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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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Time to mop up illegal Small Arms and Lights Weapons in region - EALA now demands

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East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, October 1st 2019: In a bid to mop out illegal Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the EAC region, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is emphatic that Partner States should as a matter of necessity, ratify, domesticate and operationalize the Nairobi Protocol and the Arms Trade Treaty. Failure to do so, creates a lacuna and opens up avenues for the weapons to get in to the wrong hands including that of terrorist networks.  The Assembly is further calling for a regional legislative framework to address the problem of proliferation of small arms.  Today, the Assembly adopted the report of the Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolutions on the Oversight Activity on the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the EAC region.   The oversight activity was carried out in the region on August 25-28th, 2019, in collaboration with the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC).

The report presented to the House yesterday by the Chair of the RACR, Hon Victor Burikukiye, further urges the Assembly to recommend to the EAC Council of Ministers as a matter of priority, to ensure the process of marking and registering the firearms and light weapons is prioritized to enhance the fight against transboundary crime.  

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