Exciting Times For The EAC Anti-Trust Landscape

Introduction

The Treaty Establishing the East African Community of 1999 (the Treaty) sets out the objectives and principles for regional integration amongst the East African Community (EAC) member states aimed at deepening economic, social and political co-operation amongst its members, by focusing on four solid pillars which are: establishing a customs union; a common market; a monetary union; and ultimately forming a political federation. In order to achieve these milestones, the EAC has undertaken specific initiatives across the region aimed at attaining the desired political federation. Amongst the initiatives set out for the period from 2022 to 2026, the EAC member states seek to fully implement a single customs territory (SCT), enhance domestication and implementation of regional commitments in line with the EAC Common Market Protocol (the Common Market Protocol), and undertake institutional transformation of all the EAC organs and institutions, amongst other