
“To achieve this I will strive to establish strategic partnerships with the Development Partners, the Private Sector and also the Civil Society Organizations and of course with you, Members of the fourth Estate”, said Amb. Mfumukeko.
The Secretary General highlighted some of the key achievements in the regional integration process that include the robust implementation of the Single Customs Territory, which has resulted in drastic reduction of the period taken to clear goods from over 20 days to three (3) to four (4) days on the Central Corridor; and from 21 days to four (4) days from Mombasa to Kampala and 18 days to six (6) days to Kigali, on the Northern Corridor.
Amb. Mfumekeko disclosed that out of the 15 border towns earmarked to operate as One Stop Border Posts, 11 had already been completed, adding that 10 of these were already operational.
On the Common Market, the Secretary General said EAC Partner States had enacted new laws to conform to the Protocol, adding that currently Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda were allowing their respective citizens to enter and exit their territories using National Identity cards.
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