Ruto is among EAC and SADC leaders attending the summit, alongside Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema.
DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi is participating virtually, while South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his foreign minister as his representative, The Standard has learned.