Corruption hinders trade in EAC

Elephant Slaughter, Corruption, and Illegal Ivory Trade Trigger ...
Fort Mills Times
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry and Dana J. Hyde, the Chair and CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), to defer approval of additional aid funding of up to $450 ...
Elephant Poaching Epidemic Prompts Objections by The Environmental ...PR Newswire (press release)
Tanzanian police seize more than 200 elephant tusk...

Govt to create institutional apparatus to curb illegal drug trade, corruption
IPPmedia
The government is posed with immediate effect to make institutional reforms in the Police Force as it intensifies the war against illegal drug trade and corruption in the country. Government leaders for several times had continued waging the ...
State to deal with police station attackersDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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The just-ended East Africa Youth Conference revealed some intriguing data for policymakers. That Tanzania is ahead of fellow partner states in the East African Community (EAC) bloc in employment creation is good news for Labour and Employment Minister Gaudencia Kabaka and her team.

Is EAC At Gunpoint Over EU Trade Agreement?
AllAfrica.com
On January 30, ministers from the East Africa Community (EAC) partner states flew to Brussels to meet the European commissioner for trade to conclude three days of negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe. But according to a ...

Ventures Africa
EAC Trade Climbed To $5.5bn In Last Decade
Ventures Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – Over the past eight years, intra‐regional trading within the East African Community (EAC) has grown from $2 billion in 2005 to $5.5 billion in 2013; this has been directly linked to the implementation of the Customs Union Protocol.
Cheers As EAC Single Customs Territory Rolls Out FurtherAllAfrica.com

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Capital FM Kenya
Tanzania's Trade Share in EAC Increases
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA'S share of intra-regional trade in East African Community region has increased from 15 per cent in 2005 to 26 per cent by last year grossing over 1.5 billion US dollars, the government has said. The Permanent Secretary at Ministry of East African ...
Tanzania ready for East African single visa to participateNFL News and Rumors
Kenya, TZ to enforce tour operators' dealCapital FM Kenya
Harmonising travel in East...

There is evidence that more trade restrictions have been introduced in the East African Community (EAC) bloc since the coming into force of the Common Market Protocol nearly four years ago, it was revealed here yesterday.

>The United States says it will support the East African Community (EAC) to overcome trade barriers and improve competitiveness of its export products in the international markets.

Some of the findings documented in the East African Community (EAC) Common Market Scorecard 2014 raise questions as to whether member states are truly serious about integrating their economies.