East African Community

KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni and thousands of Ugandans have paid glowing tributes to Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo, best known as Mowzey Radio, who died Thursday morning. « The King is Gone, » the musician’s official Twitter account said.

The company said it planned to spend $20 million to start developing the assembly plant and ride-hailing service – part of a push into sub-Saharan Africa.

A religious community from Burundi living in a UN refugee transit camp is refusing to move to another camp because it objects to biometric registration.

Fuel shortage is observed in Bujumbura city since Thursday. Only some gas stations in Bujumbura town are giving fuel. This lack causes long queues of vehicles waiting to be served on the stations where there is fuel.

Relations between Rwanda and Uganda remain fragile despite the two countries holding talks last week, with Kigali remaining concerned about ‘hostile activities’ across the border.

Isabelle Nahayo, Burundian Minister in charge of the East African Community says Burundi does not recognise the recent election of the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) because the regulations underlying the community were not respected.

Negotiations on the proposed review of the Common External Tariff (CET) by the EAC are expected to start soon, with Kenya and Uganda differing on the treatment of sensitive products that require protection.

Burundi government in collaboration with UNDP and Singapore Cooperation plans to extend the city of Bujumbura by adding the provinces of Bujumbura and Bubanza.

Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to overcome Kenya’s divisions after being sworn in for a second term as president, at a ceremony boycotted by the opposition.

Passengers from Burundi to Kampala are no longer obliged to pass through Tanzania. Since two months, travel agencies can also go through Kigali. It is a huge relief for traders and passengers.