Succession politics has become a cross border issue in East Africa

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Nairobi, Kenya on July 25, 2014. PHOTO | COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • The regional political terrain has its peculiarities. After all, it is not only Uganda whose succession question is a dicey affair. There is Rwanda too. There is also South Sudan. But these two countries are not mentioned in the same breath as Uganda’s succession question.