Occupation: President Of Rwanda Birth: October 23, 1957
Reconciliation has taken place here in Rwanda and was successful because Rwandans reconciled themselves internally. If the tribunal had taken place i….
In Rwanda, we have a society that has experienced a very serious rupture and you can't expect all of a sudden that things will be perfect. Even so: Y….
Up to a certain extent the UN soldiers are useful. But they are consuming a lot of resources in relation to the little work they are doing..
Technology has brought many possibilities in education and health that are key to women..
Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send yo….
It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security..
The new Rwanda is about building an economy that delivers prosperity and opportunity for our citizens based on a robust private sector. Foreign adven….
Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it..
A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader..
There are things I admire, for example, about South Korea or Singapore. I admire their history, their development and how intensively they have inves….
I know that the fact that I am candidate to my own succession in 2017 can be perceived to be a bad thing by some part of the public opinion outside R….
I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, wh….
My own experience from a decade ago taught me I cannot trust the UN. But it is a world body and we have to live with it and tolerate it. But I can't ….
The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was my case. But once the ….
The West has institutions that can punish the misconduct of individuals. What drove Rwanda and Africa into decline was the fact that certain people w….
Aid leads to more aid and more aid and more aid and less independence of the people that are receiving aid..
Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days..
Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before..
When people accuse us of taking coltan from Congo, I don't understand what they mean. The quality of our own coltan here from Rwanda is much better. ….
Rwanda is rebuilding itself once again as one nation and that is the reason why we are making progress. Now many Rwandans are making their ends meet ….
Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda..