EDITORIAL: Mfumukeko exits; bloc’s unity test won’t go with him

Liberat Mfumukeko.

Liberat Mfumukeko. His term as EAC secretary general comes to an end on February 27, when EAC Heads of State  appoint his successor. PHOTO | FILE | NMG


Next month will see a change of guard at the East African Community Secretariat, when Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko’s tenure as Secretary General comes to end. Kenya will pick the baton, inheriting empty coffers at the secretariat and a region fractured by political and economic tensions.