{"id":47464,"date":"2023-02-02T08:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T08:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-commends-heroes-for-having-laid-the-foundation-for-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:54:35","slug":"president-kagame-commends-heroes-for-having-laid-the-foundation-for-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-commends-heroes-for-having-laid-the-foundation-for-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame commends heroes for having laid the foundation for Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of State delivered the message to Rwandans and friends of Rwanda as the country celebrated Heroes Day on 1st February 2023.   <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s celebration is observed under the theme \u2018Our Heroism, Our dignity\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Kagame has via Twitter handle said that it serves as an opportunity to honour heroes for their sacrifice to make Rwanda a country with a bright vision.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we honour the Rwandan men and women whose bravery and patriotism laid the foundation for a nation of a people determined to shape their own destiny,\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we face challenges of regional and global nature, today is a reminder of our ability to stand up for what is right, to protect our nation and to build a legacy of prosperity for generations. Happy Heroes Day!\u201d added Kagame. <\/p>\n<p>According to the law establishing the Chancellery for Heroes, National Orders and Decorations of Honor &#8220;a hero is any person who pursues objectives he\/she undertakes to obtain a special achievement for the public interest and with high proven integrity, sacrifice and noble courage in his\/her acts and who avoids being a coward in his\/her actions in very trying situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>{{Rwandan heroes are classified into three categories namely:}}<\/p>\n<p>{{Imanzi:}} The unknown soldier and Major General Fred Gisa Rwigema.<\/p>\n<p>{{Imena:}} Mutara III Rudahigwa, Rwagasana Michel, Agathe Uwiringiyimana, Niyitegeka F\u00e9licit\u00e9 and Nyange students.<\/p>\n<p>{{Ingenzi:}} No hero was classified in this category. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-46037 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/o-11.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame laying a wreath at the National Heroes Mausoleum located in Remera, Gasabo District of Kigali City on Wednesday 1st February 2023.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that celebrating the National Heroes Day is an occasion to reflect on Rwandans who laid a foundation for a country of people determined to shape their own destiny.}  <\/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-47464","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\/47464","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=47464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47464"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47464"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}