Kenya will stick by the Coalition of the Willing, says Kandie
Cabinet Secretary for East Africa, Commerce And Tourism Phyllis Kandie. She says the tripartite partnership between Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda is allowed within the East Africa Community (EAC) treaty.
What you need to know:
- Ms Kandie spoke to journalists on Friday after the launching of the Second Edition of the State of East Africa 2013 report in Nairobi.
- "By going this direction we are not leaving other countries behind because they will catch up when they are ready,” she says.
- Her remarks came few days after three Tanzanians filed a case at the East Africa Court of Justice against the Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda governments and the EAC secretary general.
East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie has said Kenya will continue with projects under the so called 'Coalition of the Willing’
She said the tripartite partnership between Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda was allowed within the East Africa Community (EAC) treaty.
Ms Kandie spoke to journalists on Friday after the launching of the Second Edition of the State of East Africa 2013 report in Nairobi.
“It’s allowed within the treaty, we will continue to move in that direction because we do it in the recognition of the treaty,” Ms Kandie said.
“We know what we want, we want to drive EAC as one and achieve the goals that we want, by going this direction we are not leaving other countries behind because they will catch up when they are ready,” she added.
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Ms Kandie remarks came few days after three Tanzanians filed a case at the East Africa Court of Justice against the Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda governments and the EAC secretary general.
The three countries are accused of violating the EAC treaty after holding three meetings which sidelined Tanzania and Burundi, which are the other member states.
Those who filed the case at the Arusha-based court are Mr Ally Msangi, Mr David Makata and Mr John Adam.
SUSPEND RESOLUTIONS
They prayed for judges at the court to suspend the implementation of resolutions reached during the meetings of presidents Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
Their lawyer Jimm Ubedi said his clients are challenging the three presidents for holding meetings on June 24 and 25 in Entebbe, Uganda, followed by another meeting which was held on August 28 in Mombasa, Kenya, and the third one on October 28 in Kigali, Rwanda.
According to him, the meetings violated the Section 6 (a) (b) (d) and (f), Section 7 (f), Section 71 (d), Section 3 (3) and Section (1) C (3) c of the EAC treaty, which require all EAC member states to be involved in making decisions with regard to the integration process.
