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Chairperson of the Committee on Accounts, Hon Dr Ngwaru Maghembe presents to the House the report on the oversight activity undertaken at the Lake Victoria Basin Commission in Kisumu, Kenya last month.

Forest cover declining, Lake Victoria in dire need for sustainable measures - EALA report shows

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East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, October 3rd 2019: A report of the Assembly has lamented over the declining forest cover in the EAC region, while calling for remedial measures to address factors hindering on the future sustainability of the Lake Victoria Basin.  Consequently, the regional Assembly while adopting the Committee’s report on Oversight activity of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) undertaken in Kisumu, Kenya, wants measures in place to enhance productivity of Lake Victoria, enhance fish stocks and vigorous tree planting campaigns, targeting 20 million trees annually. 

Chair of the Committee on Accounts, Dr Ngwaru Maghembe, told an attentive House late yesterday that if remedial measures are not taken, Lake Victoria risks being extinct in the next 123 Years.  Hon Dr Maghembe further called for the assent of the EAC Forests Management and Protection Bill, 2015, to put in place, a regulatory framework for conserving and protecting forests across the EAC.

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Hon Abdikadir Aden, mover of the Motion seeking leave to introduce amendment to the EAC Customs Management Act, 2014,

Amendment to EAC Customs Management Act in the offing

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House approves leave to Hon Aden, change aimed at extending removal time of bulk non-containerized goods at port

East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: 2nd October, 2019: A proposal to amend the EAC Customs Management Act, 2014, to extend the time for removal of bulk containerized goods from the port(s) of discharge, is in the offing, in a move likely to reduce the cost of doing business in the region. In the regard, the Assembly has granted Hon Abdikadir Omar Aden, leave to introduce a Bill to amend section 34 (5) of the existing Customs Management Act, 2014, to realise the above objective. With it, the Assembly further adopted a motion to amend the Act, when it received support yesterday.

The Motion moved by Hon Aden, Chair of the General Purpose Committee and seconded by Hon Dr Abdullah Makame, was moved under Article 49(1), 59(1) and Rule 26 of the Rules of Procedure of the House.

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Hon Sophie Nsavyimana makes her submission on the floor of the House

EALA urges Partner States to duly institute Trade Remedies Committee

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…decade later, no Committee is in place, continued delay, hampering trade -legislators assert

East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, October 1st 2019: The delay of the region to institute the Trade Remedies Committee and amend a critical article of the Protocol of the Customs Union is negatively affecting the business community, prolonging resolution of trade disputes and impacting on intra EAC trade, a report of the regional Assembly has said.

EALA has thus affirmed the need for the Partner States to speedily amend the said Article 24 (2) (a), whose ratification has taken a decade and for the same instrument to be deposited with the Secretary General by February 2020.

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