{Today President Paul Kagame celebrates his 56th birthday}. He was born on October 23rd, 1957 in Nyarutovu, the former Tambwe District; which, is now known as Ruhango District in the Southern province of Rwanda. At the time, Rwanda was a colony of Belgium.
Rwandans and Government officials have congratulated the president on his birthday. President Kagame, who is active on Social media, received many tweets wishing him “Happy birth Day”.
The Rwanda Patriotic Front via its twitter account wrote ” Happy birth day to our Chairman @PaulKagame, may you live longer to see the seed of peace, hope, development you planted flourish”.
Rwanda’s Minister of youth and Technology, Jean Philibert Nsengimana, also wished happy birthday to the President of the Republic of Rwanda via twitter, he wrote:
“Happy Birth Day Mr. President @PaulKagame, wishing the very best to you, your beloved family and our country.”
As the use of social media rapidly increases, twitter has become a sort of open parliament where any participant can say what they want and also contribute to debates and share information. It is easily a place to hold any leader accountable because it is a public forum. In the case of Rwanda, nearly all the 166,452 followers engage with President Kagame on a daily basis and can ask any question.
The president also takes time to engage with his followers and answer their inquiries.
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