Most EAC leaders skip Magufuli funeral, as SADC peers dominate

East African Community leaders were conspicuously missing at the state funeral of Tanzania’s late president John Pombe Magufuli, which was held at the Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma on Monday.

The only EAC leader in attendance was Mr Uhuru Kenyatta, who attended in his capacity as Kenya’s president and the current chairman of the EAC Summit.