The East African Community headquarters building in Arusha PHOTO I FILE
Posted Saturday, September 14 2013 at 09:06
In Summary
The current misbehaviour by some heads of state of
the member states is an unhealthy situation and should be taken
seriously. We witnessed, recently, some hiccups in the regional bloc,
such as the exclusion of members in meetings.
Victor Paul, Arusha
The EAC Integration should be handled with care.
Those who are interested in fast-tracking the process toward integration
should take care.
The current misbehaviour by some heads of state of
the member states is an unhealthy situation and should be taken
seriously. We witnessed, recently, some hiccups in the regional bloc,
such as the exclusion of members in meetings.
The integration process should be slowed down and the bad elements sorted out before we move on.
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For the EAC to prevail, the leaders should
cultivate the spirit of dialogue in connection with problems, such as
the diplomatic dispute between Tanzania and Rwanda, whereby the
presidents of the two countries, Jakaya Kikwete, and Paul Kagame held a
private meeting in Kampala. What the people of eastern Africa need to
realise is that, 50 or so years after independence, our focus should be
economic development through effectively marshalling efforts and
mobilising resources properly. Unity is fundamental towards that end,
good examples being the formation of BRICS, EEC, EU, G8 and G20. As
neighbours, we must resolve differences amicably.
Cassian Ntare, Ilemela Mwanza
Keeping Tanzania out of the recently-formed
economic alliance that also declared withdrawal from using Dar es Salaam
Port, exposed a hidden agenda Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda had on Tanzania.
Whether driven by Rwanda or Uganda, East African co-operation will
traditionally, culturally and socially remain a Tanzania-Kenya affair
and won’t exist at all in any other formation.
Joachim Mushumbusi, Nyamanoro, Mwanza
There are all signs of the end and treachery at
the moment as we have now come to the full realization that Tanzania is
regarded as ‘useless’ in the community after the country refused to open
up fully to private ownership of land, which the other countries had
wanted to be liberalised. I think Tanzania must consolidate closer
economic ties with southern African countries.
SOURCE: THE CITIZEN
SOURCE: THE CITIZEN
