Trade Mark pledges support for integration

Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA), country Director Mark Priestley, yesterday, said his organisation will continue supporting Rwanda to implement all the protocols for the benefit of nationals.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA), country Director Mark Priestley, yesterday, said his organisation will continue supporting Rwanda to implement all the protocols for the benefit of nationals.TMEA has been supporting regional countries in accelerating the implementation of the East African Community protocols towards regional integration. Priestly made the remarks on the sidelines of the ongoing training of local journalists on the regional integration to facilitate them disseminate appropriate messages to the citizens on how to benefit from the community.He said member countries that have failed to implement the already agreed protocols continue to derail the integration process, adding that such barriers needed to be eliminated for the success of the bloc.Priestley commended Rwanda for leading the bloc in eliminating trade barriers, saying other partner states need to adopt the same mechanism for the community to realise the expected achievements.