Dar es Salaam. The $89 million budget shortfall that has forced the convening of an emergency summit of East African Heads of State, troubling as it is, may be only one symptom of a deeper malaise, The Citizen has learnt.
Beneath the financial strain lies a more corrosive crisis: mistrust among partner states, unresolved conflicts and weakening confidence in the Community’s own ability to manage its affairs. In recent years, the EAC has expanded ambitiously, admitting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and later Somalia, even as long-standing tensions among existing members have continued to simmer.
