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Why Kenyan traders can’t ignore South Sudan

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Tanzania President & EAC chairman John Pombe Magufuli {Photo Courtesy}

South Sudan became the sixth member of the East African Community (EAC) on April 16.

President Salva Kiir Mayardit signed an accession treaty and the requisite protocols in Dar es Salaam at an event witnessed by the current EAC chair, Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli.

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