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Common Market Protocol: What it means for an ordinary Rwandan

After lengthy rounds of negotiations among partner states, the EAC Common Market Protocol was finally signed by all the five Heads of State last Friday, in what many described as a landmark agreement. As the Heads of State appended signatures to the pact in Arusha, Tanzania, many Rwandans and especially members of the business community pondered on the implications of this landmark treaty that comes into force in July 2010.
Robert Ssali
Robert Ssali
Times Reporter