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East African Federation in 2010

FOR FEDERATION, L- R: Presidents Yoweri Museveni, Benjamin Mkapa and Mwai Kibaki
in Arusha, November 26, 2004

Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania and Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, at an EAC Summit on November 26, 2004 in Arusha, resolved that an East African
Federation should be established.

The Heads of State endorsed proposals of a Committee set up after their Summit of August 27-29, 2004 in which they called for fast-tracking East African integration. In the proposal Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will form a federal superstate, while keeping their own identities: National Parliaments, Presidents and flags. But they will share a Federal Parliament, Cabinet, Supreme Court and a Federal President to be chosen from the three countries on a rotational basis.

Proposed Roadmap to EA Federation

• Jan 2005
  • Free Movement across Borders
  • Customs Union
• June 2005
  • Appointment of EA Affairs Minister
• Aug 2005
• Opening up of regional airspace
• Dec 2005
  • East African Central Bank
• Dec 2007
  • East African Preliminary Draft Constitution.
  • Common Market
• Sept 2009
  • Draft Constitution and Referendum
• Dec 2009
  • Single regional currency
• Jan 2010
  • East African Federation.

During the period 2010 and 2012, the Federation Presidency will rotate between
the sitting Presidents of the partner States. Regional constituencies will be drawn up,
so that between December 2012 and March 2013 elections for the President of East
Africa can be held. An extraordinary EAC Summit will be held in March, 2005 to
discuss the proposal further.

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