Kigali hosts EAC Summit

KIGALI - Heads of State from the East African Community member states have started arriving for the Ninth Summit and Retreat of Heads of State of the EAC. The Presidents will also attend the first East African Investment Conference which begins today. Presidents Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Burundi’s Jean Pierre Nkurunziza and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni were already in the country by press time. Tanzania’s Jakaya Kikwete was expected early this morning. Museveni is the current chairman of the regional bloc to which both Rwanda and Burundi joined last year. The conference, which is taking place for the first time, is expected to bring together a cross-section of businessmen to explore investment opportunities in both Rwanda and the region.