Pambazuka News

East Africa: Legislative assembly rejects EPAs

2008-10-10

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/development/51150


Members of Parliament from the East African Community (EAC) and the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) overwhelmingly recommended to reject the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) framework initiated between EAC and the European Union (EU). The legislators’ views are contained in a joint communiqué which sealed a three-day 4th inter-parliamentary seminar in Kigali, Rwanda. The event brought together EALA and National Assemblies from the member states of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.