The handover ceremony, which took place at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi from June 9 to 13, 2025, was presided over by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Interior, Kipchumba Murkomen, who passed the RECSA flag and instruments of establishment to Rwanda.

Rwanda will be deputized by Tanzania in this leadership role. The high-level meeting brought together ministers and representatives from various member states, including Rwanda’s Minister of Interior, Dr. Vincent Biruta.

One of the key resolutions from the meeting was a renewed commitment to the effective implementation of all provisions of the Nairobi Protocol and harmonized binding instruments aimed at combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

Additionally, member states agreed that the 17th Technical Advisory Committee and the 12th Ordinary Council of Ministers meetings will be held in Kigali in 2026 and 2027, respectively.

The meeting was attended by ministers and plenipotentiaries from Burundi, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The five-day meeting concluded with a unified commitment to addressing the ongoing challenges posed by small arms proliferation and reinforcing cooperation among member states and international partners to promote sustainable peace and security.

The handover ceremony, which took place at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi from June 9 to 13, 2025, was presided over by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Interior, Kipchumba Murkomen, who passed the RECSA flag and instruments of establishment to Rwanda.

The five-day meeting concluded with a unified commitment to addressing the ongoing challenges posed by small arms proliferation.