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Taarifa Rwanda
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Industry captains have expressed their confidence in the incoming East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Peter Mathuki.
They want the Kenya politician-cum-business executive to put in gear policy mechanisms that would spur intra-EAC trade to over 30%.
Dr Mathuki assumed office on Friday in Arusha as the sixth secretary general of the six nation economic bloc.
He takes over from Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko from Burundi whose five year (2016-2021), whose non-renewable term has just ended.
The business leaders under the aegis of the East African Business Council (EABC) convened in Arusha for Dr Mathuki inauguration and urged him to transform the Community.
The East African
Monday February 22 2021
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
Summary
Were East African integration a Shakespearean drama, Mfumukeko would come across as the tragic figure who had the best intentions but was doomed by the circumstances of his appointment.
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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.