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@LarryMadowo There is nothing paternalistic there. Africans are used to being indiscipline that’s why they even have to be outraged. It’s only good manners not to heckle speakers.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: A video of Rwanda’s President @PaulKagame is circulating ahead of President @KagutaMuseveni’s inauguration, where several regional leaders connected to the controversy are expected to attend.
In the video, Kagame makes explosive claims about the origins of the M23 rebellion, directly questions the legitimacy of President Félix Tshisekedi’s rise to power and references the hidden political struggles shaping the Great Lakes region.
The Rwandan leader alleges that the M23 rebellion “started in Uganda,” questioning why Uganda has never faced the same scrutiny or international pressure directed at Rwanda.
“You cannot blame us for the start of this conflict, because everybody knows where this conflict started from and by whom,” Kagame declared. “This M23, I have said it before, came from Uganda. They did not come from here. Why was it not made Uganda’s problem?”
Kagame also attacked Tshisekedi’s rise to power, alleging that the Congolese president @FelixUdps did not genuinely win office but was instead installed through a behind-the-scenes political arrangement witnessed by several African heads of state.
Kagame referenced former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Egyptian President @AlsisiOfficial, and South African President @CyrilRamaphosa as leaders he claimed could affirm his account of negotiations surrounding the Congolese transition of power.
“You know how the current president came to be president?” Kagame asked. “He was just called to the office and this man thought he was making a good deal and they handed him power.”
The remarks come at a sensitive moment for the region as tensions over eastern Congo continue to deepen amid diplomatic strain, competing accusations, and growing international scrutiny surrounding the conflict.