Nairobi, March 23 -- Despite a robust legal regime on trade, the East African Community (EAC) still lacks an enforcement mechanism for its court and a functional regulatory body on trade disputes.

Two EAC partner States- Uganda and Burundi, are on the spot for delaying the ratification of an enforcement mechanism.

They are yet to ratify the protocol to operationalise the extended jurisdiction of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), which was approved by the Heads of State Summit back in 2013.

The EAC Treaty provides for the enactment of a protocol to operationalise the extended jurisdiction of the court to cater to matters arising from the Customs Union, Common Market. On the other hand, the EAC Committee on Trade Remedies, which ...