Tora Kagame

Tora Kagame
It is election season in Rwanda and the Kagame fever is wild. The posters and t-shirts are everywhere. The posters are plastered on the sides and windows of buses and cars (on the front and back windows!) Bumper stickers are everywhere, including on the visors of the moto drivers. Everyone is wearing a “Tora Kagame” (Vote Kagame) T-shirt or something that states people are for the “RPF party.” (Rwandan Patriotic Front)

Kagame’s slogan is “Imvugo Niyo Ngiro” meaning his “ Words are his Actions.” There are many wonderful things Kagame has done for Rwanda during his term beginning in 1994, effectively ending the Genocide of 1994. Since that time, Rwanda has become one of the greatest success stories of Africa; in economic, education, and technological developments. Thus creating the hub of the new East African Union.

With his re-election is assured by a wide margin, one might ask where is the opposition?