Political stability key to EAC free market

In a month’s time, the much anticipated East African Community Common Market Protocol comes into effect and with it amalgamation of the five-member states’ markets into one for mutual economic benefit.

This will be an exciting but critical phase of the growth of the revived East African Community because it allows the free movement of people, goods and services and capital in a market of 127 million inhabitants and a GDP of close to Sh6 trillion.