is only through accountable governance that a country like Rwanda will achieve its aspirations, adding that shortcuts can only yield short-term results, if any.
He added that the country has a clear vision and aspirations but emphasised that achieving these aspirations cannot be left to chance, but through a deliberate effort to achieve them.
The process, he added, must also be inclusive of the young generation for sustainability.
“The youth are being involved all step of the way, my hope is that with time, they get to learn to make a meaningful contribution towards national prosperity, better than us who came before them,” he said.
He called for commitment to implement decisions and resolutions made in such meetings including at the party level, saying that the country’s strides towards development should reflect these decisions.
“We should not sit here, make decisions and leave them behind when we leave the room.”
Speaking about the Covid-19 pandemic, President Kagame said that the country has had to make some difficult but necessary decisions, including a lockdown that was imposed mid-March which paralyzed many activities in the country.
Rwanda was the first country in Africa to impose a total lockdown which lasted over two months.
The lockdown, Kagame said, was critical in curtailing the virus in the country, but had some effects including the resurgence of street children in urban centres.
“We must all do our part to minimise the effects of this pandemic,” he said.
For the country’s leadership, he said, the implication is that their workload has doubled with the emergency of Covid-19, saying that besides working to contain the virus and mitigate its effects, they must continue with the work to move the country forward.
He took time to thank frontline workers who have worked day and night since the outbreak of the virus saying that it has required a lot of sacrifice on their part to keep the country safe, including having to expose themselves to the virus.
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