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MEACA to popularize the East African Community Integration

The Ministry of East African Community Affairs Uganda - MEACA embarked on an exercise to popularize the East African Community Integration as its guided by the treaty under Article 65. In a an interaction session from Honorable Members of Parliament of Uganda on the Committee of East Africa who raised a matter of delayed payment of pension to former employees of EAC, The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of East African Community Affairs, Uganda Mrs. Edith Mwanje assured Members of Parliament that...

Arrival of the GACS -EAC riders at Katuna -Uganda border

Cyclists of the Great Africa Cyclists Safaris riding across the 7 countries of the East Africa Community with an aim to communicate the EAC Integration, environment conservation, this evening reached Uganda at Katuna boarder through Rwanda. Arrival of the GACS -EAC riders at Katuna -Uganda border They were handed over to Uganda by the Mayor of Kigali. To receive them on behalf of of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of East African Community Affairs Uganda was Dr. Musiime who was accompanied by the RDC, Kabale...

Hon Justice Nestor Kayobera paid a courtesy visit to the 1st DPM

Hon Justice Nestor Kayobera, Judge President of East African Court of Justice this morning paid a courtesy visit to the 1st DPM| Minister for East Africa Community Affairs in Uganda Rt.Hon| Dr. Alitwala Rebecca Kadaga -MP at the Ministry's head offices on Kingdom Kampala building on Nile avenue

Open Up Saccos

World over, the fight against poverty has no documented formula, but its the duty of government to ensure that its citizens can live an affordable life. that’s why diagnostics based on real economics are done and programs to eradicate poverty are developed. The Government of Uganda embarked on a Parish Development Model sensitization exercise a bottom-up approach to budgeting, aimed at moving national development planning to the grassroots. Article 176 of Uganda’s constitution provides for decentralisation “to ensure people’s participation and democratic control in...

We Need More Capacity Building

The Permanent Secretary of Ministry for East Africa Community Affairs Uganda Mrs. Edith Mwanje (third left) this morning chaired a FrameWise brainstorming meeting to see how women can be involved in peace and security matters so they can be mediators, they can capacity build and can as well mobilize resources. a meeting that was held at the Ministry's main board was well attended and among the notables was former EALA -MP Hon. Dora Byamukama, Dr. Wandera Kazibwe is also a...