East African Legislative Assembly

East African Legislative Assembly

Swahili: *Bunge la Afrika Mashariki*
East African Legislative Assembly ; Swahili: Bunge la Afrika Mashariki
History
Founded	30 November 2001
Leadership
Speaker	Joseph Ntakirutimana
Structure
Seats	62 (56 elected members, 8 ex-officio members)
Political groups	Independents: 50 seats Jubilee Party: 5 seats National Super Alliance: 4 seats Rwandan Patriotic Front: 1 seat Vacant: 2 seats
Meeting place
	Arusha, Tanzania
Website
	www.eala.org

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is a sub-organ of the larger East African Community, being the legislative arm of the Community. Members are sworn into five-year terms.^[2]

^ "Rwanda's Ngoga elected EALA speaker". Daily Monitor. Uganda. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ "4th Assembly 2017- 2022 —East African Legislative Assembly". eala.org. East African Community. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[1] "Rwanda's Ngoga elected EALA speaker". Daily Monitor. Uganda. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[:0-2] "4th Assembly 2017- 2022 —East African Legislative Assembly". eala.org. East African Community. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

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