President Samia hosts meeting in Zanzibar to find EAC integration bearing
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (left) presents a framed image of a newspaper report on the re-formation of the East African Community. He and Kenyan President William Ruto met their Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan in Zanzibar, where they re-committed to support for regional integration. PHOTO | POOL
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania after independence founded the East African Community, killed it, and then revived it. Since the return of the EAC, there have been many ups and downs even as the bloc expanded to its membership current eight.
In the past year, Kenyan President William Ruto has seemed to be a part of those ups and downs in the bloc, or their direct cause, which is why his Thursday trip to Zanzibar, where he met with the host Samia Suluhu Hassan and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, was significant.
