Fast track infrastructure dev’t in East Africa

Two weeks ago, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) budget committee rejected the Secretariat’s budget estimates, citing wrong prioritisation. The committee thought a lot of money was being set aside for spending on travel by officials, conferences and seminars. Whereas it definitely is not lost onto the legislators that moving around the world for interaction and consultations, or meetings for information exchange are necessary, it nonetheless found the figures proposed quite ambitious, if not downright luxurious.