Finally, EA nations agree to disagree on federation

Shattered dream: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (right) has largely been the voice for a political federation in the EAC since 12 years ago -- the idea will not see the light of day after the bloc’s policy organ threw it out and tabled a political confederation instead. PHOTOIFILE    

What you need to know:

  • But what looks like a new road map for the proposed political union is that it would not be the same model of political federation that has taken years for the consultants to work on before putting on the table of the regional leaders and their advisers to endorse.