The East African Political Federation: Addressing East African's fears, concerns and challenges and consolidating its pillars.

Abstract

The Report contains findings and analysis of fears, concerns and challenges, enumerates those that have been addressed and makes recommendations on how to address others. Chapter one provides the background information, the Terms of Reference and the methodology of work. Chapter two reviews concepts, theories and guiding principles of political integration aimed at providing a contextual framework for understanding dynamics and challenges of political integration processes. Chapter three contains lessons learnt from other integration processes which may inform the EAC political integration process. Chapter four analyzes the fears, concerns and challenges about EAC political Federation, including emerging ones, and examines the extent to which they have been addressed. Chapter five examines the pillars of political federation and analyzes the importance of consolidating each pillar as a basis to achieve East African political federation, to build confidence about it and to attain the overall goal of integration, which is social, economic and political development. Recommendations are contained in Chapter six.