EALA to hold Plenary in Bujumbura next week

East African Legislative Assembly; Arusha, Tanzania; 22 March 2023: The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) holds its sitting in Bujumbura, Burundi next week. 

The Third Meeting of the First Session of the Fifth Assembly takes place from Monday, March 26th, 2023 to Friday, April 7th, 2023. 

The  President of the Republic of Burundi, H.E Evariste Ndayishimiye is expected to address a Special Sitting on April 3^rd, 2023, in line with Article 64 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC as is customary whenever EALA sits in the Partner States.

Topping the agenda of the Assembly to be presided over by Speaker, Rt Hon Joseph Ntakirutimana, is the 1^st Reading of the EAC Supplementary Appropriation Bill, the 2^nd and 3^rd Reading of the EAC Supplementary Appropriation Bill and the Report of the General Purpose Committee on the EAC Annual Report for 2019/2020. 

Also on the agenda for consideration at this session, are a number of reports that emanate from the workings of various Committees. 

The report of the Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution on the oversight to assess the progress made in the development of the draft EAC Refugees Management Policy. This follows an oversight activity of the Committee undertaken on March 12^th – 16^th, in Nairobi, Kenya.

Other significant issues at the forthcoming Plenary are key meetings with different stakeholders and outreach activities.

NOTE TO EDITORS ABOUT EALA

The East African Legislative Assembly is the Legislative Organ of the East African Community. Its Membership consists of a total of 72, of whom 63 are elected Members (9 from each Partner State) and nine ex-officio members (the Ministers responsible for EAC Affairs from the Partner States, the Secretary General of the Community and the Counsel to the Community).

The East African Legislative Assembly has legislative functions as well as oversight of all East African Community matters.  The enactment of legislation of the Community is put in effect by means of Bills passed by the Assembly and assented to by the Heads of State, and every Bill that has been duly passed and assented to becomes an Act of the Community and takes precedent over similar legislations in the Partner States.  EALA has to date passed 79 pieces of legislation.

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