Time to deepen our regional integration

In his remarks during the opening of the first East African Community’s (EAC), working retreat, President Paul Kagame, said the Community, of which he is also chairman, is in “the “second generation” of regional integration attempts and determined to do better than previous efforts.” Indeed the vision for the EAC in Kigali is a clear, futuristic one which envisages a united bloc that benefits millions of its diverse citizens, through well coordinated economic and political relations. The foundation of which is being cemented in Kigali today, as discussions on strengthening regional integration are taken to the roots of the EAC institutions.