President Paul Kagame has emerged winner of the African Peace personality of the Year award.
Kagame was short listed with three other African personalities for the Africa Peace personality Award which was by an online voting system via the website of Miss University Africahttp://www.missuniversityafrica.org/).
His Excellency, Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of
Sierra Leone, for his approach and support to unite his people and
heal the wounds of trauma, displacements, deaths and war in
Sierra Leone.
His Excellency Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda,
for his ingenuity and style of leadership to unite the people of
Rwanda and seek peaceful means to stabilize his country after the
genocide.
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of the Republic of
Liberia, for encouraging investment and unanimously elected for
the second time as president of Liberia having led her country out
of the ashes of a brutal civil war.
His Excellency, Chief Olesugun Obasanjo Former President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria, for his efforts to restore peace in
Africa most especially the West African Sub region
The vote which lasted 41 days had His Excellency President Paul
Kagame with a total vote of 817,201 (eight hundred and seventeen
thousand two hundred and one) as the highest score of the four
shortlisted.
The countries that voted his Excellency the most were: Rwanda, Ghana,
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Uganda. most of the comments
posted were “the manner in which President Kagame handled the Hutus and Tutsis crisis in Rwanda demands the loudest applause
worldwide”
According to Mr. Taylor who is one of the managers of Miss University
Africa, He personally remember during a visit to Liberia when they met
with president Ellen Johnson of Liberia, after He told her about the
votes and award she said “What President Kagame has done in Rwanda
is very commendable, Rwanda is like a mentor to Liberia as we have a
lot to learn from them especially coming out of a civil war” to him, for
an African leader to speak in such volume about Rwandan President
clearly states why he won this award from the rest of Africa”.
The Organizers of Miss University Africa intend to fly to Rwanda with
this award which will have His Excellency name engraved on crystal.
Congratulations to our President and Congratulations to All Rwandans.
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