Selfish interests and failure to adopt policies agreed upon by the east African Community member states are some of the road blocks to the economic empowerment of the region.

It has emerged that though member states have good investment policies aimed at boosting their economies, such policies are yet to be adopted at the regional level.

The East African Legislative Assembly wants a regional investment policy to allow the region push in the same direction on investment issues.

Source: NTV UG

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