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Uganda MPs query legality of East African passport

Ugandan passports. Ugandans with the old passport have been given a January 2021 deadline to switch to the digital version. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  BBC

The move to have an East African Community (EAC) international passport has hit a snag in Uganda after MPs blocked it over its legality and the cost to users.

In 2016, EAC leaders agreed to upgrade the EAC passport from a regional to an international document, with Kenya and Tanzania launching it last year.

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