Ministry of East African Community Affairs Uganda
The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of 6 Partner States: the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The EAC is home to 150 million citizens, of which 22% is urban population. With a land area of 1.82 million square kilometres and a combined Gross Domestic Product of US$ 146 billion (EAC Statistics for 2016), its realisation bears great strategic and geopolitical significance and prospects for the renewed and reinvigorated EAC.
Minister of East African Community Affairs
Pillars of EAC Regional Integration
Customs Union
Customs Union
Through the Customs Union Protocol, trade within the EAC region has been enhanced significantly.
Common Market
Common Market
EAC guides the free movement of goods, people, labour, services and capital from one Partner State to another ...
Monetary Union
Monetary Union
The East African Monetary Union Protocol provides for the attainment of a single currency for daily transactions within ...
Political Federation
Political Federation
The EAC Partner States envisage coming together to form a super-state under a single political authority / government.
What’s On?
EAC Youth and YouthLead Africa To Host Business and Investment Breakfast Meeting
A group of East African Youth Ambassadors and Youth –Lead Africa called on the Minister of State for East... read more
Uganda Rejects EAC-Secretariat Recruitment Interviews
See: meaca_letter The 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East Africa Community Affairs in Uganda Rt. Hon REBECCA Kadaga,... read more
Impact on the East Africa Chamber of Commerce Trade and Investment summit – Texas
The 16th Annual Trade and Investment Conference was held between the 7th and 9th of October, 2021 at the... read more
EAC Member States
