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Bottlenecks stagnating the EAC integration amid fresh lobbying

Susan Maingi (left), Antony Mwangi, Charles Omusana and John Kalisa. [James Wanzala, Standard]

The regional private sector has noted with concern the slow integration of the East African Community (EAC), which has now informed a renewed intent to re-strategise their lobbying efforts.

The services sector will now be prime owing to some of the bottlenecks businesses in the region have faced when trading in goods.

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