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…EALA Commission calls off 3-week Plenary meeting in Arusha, over COVID-19 threat
East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania: 17 March, 2020: The 4th Meeting of the 3rd Session of the 4th Assembly which was scheduled to commence tomorrow (March 18th, 2020), has been called off.
At its 45th Meeting held on Tuesday 17th March 2020, the EALA Commission noted with concern that the NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19), continues to spread at an alarming level globally, including within the East African Community region.
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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 17th March, 2020: The East African Community has suspended with immediate effect all meetings due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
In a letter to EAC Partner States Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries dated 16th March, 2020, EAC Secretary General Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko says that the Community had noted with concern that the virus continues to spread across the entire globe with increasing speed to a number of African countries.
Amb. Mfumukeko’s letter was written in response to a request by Hon. Vincent Biruta, the Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers, who in a letter to the Secretary General dated 12th March, 2020, asked the Secretariat to do three things: To postpone the 21st EAC Summit until further notice; To hold all scheduled meetings by Videoconference, where possible, and; To postpone and suspend all other meetings and activities that require large gatherings.
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