Regional trade union urges free movement of labour within EAC

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Regional trade union urges free movement of labour within EAC
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ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- The East African Trade Union Confederation (EATUC) has called on East African Community (EAC) member countries to ease movement of labour by removing barriers on cross-border employment within the trading bloc.
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10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Oct

Open up to free movement, regional leaders urged

>President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda have challenged East African Community member states to speed up reforms to allow free movement of labour across the region. The two leaders said continued fears that opening up domestic job markets to regional job seekers would erode opportunities for nationals were “unfounded”.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

10 Apr

EAC stresses free movement

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EAC stresses free movement
Daily News
EAST African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with GIZ plan to conduct sensitization workshop in Mtukula and Sirari borders between April 16 and 17 and 23 and 24 respectively to strengthen communication and sensitization of the community ...
Dar to Host Seventh East African Media SummitAllAfrica.com
Dar to host key regional media summit next week.IPPmedia
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10 years ago

The Star

08 May

EAC States Told to Support Free Movement of Workers

EAC States Told to Support Free Movement of Workers
The Star
East Africa Community states have been urged to abolish the issuance of work permits to workers in the member states as it contravenes the 2010 Common Market protocol signed in Arusha. Speaking at a Nairobi hotel yesterday during a workshop on free ...

 

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

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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,...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

12 May

EAC-IFAD HOST ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON REGIONAL TRADE IN EAST AFRICA

The  East African Community Headquarters today hosted a fruitful roundtable discussion with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on the topic: Regional Trade in East Africa.
The one-day roundtable discussion was aimed at exploring how IFAD can engage with EAC and its Partners to, among others, support food trade within the East African Common Market under the EAC Food Security Action Plan; develop agriculture value chain and cross border trade, as well as accelerate...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

COMESA, EAC, SADC MINISTERS AGREE TO LAUNCH AFRICA’S LARGEST FREE TRADE AREA

The Tripartite Sectoral Committee of Ministers meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi from 24 – 25 October 2014, agreed that the Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Egypt in mid-December 2014 would launch the Tripartite Free Trade Area taking into account the fact that the majority of the Tripartite Member/Partner States have made ambitious tariff offers and were agreed on Rules of Origin to be applied in the interim whilst further work continues on product specific Rules...

 

9 years ago

Coastweek

16 Dec

Government calls for cutting trade barriers to spur regional trade

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Government calls for cutting trade barriers to spur regional trade
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NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya on has called on African countries to reduce domestic trade restrictions to help improve trade within East Africa Community (EAC). Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization Adan Mohamed said domestic laws and regulations and ...
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10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Mar

Free movement of lawyers ‘unlikely’

>The anticipated cross-border legal practice in the East African Community (EAC) may hit snags even if the Bill currently before the regional Parliament is passed, authoritative sources have said.

 

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