{"id":50200,"date":"2024-03-10T03:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T03:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-chosen-as-rpf-flag-bearer-for-2024-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:21:46","slug":"kagame-chosen-as-rpf-flag-bearer-for-2024-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-chosen-as-rpf-flag-bearer-for-2024-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame chosen as RPF flag-bearer for 2024 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decision was made during an extraordinary congress held at the RPF-Inkotanyi headquarters in Rusororo, Kigali, attended by over 2,000 party cadres on Saturday, March 9.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s list of flag-bearers for both presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for July, will soon be shared with the Electoral Commission. Kagame, aged 66, has been Rwanda&#8217;s president since 2000 and was re-elected in 2017 with over 98 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>During the congress, the party reviewed the implementation of its 2017-2024 manifesto and adopted a new five-year plan for its candidates.<\/p>\n<p>RPF&#8217;s Secretary General, Wellars Gasamagera, highlighted the party&#8217;s achievements in economic development, social welfare, and infrastructure despite challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Gasamagera outlined improvements in economic growth, infrastructure, education, and healthcare, emphasizing the party&#8217;s commitment to the national Vision 2050 for sustainable development. He also mentioned plans to focus on green transportation, AI-driven economic growth, and education quality.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the congress, RPF&#8217;s Vice Chairperson, Uwimana Consol\u00e9e, expressed gratitude for the party&#8217;s achievements over the past three decades, recalling personal experiences and thanking Kagame for his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, Kagame expressed gratitude for the party&#8217;s trust and acknowledged the weight of leading the nation, likening it to a &#8220;shock absorber&#8221; against daily challenges. He emphasized the importance of mindset in facing these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of Kagame as the RPF&#8217;s flag-bearer sets the stage for the 2024 elections, with the party aiming to continue its efforts towards national development and improving the quality of life for all Rwandans.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1041\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBUd6A2_vQw\" title=\"RPF Congress | Acceptance Speech by Chairman Kagame\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-64456\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/42274.jpg\" alt=\"Kagame has been chosen as RPF flag-bearer for 2024 elections.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has been selected as the flag-bearer for the RPF-Inkotanyi party in the upcoming 2024 presidential elections.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000064455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000064455,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/42274.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/42274.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/42274.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/42274.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/42274.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/42274.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200","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=50200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000064455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50200"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=50200"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=50200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}