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The East African Community continues to push for unification as it considers adding new member states to the bloc. Specifically, the EAC has begun the verification process for Somalia, one of the East African nations yet to become a member. The EAC officially launched the verification mission to evaluate Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc on Wednesday. As a ...

Former Presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleeta, has said the way the president was speaking during the independence celebrations, he was only impressing the presidents he had invited. Kabuleeta says Ugandans need a message of hope. “Museveni talked like he is the president of Africa but again he wanted to impress the other presidents he had invited. Ugandans need a message of ...

The EAC Affairs Ministry is currently engaging the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to establish the National Kiswahili Council in Uganda. Rebecca Kadaga, the Minister for African Community Affairs says the council will take lead in Kiswahili development initiatives at national level. “I wish to inform you that they have prepared a cabinet paper on this matter and ...

Kenyan boy band, Sauti Sol’s Bien, has revealed the main reason why East Africa is lagging behind in music compared to other African regions, especially the West and South. According to Bien, the main reason for this is because the East African musicians chose poverty over unity. The singer revealed that most want to shine alone. These want to work ...

Ugandans who applied for the East African Community jobs and got locked out finally have a reason to smile. They have reviewed the recruitment process and they are repeating it to give chance to applicants who lost out in the process. Also, those who would like to make fresh applications will be able to do so. The East African Affairs ...