Nairobi, April 6 -- Outgoing East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Peter Mathuki could leave office sooner than the maximum six months after a recall. This is after the bloc signaled for a Heads of State summit for April 15.

In a letter dated March 28 and addressed to EAC Council of Ministers, the chairperson, South Sudan's EAC Affairs Minister Deng Alor Kuol said they will convene virtually on March15 before the Summit decides on Mathuki's fate on the same day.

The Summit, the EAC highest decision-making body, will then be expected to swear in Caroline Mwende Mueke as the 7th secretary general. Ms Mueke will become the third Kenyan to hold the post after Francis Muthaura, who served from 1996 to 2001, and Mathuki (2021-2024)....