East African Legislative Assembly

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The East African Legislative Assembly is the regional parliament of the East African Community, responsible for making laws and providing oversight for the bloc’s integration and governance.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
organ of the East African Community
regional parliament
budgetaryAuthorityOver institutions of the East African Community
country Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
elects Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly
foundedBy East African Community Treaty
hasCommittee Accounts Committee
Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources Committee
Communication, Trade and Investment Committee
General Purpose Committee
Legal, Rules and Privileges Committee
Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution Committee
Trade and Investment Committee
hasJurisdictionOver East African Community
hasRole budget approval for East African Community
lawmaking
oversight
ratification of East African Community policies
representation of East African citizens
hasSpeaker Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly
headquartersLocation Arusha
Tanzania
inception 2001
legalBasis Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community
legislativeBodyFor East African Community
locatedInTimeZone East Africa Time
meetingPlace Arusha
membersSelectedBy national parliaments of partner states
motto EALA: Your Voice, Our Voice
numberOfMembers 54
officialLanguage English
Kiswahili
oversees East African Community Secretariat
East African Court of Justice (in relation to budget and administration)
partOf East African Community
passes Acts of the East African Community
regionServed East Africa
shortName EALA
termLength 5 years
website https://www.eala.org

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
East African Community
East African Community
hasOrgan

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