President Ruto to hand over EAC chairmanship as new secretary-general is sworn in

President William Ruto is tomorrow set to hand over the chairmanship of the east african community as a new secretary-general is sworn in, ahead of the expiry of kenya’s term in april. However, the summit will proceed without several key leaders, including rwanda’s paul kagame, drc’s felix tshisekedi, and south sudan’s salva kiir. Outgoing secretary-general veronica nduva has urged member states to honour their financial commitments amid funding shortfalls that have paralysed eac operations