EALA virtual sitting currently underway
East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: November 9th, 2020: EALA has commenced its First Meeting of the Fourth Session via virtual means. The Session which got underway on Friday, November 6th, 2020, runs until November 26th, 2020.
Key highlights of the plenary that is presided over by Speaker, Rt Hon Ngoga Karoli Martin, is a report of the Assembly assessing the implementation of the Common Market Protocol in relation to cross-border trade. The report, whose tabling and debate is timely, looks at the implementation of the key integration pillar (Common Market Protocol) in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, which has greatly impacted on the EAC region, the continent and beyond. The report follows a series of the assessment activities undertaken by the regional assembly in all six Partner States in May 2020.
