Uganda is to apply for membership of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the country’s regional cooperation minister, Amama Mbabazi was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Mbabazi told AFP in an interview that the move would not contradict its membership in other regional bodies, such as the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), but would “supplement” the roles played by them. “We have started the process of applying,” Mbabazi said. “We’re all heading in the same direction. SADC plays a supplementary role to EAC and I don’t find any contradiction in our joining SADC,” Mbabazi said.
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