William Ruto inherits Paul Kagame headache to strengthen African Union amid varied interests
Kenya’s President William Ruto (L) and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame (far R) attend an African Union (AU) mini summit in Addias Ababa, Ethiopia on February 16, 2024. PHOTO | POOL
Kenya’s President William Ruto’s desires to bring his reform ideas to the African Union (AU) may have matured last week after he was endorsed by peers to inherit the role played by Rwandan President Paul Kagame since 2016.
But it may also be a new headache for a man who has attempted to bulldoze his economic ideas back home, earning criticism and legal landmines in the wake.
