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EAC ministers meet for fast tracking regional development, security

Xinhua, April 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ministers from the East African Community (EAC) are meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala to discuss key projects that will fast track regional development and mutual security.

The ministers, who are meeting in their 13th Northern Corridor Integration Projects summit that opened on Friday, will discuss and review progress made in the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway, mutual defense, peace and security, and airspace management.

They will also discuss information communications technology, oil refinery development, power generation, transmission and interconnectivity and political federation.

Sam Kutesa, Uganda's foreign minister told the meeting that progress has been made in the areas of infrastructure development, data management, cyber security and human resources development.

"We require attention in land acquisition and concerted efforts to speed up the reintegration projects," Kutesa said.

The ministers after their meeting will send their report to the regional leaders meeting that will open on Saturday.

The Northern Corridor summits started in 2013 with the aim of speeding up development in the region.

The Northern Corridor is the transport corridor that links the EAC landlocked countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan with the Kenyan seaport of Mombasa. The corridor also serves northern Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia. Endit