There's absolutely no reason why negotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the East African Community (EAC) and European Union (EU) wasn't concluded in Nairobi on September 26, as earlier planned.
But as the EAC negotiation team and senior government officials waited for their European counterparts that day, a last minute message came in that the EU party would not show up; no reason was provided.
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