By Agwanda Powerman

EAST Africa Community Permanent Secretary David Nalo is calling upon partner states of the East Africa Community who might have boundary problems to not ignore volume of trade at the expense of bickering over minute issues which can be solved diplomatically.

Mr.Nalo adds that the spirit of EAC will not allow any unnecessary harassment between the partner states saying there is a need to strengthen collaboration and working relationship between all the member partners.

Speaking in Kisumu during the MTN re-branding launch,Nalo added that the East Africa requires a robust networked system that will connect all the five countries to enable them communicate effectively and promote business across the five sister countries.

He also commended the East Africa Community countries for their efforts of ensuring they are ready to embrace the digital age specially, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania for ensuring their National Optic fiber backbone infrastructure plan is on course and will be complete in due course.

“Suffice it to say,infrastructural preparedness is key in attracting foreign investment into this region as well as enabling the member states to synergize on it to promote business amongst them”Nalo added.

He further said that the East Africa Protocol provides an opportunity to the member states to join in efforts to ensuring their Information Technology systems collaborate to ensure maximum utilization of the infrastructure to promote communication which is vital in business processes.

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