Flag of the East African Community the "Community Emblems (Amendment) Act, 2008" was passed, which modified the emblem to include Burundi and Rwanda. Flag of the East African Community The flag of the East African Community is the flag used since 2008 by the East African Community, an intergovernmental organization composed of six countries in the African Great Lakes region in eastern Africa. The "Community Emblem Act, 2003" sets out the symbolism behind the flag. The first version of the flag was adopted in 2003 by the "Community Emblem Act, 2003" when the Community only consisted of three members: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. In 2007 the
East African shilling East African shilling The East African shilling was the currency issued for use in British controlled areas in East Africa from 1921 until 1969. It was produced by the East African Currency Board. It is also the proposed name for a common currency that the East African Community plans to introduce. The shilling was subdivided into 100 "cents", and a "pound" was equivalent to twenty shillings. In the United Kingdom, the pound sterling formerly was divided into twenty shillings, and it was normal to consider the shilling to be a subsidiary unit of the pound. In British East Africa, however,