Rwanda backs EAC budget increase
Permanent Secretary in the EAC ministry, George William Kayonga Increasing the East African Community’s (EAC) budget for the financial year 2012-2013 was imperative, the Permanent Secretary in the EAC ministry, George William Kayonga, has said. The budget increased by 5.08 per cent  exceeding the current budget by  $1.6m, to $124m, implying More...
Rwanda’s Ex-premier Rwigema fronted for EALA seat
Former Prime Minister Pierre Celestin Rwigema Former Prime Minister Pierre Celestin Rwigema is among 18 candidates who have bee nominated for Rwanda’s nine slots in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). The More...
Mukaruliza warns against rushed EPAs
Rwanda’s Minister of EAC affairs Monika Mukaruliza Regional countries should not rush to seal the EAC-EU trade deals, known as the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), a cabinet minister has said. Monique Mukaruliza, More...
Speakers discuss EAC protocols
The slow implementation of agreed protocols among EAC countries will feature at a meeting of regional parliamentary speakers and senate presidents due Monday in Kigali. Senate president, Dr Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo More...
EAC protocol to strengthen defence ties
EAC Affairs Minister Monique Mukaruliza (L), chats with the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, Julienne Munyaneza, after the news conference yesterday. The New Times / Timothy Kisambira. The More...
EALA elections draft law awaits Presidential accent
Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama. The New Times The draft law that governs the electoral procedure of members of parliament to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is ready and only awaits signature More...
Common market execution hits hitch
Lack of equipment to read national identity cards has put a mass regional identification project on a halt, The New Times has learnt. Rwanda and three other partner states of the East African Community (EAC) namely More...
EAC states urged to arrest Genocide suspects
The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Dr Richard Sezibera, has called upon member countries of the bloc to capture the suspects of 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi who are still roaming within the region More...
Experts caution EAC on protocol implementation
Prof. Anastase Shyaka East African Community (EAC)Â Partner States cannot achieve a political federation unless they fully implement the already existing protocols, experts have warned. The protocols yet to be More...
Rwanda tops EAC in health spending
New ambulances. Rwanda still leads its EAC peers in health sector expenditure. The New Times Rwanda spends on health more than her partner states in the East African Community, according to latest new report jointly More...
