Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Tanzanian sues to stop Kenya from concluding trade deal with Europe

Politics and policy
From left: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli and Paul Kagame of Rwanda during the opening of the EAC Heads of State and Government Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. FILE PHOTO
From left: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli and Paul Kagame of Rwanda during the opening of the EAC Heads of State and Government Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. FILE PHOTO 
By GEORGE OMONDI

In Summary
  • Mr Shirima argues in the case, that the remaining members of the EAC should be prevented... from signing the EPA because of the many risks it poses to the region’s economy.
  • The Arusha-based EAC Secretariat confirmed that its top officials had been served with the court papers.
  • Observers are likely to interpret Mr Shirima’s suit as the latest attempt by Tanzania to throw a spanner in the works after Kenya – backed by Rwanda - pulled off a surprise move to beat the psychological September 30 deadline that the EU Parliament had issued earlier.

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