Council to decide South Sudan's EAC membership fate next month

EAC member states flags. All the EAC partner states owe the community money, but South Sudan is the biggest defaulter. PHOTO | URUGWIRO

The fate of South Sudan’s membership in the East African Community (EAC) will be known next month, the EAC Council of Ministers has assured the regional law making body in Arusha.

Adan Mohamed, the acting chairman of the EAC Council of Ministers and Kenya’s cabinet secretary for EAC and Regional Development, said the Council will meet next month to deliberate on delayed contributions from all partner states.