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The intrigues behind the death and rebirth of East Africa Commission

President Uhuru Kenyatta with President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda when he handed over the Chairmanship to the incoming East Africa Community Heads of State Summit Chairman and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame during the 20th Ordinary Summit of the East Africa Community Heads of State held in Arusha, Tanzania.

What a spectacle it was! Menacing police officers armed with cocked guns herded the impeccably dressed high ranking Kenyan officials into a room at Dar el-Salaam Airport.

One by one, the dignitaries were stripped off their finely cut suits and dresses then paraded in their underwear.

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