President Paul Kagame's Toxic Behaviour At The National Leadership Retreat Proves He Is Not Fit For Office

President Paul Kagame's Toxic Behaviour At The National Leadership Retreat Proves He Is Not Fit For Office

March 1, 2015

Addressing Rwandan leaders that included Chief Justice, President of the Senate, Speaker of Parliament, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and other officials attending the National Leadership Retreat, President Paul Kagame declared them all useless.

Shockingly, the President stated: "Everybody has become like the other - the killers of yesterday and the liberators of yesterday...full of self-importance and doing nothing for this country that has suffered so much."

According to Kagame, he is the only one left to save Rwanda. Were it possible he would even "take arms and fight" against the current non-performing and corrupt system that he himself created.

In most bizarre moment of the retreat, the Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda tried to rescue Rwandan leaders from Kagame by listing all the good things that Rwanda has supposedly achieved - including his extraordinary claim that Rwanda has a better healthcare system than even the united States of America.

Kagame then turned on Mwenda: "I really don't like your comments. You can reserve them for your Independent newspaper. You write them and I will read them there."

Somebody please remind Kagame that:

• He is the builder of the current system since 1994.

• He is the appointing authority of all the officials he is now cursing.

• He is their chief executive officer; chief operational officer, and chief financial officer.

• He is therefore in denial of his total failure.

Taking full responsibility, accountability and consequences for poor performance is important. But to turn to public humiliation as a method to change behavior belongs to dark ages whether it is with a 12 year old child or a 60-something Chief Justice of a nation. Frank discussion or showdown behind closed doors is understandable. But public humiliation?

No logic, rationalizations, or excuses make it OK for what the Rwandan President has done. His toxic behavior makes it clear that is not fit to govern. The date March 1, 2015, will be remembered for marking yet another low point in Rwanda's descent into a single big man syndrome.

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Article by Dr David Himbara

AMAGANYA YA DOGITERI MAGANYA: ATI MURI REPUBURIKA NTA KIGENDA!

AMAGANYA YA DOGITERI MAGANYA: ATI MURI REPUBURIKA NTA KIGENDA!

Kagame yaje mu mwiherero amaze kwica Rwigara, Kayitare, Dr. Gasakure, amaze gukatira Kizito na bagenzi be, aza kwidegembya nagasuzuguro kenshi imbere yabo yagize infungwa ze. Aravuga ko mu butegetsi bwe ntakigenda kandi ko bimaze imyaka 12! None se indi manda arashaka iyiki? Kuki se umwiherero utaganira kubyubwicanyi bwe cyangwa demokarasi mu gihugu, abanyepolitike bafunze cyangwa impunzi? None abo abaza bamusubiza bate abamubwije ukuri ko abica, akabafunga, cyangye bagahunga akazabatsinda yo?

Mwiyumvire irimuva mu kanwa, ibyo ashyira ku bandi yakabyibajije:

"...Kubwirwa incuro cumi nebyiri nti wumva uba ufite ikibazo. Mbere yo gutangira umwiherero abantu baba batekereza gutaha. Ndifuza uwampakanya. Tuza hano kubahiriza umuhango gusa. Prove to me that I am wrong and I will be happy. Ndabategereje. You have no time to think seriously, you are good for nothing. I am not capable of changing people. You talk too much, nobody owns up, and you do little or nothing. You cannot answer the most important question, and it is all of us. Murasiganya nde? Your country is too small for anybody to be interested in your mess. You have nothing to offer. Ndabahishira simbabwira uko mu meze. Aba Ministri muzi ko muri ibitangaza kandi murutwa nabaturage. Are you listening abari kuri camera ko mbuna muri muri za tweet mureba hasi. It is a shame. The young, the old and those who think they know everything. It does not matter how much education you have, it was wasted money. Listen to those who criticize you and less to those who praise you. I sound angry but I am allowed to be. We deceive ourselves that we are very good because we are better than the worst. Murirata ngo mufite abo muruta? Ibibazo nitwe tub itera system...."

Kagame wakweguye ko bigaragara ko unaniwe! Ni hahandi nutegura kandi uvuga ko system yawe nta ngufu namba isigaranye uru rugamba rugusatira uzamanika amaboko, urugwemo, cyangwa uhungire mu baza gushyira mu nkiko mpuzamahanga? Hitamo. Agapfa kaburiwe ni mpongo.

Article by Dr Theogene Rudasingwa

BBC rejects Rwanda criticism over genocide documentary

BBC rejects Rwanda criticism over genocide documentary

March 1, 2015 9:08 AM

London (AFP) - The BBC on Sunday strongly rejected findings by Rwandan investigators that it had broken the country's law on genocide denial with a documentary on the 1994 massacres screened last year in Britain. 

Paul Kagame

The British broadcaster said it was "extremely disappointed" by the conclusions of a probe led by former Rwandan top prosecutor Martin Ngoga, and said it stood by its journalism.

"Rwanda, The Untold Story" questioned official versions of the genocide that left about 800,000 people dead, and highlighted criticism over Rwandan President Paul Kagame's alleged role in events.

The programme revived allegations that Kagame's Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) -- then a rebel group, now the ruling political party -- was behind the downing of a plane carrying the country's Hutu president at the time, an event that triggered the genocide against primarily Tutsi victims.

In the findings published on Saturday, Ngoga urged the Rwandan government to take action against the BBC and ban its radio programmes from the country's airwaves.

"We are extremely disappointed by the findings of this commission," a BBC spokeswoman said.

"While we do not yet know the full implications for the BBC in Rwanda, we stand by our right to produce the independent journalism which has made us the world's most trusted news source."

She said complaints about the programme, produced in London and shown on the BBC2 television channel in October, were going through a "robust" editorial review process.

"This process has not yet concluded but the provisional findings are that the documentary does not breach the BBC's editorial standards," she said.

"We strongly reject any suggestion that any part of this documentary constitutes genocide denial."

Ngoga contended the BBC had "abused press freedom and free speech, violated its own editorial guidelines (and) transgressed journalistic standards."

He recommended that Rwanda "initiate criminal and civil process to deal with identified offences."

He also advised Rwanda to terminate the agreement that allows the BBC to broadcast on the country's airwaves. BBC radio services in the local Kinyarwanda language have been blocked since the programme was broadcast.

Prominent international academics, experts and diplomats have also accused the BBC of being "recklessly irresponsible" by allegedly promoting a revisionist account of the genocide in the documentary, notably by questioning the number of Tutsis killed.

The head of Rwanda's Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) said regulators would carefully study the results of the probe before deciding the best course of action.

Source: Yahoo News

Rwanda Budget Revision - Shortfall In Revenue Collection, Reduced Aid Donations, And More Debt

Rwanda Budget Revision - Shortfall In Revenue Collection, Reduced Aid Donations, And More Debt

February 28, 29015

As the CEO of Rwanda, President Paul Kagame, begins his lecture to a fearful gathering at the annual retreat 2015, he should not overlook the Revised Budget tabled by the Minister of Finance in Parliament on February 25, 2015.

President Paul Kagame

The budget is bad news: 1) Revenue collection has fallen short of 2014 estimates, 2) donors are less generous, and so the regime 3) is turning to more and more debt.

Here are a few highlights from the revised budget.

• Overall the 2014/2015 budget has increased from RwF 1753.3 billion to RWF 1759.6 billion - equivalent to US$2.5 billion.

• Tax revenue estimates have fallen short by RwF 12.2 billion from RwF 906.8 billion to RwF 894.6 billion - equivalent to US$1.3 billion.

• Donor grants have shrunk from the original estimate of RWF 544.8 billion (US$788 million) to RWF 414.4 billion - equivalent of US$600 million. Donors in other words are giving the regime less than originally anticipated by US$188 million.

• Total loans have been raised from RWF 122.8 billion to RwF 212.6 billion - equivalent to US$ 307 million.

Kagame's economic lion is proving to be a mouse. Let us hope the retreat is not the usual posturing and phraseology, and instead addresses substantive matters by first acknowledging the difficulty situation facing Rwanda.

Article by Dr David Himbara