Kenya<\/span>: Moment is Nigh to Live the East African Dream<\/h2>\nGichinga Ndirangu<\/p>\n
3 July 2010<\/p>\n
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Nairobi \u2014 The excitement that has greeted the launch of the East African Common Market Protocol is understandable. The break-up of the original East African Community in 1977 was a lost opportunity and denied the region a chance to consolidate trade…<\/p>\n
In the intervening period and before EAC leaders began retracing their footsteps to recapture that original vision, other regions, most notably the European Community, bolted out and created a strong market that has since matured into the European Union with its own currency, aligned trade policies and an expanded membership of 25. It is nostalgic to think where East Africa would be had it remained as resolute as the European Community.<\/p>\n
The icing on the cake, though, is that from the original three states, Burundi and Rwanda have since crashed into the party aggregating the EAC market to 126 million people. It is widely expected that should the forthcoming referendum in Sudan vote in favour of two states, Southern Sudan will join the EAC in earnest. It is the only logical choice…<\/p>\n
http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201007050057.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nFurthermore, this group hopes to have monetary union by 2012 and a common currency by 2015:<\/p>\n
\nEast African Countries Form a Common Market<\/span><\/h2>\nBy JOSH KRON<\/span><\/h6>\nPublished: July 1, 2010<\/span><\/h6>\n
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