Ruto pushes major funding reforms at EAC summit amid key leaders’ absence

President Ruto took Saturday’s East African Community Summit by storm in his last act as chair. President Ruto announced far reaching changes to how the Community is funded as it is currently operating at a deficit of over 50 per cent, hampering operations. Significantly, the Summit passed these resolutions in the absence of Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC and Salva Kiir of South Sudan