Uganda, May 5 -- The governors of central banks across East Africa have renewed their vows to speed up the protocol of achieving the single regional currency before the 2051 deadline.

On Friday, while closing a one-week East African Community's annual Monetary Affairs Committee (MAC) conference in Juba, South Sudan, the governors resolved to improve the continued high central bank policy rates, continued exchange rate pressures partly arising from a stronger US dollar, among other variables that are delaying the roll out of the single currency.

The conference chaired by the South Sudan central bank governor, Dr James Alic Garang, that brought together approximately 100 delegates from eight different countries across the region was atten...