Why upcoming EAC summit likely to decide future of cash-strapped bloc
From left: Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and Kenya’s President William Ruto at the Arusha International Conference Centre on November 29, 2024.
When the East African Community (EAC) converges in early March in Tanzania’s city of Arusha, the biggest item on the in-tray will be naming the next Secretary General to take over from Kenya’s Veronica Nduva.
But this Summit may yet be decisive of the future of the bloc, which has faced a series of problems including near-paralysis of its work for the last two years.
