EAC 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 

Community youth told to push their interests

ARUSHA, Tanzania - The EAC Deputy Secretary General in-charge of Political Federation Charles Njoroge has suggested more investment in youth education, empowerment and effective civil participation.

According to a press release, Njoroge told the youth in the Community, Article 120 (c) of the EAC Treaty provides for adoption of common approach when dealing with the youth and calls for their involvement in the integration process through education, training and mainstreaming of youth issues into the EAC policies, projects and programs.

“I would like to encourage the youth to take this opportunity to engage in the integration process through our programs and nurture the East African identity among yourselves,” he said.

He was speaking at a conference on ‘Young People on Post 2015 Agenda: Time for Collective Action’.

It brought together more than 200 young participants from East African region and other countries to discuss major issues evolving around the globe.

Njoroge made his remarks at the closing session of the four-day conference of the Tanzania Model United Nations (TMUN), an authentic simulation of the UN General Assembly hosted by East African Community Headquarters in Arusha.

He said in this era of regional integration and rapid globalization; the need to take proactive measures that harness the potential and competitiveness of our young people to ensure they fit in the global economy, is even more critical than we care to imagine.

Njoroge noted that the EAC–Youth Ambassador’s Platform was among many other programs where the youth in East Africa had an opportunity to participate in the regional consultation processes and indeed developed an EAC position paper on “Constitutionalism and Rule of Law” that was submitted to the African Union.

By Elisha Mayallah, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014