"Setback for Kenya as regional heads dig in on EPA deal"
At the 19th Ordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State in Uganda failed to reach a compromise on the trade treaty after the matter was deferred.
The leaders resolved that their host Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni - who as the Summit chairman late last year led a delegation of EAC leaders to Brussels to push for a new deal - returns to the negotiating table.
Tanzania, the main opposer of the deal, has cited the economic and constitutional uncertainties arising from Brexit as the main reason for rejecting it.
Uganda, on the other hand, is yet to sign the deal despite making a U-turn on its earlier stance and saying it is ready to sign the deal, leaving Kenya and Rwanda that have signed the deal in limbo.
Read more at The Standard (Otiato Guguyu)