The common market is a good idea but has been rushed into. This is what many business men lament about. Regional integration is a process and not a destination. The launch of the common market marks the beginning of a gradual process of implementation of the common market protocol, which will in the future, develop into a fully fledged common market that fully allows for free movement of goods, labor, services and capital.
The common market protocol, the agreement which details what EAC countries have agreed to do to implement the common market, specifically calls for implementation of the provisions of the protocol to be progressive. This is to ensure that the common market is put in place at a pace that is appropriate for Uganda and all the other EAC states.
We should prepare ourselves for the changes that will take place over the next few years, but we should not be afraid that changes will happen overnight or without the care and attention that is necessary.
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