NAIROBI, Kenya
The Democratic Republic of Congo was officially admitted to the East African Community on 29th March, 2022 following the meeting of the 19th extraordinary summit of the EAC Heads of State.
While addressing the EAC Heads
of State Summit, President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is the chairperson of the
Summit, said the admission of the DRC to the EAC will enable the community to
achieve much needed development based on the economies of large scale.
“Today, 29th, is a
historic day in the history of the EAC as we admit the DRC into the EAC. We
have already considered and agreed in our closed session and the Summit has
taken the decision to admit the DRC into the EAC,” said President Kenyatta.
“The admission of the DRC into
DRC is historic not only for our countries but our continent at large.”
“For people who are looking
for prosperity, this is a very important issue. We welcome the DRC into the
EAC,” said President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
“We now need to work on peace
in the Eastern Congo, because that part of the region has been having problems
for some time.”
“I congratulate our brothers
and sisters from the DRC and welcome them into the EAC. I urge all the
institutions of the EAC to accelerate the admission of the DRC processes in
accordance with the Treaty and our rules of admission,” said President Paul
Kagame of Rwanda.
“It is our expectation that
the DRC will ratify the admission on time to allow the community to benefit
from the integration,” said President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
"Coming together will
benefit the community to achieve its integration agenda," said VP
Bagombanza of
The summit to admit the DRC
was attended by President Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), President Samia Suluhu
Hasan (Tanzania), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Vice President Prosper Bagombanza
(Burundi), Minister in the Office of the President Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin
(South Sudan), and the DRC President Felix Tshisekedi.
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