“Our experts are in Rwanda and Uganda on a fact-finding mission, and we will have a report soon. From that report, the EAC will engage the partner states. He called on partner states to find solutions to their disputes, saying that whenever goods cannot move, businesses suffer. “Our role is to make sure the countries abide by their commitments, and all partner states have signed the Common Market and Customs Union Protocols. He added that in spite of the growth in trade and investment across the region, trade among the EAC partner states has fallen by 13 per cent in the past three years.

Source: Daily Nation March 16, 2019 10:08 UTC