Five Burundi MPs to snub EALA session in Kigali

A past EALA in session in Kigali, Rwanda. PHOTO | FILE

Five of Burundi’s nine representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly will not take part in the forthcoming session to be held in Rwanda, citing political differences between Kigali and Bujumbura.

The EALA 5th Plenary Session is expected to take place in Kigali from March 5 - 17 but the five Burundian legislators have written to the Assembly speaker explaining their desire to abstain from the session.