The Regional Caucus for Southern Africa (SARO) meeting aims to prepare for the Africities Summit which is taking place in Kenya in May 2022 says Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General of UCLG Africa. This is the fifth and the last in a series of regional caucuses organized in preparation for the 9th Africities Summit to be held from 17 to 21 May 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya.