East Africa: Ruto Sends Embattled EAC Boss to Russia As Envoy

Kenya’s President Samuel Ruto has nominated the Secretary General of the East African Community, Peter Mathuki, as ambassador to Russia.

The nomination and appointment follows a heated debate by EALA assembly demanding for immediate resignation of Mathuki over alleged misappropriation and failure to account for close to $6 million (Shs23bn).

In a heated debate that sat yesterday in Nairobi, EALA members of parliament, the majority of them from Uganda and South Sudan, expressed their concerns over…