Media reports indicate that President Salva Kiir is expected to sign the Treaty of Accession this week to make South Sudan a full member of the East African Community.

This comes roughly a month since the bloc confirmed the membership in the bloc.

According to the Tanzanian media, President Dr John Magufuli, who is also the Chairperson of the East African Community, will sign the deal on behalf of the bloc.

It reported the Head of Corporate Communications at the secretariat based in Arusha, Owora Othieno, as saying that the event will take place in Dar-es-Salam, on April 15.

South Sudan’s admission to the bloc brings to six, the memberships of the East African Community. Other member countries include Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

With South Sudan’s membership, the bloc will now have a market size population of about 162 million people, within a territory measuring about 1.8 million square kilometers.