OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR SOMALIA’S MEMBERSHIP TO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

The paper therefore reflects the views of the author and not those or the position of the Rift Valley Institute. [...] EAC officials visited the Villa Somalia (the presidential palace); the Office of the Prime Minister; the ministries of Planning, of Commerce, and Foreign Affairs; Mogadishu’s seaport; the Immigration Department; and other institutions and locations. [...] Instead, it should improve its security, its foreign policy towards the region and the rest of the world, and its infrastructure for education, health care and domestic tourism to reduce migration and the desire for travel among Somalis.59 Moreover, the country’s economy is still suffering from the lack of functioning government institutions and the extensive monitoring of the financial transactio. [...] • To close the gaps between Somali people and others in the EAC and provide the best chance for integration, the government must completely revamp the educational system and incorporate the study of English and Kiswahili in the curriculum. [...] Rift Valley Institute OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR SOMALIA’S MEMBERSHIP TO THE E A ST AFRICAN COMMUNIT Y 24 To the civil society organizations and the private sector • Investigate the difficulties presented by this integration and encourage the government to refrain from any action that would jeopardize the sovereignty of the nation.