Paul Kagame: "It's Up To Us Rwandans To Transform Our Country. Nobody Else Should Do It For Us"

President Kagame (in beige shirt) engaging in monthly community service around the country called umuganda

From Rwanda Focus, about the country's pro-free-market president's approach to organic development: "President Paul Kagame has called upon Rwandans to work hard so that they can get a better life without relying on other people's generosity. He made the call on Saturday joining Masaka residents in Kicukiro district in umuganda [monthly community service around the country]. 'We deserve a decent life. It's our rights,' he said. 'We should not wait for other people to come and do it for us. Where will there come from? Nowhere. It's up to us to take the lead.'"

More: "According to the President, umuganda is one of the ways that Rwandans can use to transform their lives. 'It should be better if it was taking place like twice or more per month, but even this is enough,' Kagame said. 'It's a reminder of what we should be doing every day.' He added that all Rwandans should have that spirit of work as a key value for any human being. 'No one else should be reminding us to do so because it dignifies ourselves and our country.'"