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EAC heads of state at a past summit. Somalia and DRC want to join the bloc. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  Luke Anami

Correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

As presidents of the East African Community member states meet this weekend for the 21st Ordinary Summit of the EAC Head of States, all eyes are on Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta who is expected to name the next secretary-general, as Kenya takes over the rotational chair of the Community.

“It is the prerogative of the EAC Summit to appoint the next Secretary-General. It is Kenya’s turn but the Summit has the final say,” said Prof Manasseh Nshuti, chairperson of the Council of Ministers and Rwanda’s Minister of State in charge of EAC Affairs.

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