{"id":44897,"date":"2021-11-29T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-urges-leaders-to-put-citizens-interests-first\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:23:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T14:23:19","slug":"kagame-urges-leaders-to-put-citizens-interests-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-urges-leaders-to-put-citizens-interests-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame urges leaders to put citizens\u2019 interests first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagame was addressing newly elected local government leaders during the closing ceremony of their one-week induction at Police Training School (PTS) in Gishari, Rwamagana district.   <\/p>\n<p>The President reminded the local leaders on important responsibilities that await them highlighting that they are not only for leaders at the central levels but also leaders at all levels from the top to the bottom of the country\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He said that their duties should be exercised with vigilance to ensure whatever they do helps Rwanda to move forward in development and urged them to walk the talk.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur commitments cannot just be in words. Our aim is for our actions to always reflect our promises. Our goal should be to do what moves our country forward towards the Rwanda we want,\u201d he advised.  <\/p>\n<p>The President stressed that the induction training was important for local leaders to reflect on the road ahead, discuss the lessons learnt from past mistakes, and re-commit to putting more efforts in solving the challenges that the country faces. <\/p>\n<p>He further reminded leaders of attributes that should characterize them on duty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are gathered here, not to represent your own interests as individuals, but because you represent the citizens who elected you. Leadership is not about us as individuals, it goes beyond that, it\u2019s about the people we lead. You are entrusted with the important responsibility of representing and working to uplift the lives of those who elected you,\u201d Kagame said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will be doing things as an individual, but you should always bear in mind that you are doing it in the name of Rwandans who put their trust in you,\u201d he added.  <\/p>\n<p>The Head of State said that leaders who think about themselves only are the reason some countries end up lagging behind on their development journey highlighting that \u2018putting citizens first in everything you do makes a huge difference\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen leaders don\u2019t talk to and complement each other, they cannot achieve anything. Leaders\u2019 achievements reflect their way of working. When there are no results or limited results, it means that there were not enough efforts invested,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40220 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/k-17.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame has urged leaders to put citizens\u2019 interests first.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has urged local leaders to give much attention to citizens\u2019 development instead of representing their own interests as individuals.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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\/44897","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44897"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44897"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}