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id="tm-content" class="tm-content"> <div id="system-message-container"> </div> <article class="uk-article" > <h1 class="uk-article-title"> About EAC </h1> <p class="uk-article-meta"> Posted in <a href="/about-eac/17-basic-page">Basic page</a> </p> <div class="uk-grid" data-uk-grid-margin> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-2" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-header"> <h4><img src="/images/overview-of-eac-cta.jpg" alt="overview of eac cta" width="250" height="200" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></h4> <h4 class="uk-h3" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>Overview of EAC</span></strong></h4> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation founded in 1999. The work of the EAC is guided by its Treaty (2000) which established the Community.</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/overview-of-eac" class="uk-button uk-button-primary">Continue reading</a></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-2" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-header"> <h4><img src="/images/eac-partner-states-cta.jpg" alt="eac partner states cta" width="250" height="200" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></h4> <h4 class="uk-h3" style="text-align: center;"><strong>EAC Partner States</strong></h4> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The EAC is currently made up of eight Partner States: the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania. Admission to the Community is guided by criteria spelt out in Article 3 of the EAC Treaty.</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/eac-partner-states" class="uk-button uk-button-primary">Continue reading</a></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="uk-grid" data-uk-grid-margin> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-2" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-header"> <h4><img src="/images/eac-organs-cta.jpg" alt="eac organs cta" width="250" height="200" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></h4> <h4 class="uk-h3" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>EAC Organs</span></strong></h4> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The EAC organs are the Summit, the Council of Ministers, the Co-ordinating Committee, the Sectoral Committees, the East African Court of Justice, the East African Legislative Assembly and the Secretariat.</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/eac-organs" class="uk-button uk-button-primary">Continue reading</a></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-2" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-header"> <h4><img src="/images/the-secretariat-cta.jpg" alt="the secretariat cta" width="250" height="200" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></h4> <h4 class="uk-h3" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>The Secretariat</span></strong></h4> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Secretariat is one of the main organs of the East African Community. The Secretariat is the executive Organ of the Community and is based in Arusha, Tanzania.                                                                  </p> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/the-secretariat" class="uk-button uk-button-primary">Continue reading</a></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="uk-grid" data-uk-grid-margin> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-2" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-header"> <h4><img src="/images/eac-institutions-cta.jpg" alt="eac institutions cta" width="250" height="200" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></h4> <h4 class="uk-h3" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>EAC Institutions</span></strong></h4> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The EAC also has nine (9) institutions, three of which became operational in July 2015. All have their own leadership and their budgets are drawn from the consolidated, annual EAC budget</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/eac-institutions" class="uk-button uk-button-primary">Continue reading</a></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-2" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-header"> <h4><img src="/images/leadership-team-cta.jpg" alt="leadership team cta" width="250" height="200" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></h4> <h4 class="uk-h3" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>Leadership Team</span></strong></h4> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">At the head of the EAC is the Summit. The Secretary-General is appointed by the Summit upon nomination by the relevant Head of State under the principle of rotation, and serves for 5 years.</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/leadership-team" class="uk-button uk-button-primary">Continue reading</a></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </article> </main> </div> <aside class="tm-sidebar-a uk-width-medium-3-10"><div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">☘️ On the sidelines of the 38th <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AUSummit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AUSummit</a> , EAC SG <a href="https://twitter.com/SGNduva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SGNduva</a> held a meeting with the Special Envoy to the UN Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region in Africa,H.E. 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