AS Tanzania and Burundi members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) maintain their boycott of the House business, the newly elected Speaker, Mr Martin Ngoga has called for legislators to unite and spearhead integration agenda of the East African Community (EAC).
Mr Ngoga said here that the fourth EALA
that started its tour of duty on Tuesday has tasks to do that should not
be seen as difficult, assuring members that he will provide the
leadership they deserve in order to perform statutory functions to take
the integration process to another level.
His call comes as Tanzania and Burundi
EALA chapters denounced the speaker, claiming his election was against
rules establishing the EAC Treaty and that they will not be working
under him. The first session of the fourth EALA was adjourned by the
speaker without any resumption date, as legislators go back to their
respective countries after they were sworn-in and duly elected the
speaker and commissioners.
Mr Ngoga pledged to work to avail the
legal framework and infrastructure necessary for effective
implementation of areas of integration that the six partner states have
negotiated and agreed upon. “We shall reach out to the people of East
Africa to preach the gospel of integration in every corner of the East
African Community (EAC) and in all partner states.
Our Community is premised on eventual
creation of a critical mass of East Africans. It is people-centred and
was crafted as such by the founders who, in taking that choice were
informed by the lessons and context our region had gone through,” said
Mr Ngoga.
The former Rwandan Prosecutor General
noted that the primacy of people in the architect of the Community
requires that the people’s representatives ensure they engage with the
population on regular and sustainable basis.
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