Kenyan lawyers will start practising in other East African countries if an agreement between member states is approved.

The government, through the Ministry of East African Community (EAC) and the department of Labour and Social Protection, has announced elaborate plans that will enable lawyers to work freely within the bloc.

Barack Ndegwa, the secretary in charge of integration in the State department responsible for the EAC, said there is a mutual-recognition agreement being drafted to facilitate the move.

“We are working on the mutual-recognition agreement that will see lawyers from the neighbouring EAC partner states such as Uganda and Tanzania come to work in Kenya while ours also work in their countries,” said Mr Ndegwa.

He was speaking in Nakuru during a two-day workshop organised for Law Society of Kenya lawyers.

Mr Ndegwa noted that the establishment of the EAC court in Tanzania will require lawyers from member states to handle matters and represent their clients at the court.