The East African Federation experiment

Re:The East African Federation experiment by trollytroll69 on Monday August 08, 2022 @08:27AM (#32384661)

You can cross without a visa and there's an East African passport.The taxes still need to be aligned. If it accomplishes nothing else but a small measure of stability in the Congo then the EAC will be a success in my book.

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Re:The East African Federation experiment by rurban on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:11AM (#32409455)

Travel:

What I read personal travel is still very limited. https://www.eac.int/travelling-within-the-eac

"East Africans can now drive private cars across borders and across the entire EAC region, free of charge, for visits no longer than seven (7) days. ... Anyone using a private car has to fill a form, obtainable at border crossing points or local Revenue Authority office, which grants permission for free access for a week."

And you only have 11 official border entries for cars between all members. At all.

Work:

https://www.eac.int/working-in-east-africa You are free to work unless in the public sector, but you'd still need to pass immigration procedures, and need to get and pay for a work permit within 15 days. Better than the usual wait for 14 days at the border, but then you wait for 3 weeks at the immigration office, and you'd need to pay the work permit fee (unless in Rwanda and Kenya).

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