EAC sets passport, tourist visa targets

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EAC passport, the single tourist visa and liberalisation of the airspace will boost free movement of people  across the region, a feat that the bloc has fallen behind in achieving, three years after signing the Common Market Protocol.

The East African Community (EAC) secretariat has singled out the roll out of a single tourist visa and common passport as the top priority projects this year, as the bloc battles to reverse a credibility crisis over failed targets.

EAC Secretary General Richard Sezibera said the EAC passport, the single tourist visa and liberalisation of the airspace will boost free movement of people across the region, a feat that the bloc has fallen behind in achieving, three years after signing the Common Market Protocol.