Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:20:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Leo Odera Omolo
Subject: Fw: EAC 9TH SUMMIT MEETING TO BE HELD, KIGALI 26 JUNE
— On Sat, 6/21/08, Magaga Alot wrote:
From: Magaga Alot
Subject: EAC 9TH SUMMIT MEETING TO BE HELD, KIGALI 26 JUNE
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 12:02 AM
PRESS RELEASE
NINTH SUMMIT OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY TO BE HELD IN KIGALI , 26 JUNE 2008
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 21 June 2008: The Ninth Summit of the East African Community will be held in Kigali on 26 June 2008.
The five EAC Heads of State –President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda , President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya , President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania , President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi will attend the Summit Meeting.
During the 9th Summit, the EAC Heads of State will receive a Progress Report of the Council of Ministers of the East African Community on the activities of the EAC undertaken over the past one year period and review the overall programme of the Community in the period ahead of the implementation of the 3rd EAC Development Strategy ( 2006-2010). The Heads of State will also make appointments of new Judges of the East African Court of Justice.
The Heads of State Summit will be immediately followed by a Summit Retreat which will focus on the development of regional infrastructure which the EAC has prioritized in its programme. The EAC Council of Ministers has adopted plans of action which will be discussed at the Summit Retreat in Kigali , examining in depth the infrastructure deficits in the region and determining the ways and means to address the deficits expeditiously. The plans of action encompass modernization, extension and development of railways and road networks, lake transport on Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika , ports and harbours, civil aviation, telecommunications and energy.
Directorate of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs,
East African Community (EAC), Arusha International Conference Centre, 5th floor Kilimanjaro Wing, P.O. Box 1096 Arusha, Tanzania, Tel: (255) – 27 – 2504253/8; Fax (255) – 2504255; E-mail: eac@eachq.org; Web: www.eac.int