NOTING that the Partner States concluded the Protocol Establishing the
East African Community Customs Union;
CONSIDERING that the objective of establishing a Common Market is the
realisation of accelerated economic growth and development through the
attainment of the free movement of goods, persons, labour, the rights of
establishment and residence, the free movement of services and capital;
NOTING the importance of the development of the social dimensions in
the Community and the desire to ensure economic and social
development in promoting employment and improving standards of living
and working conditions within the Community;
CONSCIOUS of their individual obligations and commitments under the
Treaty and under other regional and international agreements;
RECALLING the objectives of the Community to develop policies and
programmes aimed at widening and deepening cooperation among the
Partner States in the economic and social fields;
AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
PART A
INTERPRETATION
ARTICLE 1
Interpretation
In this Protocol, except where the context otherwise requires:
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