Kagame in Arusha for EAC Summit

ARUSHA - President Paul Kagame yesterday arrived in Arusha, Tanzania for the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) but it was not clear who would take over from him as Chairman of the regional bloc. The President is scheduled to deliver a statement today and will hand over the chair of EAC Summit which he has held for the last seventeen months. The Summit is the highest EAC organ and it gives general directions and impetus for the development and achievement of the objectives of the community. President Kagame took over the EAC chairmanship from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last year. In an interview with The New Times yesterday, Aloys Mutabingwa, the EAC Deputy Secretary General (Planning and Infrastructure) said that preparations to receive the five Heads of State had been finalized, but that the next EAC chairperson was not yet known.