Citizens of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda will be traveling using the new generation East African Passport, a modern
regional traveling document likely to replace their national ones. TA communiqué from the Heads of State Summit, taking place in Uganda,
which was made available here via the Arusha-based East African
Community (EAC) Secretariat, quoted the five presidents agreeing to
launch the new passport by November 2015.
The communiqué was signed by presidents
Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta of
Kenya, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi at the
weekend in Kampala.
The current East African passport apparently is only valid within the
five countries and thus holders also had to depend on their respective
national passports when travelling abroad.
However, the new regional travelling document, to be released in
2015, will be an international one which means is likely to replace
national passports.
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