Nairobi, April 20 -- Local politics could have influenced Kenya's last-minute change of its nominee for the Secretary-General of the East African Community, who was due for swearing-in last week.

On Monday, Kenya replaced Caroline Mwende Mueke, its initial nominee for the post, with Veronica Mueni Nduva, the Principal Secretary for Performance and Delivery Management in the Ministry of Public Service.

Ms Nduva is awaiting swearing-in by the Summit after the Council of ministers adopted her nomination on April 16. An extraordinary Summit is expected in the coming days.

This chain of events was triggered by the recall on March 8 of Peter Mathuki, who was besieged by legislators over accountability claims at the Secretariat.

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