{"id":50934,"date":"2024-07-02T15:13:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-slams-stupid-past-leaders-vows-to-reverse-effects-on-rwandans\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T17:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:24:41","slug":"kagame-slams-stupid-past-leaders-vows-to-reverse-effects-on-rwandans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-slams-stupid-past-leaders-vows-to-reverse-effects-on-rwandans\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame slams \u201cstupid\u201d past leaders, vows to reverse effects on Rwandans"},"content":{"rendered":"

He conceded that most of the problems Rwanda has faced are due to \u201cstupid\u201d leaders who previously held positions in the country\u2019s topmost offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese former leaders of our country were very stupid. That\u2019s why we ended up facing political mayhem the way we did. This had so many negative effects on so many of us but we are working hard to reverse that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Amid endless cheers and applause from ecstatic supporters, Kagame implored the public to wisely exercise their constitutional rights by choosing leaders who will steer the country forward.<\/p>\n

The incumbent Head of State, who is seeking re-election on July 15, has already campaigned in all districts in the Western and Southern provinces. He has also campaigned at one site in the Northern Province and Kigali City respectively.<\/p>\n

He is expected to take his campaign to the districts of Bugesera, Nyagatare, Gakenke, Kayonza Gicumbi and some parts of Kigali in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Today, Kagame thanked thousands of residents who turned up to express dedication, support and love for their favorite candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank you so much for coming in large numbers. This demystifies critics who keep saying that we force people to turn up for our campaigns,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

According to him Rwanda\u2019s future lies in the hands of the youth which is why they have to be empowered and equipped with all the necessary tools and skills to enable individual growth and personal development.<\/p>\n

President Kagame expressed optimism that by building on what has been achieved so far, the country\u2019s development is certainly destined for greater heights.<\/p>\n

\"President<\/figure>\n
\"RPF-Inkotanyi<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On his campaign trail in Kirehe District, Tuesday, July 2, Paul Kagame, the flag bearer of RPF-Inkotanyi lashed out at previous leaders who dragged the country into turmoil of destructive politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":2000072707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[3137],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-by-sam-k-nkurunziza"],"bylines":[{"id":3137,"name":"By Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"by-sam-k-nkurunziza","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":null}],"contributors":[{"id":3137,"name":"By Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"by-sam-k-nkurunziza","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":null}],"featured_image":{"id":2000072707,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1_res_kagame_in_kirehe.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1_res_kagame_in_kirehe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1_res_kagame_in_kirehe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1_res_kagame_in_kirehe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1_res_kagame_in_kirehe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1_res_kagame_in_kirehe.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50934","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\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000072707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50934"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=50934"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=50934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}