A verification team from the East African Community is about to leave Mogadishu, where they had gone to sniff for signs that Somalia has what it takes to be admitted to the bloc. Somalia, he would argue today, isn’t applying to join the EAC. The EAC was formed as a community of states, but in recent years it makes meaning mostly as a community of nations/peoples. Move freelyHowever, the South Sudanese people move freely in the EAC, play in sporting competitions, and contest in East African innovation competitions. Many borders that saw a period of enlightenment with the opening of one-stop border posts have fallen back into mean, corrupt hells for East African travellers and traders.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2023 15:07 UTC