{"id":22059,"date":"2015-12-23T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/i-promise-more-progress-for-rwanda-kagame\/"},"modified":"2015-12-27T01:11:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T01:11:59","slug":"i-promise-more-progress-for-rwanda-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/i-promise-more-progress-for-rwanda-kagame\/","title":{"rendered":"I promise more progress for Rwanda \u2013 Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"

{President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has promised better progress for the people of Rwanda.}<\/p>\n

“You will see more progress and less of what we’ve been criticised for; that’s if it has been fair, honest and true,” Kagame said at the closure of Umushyikirano, Rwanda’s National Dialogue in Kigali on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

An overwhelming 98.4% of Rwandans voted last week in favour of removing the two-term limit for president, allowing Kagame to stand for a third term.<\/p>\n

“Rwandans have started a new conversation that must continue in the time ahead, as we chart a course and stick to it,” he stated.<\/p>\n

While not explicitly stating whether he will run for president in 2017, President Kagame on Monday stated that serving Rwanda was ‘a privilege and a duty’.<\/p>\n

Kagame said his government would do more to overcome challenges in areas where the country may not have done well or has been criticised so much.<\/p>\n

“I want to promise critics that where we are still weak, it is not because we haven’t tried; we will try and do better,” he stated but added that, “People will understand ultimately that we are doing all this for ourselves, not to please anyone.”<\/p>\n

At this year’s Umushyikirano, reports showed that the country had made progress in improving efficiency of government, ease of doing business, in Africa or globally; safety, security, environment and ICT.<\/p>\n

“These are good things Rwanda has achieved. We wanted to promise that we want to do more and deal with areas where the country still has problems,” said Kagame.<\/p>\n

Umushyikirano brings together Rwandan citizens and leaders to assess performance of the concluding year.<\/p>\n

This year’s event attracted over 1,000 participants including Rwandans from the diaspora, diplomats, religious leaders and observers.\u200b<\/p>\n

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