Why business, not politics is the way to go for EAC

In 1977, the East African Community, a promising regional body encompassing Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and one which was clearly ahead of its time as a pioneer of regional integration was killed by politicians barely ten years after its birth. Turf wars between the presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – who were then Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Idi Amin Dada and Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere respectively – guaranteed that a regional body that was poised to push East Africa into the realm of developed countries in a few years was sacrificed at the altar of political expediency.
A Transit goods truck ready to cross the border at Gatuna. The New Times /File photo
A Transit goods truck ready to cross the border at Gatuna. The New Times /File photo
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