Luke Anami

His in-tray is full in a bloc in need of peace, reduction of non-tariff barriers, to facilitate free movement of goods and people to increase intra-regional trade, which has been stuck at 14 percent for the past three years.

Kenya's President William Ruto receives instruments of power from his South Sudanese counterpart to take over as EAC chairperson as Uganda's President Museveni looks on in Arusha, Tanzania on November 30, 2024. PHOTO/COURTESY

Uganda, too, has complained about road user fees for trucks headed to the Dar es Salaam and Mombasa ports.

Mary Wambui, Nelson Havi battle over fees for Sh6b cases

President Joe Biden's visit to Angola this week, the first by an American president, has rekindled the economic rivalry with China, with scholars pointing out that the new scramble for Africa is replete with empty promises.

Biden's visit to Angola revives the economic rivalry between the two global powers. Experts on the continent warn that the scramble for Africa is full of empty promises and the battle for minerals.

East Africa's regional private sector lobby has elected South Sudan's John Lual Akol Akol as its new chairman.

Kenya joins Rwanda as the other EAC partner state that has abolished work permit fees for East African nationals.

Civil society organisations have petitioned the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) to enact laws that regulate the use of industrially produced