East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi Have Joined EAC At Right Time

13 December 2006
column

Kampala — Last week's final admission of Rwanda and Burundi as full members of the East African Community (EAC) is both historic and timely. We criticise our leaders a lot and most of the time justifiably.

However, when they do good things we should also have the integrity to say well done. This is one of those moments. The duo's admission to the EAC is historic in terms of beginning to right some of the historical injuries inflicted on Africa that has turned us into Francophone, Anglophone, Lusophone and all the 'phony phones' in spite of the fact that the majority of our peoples do not have access to any phone! And if we are to be phonic why should it not be Africaphone?

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