A South Sudanese refugee waves his national flag as they board a bus taking them to Ben Gurion International airport, near Tel Aviv, where they will be deported to South Sudan, on June 17, 2012. Israel was preparing to fly home about 120 illegal immigrants from South Sudan, the first wave in the planned expulsion of tens of thousands of Africans, officials said. AFP PHOTO/OREN ZIV =ISRAEL OUT= (Photo by OREN ZIV / ACTIVE STILLS / AFP) (Photo by OREN ZIV/ACTIVE STILLS/AFP via Getty Images)
Kenyan media is reporting that the MPs at the East African Legislative Assembly have voted to expel South Sudan and Burundi for not paying their membership fees for several years.
The final decision will be made by the East African Council of Ministers whether to implement EALA motion.
All member countries are required to pay $8 million annually to the EAC as contributions. But by June 10, Burundi, which joined the EAC in 2007, had arrears spanning two years totalling $15 million.
South Sudan owes the community a total of $27.8 million. The country became the sixth member after joining the regional body in 2016.
Other EAC partner states that have arrears are Uganda with $1.6 million; Rwanda $2.7 million and Tanzania $4.2 million. Kenya is the only country out of the six members that has fully paid its annual contributions.
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