The Kenyan government now says it will import maize in bulk to cushion Kenyans from the rising price of maize flour The price of 2kg maize flour has surged by 11.1 percent to Ksh.149 from Ksh.134 in February. According to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya, the government
The Democratic Republic of Congo was officially admitted to the East Africa Community (EAC) Tuesday during an Extraordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta. This is a game-changer for intra-regional trade. EAC heads of state had unanimously voted to admit DR
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will officially be admitted to the East Africa Community (EAC), adding a 90 million market population for the regional trading bloc. The mineral-rich country has already established trade ties with most of the EAC member states through bilateral deals and
The East African Business Council (EABC) chairman Nicholas Nesbit, has urged East African Community (EAC) states to abolish trade border policies. “EAC Partner States should fully operationalize the EAC Single Customs Territory and adopt technology to transform our EAC region to be borderless for goods and
Kenya will now pay the largest share in financing the East African Community (EAC) budget after the community’s Sectoral Council on Finance and Economic Affairs (SCFEA) made up of Finance Ministers from the member countries agreed on a new hybrid model. Through the new model, each partner state will
The East African Community (EAC) staff members will work from home beginning Friday. The decision has been informed by the emergence of coronavirus symptoms among staff members in EAC headquarters in Arusha. Secretary General Peter Mathuki said on Wednesday that most of the staff members will work from home from
