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[SIZE=6]Stay here we will give you what you need, Kagame tells Rwandans[/SIZE]
WEDNESDAY JULY 4 2018

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President Paul Kagame waves at crowns gathered in Muhanga district in Southern Province to mark Rwanda’s Liberation Day fete on July 4, 2018. PHOTO | URUGWIRO
In Summary
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[li]President Kagame has urged Rwandans to demand for services they need from his government instead of crossing borders in search of them.[/li][li]His remarks came in the wake of a wave of arrests of Rwandans in Uganda, the latest being on Monday.[/li][li]Uganda authorities said they arrested 72 Rwandans for entering the country illegally.[/li][/ul]
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President Kagame has urged Rwandans to demand services they need from his government instead of crossing borders in search of them.
The president was speaking at a ceremony to open a multi-billion franc model village in rural Horezo, Muhanga district in Rwanda’s Southern Province.
The housing project sits on 156 hectares with 25 units of four houses built as one to host 100 families. The Rwf18 billion ($21 million) model village also has a primary and secondary school, hospital and sporting facilities.
The village, which is also connected with electricity and water, was built by the Rwanda Defence Force under the Integrated Development Programme.
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The houses in Horezo model village in southern Rwanda. PHOTO | URUGWIRO

The fete was scheduled on July 4 to mark Rwanda’s Liberation Day – the day, 24 years ago, the Rwanda Patriotic Party (RPF-Inkotanyi) marched into the capital Kigali and ended the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

“Access to electricity, water and other services provided by the government is your right, you should hold us accountable and demand that we deliver. Do not accept to pay anyone a bribe, delivering and serving you is our duty,” President Kagame told the Muhanga district residents.
“We will try our best to provide what you want –schools, hospitals, water, and electricity. In fact, you should be asking us to provide these basic needs if we don’t provide them on time because it is your right to demand them.”
“For citizens that continue to travel long distances and cross borders to look for services, it is our responsibility to ensure that we do everything we can to be able to provide what you need near you,” he said.
The President’s remarks came in the wake of a wave of arrests of Rwandans in Uganda, the latest being on Monday.
Uganda authorities said they arrested 72 Rwandans for entering the country illegally. Twenty-six of them, women and children, were deported while 46 men were held in custody to be arraigned.
The Rwandans are reported to have crossed into Uganda in search of casual jobs.
“There is no border you can cross and get better services than what we can provide here, whether it is healthcare or education. We shouldn’t be crossing borders for any reason,” Kagame said.
He pledged that his government would “do whatever it takes to ensure that the reasons people cross borders are removed.”
“We will ensure that whatever services they are looking for can be obtained locally.”

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Well that’s a first, an African president who is actually embarrassed that his citizens are crossing borders for more opportunities

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He has swallowed his pride for the sake of his own people .what a humble leader

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How can Uganda claim that Rwandese are there illegally? What happened to the EA agreement? Wamekuwa Danganyikans towards Kenyans?

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Ugandans hufeel sweet sana. I know the country will never have people die of hunger but they feel sweet

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What pride, kagame has never meant bad to/for his people

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Fafanua by what ‘sweet’ means here…

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No African president will plead to his people the much he did. That’s putting his pride aside.

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Kama dem venye hufeel sweet when you show interest in her. Wanatusumbua migingo sana,they arrest other Africans holela holela, have you ever dated a Ugandan or dealt with a Ugandan businessman? You will understand

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@shocks and @Randy
Hii 2.1 billion inabalance na 100 units plus hospital, schools and sporting facilities?

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But with migingo, our government has been soft on them, my guess, they don’t see any ‘profitability’ that comes with it, with Chinese fishes flooding the market. Hawaoni haja ya kimawe katikati ya Victoria…

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True, he is different

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Ni ukabila, kibaki’s govt equated it to raila

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So our gova chose to let the Island go in the name of tribal politics? That’s messed up. Patriotism should come first…
mimi nilifikiri its coz haina faida vile, so wakaona Wacha musseven akae nayo…

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No one would willingly leave his country to another if his state affords him security and opportunity to prosper.

Kagame’s human rights record is severely wanting and this is well documented. So Rwandans have to flee for their own safety and well being.

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Every inch of our motherland should be defended no matter the output. The conflict escalated from 2008. Museveni and Kibaki had a common enemy then

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Those Rwandans are not running away looking for better services, they want some Democratic space and freedom of expression.
Kagame knows that he has got Rwandans by the balls and he isn’t letting it go soon.

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I am impressed by the low cost housing intiated by the Govt of Rwanda, yet hapa tunasumbua tuuu na ahadi za kifala.

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Shifu, Hamia huko

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Hizi nyumba zinaonyesha security iko right.