Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s trade deficit with the East African Community (EAC) widened to 809 million US dollars in August 2026, as imports from Kenya and Tanzania far outstripped exports, according to data compiled by the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) research department. Uganda earned 241.29 million dollars from …
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The EAC framework is intended to make national systems more compatible, rather than replace the responsibilities of individual regulators Cotonou, Benin | AGENCIES | Eight East African countries have adopted a common regulatory framework for biopesticides, in a move that could reduce approval delays, widen farmers’ access to …
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Arusha, Tanzania | URN | East African Community (EAC) member states have adopted a 10-year tourism marketing strategy aimed at promoting the region as a single destination, increasing international visitor numbers and expanding economic opportunities from tourism. The EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy (2027-2036) will guide joint efforts to market the …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | From the 1977 EAC breakup to the Rift Valley Railways concession and today’s missing wagons, Uganda’s railway records reveal decades of investment but no continuous account of where the assets ended up. After the collapse of the East African Community (EAC) in 1977, the Uganda …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Across Africa, informed senior citizens know that President Yoweri Museveni is passionate about integrating the continent if we are to survive in this crudely competitive capitalist world order. …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has entered into debt, trade and investment agreements that have disadvantaged the country because of poor decisions by technocrats and policymakers involved in the negotiations, First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has said. Kadaga says some deals signed for the country reflect either a …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The effects of the conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe have dominated the 29th Ordinary Meeting of the Monetary Affairs Committee of the East African Community, which just ended in Uganda. All seven governors of the central banks (minus DRC) decried the …
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DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) will convene an extraordinary virtual meeting of health ministers from June 1 to 2 to coordinate a regional response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting parts of East Africa, the regional bloc said in a statement on Sunday. The …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | URN | The East African Community (EAC) is making fresh efforts towards a seamless and affordable communication across the region. This will involve series of regional engagements aimed at advancing the development of a harmonised Regional Mobile Roaming Framework to support affordable cross-border communication. It …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on all Partner States to heighten surveillance, strengthen emergency preparedness and intensify cross-border coordination following confirmation of a new outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outbreak was …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
