Deepening EAC integration to civil society

Discussions on the regional integration process within the East African Community, (EAC), are proceeding at various levels of the regional bloc. Civil society organizations, gathering in Arusha, Tanzania, are currently discussing mechanisms for their increased participation within the bloc. If taken to be citizens or people’s representatives, the discussions by the organizations, represented in Arusha, today, will go a long way in deepening the democratic foundations of the bloc. There is always need to engage all stakeholders on issues of regional integration, as they concern all the citizens within the EAC bloc. It is about policies to do with their right to free movement within the bloc in as much as it is about other decisions that will be made on their behalf by the Legislative Assembly and the Executive.