Tanzania, DR Congo hold up EAC budget implementation

The East Africa Legislative Assembly during a session in Arusha, Tanzania. PHOTO | FILE

Arusha. The East African Community (EAC) has been thrown into crisis after two member states withheld assent to the recently passed budget estimates.

Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cited irregularities in the $103 million budget for 2023/24 endorsed by East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) in June.