Uganda, April 26 -- Trading experts have moved to fast-track cross-border trading of government securities across East Africa, with Uganda's Capital Markets Authority urging Partner States to align with global standards and treat capital mobility as a core Common Market promise.

Mr Dickson Ssembuya, Director of Research and Market Development at CMA Uganda and chair of the Kigali meeting, said: "The free movement of capital, as provided for under the EAC Common Market Protocol, remains one of the most important commitments made by Partner States to citizens and investors."

Ssembuya said regional integration must be guided by international best practice. "Many of the challenges we face in integrating our securities markets are not u...