@the deal you don't ready understand the geo-politics of East Africa. The current relationships go back to the 70s.

Kenya and Tanzania took opposite ideological directions in early 70s. Mwalimu Nyerere was deeply socialist and once remarked that if he wanted to go to London, he just needed to cross the border to Nairobi. He also called Kenya a man eat man society.

Uganda was the militarized and unstable of the bunch. Kenyan trained Amin "Dada" overthrew Obote forcing him to free to TZ. TZ fought a war against UG in 78-79 and overthrew Amin and his Libyan troops. TZ had to foot the war bill leaving the country impoverished for decades.

The differences between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are historical as well as ideological and will not be reconcilled even in the next 100 yrs. Nothing to do with showing middle fingers or national pride.

As it is, Kenya will have to intergrate with Uganda, Rwanda, SS, Burundi, Ethiopia and Somalia leaving TZ to flirt with both SADC and EAC but commiting to none. TZ stands to lose.

Someone needs to explain to me why all this is important. All the countries in the EAC have more problems than they can solve in a life time.

If you think Uhuru visiting China or an American president coming to Tanzania will solve these problems, you know nothing about geopolitics.

As for Tanzania against Malawi against Rwanda against DRC, Kenya against Uganda against Sudan etc etc - these petty pissing games are mere distractions. That is all.

I hope the leaders who are engaging in them will wake up soon and do the work they were hired to do. Serving the people of this region.

Kinjitikile Ngware. The Maji Majis who believe they can stay away from EAC and survive just not knowing that most of its imports are produced in South Africa. It exports its natural resources to south Africa they they buy mikufu na kunena "Ukiviona vyaelea, vyaundwa!!!

The end game should be Africa community as Ghadaffi rightly foresaw it and paid for it... Such a trading bloc will be a force to reckon...