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EAC Heads of State meeting together in Arusha - The Exchange

EAC Heads of State meeting together in Arusha. Photo Source: Gov't of Rwanda

EAC budget prioritizes Single Customs Territory, infrastructure

During the next financial year, the East African Community will focus on Consolidation of the Single Customs Territory (SCT) to cover all imports and intra-EAC traded goods, including agricultural and other widely consumed products.

by Giza Mdoe
August 16, 2020
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After much back and forth that caused enormous delay, the East African Community (EAC) has passed a 97.6m US dollars budget for the next financial year.

Of the total amount, 55.6m US dollars will come from EAC partner states, while development partners will contribute 41.9m US dollars.

The budget reflects the region’s top priority areas which can be shortlisted to about seven areas. During the next financial year, the community will focus on Consolidation of the Single Customs Territory (SCT) to cover all imports and intra-EAC traded goods, including agricultural and other widely consumed products.

It will also cover infrastructure development including the enhancement of free movement of all factors of production as declared under the Common Market and Monetary Union Protocols.

Another focus area is the enhancement of regional industrial development through investment in key priority sectors like skills development, technological advancement and innovation to stimulate economic development.

For the current fiscal year,  the Council also went on to approve expenditure budget estimates of some 2.7m US dollars for the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) in addition to partner states contributions through their own Civil Aviation Authorities for the 2020/2021 budget year. Each member is expected to chip in 458,910 US dollars.

“Other key priority areas in the budget include improvement of agricultural productivity, value addition and facilitation of movement of agricultural goods to enhance food security in the region; Promotion of regional peace, security and good governance, and; Institutional transformation at the regional and partner state levels,” details the EAC Budget report.

The EAC Council of Ministers approved the 2020/2021 budget during its 41st Extra-Ordinary Meeting. With some of the countries still under lock and key, the high level meeting was held via a video-conference.

This approved budget by the Council is meant to cater for at least three of the EAC organs and institutions’ recurrent and development expenditure for the current financial year that runs from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

Rwanda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community, Dr Vincent Biruta who is also the sitting Chairperson of the Council, is expected to table the 2020/2021 budget estimates before the East African Legislative Assembly for debate and approval later this month.

In summary, EALA approved 111.5 million US dollars for the FY 2019/2020 which was appropriated as follows; the Secretariat (53.2 million US dollars), EALA (19 million US dollars) and the EACJ 4.1 million US dollars.

Worth noting is that the Council also renewed the contracts of 25 members of professional staff in the EAC organs and institutions who were appointed in 2015 and whose contracts have since expired or were due to expire by the end of August 2020 for a final term of five years in accordance with the provisions of the EAC Staff Rules and Regulations (2006).

It also approved the issuance of new contracts for short term staff for a period of six months from July 1, to December 31, this year.

 

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Giza Mdoe

Giza Mdoe is an experienced journalist with 10 plus years. He's been a Creative Director on various brand awareness campaigns and a former Copy Editor for some of Tanzania's leading newspapers. He's a graduate with a BA in Journalism from the University of San Jose.

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