IMPACT OF EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET PROTOCOL

The Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Common Market entered into force on 1 July 2010, following ratification by all the five Partner States namely: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The Protocol was signed by the Heads of States on 20th November 2009, coinciding with the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the revived Community. The overall objective of the Common Market is to widen and deepen cooperation among the partner states in the socio-economic, political and environmental meadows. This was to be realized through removal of restrictions on the movement of goods, persons, labour, services and capital, and the rights of establishment and residence. The problem statement is that, there is an indication of theof the protocols which impinge East African Communityintegration process cooperately and at the state level are not yet fully-fledged, operationalized and completed.