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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The EAC recruitment drive risks being derailed following opposition by Uganda, Burundi and South Sudan. The EAC Secretariat, early this year, advertised at least 60 vacant positions.<\/p>\n

In a letter dated October 18, Uganda\u2019s East African Community Affairs minister Rebecca Kadaga said the interviews for the advertised positions should not be conducted \u201cunless and until all the partner states have been given information about their quota\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to remind you Secretary General that compliance with Article 14(3) (g) of the Treaty, the Council issued rules and regulations in particular regulation 4.6, which provides \u2018At the beginning of each recruitment exercise, the Secretariat shall inform each partner about her balance of weighted points\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe operative word is \u2018At the beginning\u2019 and this cannot be shifted to any other stage of the recruitment,\u201d Kadaga, who doubles as Uganda\u2019s deputy prime minister, said in the letter to secretary general Peter Mathuki.<\/p>\n

Kadaga said once the partner states are informed about their quotas, it will eliminate countries that have exhausted their quotas and are therefore ineligible to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need not remind you that one of the reasons for the previous collapse of the old East African Community was disappropriate sharing of benefits of the community among partner states,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Last week, Ugandan lawmakers staged walkouts due to what they termed an unfair process. On the same day, October 18, Burundi\u2019s EAC minister Ezechiel Nibigia wrote to Mathuki, saying his country had suspended attendance of the interviewing panels for the advertised EAC positions.<\/p>\n

The interviews were slotted for October 18 to November 2.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ongoing recruitment process does not guarantee the implementation of the quota system within EAC since this has not been clarified before the said process begins,\u201d Amb Nibigia said. The quota system is captured in the EAC regulations to ensure and reflect equal representation of partner states.<\/p>\n

South Sudan has also expressed dissatisfaction.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe and the Ugandan chapter are concerned about the unfairness of the recruitment process. The quota system has not been used, so we want the recruitment process to stop so that it can start correctly,\u201d Dr Anne Itto Leonardo, who replaced Juba MPs chair Thomas Dut Gatkek, told The EastAfrican.<\/p>\n

The Juba chapter wants affirmative action applied so that South Sudanese benefit the way Rwanda and Burundi did upon joining the bloc. Mathuki, in a letter dated October 13, acknowledged their quest and promised to act on it.<\/p>\n

An extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting scheduled for last Wednesday, which was expected to finalise the staff recruitment process, had to be moved to a later date, perhaps in the next week, at the prompting of Kadaga, who had reportedly travelled.<\/p>\n

Mathuki had on August 11, while marking his first 100 days in office, highlighted unlocking staff recruitment standoff \u201cas one of his achievements. He said the process was in full gear. It now appears not.<\/p>\n

In a statement on October 19, Mathuki said the interviews for the positions could not commence as scheduled due to lack of quorum. \u201cThe interviews have therefore been postponed to a later date that will be communicated accordingly. The EAC is committed to providing an equal opportunity for all East Africans,\u201d Mathuki said.<\/p>\n

The 42nd Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Council of Ministers in May approved the filling of the vacant positions in organs and Institutions through competitive recruitment. Consequently, the EAC Secretariat initiated the recruitment on May 19 by advertising the posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 15,000 applications were received from all the six EAC partner states. All EAC partner states\u2019 delegates profiled\/sorted and subsequently shortlisted candidates,\u201d Mathuki said in the October 19 statement. Some regional lawmakers have alleged the process was marred with irregularities and unfair treatment of citizens from some partner states.<\/p>\n

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