New effort to promote Made-in-Rwanda should uphold our commitments to EAC

RE: “New bill to blacklist offending contractors, give preferential treatment to local firms” (The New Times, October 12). As much as we embrace Made-in-Rwanda, we also need to respect our regional commitments. One of the fundamental principles of the Protocol on the Establishment of the EAC Common Market is the observance of the principle of non-discrimination for persons, goods and services from other EAC Partner States on grounds of nationality.