{"id":39606,"date":"2019-07-03T08:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T08:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/there-should-never-be-a-point-where-we-feel-like\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:28:44","slug":"there-should-never-be-a-point-where-we-feel-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/there-should-never-be-a-point-where-we-feel-like\/","title":{"rendered":"There should never be a point where we feel like we have arrived-Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kagame made the observation Tuesday afternoon at the Parliament where he held an interactive discussion with young African Social Media influencers and journalists ahead of the 25th Liberation Day #Kwibohora25.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the secret to Rwanda\u2019s progress, Kagame said the secret lies in knowing that \u2018whatever you get will be on the basis of your efforts combined with others effort\u2019.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the country has always tried to balance resources and what it can do with those resources whereby domestic revenues have been rising very fast while the country has gotten money and assistance in terms of development assistance. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything has been in an upward trend. I think so far so good. The challenge we have is that of the flow of resources. We get resources, but it\u2019s always never enough as you always need more to do even more to consolidate the gains we have made,\u201d said Kagame. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we have made enough progress. We have to keep doing more and better. There should never be a point where we feel like we have arrived. Keep going, even when you are doing well, always be worried about something: either of doing more or be worried that what you have achieved can slide back. That\u2019s our philosophy. It\u2019s a daily thing,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Kagame talked on the rationale for launching the liberation war in 1990 originating from injustices where hundreds of Rwandans were being denied their rights, those living outside and those inside living under harsh conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the war we started rebuilding. We had to call upon everybody’s contribution. Rwandans from outside and those inside were able to move together and get us where we are now. In Rwanda we never saw ourselves as an island. We are part of a much bigger family, the African continent. We are part of the EAC and a much wider continent as it is the best way to reconnect and tap into this relevancy of coming together through social, political and economic integration,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

President Kagame said that along the 25 years journey, the country fought one war of liberation and later reached a phase of explaining everything done. It is in this context that Kagame stressed that doing the attention should be drawn on doing the right thing because some people keep thinking differently. <\/p>\n

\u201cPerception will always be there, you can’t avoid it. Mainly it portrays you the way you are not. Rwanda still suffers from that. There are people who still see us like we were 25 years ago. Don\u2019t be discouraged by perception. Just be educated by it. You need to work hard to change your perception; you can\u2019t bribe your way through. Keep doing your best,\u201d said Kagame. <\/p>\n

He went on to say that \u2018before you even convince anybody outside, convince your own people, and make sure they are with you. Make sure they are involved, they are benefitting. It is built on tangible things. People themselves will start disproving the wrong perceptions\u2019.<\/p>\n

President Kagame also advised the youth to be confident and make the right contribution. <\/p>\n

He said Sacrifice may get to some point that worries people but highlighted that there is always a contribution to make to oneself and country through participation. <\/p>\n

\u201cYour sacrifice should be not to jump too fast to what you think is the easiest path for yourself. How do you contribute to changing the things that affect you, when you don\u2019t expect that somebody else is coming to fix it for you?\u201d Kagame advised.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame has said that Rwanda has made commendable development in terms of growing its economy due to different prudent measures taken over the past 25 years and observed that there should never be a point where Rwandans feel like they have arrived because achievements need to be consolidated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39606"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39606"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}