According to {Newzimbabwe}, Chamisa made the statement on Saturday while addressing supporters at a campaign rally.<\/p>\n
Chamisa was ICT minister in former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe\u2019s government. <\/p>\n
\u201cLook what my brother Paul Kagame is doing for his country. I helped him on his ICT policy, on how to turn around the country when we met in Geneva, Switzerland and he was happy with my presentation,\u201d he told supporters.<\/p>\n
He told supporters that Kagame is doing a wonderful job for his country because he started his planning from a local level and, because of that, Rwanda has never been the same; it has changed completely.<\/p>\n
Chamisa claimed that he knew Kagame through former Zimbabwe President Mugabe, who (Mugabe) told Kagame that the man belonged to Zanu PF, but later on Chamisa himself told Kagame that he belongs to MDC Party which was led by late Morgan Tsvangirai.<\/p>\n
Through his Twitter Account, Kagame refuted Chamisa\u2019s statements saying that he doesn\u2019t know the man and added that Rwanda\u2019s ICT transformation started before the existence of his political party.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst my name is Kagame not kagama, Second, I don’t know this man and no discussion ever happened with him anywhere …Third, Rwanda\u2019s ICT policy, projects and program started before MDC formation and politics! I wish the people of Zimbabwe well!\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe presidential and parliamentary elections are due in July 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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