In October last year, South Sudanese watched with horror a video that had gone viral on the Internet showing a debate at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), where members criticised South Sudan for failure to honour its membership obligations in the East African Community.
Some members described the young nation as “not ready” to be part of the community and threatened to expel it from the regional bloc. South Sudan was admitted into the East African Community (EAC) in September 2016. But it has been criticised numerous times, for lack of security within its borders; failure to protect East African businesses and workers; failure to contain runaway inflation and economic decline.
