Ruto came just when EA was starved of presidential charm
Kenya’s brand-new president William Ruto has hit the road, in the footsteps of other East African presidents when they are new. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA
Kenya’s brand-new president William Ruto has hit the road, in the footsteps of other East African presidents when they are new. And about time too, since the region was getting starved of presidential charm, after Tanzania’s Mama Samia Suluhu started settling down.
Before Samia settled down, she had really taken the region by the storm, shuttling into all the capitals, including DR Congo’s even before it joined the East African Community. Wherever she went, she talked business and signed billion-dollar deals. The one of the oil pipeline with Uganda is about to take off despite opposition by the European Parliament. We pray the others she signed will come to fruition too.
