Somalia has gained full membership of the East African Community (EAC).<\/p>\n
At a brief ceremony held Monday (Mar. 04) at the EAC headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, Somalia\u2019s Minister of Commerce and Industry,Jibril Abdirashid Haji, presented the instrument of ratification to the bloc’s Secretary-General, completing the admission process.<\/p>\n
EAC Secretariat head Peter Mathuki said that the move will enable Somalia to kick off the process of joining EAC\u2019s areas of cooperation.<\/p>\n
The areas include trade, investment, industrial development and free movement of people, labour and services, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomalia now has the green light to contribute to the development of a roadmap for her integration into the EAC.<\/p>\n
The roadmap will detail how Somalia will implement the EAC\u2019s four pillars — the Customs Union, Common Market, Monetary Union and Political Federation.<\/p>\n
Somalia first applied to join in 2012.<\/p>\n
It is now the eighth member of the bloc which includes the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.<\/p>\n
Somalia is expected to designate a ministry and appoint a minister to coordinate EAC matters as required by the Treaty.<\/p>\n
It should also elect nine members of Parliament to the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) and appoint a judge to sit in the First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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