The leaders of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda seek to develop a joint power generation project to increase power supply in the region.
Presidents Paul Kagame and Uhuru Kenyatta met in
Kampala on Thursday at a tripartite summit chaired by Uganda’s President
Yoweri Museveni.
The meeting was also attended by Burundi’s Vice
President Geravis Rufykiri and Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin from South
Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Tanzanian delegation led by Vice President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal attended the summit as observers.
“Work on power interconnection should be completed
in the Republic of Uganda by February 2015, Republic of Kenya by March
2015 and Republic of Rwanda by April 2015,” a communiqué released at the
end of the meeting says.
The regional leaders also agreed to develop a
common mechanism of acquiring way-leaves for not only power generation
but to cover other utilities within the integration projects.
Major tripartite projects, including EA single
tourism visa and use of national identity cards as travel documents
which came into force on January 1, 2014 were officially launched.
The leaders also signed the Defense, Peace and
Security Pact designed to strengthen regional security and partnership
in the fight against terrorism, cross-border crime and other regional
security threats.
President Kagame hailed the achievements made on current joint projects, saying it was encouraging.
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