Burundi minister and current EAC Council of Ministers chair Ezechiel Nibigira holds the 2023/2024 Budget briefcase flanked by bloc’s Secretary General Peter Mathuki in Arusha, Tanzania on June 13, 2023. PHOTO| MOSES HAVYARIMANA | NMG
A Kenyan parliamentary committee has called for a review of East African Community (EAC) Treaty in order to grant veto powers to the highest contributing partner states.
In a report tabled in the Parliament of Kenya, the Committee on Regional Integration recommends a review of the EAC Treaty to allow partner states’ contributions be based on their ability to pay and those who pay more to have veto powers. It also called on the founding partner states of EAC to consider paying contributions due for South Sudan and Burundi on the big brother spirit.
