{"id":30865,"date":"2016-12-06T07:40:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T07:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/good-politics-has-nurtured-rwanda-business-growth\/"},"modified":"2016-12-08T05:08:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T05:08:54","slug":"good-politics-has-nurtured-rwanda-business-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/good-politics-has-nurtured-rwanda-business-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Good politics has nurtured Rwanda business growth\u2013President Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that good policies enable development of businesses and requested private investors to be more practical, cooperating with government entities that should fulfill their responsibilities in place of fanning blame-games. }<\/p>\n<p>He made the observation yesterday evening during a discussion with private sector stakeholders at Kigali Convention Center. <\/p>\n<p>President Kagame emphasized the importance of the private sector in the development process of Rwanda, calling upon them to build capacities among themselves.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Achieving success begins with our mindset, believing in ourselves and having the determination to achieve in the face of all odds. If we had felt sorry for ourselves &#038; believed we are too small to achieve, we would not be seated in this convention center. The trust among citizens and the trust citizens chose to have in their leaders have been the key to transforming this country. We need to believe in ourselves and in each other. Our progress is a result of this trust,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout that determination, we would lament on, considering ourselves incapable of doing it, saying such big things are not in our reach, they are beyond our capacity, reserved for others\u2026yet we are similar.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame said that businesses can\u2019t be detached from politics since success of businesses doesn\u2019t come from business principles learnt from class but rather emerge from good policies. <\/p>\n<p>He commented on private investors declaring they can\u2019t join politics and said; \u201cWho is not in politics? Tell the person saying so that he\/she is lying since no business is possible in an environment without politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew it right from the past. Our history has taught us that politics must be well organized, devoid of arrogance against some people. The suffering we endured in the past has left us with political lessons,\u201d he observed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, I think we should teach people politics; they didn\u2019t know the consequences of bad politics. Wherever you go [world over] people are crying\u2026We can start providing political assistance. We went here, beaten and didn\u2019t lament, but did what we felt is necessary. However, they are learning a lesson we completed in the past,\u201d said Kagame. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you don\u2019t work with the people, without working for people, it is not politics. And the situation later shows you that it is not politics prompting you to go back to do what you should have done two days before. It is currently worldwide, I am not lying I am going to be a \u2018consultant\u2019, I will be telling them\u201c\u2018that is what we told you\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame asked private investors to do everything possible to keep the momentum of Rwanda\u2019s economy so that the person returning home after 20 years will find the country different from  how they  left it.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that good policies enable development of businesses and requested private investors to be more practical, cooperating with government entities that should fulfill their responsibilities in place of fanning blame-games. } He made the observation yesterday evening during a discussion with private sector stakeholders at Kigali Convention Center. 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