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DR Congo Formally Joins EAC After Signing Treaty of Accession to the Community

by Rogers Atukunda
April 8, 2022
DRC Signs Treaty of Accession to the East African Community
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has formally joined the East African Community (EAC) after the signing of the Treaty of the Accession of the DRC into the EAC in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Chairperson of the Summit of EAC Heads of State, H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta, signed the Treaty of Accession with the President of DRC, H.E. Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, at State House, Nairobi.

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Also present at the ceremony were Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.

DRC now has up to 29th September, 2022 to undertake internal and constitutional processes to ratify the Treaty and deposit the instruments of ratification with the Secretary General.

President Kenyatta said that the signing of the Treaty of Accession marks the formal entry of DRC into the EAC after satisfying all the conditions under Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty for the establishment of the EAC.

“To get to this point, it has taken strong leadership, commitment to the ideals of the EAC integration agenda and a clear understanding of the shared benefits that come with working together,” said President Kenyatta.

President Kenyatta said that the region has already began realising the promise of the EAC including the free movement of people, goods and services across the Community that has boosted trade and strengthened people-to-people ties thereby enabling East Africans to harness the comparative strength of each member state for the benefit of all and to confront and solve problems together.

“The accession of DRC as a member state of EAC will even more elevate these gains and strengthen our economic muscles and competitiveness in the continent and globally,” said the Chairperson of the Summit.

“We welcome DRC to the Customs Union and Common Market which are the signature pillars of our Community and the foundation upon which our social, political, trade, investment and economic interests stand,” added President Kenyatta.

The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers and Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, Ms. Betty Maina, said that the Treaty of Accession captures the commitments made by both EAC and DRC during the negotiations on the latter’s application to join the Community.

Ms. Maina said that DRC would join EAC at the Common Market stage in the integration when they formally accede to the Treaty, and gave an assurance that the Council would walk with DRC the journey as the country integrates into the EAC.

Speaking at the ceremony, EAC Secretary General Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki disclosed that the EAC Secretariat together with DRC would develop the roadmap for the integration of DRC into the Community.

The Secretary General said that after ratifying the Treaty, DRC would join all EAC programmes and activities in line with the four pillars of regional integration.

Dr. Mathuki said that the entry of DRC had increased the region’s combined GDP by 22 per cent and geographical area by 79%.

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