{Today President Paul Kagame celebrates his 56th birthday}. He was born on October 23rd, 1957 in Nyarutovu, the former Tambwe District; which, is now known as Ruhango District in the Southern province of Rwanda. At the time, Rwanda was a colony of Belgium.<\/p>\n
Rwandans and Government officials have congratulated the president on his birthday. President Kagame, who is active on Social media, received many tweets wishing him \u201cHappy birth Day\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Rwanda Patriotic Front via its twitter account wrote \u201d Happy birth day to our Chairman @PaulKagame, may you live longer to see the seed of peace, hope, development you planted flourish\u201d.<\/p>\n
Rwanda\u2019s Minister of youth and Technology, Jean Philibert Nsengimana, also wished happy birthday to the President of the Republic of Rwanda via twitter, he wrote:
\n\u201cHappy Birth Day Mr. President @PaulKagame, wishing the very best to you, your beloved family and our country.\u201d <\/p>\n
As the use of social media rapidly increases, twitter has become a sort of open parliament where any participant can say what they want and also contribute to debates and share information. It is easily a place to hold any leader accountable because it is a public forum. In the case of Rwanda, nearly all the 166,452 followers engage with President Kagame on a daily basis and can ask any question.
\nThe president also takes time to engage with his followers and answer their inquiries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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