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From 'Panya roads' to formal regional trade: Women Cross-border traders learn how to trade without challenges across borders

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 28th October, 2019: The EAC Secretariat, supported by GIZ African Union Border Programme (GIZ-AUBP) and GIZ support to East African Market driven and People Centred Integration (SEAMPEC), in collaboration with the South Sudan Women Entrepreneurs Association (SSWEA), convened a three-day training for women cross-border traders between Uganda and South Sudan on October 16-18, 2019 at the Elegu One Stop Border Post between Uganda and the Republic of South Sudan.

Twenty five (25) women cross-border traders from Uganda and South Sudan took part in the training, which was carried out in close cooperation with border officials. The women learned how to engage in cross-border trade making use of the economic opportunities provided by the EAC without suffering from harassment and other challenges at border crossing points. Using the ‘EAC Simplified Information Package for Micro and Small-Scale Women Cross Border Traders and Service Providers in the EAC’, the women learned how to apply the EAC trading rules.

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EACJ set for long End of Year Sessions resuming this week

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East African Court of Justice, Arusha, Tanzania, 28th October, 2019: Both Divisions of the Court are set for the long end of year sessions resuming this week. The First Instance Division, which has line a number of cases, will start its sessions this week on Tuesday, 29th and go up to 6th December, 2019 while the Appellate Division will also set off two weeks later on 12th November up to 26th November 2019.

The First Instance Division in total will handle 28 matters before it and among these are: nine (9) References, five (5) Applications, 10 scheduling conferences, two (2) Judgments and two (2) Rulings. The bench for the First Instance Division will be composed of Honourable Justices Lady Justice Monica Mugenyi (Principal Judge), Justice Dr Faustin Ntezilyayo (Deputy Principal Judge), Justice Audace Ngiye, Justice Dr. Charles Nyawello and Justice Charles Nyachae.

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Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians converge in Arusha

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EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: Arusha, Tanzania, October 28th, 2019:Over 100 Women Parliamentarians from the Commonwealth countries are in Arusha for a two-day sensitization workshop to discuss strategies geared towards boosting their participation in electoral processes. Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan opened the workshop, Sunday, October 27, 2019.

H.E the Vice President was emphatic that time had come for society to invest in the political participation of women and for them (women) to be fully involved in decision making processes across the broad spectrum of society as part of development.

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