EAC PARTNER STATES URGED TO TREAT TRUCK DRIVERS AND CREW WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

…. Instead of deporting them

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 27th April, 2020: EAC Partner States have been urged to treat truck drivers and crew who test positive for COVID-19 in the host Partner State rather than deporting them to the country of origin as this will result in further spread of the disease.

Through a 17-page document titled ‘EAC Administrative Guidelines to Facilitate Movement of Goods and Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ sent to Partner States,...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

StarAfrica.Com

24 Oct

EAC PARTNER STATES URGED TO IMPLEMENT SQMT TO FACILITATE ...

EAC PARTNER STATES URGED TO IMPLEMENT SQMT TO FACILITATE ...
StarAfrica.com
ARUSHA, Tanzania, 24 October 2014 / PRN Africa / — The Director General of EAC Customs and Trade Directorate, Mr. Peter Kiguta has urged EAC Partner States to play their roles in the implementation of EAC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology ...
EAC Partner States Urged to Implements SQMT to Facilitate Regional TradeAllAfrica.com
18 new standards to be harmonised in ArushaDaily News

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10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

24 Oct

EAC Partner States Urged to Implements SQMT to Facilitate Regional Trade

EAC Partner States Urged to Implements SQMT to Facilitate Regional Trade
AllAfrica.com
Arusha — The Director General of EAC Customs and Trade Directorate, Mr. Peter Kiguta has urged EAC Partner States to play their roles in the implementation of EAC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act (SQMT) in order to realize ...
18 new standards to be harmonised in ArushaDaily News

all 4

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

EAC PARTNER STATES URGED TO IMPLEMENT SQMT TO FACILITATE REGIONAL TRADE

The Director General of EAC Customs and Trade Directorate, Mr. Peter Kiguta has urged EAC Partner States to play their roles in the implementation of EAC  Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act (SQMT) in order to realize the intended benefits of harmonized standards, promote trade and increase competiveness of products in the region.
Speaking during the official opening of the 18th Meeting of East African Standard Committee, which is  underway at the EAC headquarters,...

 

5 years ago

Michuzi

EAC Secretariat urges Partner States to prepare economic recovery plans for the time after COVID-19

The COVID-19 global pandemic is not only a major health crisis that challenges health systems across the globe. It has far reaching ramifications on economies worldwide. The medium- and long-term effects resulting from the measures taken to slow down and contain the spread of the disease remain unforeseeable.

The East African Community region is no exception. On a positive note, the free movement of goods and services in the EAC has been maintained and the supply situation for staple food...

 

5 years ago

Michuzi

EAC PARTNER STATES DIRECTED TO SUPPORT LOCAL PRODUCTION OF ESSENTIAL MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIES TO COMBAT COVID-19 IN THE REGION

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 10th May, 2020: East African Community Partner States have been directed to support local production of essential medical products and supplies including masks, sanitizers, soaps, processed food, ventilators as part of efforts to combat COVID-19 in the region.
A Joint consultative meeting of Partner States’ Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries responsible for Health, Trade, Transport and EAC Affairs via video conference held on 8th May,...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

EAC PARTNER STATES URGED TO ADOPT ANIMAL DATA AND ANIMAL RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM

The EAC Partner States’ Ministries responsible for Animal Resources and National Statistics have been called upon to strengthen their collaboration in order to enhance animal resources data management within the region.
The call was made during the meeting of Experts on Animal Data and Animal Resources Information System (ARIS 2) that concluded over the week end in Kampala, Uganda. Experts from the EAC Partner States line Ministries responsible for Animal Health and Production, Fisheries...

 

5 years ago

BBC

25 Jun

Why are East African truck drivers accused of being Covid-19 super spreaders.

East African truckers are accused of being Covid-19 super spreaders in the region during lockdown.

 

5 years ago

Michuzi

EAC DEPLOYS MOBILE LABORATORIES AND TESTING KITS TO ALL PARTNER STATES

………..As Partner States battle COVID-19 East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th April, 2020: The East African Community under the Mobile Laboratory Project has today deployed nine (9) mobile laboratories and Coronavirus test kits to all EAC Partner States in a bid to detect and respond to highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and Ebola.  Speaking to the media while flagging off the mobile laboratories and equipment, EAC Secretary General, Amb Liberat Mfumukeko said...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Jan

EAC partner states advised to design fiscal policies for oil, gas management

East African Community (EAC) partner states have to design fiscal regimes which will enable them to manage their oil and natural gas wells, it was observed here on Wednesday.

 

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