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[AfricaRealities] EAC:Uganda stands alone on political federation

 


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Christabel Ligami - theeastafrican.co.ke


Uganda has been left alone in its push to fast-track a political federation of the five East Africa Community members.

Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have broken ranks with Kampala and want to consult more on the report compiled by experts that was to be presented for adoption to the Heads of State Summit in Nairobi on November 30.

The political federation had been pencilled in at the top of the agenda but a ministers' meeting held in preparation for the Summit left the matter hanging, with no clear recommendation. Usually, the heads of state act on what has been agreed by the preparatory organs that include experts, permanent secretaries and ministers.

At the Council of Ministers meeting, the four countries called for more time to consult on the drafting of a constitution for the federation and the timelines for implementation.

Uganda, however, said such consultation was not necessary because the road map had been agreed upon and should be presented to the presidents for adoption as earlier directed.

Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi indicated that there were no concrete proposals submitted by the experts on the model structure for drafting of the federal constitution. They said the experts should be given more time to finalise the work and submit the report to the Council in four months, by March 30, 2015.

Uganda is also pushing for a deal that would see all member states lose their sovereignty as countries, a proposal that has been rejected by the other four partners who want dual sovereignty, with member countries retaining some level of sovereignty while giving up some to the federation.

The other issue under debate is whether all the partner states should join at their own time or at the same time.

While Burundi and Tanzania are pushing for all the five member states to join the federation at the same time, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya favour the principle of variable geometry, which allows member countries to join the federation at different times and stages.

Kenya and Tanzania are against the admission of new members to the political union, once formed and fully operational. But the other partners want the bloc to come up with criteria for allowing into the federation other countries seeking to join.


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