Kenya calls for immediate deployment of EAC regional force to DRC

Military officers arrive at Uhuru Gardens for Kenya's Madaraka Day celebration on June 1, 2022. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for urgent activation of an East African standby force to help quell the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A statement issued by State House in Nairobi said President Kenyatta was concerned with renewed violence in North Kivu and wants the area declared a weapons free zone.