Citizens’ participation key to EAC’s growth

The National Consultative Committee (NCC) on the East African Community (EAC) has announced that it will reveal views of Rwandans on the creation of the bloc’s political federation. The poll results to be made public early next year, will be part of the democratic process underway within the whole EAC seeking citizens views on the formation of the bloc’s political federation and whether this should be fast tracked. So far polls carried out in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, indicate that citizens in these countries have a positive view with regards to the formation of the political federation. Though they may differ on technicalities to do with whether it should be fast tracked or not. Most important is the fact that EAC citizens have in an open, transparent, democratic process, been consulted on the future of the regional body.