Building a common economic and political union in East Africa

The discussion examined East Africa's progress in building the region's first successful common economic and political union. For the debate, CNBC Africa was joined by panelists Leonard Mungarulire, Regional integration advisor in the Ministry of the East African Community in Rwanda. Antonio Pedro, Regional Director, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA) and Kwame Owino, CEO of the Institute of Economic affairs.