Tanzania, Feb. 14 -- Arusha. A Kenyan national, Mr Kipyego Cheluget, has been appointed the director of the recently relaunched Nyerere Centre for Peace Research. He once served as the deputy secretary general of the East African Community (EAC) responsible for projects and programmes in 2001 to 2007.

From there on, Dr Cheluget joined the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) as assistant secretary general until recently.

The announcement of the CEO of the research outfit was announced during the relaunching at the EAC premises in Arusha last week.

"The person, who will head the centre, is Dr Kipyego Cheluget," Prof Warren Haffar from Arcadia University in the US told The Citizen.

The Nyerere Centre is a joint collabor...