1st Deputy PM Kadaga Leads Ugandan Delegation at EAC Council of Ministers Meetings in Arusha

The first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga on invitation by the Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers has fulfilled Article 15 of the East African Community Treaty and attended the 45th meeting of the Council of Ministers at EAC headquarters in Arusha in the United Republic of Tanzania.

Minister Kadaga led a delegation from Uganda comprising the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Rubakuba Muhoozi, the Minister of State for Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, technical offices from the Ministry of EAC, the permanent secretary of Ministry of EAC Uganda, Edith Mwanje and other government institutions like Parliament of Uganda among others.

The ministerial session began on a Friday.
consultations with each partner state holding informal consultations from its delegations, later in the afternoon Hon. Rebecca Kadaga attended the East African Legislative Assembly Plenary in consideration of the Report of Coordination Committee that was read for the first time.

The Deputy Premier in the evening headed to the 48th EAC Council of Ministers Meeting were the statutory report on the audit commission on the audited financial statements of the EAC for the financial year ended 30th June 2024 was read and the council of Ministers adopted the report that was presented to them.