Neighboring Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) counterpart Felix Antoine Tshisekedi are in Kenya currently.
They are in Kenya for a crucial course that will boost relations among the East African Community member countries.
The Congolese head of state Tshisekedi was the first to arrive for his two-day visit and was received by Foreign Affairs CS Amb Raychelle Omamo and CS ICT Joe Mucheru. The DRC president was accompanied by the First Lady of the DRC Country.
His Uganda counterpart Museveni on the other hand arrived in Kenya on Friday morning and was equally welcomed by CS Rachel Omamo too.
Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s president came to witness the official entry of DRC into the East African community, as the signing ceremony took place.
“President Yoweri K. Museveni of the Republic of Uganda arrives in Kenya to witness the signing ceremony of the treaty of Accession by the Democratic Republic of Congo to the East Africa Community (EAC),” Kenya’s foreign affairs ministry tweeted about the visit.
This signing of the treaty of accession by the Democratic Republic of Congo to the East Africa Community (EAC) will happen at Statehouse Nairobi today Friday, April 4, 2022.
Tshisekedi’s signing will mean that DRC will officially be a member of the East African Community immediately.
