What does EAC stand for?

Byline: shiv03 President Mwai Kibaki Friday in Arusha, Tanzania joined other four Heads of State in the signing of the Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Common Market.

Leaders of the five-member East African Community gathered at the bloc's headquarters Friday to sign a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence in the region.

A statement by the East African Community (EAC) secretariat and the European Central Bank (ECB) says the preliminary currency convergence study has been completed and that an ECB team is currently taking opinions of stakeholders before it submits its final report to the EAC secretariat in January next year.

Our trade now is mostly with east Africa and so we want to benefit from the east African community as the government of Southern Sudan,'' he said.

Catherine Fitt, executive director of Children's Services, Newcastle City Council; Richard Bott, Northumbria University; Daoud Zaaroura, North of England Refugee Service; Barry Speker, Samuel Philips law firm and chairman of the Newcastle Local Strategic Partnership; Kevin Rowan, regional secretary, Trades Union Congress; Jonathan Blackie, regional director, Government Office for the North East; Bill Midgley, chairman of Your Homes Newcastle and former president of the British Chambers of Commerce; Taj Malik, chairman, Newcastle Mosque; Amrit Vedhara, president of Newcastle Hindu Temple; Tony Suadwa, chairman of the North East African Community Association; Dr Yongshu Wu, president of the North East Chinese Association.

Of course, gangs aren't a problem only in the East African community, said Lt.

The original conception of the East African Community (EAC) broke down in 1977 mainly as a result of personal and economic differences between regional leaders and efforts to remove Idi Amin's government in Uganda.

The recent elections of members to the East African Community Assembly in Uganda and Tanzania have registered tremendous success for women.