EAC operations could grind to a halt over budget cuts

The East African Community offices in Arusha, Tanzania.

The East African Community offices in Arusha, Tanzania. The organisation’s operations face budgetary shortfalls. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The East African Community risks paralysis if it does not get additional funding on its budget day, June 22.

The secretariat says that the $90 million proposed in the bloc’s 2021/2022 budget by the Council of Ministers can’t finance its development agenda.