Once they are adopted and ratified by the Partner States, the air transport market in the EAC will be fully liberalised, and partner states be able to negotiate their Regional Air Transport Bilateral arrangements under the Multilateral Air Services Agreements.
Tanzanian Vice President Dr Philip Isdor Mpango says that the educational reforms that EAC member states have embarked on in recent years will require massive financial commitments, short of which will be a waste of effort for a region which is struggling to uplift education standards.
Educationists argued that instead of producing critical thinkers, problem-solvers, and collaborators who are vital to the long-term health and well-being of communities, the formal education system will breed illiterate graduates if parents continue to abdicate their role in children’s learning.
“All partner states contribute equally, and so far the contribution per state is 7.3 Million dollars towards the main EAC Budget, and then 1.1 million to fund the IUCEA and the East African Community Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) bring the total contribution per member to 8.4 million,” he said.
The meeting directed Uganda and Kenya to hold a bilateral meeting to resolve NTB 000-864 on discriminatory excise duty on juice by 30th June, 2024 and report to the 45th SCTIFI
