East African Anthem
On December 3, 2010, the EAC Heads of State meeting in Arusha adopted the EAC Anthem, Wimbo wa Jumuiya Afrika Mashariki. The Anthem’s adoption ended a decade-long search for a song that East Africans could call their own.
Wimbo wa Jumuiya Afrika Mashariki is a melodious three-stanza Kiswahili composition. It exhorts East Africans to cultivate a sense of comradeship while pursuing the principles of unity, patriotism, and hard labor.
1. Ee Mungu twaomba ulinde
Jumuiya Afrika Mashariki
Tuwezeshe kuishi kwa amani
Tutimize na malengo yetu.
Chorus
Jumuiya Yetu sote tuilinde
Tuwajibike tuimarike
Umoja wetu ni nguzo yetu
Idumu Jumuiya yetu.
2. Uzalendo pia mshikamano
Viwe msingi wa Umoja wetu
Natulinde Uhuru na Amani
Mila zetu na desturi zetu.
3. Viwandani na hata mashambani
Tufanye kazi sote kwa makini
Tujitoe kwa hali na mali
Tuijenge Jumuiya bora.
East African Community Flag
Interpretation of the colour format for the EAC Flag:
Blue background: Lake Victoria signifying the unity of the EAC Partner States
White, Black, Green, Yellow, Red: Representing the different colours of the flags of each of the EAC Partner States
Handshake: East African Community; and
Centre: East African Community logo
East African Community logo
The logo features a map of the five Partner States (Currently EAC has seven Members), with Lake Victoria prominently displayed in a circle surrounded by an industrial wheel. Two arches of leaves terminate with the letters EAC at the top and a handshake at the bottom on both sides of the industrial wheel.
The lower section of the circle is supported by a framework with the words Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki engraved in black at the bottom. The colors in the logo match those on the flag.
EAC Members
The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, comprised of seven Partner States: the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Rwanda, the Republic of South Sudan, the Republic of Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania.