Greg Adero

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ; A MANQUÉ COOPERATION Regional cooperation is vital for any country’s social, economic and political development. It accelerates economic progress and cultural development and provides all the individuals with the opportunity to live in dignity and to realize their full potential. Having an inter territorial cooperation between Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika protectorates was always a dream of the British as early as 1917. It kicked off by formation of the East African High Commission (EAHC) which later evolved into East African Common Services Organization (EACSO). The organization was concerned with the provision of common services such as customs union, currency, postal services, communication, research and Education. In 1967 after the attainment of independence of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, the East African community was formed to continue with the roles of EACSO. At this time, an East African Federation was also anticipated. The main aim of the EAC was to wi

THE WORLD WARS AND THE DAWN OF NATIONALISM IN AFRICA . The advent of 20th century was marked as the age of nationalism and imperialism in Africa ,Asia and Latin America. After the inversion, partition and ultimate colonization of Africa in the 19th Century, the process of decolonization started by 1945. Africans of whom some had collaborated and assisted the Europeans to subdue fellow Africans developed a national feeling and got a radically changed consciousness. The awakening can be credited to African elites who had undergone through  the elementary missionary education and managed to mobilize and unite Africans against colonial oppression. Another group of people that shouldn’t go unrecognized is World Wars Ex soldiers. At the onset of World War II, both the Allied forces and the Axis powers rushed to mobilize soldiers from their colonies in Africa to reinforce their armies in different parts of the world. As the Germans formed the Afrika Korps, the British responded by bringing in

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