President Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni. On Sunday, the two described the proposed trade deal between the East African Community and European Union as “bad” and “divisive”, breaking away from Kenya and Rwanda, who have signed the EPA. PHOTO I FILE
What you need to know:
More than the back and forth talks over the possibility of a common ground among the EAC countries, what may have finally sealed the EPA fate is President John Magufuli’s description Sunday of the trade deal as a neo-colonial tool.
