Corrupt power that has placed East African region in constant anarchy

Diane Shima Rwigara (C), a prominent critic of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, is escorted by Rwanda's Police officers as she arrives at the Nyarugenge intermediate court in Kigali on October 6, 2017. Rwigara was blocked from challenging Kagame in August's presidential election and she had been charged with inciting insurrection against the state as well as other offences. / AFP PHOTO /

Politics in the Eastern Africa region, stretching from Addis Ababa to Dar es Salaam, Nairobi to Kigali and Mogadishu to Bujumbura, seems to be in a state of paralysis.

Not a single country in the region is enjoying political stability. This has been worsened by the state of flux that the East African Community (EAC) finds itself in 17 years after its revival.