tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post6302879396849856286..comments2021-06-11T18:08:03.034-07:00Comments on okwarohztake: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872757648828888800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-85378627507710817192013-07-23T10:32:58.109-07:002013-07-23T10:32:58.109-07:00Interesting data. Question is: why has the secreta...Interesting data. Question is: why has the secretariat relied so heavily on ODA?<br />East Africa Economics Reporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06336638272766088431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-84763852311535467682013-07-17T14:19:06.069-07:002013-07-17T14:19:06.069-07:00that is intriguing. considering such possibilities...that is intriguing. considering such possibilities makes it imperative for your questions to be answered, post haste! though i doubt the eac laws and protocols could supersede what the individual nations have in place as laws,that is a bulwark to some extent, i think.job kimanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474070965209316853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-55890684360771747072013-07-16T04:50:25.015-07:002013-07-16T04:50:25.015-07:00Look at it this way; the EAC could be enacting leg...Look at it this way; the EAC could be enacting legislation largely beneficial to foreigners at the expense of East Africans in the name of sourcing funding for integration. Case example is the EAC anti-counterfeits bill - "An act of the community to prohibit trade in counterfeit goods ...". Sounds very noble from the superficial perspective, until you interrogate it further and establish that the bill was financed by the Investment Climate Facility (ICF) for Africa. ICF is a project of development partners (Germany, Ireland, Nertherlands, United Kingdom etc) some of whom have big multinational corporations trading in pharmaceuticals threatened by generic drug producers. While WHO has recognized that both generic and brand-named drugs can be counterfeited, generic drugs have no IP rights.The design of the anti-counterfeit act could be to lock out such products without IP rights. Practically what the act would do is stifle access to generic drugs especially for the many living with HIV/AIDS in East Africa who cannot afford original drugs produced by Pfizer, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, Server etc. The ordinary East African is obviously oblivious of such possibilities. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872757648828888800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-11388258876768830692013-07-16T04:20:05.164-07:002013-07-16T04:20:05.164-07:00Why are people so obsessed about integration when ...Why are people so obsessed about integration when they arent willing to fund it in the first place?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872757648828888800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-22132229589733690062013-07-16T01:52:47.519-07:002013-07-16T01:52:47.519-07:00Very valid arguments right there!
Unfortunately fo...Very valid arguments right there!<br />Unfortunately for us in EAC, and indeed the rest of the continent, our purses are not loaded enough to foot the integration bills.<br />Remember, whoever pays the piper calls the tune!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-88603986067344550972013-07-16T01:06:09.311-07:002013-07-16T01:06:09.311-07:00Hydro-carbons.
**The End**Hydro-carbons. <br /><br />**The End**Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-80414926097454311952013-07-15T23:33:26.791-07:002013-07-15T23:33:26.791-07:00As long as individual nations within the EAC canno...As long as individual nations within the EAC cannot make autonomous decisions due to donor conditions, the decisions necessary to push the integration to light will be sluggish, or stalled. Most donors are capitalists, but drive in socialist vehicles, and would want a share of the resources (and market for their products) being discovered in the EA region hence the stampede. Keeping donor influence at bay, the goodwill for integration among the leaders of the region is not sufficient; a political environment that accelerates or abates corruption would be preferable to the current crop of leaders in the region, integration would minimise the vice, I think. Ojal Johnhttps://www.statspecialist.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220076551985293163.post-35852817479733648712013-07-15T23:13:18.862-07:002013-07-15T23:13:18.862-07:00i noted this too, a while back, and i thought it w...i noted this too, a while back, and i thought it was pretty odd. there should be some policy to have member states contribute at least eighty percent of the funds. unfortunately i dont have answers to any of the questions ypou asked, but i admit there is a concern of aid being used to fund donor interests. perhaps you can tell us more.job kimanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474070965209316853noreply@blogger.com