Kenya names team to audit views on EAC trading bloc

Kenya has named a three-man team to assess public concerns over regional integration, amid rising fears that differences in cultures, governance and economic wellbeing across the five-member countries would undermine the ideals of the common market protocol that came into force on Thursday.

The appointment of former Trade minister, Mukhisa Kituyi, political scientist, Adams Oloo, and former East African Legislative Assembly member, Rose Waruhiu, is in line with the East African Community (EAC) secretariat’s directive that each of the five countries names a technical team to detail the expectation and reservations of their citizens.