East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 10th June, 2021: EAC Partner States have been called upon to exploit the huge potential for export of raw cotton to the world market.
Kenya’s Principal Secretary for EAC, Dr. Kevit Desai, said that the region produces 100,000 metric tonnes of cotton compared to an existing export potential of 400,000 metric tonnes.
East African Court of Justice, 10th June, 2021: The First Instance Division has resumed its June-July session in which it shall handle 19 matters only.
The Court started its session with the hearing of Application No. 9 of 2019) arising from Reference No. 16 of 2019) Bob Rugurika and 17 Others vs. The Attorney General of Burundi.
The applicants are seeking seeking interim orders restraining and prohibiting execution of the decision delivered by the Supreme Court of Burundi to seize the moveable and immovable properties of 32 individuals associated with another case in Burundi.
East African Court of Justice, 9th June, 2021: The President of the East African Court of Justice, Justice Nestor Kayobera, today received the Chairperson of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) Mr. George Njooka and his team who paid a courtesy call to learn and identify potential areas where the court and the society could work together.
Justice Kayobera welcomed Mr. Njooka by saying that TLS was a key stakeholder of the Court and assured him that during his five-year tenure at EACJ would be guided by teamwork spirit and good faith among all the stakeholders of the Court, which belongs to people.