Occupation: President Of Rwanda Birth: October 23, 1957
It is better for a country to have a strong leader, this applies to the United States as well as to Rwanda..
There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas..
Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it..
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….
Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days..
In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development..
A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader..
Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones….
Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive..
Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same..
There are African leaders who have the dangerous habit of leading their people into an abyss. In Rwanda we've had presidents who killed. The one mill….
Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region..
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..
Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda..
Aid leads to more aid and more aid and more aid and less independence of the people that are receiving aid..
Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines..
Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before..
The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation..
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 ….
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….
Israel and Rwanda both play an active part in international organizations, including the U.N., but I think it's true that our unique experiences as n….