19th EAC Ordinary summit

December 2019 19th EAC Ordinary summit The 19th Ordinary summit of Heads of State of The East African Community East African Community Uganda 23 February 2018 Speke Resort, Munyonyo Kampala 18th EAC Ordinary summit 20th EAC Ordinary summit The 19th EAC Ordinary summit was held on 23 February 2018 in Kampala, Uganda. The focus of the summit was deepen regional integration through infrastructure development and financing for health.President Kenyatta travels to Uganda for EAC Summit » Capital News https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2018/02/president-kenyatta-travels-uganda-eac-summit/ PSCU 2018-02-22 Capital News en-US 2020-05-24 on the agenda of the meeting was the status of the EAC political federation and the speedy integration of South Sudan.JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ: 19TH ORDINARY SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY https://www.eac.int/communique/1001-joint-communiqu%C3%A9-19th-ordinary-summit-of-heads-of-state-of-the-east-african-community www.eac.int 2020-05-24 Participants CountryTitleDignitaryBurundiVice PresidentGaston SindimwoKenyaPresidentUhuru KenyattaRwandaMinister of Trade and East African AffairsJames MusoniSouth SudanPresidentSalva Kiir MayarditUgandaPresidentYoweri MuseveniTanzaniaPresidentJohn Magufuli Agenda Manufacturing Various sectors of development were discussed as a sector of growth such as Textile, Apparel and Agro-processing. A major focus for boosting regional manufacturing, the heads of states directed the EAC council to work on the process to harmonize the automotive industry regulations in the region. The leaders are looking to help reduce the importation of used vehicles and in turn grow the local vehicle assembly and manufacturing businesses.Campaign for joint EA vehicle assembly engages top gear https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Campaign-for-joint-East-Africa-vehicle-assembly-engages-top-gear/2560-4880266-13qrgyd/index.html The East African en 2020-05-24 Economic Partnership Agreement The European Economic Partnership agreement continues to be and important trade agreement that is still pending partner state approval. Museveni continued to reiterate that he is engaging with EU officials to ensure that a satisfactory agreement is agreed upon soon. Kenya & Rwanda are still the only members to sign the EU-EAC EPA.2019-02-02 East African nations approve individual trade pacts with EU if joint deal not reached en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-east-africa-trade-idUSKCN1PR04P 2020-05-2420 May 2017 EAC SUMMIT: Museveni promises to resolve EPA disagreement en-US The Independent Uganda https://www.independent.co.ug/eac-summit-museveni-promises-resolve-epa-disagreement/ 2017-06-04 New members The council continued to guide the body to fast track the integration of South Sudan into the trade bloc. Political issues and funding has stagnated the process of integrating the new member into the block. Moreover, the EAC council had not as discussed the report that was presented at 18th EAC Ordinary summit to analyze the admission criteria for Somalia. The council aimed to discuss this at the next summit. References Category:East African Community summit Category:East Africa Category:February 2018 in Africa Category:2018 diplomatic conferences