“When I was 40, I was actually thinking of maybe doing something and then retiring. Then I became 50, I found there was more to do than retiring, went to 60, the same story. Now I’m about to be 70 in a few years, so I think there is still some work to do.
But we can keep changing ideas and places and where we operate from. But if I retire, still I will have something to do, at least I am going to be a cheerleader for those upcoming young people who are doing different things, and giving them a bit of advice here and there and reminding them to be a little careful about this, about that.
You know when you are still very young, you feel like you can do anything. You can climb a mountain and they tell you jump and you can fly without a parachute, you think you can do that.
We went through that, there was a time you felt you could. But as you grow you start making sense of all these things and want to be a little more careful and then looking at what you’re doing and where you are headed, making sense of all that.” President Kagame | Youth Connekt Africa Summit 2024 #YouthConnekt2024
President-elect @realDonaldTrump, I warmly congratulate you on behalf of the Government and people of Rwanda for your historic and decisive election as the 47th President of the United States. Your clear message has been that the United States should be a partner of choice that attracts by the force of its example, rather than by imposing its views and ways of life on others. I therefore look forward to working with you for the common benefit of both our countries in the years ahead.
JUST IN: Vanessa Umuhoza Gashumba and Venuste Icyitegetse have been elected as members of parliament representing youth, according to @RwandaElections provisional results released on Thursday.
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This Sunday in Kibugabuga, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame hosted several artists who reside in Karumuna, fulfilling a promise he made a week ago during the RPF Presidential rally in Bugesera. The President gifted each of the artists a cow.
“The endpoint of the liberation struggle was to build a state in which each of us is valued, and citizens are always at the center of government action.
Even though Rwandans have made huge strides towards this mindset, we must remain vigilant.
I am addressing this message in particular to Rwanda’s young people, especially those born over the last thirty years.
This country is yours to protect, defend, and make prosperous.
It is worth repeating that real liberation only begins when the guns fall silent.
We began that stage thirty years ago, and we are counting on you, the liberation generation, to take us further.” President Kagame | #Kwibohora30
“I would like to thank you for the tremendous honour you have bestowed on me and my country with the award of this honorary doctorate. […] This is my fourth visit to Korea but my first to the Yonsei campus, I wish that our connection had started much earlier.’’ President Kagame
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