Inside Plans For An East African Confederation

Guest:
PS, State Department for EAC Affairs, Abdi Dubat
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[@user-ns8ob9yr4p]

This guy understands his docket!Well done sir!

[@kiprutoezra2108]

The smartest PS ever,vivah!

[@madahir]

You’re doing a great job P.S Abdi Dubat!

[@MaryKipchumba-fu9th]

It maybe slow; but. the achievements have been monumental thus far

[@Kemetyu-Centered36]

What achievements exactly?👀🧐🤔

[@oneito947]

The western countries do not like it when we negotiate as a community, and they love it when we go it at country level. Be careful our leaders

[@decoloniz_afro]

Mzungu dividing has profited them for centuries.....the moment we unite he will go down like yesterday

[@Pmooli]

@@decoloniz_afro seriously....EAC failed...its now a neocolonialism project

[@mwas4299]

Wow now this one knows what he is in and what he is doing

[@LiveWire254]

Perfect dialogue

[@miltononyango]

amazing

[@oneito947]

He needs to come back soon

[@dalworth4467]

Good one...🎉

[@yussufwali46]

Am very proud to him as a dad keep it up papa

[@calebmurenn7616]

PSVs fees should be done with it makes travel tedious...

[@tdunde]

This is a man who knows his job!

[@gertrudekopiyo]

This is a good guest; well informed, unlike some of your guests from the political space. Please invite him again. Find out how the Lake Victoria Basin Commission is performing.

[@rizikimichelle5885]

The idea is good but as usual implementation is always a problem

[@apolokaggwa7619]

He did not evade any of the questions. That is a good sign. However, the ultimate test will be how the EAC goes about transitioning from a "confederation" of the 8 sovereign states to a political "federation," without jeopardising any of the gains we would have made up to that stage. I know it can be done, but we have to be careful not to bind ourselves to each other leaving no flexibility. Here are 4 ideas I have in mind: 1. Are we aiming at establishing a community of nations with democratic values or not? If we fall short, we are surely bound to fail. 2. We must not be forced to abandon our indigenous languages, by recognising that we have cultures, traditions and customs to keep. Proceedings of the EAC in Arusha should be in several languages to begin with. The Swiss "confederation", for example, has 4 languages. That has never hindered their progress at all. 3. The flexibility I am referring to is the ability of any member state of the "confederation" to leave, if they don't wish to remain in the "confederation." That would require a separation clause in our constitution similar to Article 50 of the EU, which upon being invoked by any of the states, would trigger the process of leaving the "confederation", while maintaining the EAC membership. 4. The "confederation" should not be led by a single person but rather by a committee elected from member states, one of whom holding office for a limited number of years by rotation among the rest of the committee members. Decisions should be made by CONSESUS rather than by CASTING VOTES. It means that the entire committee would be bound by any decision they have made. Of course, the EAC is still "a long way" from becoming a "confederation" of states, but it is not too early to start a conversation about how it would look like. Well done, Abdi.