Mr Ndugai made the appeal during his visit to the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala), his first ever to the key organ of the Community based in Arusha.
He recalled during the old days when the partner states in the former EAC used to have one currency for the entire region, then comprising of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
“Movement of people was easier as were the purchases. Is it not possible to return to the old golden days”, he asked when he conferred with the Eala Speaker Martin K. Ngoga.
The National Assembly Speaker affirmed the country’s support for the EAC integration agenda, saying laws from Eala were often tabled for scrutiny. He added that the ease of doing business in the region was considerably impeded by each of the six countries in the bloc having its own currency.
“Here is a situation, where if you enter Burundi, you have to change money, entering Rwanda, doing the same and then Uganda and Kenya”, this is cumbersome.
