Ruto blows hot-cold on regional integration, a year on
William Ruto, President of Kenya (C) and Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (R) at an Intergovernmental Authority on Development meeting for the resolution of the crisis in Sudan in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 10, 2023. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Kenya’s President William Ruto is receiving a fair rating on his first year in office as far as regional integration is concerned, even though analysts point to domestic economic woes as a potential banana skin.
Since he was sworn into office on September 13 last year, Ruto has met all leaders in the wider eastern Africa. It fulfils a tradition set by his predecessors who also valued good neighbourliness and regional stability as an anchor point.
