East African bloc approves new chair to monitor peace in South Sudan
Kenya's George Aggrey Owinow, a retired major general, has been appointed the new chair of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC).
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), an East African bloc, has approved the appointment of George Aggrey Owinow of Kenya as the new chair of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), the South Sudan peace monitoring body said on Sunday.
Owinow, a retired major general, was nominated by the Kenyan government and approved by Igad to replace Charles Tai Gituai, who has served in the same capacity since August 2020, the RJMEC said in a statement issued in Juba, South Sudan's capital.
