The East African

REGIONAL NEWS

Textile workers at EPZ Athi River complex. The US Congress acted in 2006 to extend until 2012 the “third-country” provision under which Agoa-eligible countries are able to use Asian-made fabrics in the apparel they sell to American buyers. Picture: Anthony Kamau

	EAC signs new trade deal with the US The United States and the East African Community signed a trade agreement last week that could eventually lead to greater access to the two sides’ respective markets.
	Uganda cedes stake in oil pipeline to Tamoil of Libya, local investors
	Milosevic, Taylor cases prove Bashir arrest will help Sudan

FOCUS

	Old Mutual’s expansion in Africa is inevitable
As an international financial services company listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are in 49 countries.

Uganda still wary of Comesa Customs Union
Uncertainty still hangs over Uganda’s accession to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Customs Union, which is only five months away.

	MPs want govt to order lake access routes opened
The government should order flower farms, ranchers, tourist companies and other landowners who have blocked access routes to Lake Naivasha

	Lenders set new conditions for troubled RVR
Two key international financial institutions supporting the Kenya-Uganda Railway concession have said they would not disburse funds to Rift Valley Railways until new conditions are met.