Rwandans in diaspora wishing to participate in the national dialogue have been requested to start registering at their respective embassies by sending their names, the country they live in, passport number and their email.
Umushyikirano is an annual event chaired by the President of Rwanda. It gives Rwandans from all walks of life the opportunity to ask questions directly to their leaders. The event is attended by members of the Cabinet and Parliament, representatives of the Rwandan community inside and in the diaspora, local government, media, the diplomatic community and others invited by the President.
Individuals unable to attend in person can participate via telephone, SMS, Twitter and Facebook as well as follow the debate live on television and radio.
The constitution of the Republic of Rwanda stipulates that decisions taken at the National Dialogue Council are transferred to government agencies in charge of implementation with the ultimate aim of improving Rwandans’ welfare.
The first National Dialogue Umushyikirano took place on June 28, 2003, attracting only Rwandans resident in the country until 2007 when the diaspora started participating.
Last year’s National Dialogue Council attracted over 2000 Rwandans who convened at Kigali Convention Centre with other guests including ministers from Congo, Liberia, Chad among others.
The discussions focused on sustainable development to be achieved through the seven-year National Transformation Strategy.
As he launched the dialogue, President Paul Kagame shared with Rwandans the national status which he said was good but a lot needed to be done to accelerate the needed national development targets.
President Kagame requested that Kinyarwanda should be taught to young, embrace a culture of time management and fighting drug abuse that is affecting the youth all over the world.
The 15th National Dialogue Umushyikirano 2017 passed eight resolutions centered on education, health, economy, and culture.
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1. Take necessarily measures and changes aimed at improving the quality of education, increasing the number of technical schools and fighting causes of school drop-outs.
2. Increasing health infrastructures, and capacity building of medical personnel, putting more efforts in fighting against epidemics, and improved service delivery.
3. Sensitizing parents about giving their children a balanced diet, child development, cleanliness and promoting early childhood education.
4. A continued partnership between the government and the private sector in providing more power plants which will increase access to electricity to more citizens at an affordable price and improve ease of doing business.
5. To sensitize more Rwandans on the culture of saving and to support the three components of Made in Rwanda, namely; made in Rwanda, Start in Rwanda, Grow in Rwanda and Beyond in order to create more jobs and to bridge the trade imbalance gap.
6. To keep and protect values of the Rwandan culture and inculcate them among children both in Rwanda and diaspora.
7. To enhance partnership among government institutions, the civil society, and religious organizations in teaching Kinyarwanda in families, schools and media programs, bearing in mind that all Rwandans should learn and know Kinyarwanda and use it well.
8. Youth Camps should be adopted allowing youth to work together in developing the country.
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