Sam Esther

The term ‘’Development’’ has been contended for a number of years. It can be simply asserted as the concept of both convergence and divergence. This means that, when the Tindiga of Dodoma defines or conceptualizes development, the concept will completely differ from that of an indigenous American economist. Consequently, the concept, ‘‘impedes thinking of one’s own objectives as Nyerere wanted; it undermines confidence in oneself and one’s own culture as  Stevenhagen demands; it clamours for management from the top down, against which Jimoh rebelled’’ (Esteva,2010,p.3). Therefore, this collective argument gives a clear preface and it introduces development as a concept of multiple definitions and theories; equally, this troubling concept can be traced far back time immemorial, but it gained momentum soon after the Second World War in 1945, the period famously identified as the turning point of the world history. Thus, in the 1950s various definitions and theories of  develop...

                                                                                                Katembo (2008:108) defines the East African Community as “the regional intergovernmental organization of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania”. He further adds that Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were the original constituency members of the former 1967-1977 EAC. Later on 18 th June 2007, Rwanda and Burundi were accepted as new members in the community. The Coalition of the Willing is the tripartite alliance between Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. The agreement was signed in the Kenyan Commercial city, Mombasa in August 2013 by Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Yoweri Kagutta (Uganda), and Pa...