NewStats: 3,261,647 , 8,174,643 topics. Date: Thursday, 29 May 2025 at 10:54 PM f241z

festacman:


Paul Kagame is not the only person that keep Rwandans together and guarantee development. He is like any other dictator in history and his excesses will unravel when he is gone. Kagame is no messiah but a man who like most African leaders is so much in love in power that he is scared of life without it. Rwandan without Kagame at this time will have a better and smoother sustainable developmental trajectory that comes with natural political stability into the future than artificially-stable Rwanda with Kagame's 4th term in office. All he need to do is to facilitate a constitution that deliberately engenders national unity with intentionally interests-balanced parliament and the hand over to another government to have it tested.

You have the right to hold your opinion and I respect that.

I suspect all these dictators have stolen the country blind so are afraid of what the next president will discover when he gets there. If you are doing well truly for the country why not leave while the ovation is loudest. African leaders are just drunk on power. He wants to ruin the goodwill he was so far.

Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely. All it takes is for some group of people or journalists to start protesting this 4th term and watch him come down hard on them.

Christistruth00:

He has become a sit tight tyrant

Fact!

THE ARMY SHOULD OVERTHROW HIM

hodari:

You're 100% right. Rwanda is a police state and people watch their shadows and are afraid to speak against the government. Like how Nigeria used to be under military rule in the 70s and 80s.

Not only that, Paul Kagame's regime preaches "reconciliation" but 90% of the government, military, police, private sector, etc is composed of minority Tutsis. Let nobody cheat you, it's very easy to tell who is a Tutsi or Hutu from physical features and also the Tutsi hate Hutu people with a ion.

Kagame has become more and more paranoid by the day, he's now even murdering his political opponents far from Rwanda borders-in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Canada, Sweden, etc He is now killing even his fellow Tutsi like Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa and Patrick Karegeya...former trusted high-ranking Rwandan officials. Not even young Youtubers and musicians are being spared death in Kagame's hands. He is a very ruthless dictator.

Go to inside Kigali-places like Nyamirambo and speak to the locals. You shall realise Rwanda is a terrible ticking time bomb.

This is what happens to sit tight leaders. They become paranoid and start killing perceived enemies. Same with this Syria president, Bashir Al Assad. I one interviewer (BBC or CNN) saying that he was jumping at every noise when they interviewed him.

Surely lightening will strike twice in Rwanda


It's loading

excel101:
This is the problem of African leaders. Despite all the good things he did in Rwanda, he's about destroying it with black man's greed fto cling to power

Didn't Baba Mugabe do exactly the Same

festacman:


Praise-singing, graveyard quietness and choreographed smiles are all deceitful hallmarks of dictatorship because behind the façade you see is an unhappy mentally-shackled people yearning for fresh air and freedom.

Look, the disadvantage of what Paul Kagame is doing is that for several years, everything will be about him and revolve around him so much that there is not any solid succession plan in place and the political class and the citizens have poor democracy learning curves. Yes, there are physical developments but developmental mentality will be missing among the civil servants and citizens.

A dangerous lacuna is created and if Paul Kagame dropped dead today, everything he builds crumbles from infighting for power. It happened with Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Ivory Coast. It happened with Mohamed Siad Barre in Somalia. And if he succeeds in installing his son, the damage goes on and day of reckoning is merely postponed.

Stop blabbing as if democracy is the best thing after sliced bread. Gaddafi presided over Libya as a sole ruler and brought prosperity and development to his country till the Europeans killed him out of fear that he'll liberate African from neocolonialism and the chains of mental enslavement around the necks of Africans like you who have been so brainwashed to hate themselves and worship their slavemasters.

Your opinion stinks.

What has democracy brought Nigeria apart from continuous suffering and impoverishment of majority of the population while less than 1% of the population who constitute the ruling class feed fat on the nation's resources...

Nigeria should be divided into regional blocks and each region should select a leader like Gaddafi to preside over their affairs.

Fûck your democracy

I believe everyone in a country should have the right to be able to rule. Kagame has done his part, why not let other people with different ideas rule?

The presidency is not a birth right. This is why Nigeria with 200M population and 90% of that population are uselessly dumb, we are still better that all the Africans countries. All we need to focus on now is building strong infrastructures and every other developments will start taking place.

anyways are you planning on relocating and raise your children in Japan? please watch this video?? and also subscribe to my channel for more content.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAbe1X9H3-8

airsaylongcome:


He is anything BUT a good leader. Many of you are swayed by the positive PR campau3the West gives him. In the heartland of Rwanda, he is utterly disliked. But he rules with such an iron-fist that people are scared to publicly show dissent.

Read up this 3 year old article

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54801979.amp

That's true, my friend travelled there last two years as a tech person after some while his company folded and he got stuck, he claimed they were not allowed to say anything negative about the situation of the country to outsiders, they'll get picked up and are also told to lure people in also, he even talked about how the government planned with uk to deport illegal migrants there to rwanda

DyingFetus:



Avoid mainstream media

Lol! I'm just referencing that. I've got a cousin with very personal experience. Lived I. Rwanda for two years. Outside Kigali. Nigerian. And first hand observed the repression Rwandese face 8f they attempt to voice dissent.

Plus there is never smoke without fire. If Kagame wasn't repressing his citizens, mainstream media would not be mentioning these.

Ignore main stream media yourself as your perception of Kagame is shaped by the same mainstream media you advise me to avoid. Trust me, Kagame is no different from Idi-Amin, Biya, Mugabe, Abacha and his fellow African dictators

muykem:
He has started his own. He will soon destroy every good thing he has done.

WHATEVER you think he did for his people- he actually did for himself

Christistruth00:
He needs to how Gaddafi ended

Point of correction, he never forced himself on his people, unlike Gadaffi. 90% of Rwandans love him. Do you know the way he treats his citizens? Go to Rwanda, a place once known as war zones and you'd weep for Nigeria.

Are you aware as small as they are, they have a national carrier, the same thing which APC and Hadi Sirika scammed over 200m Nigerians with? There's a lot to talk about Rwanda and Paul, their good leader.

happney65:
These people sha. Turning yourselves int dictators.

None of you ever did as much as Nelson Mandela did for any country. Man was locked up for 27 good years of his life because he fought the apartheid government of them south Africa.

He got out of prison, contested and became president,did a single term and decided that is all. He could have done another term but he wasn't interested any more

If he wanted to turn himself into a dictator he would because he spent all his life for the country but he never did

As any of you dictators ever did 1/3 of what Mandela did? You see, Kagame's good will is just being eroded by his dictatorial tendices

When the same people that hail him today,turn against him and tell him enough is enough,by then he will know better

The selfishness of African Presidents is becoming a menace to the world. We are all talking about coup de'ta, we are not looking inward.
4th term to achieve what?

wrongman665:
Coup loading.....

It can't happen in Rwanda. That guy is loved by all

festacman:


Praise-singing, graveyard quietness and choreographed smiles are all deceitful hallmarks of dictatorship because behind the façade you see is an unhappy mentally-shackled people yearning for fresh air and freedom.

Look, the disadvantage of what Paul Kagame is doing is that for several years, everything will be about him and revolve around him so much that there will be no solid succession plan in place and the political class and the citizens will have poor democracy learning curves. Yes, there are physical developments but developmental mentality will be missing among the civil servants and citizens.

A dangerous lacuna is created and if Paul Kagame dropped dead today, everything he builds crumbles from infighting for power. It happened with Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Ivory Coast. It happened with Mohamed Siad Barre in Somalia. And if he succeeds in installing his son, the damage goes on and day of reckoning is merely postponed.

Did all Lee Quan Yew of Singapore build crumble after him? Like Yew, Paul built Rwanda, a war torn country out of nothing. If the people love his 4th term bid, he'd still will. One thing you can't take away from Paul is, he doesn't force himself on his people

happney65:
These people sha. Turning yourselves int dictators.

when they were fighting for power and risking their lives and property where were you?

.
None of you ever did as much as Nelson Mandela did for any country. Man was locked up for 27 good years of his life because he fought the apartheid government of them south Africa.

who send am message?

.
He got out of prison, contested and became president,did a single term and decided that is all. He could have done another term but he wasn't interested any more

and see the mess he left behind

.
If he wanted to turn himself into a dictator he would because he spent all his life for the country but he never did

his loss

.
As any of you dictators ever did 1/3 of what Mandela did? You see, Kagame's good will is just being eroded by his dictatorial tendices

what did he do
Blacks are still poor and marginalised in south Africa

.
When the same people that hail him today,turn against him and tell him enough is enough,by then he will know better

till then

Greed

SmartPolician:


First, people don't sing the praises of Paul Kagame. That country mirrors hope that a purely black African country can still make progress, because all facts show otherwise.

It's even interesting that Paul Kagame comes from a minority tribe and has successfully won elections several times. It tells you how mentally advanced those guys are.

..

Rwanda is not a democracy it is a minority dictatorship there are lots of legal loopholes that prevent the majority Hutu from every becoming President.


Rwandan citizens who leave Rwanda have to take an oath not to ever say anything bad about Kagame.

Eriokanmi:
Point of correction, he never forced himself on his people, unlike Gadaffi. 90% of Rwandans love him. Do you know the way he treats his citizens? Go to Rwanda, a place once known as war zones and you'd weep for Nigeria.

He did force himself on the people in the literal sense, he led the Tutsi army to overthrow the government and create his own government

Who in their right mind would vote against him? Vote against a man with guns behind him? Vote and die

festacman:


Praise-singing, graveyard quietness and choreographed smiles are all deceitful hallmarks of dictatorship because behind the façade you see is an unhappy mentally-shackled people yearning for fresh air and freedom.

Look, the disadvantage of what Paul Kagame is doing is that for several years, everything will be about him and revolve around him so much that there will be no solid succession plan in place and the political class and the citizens will have poor democracy learning curves. Yes, there are physical developments but developmental mentality will be missing among the civil servants and citizens.

A dangerous lacuna is created and if Paul Kagame dropped dead today, everything he builds crumbles from infighting for power. It happened with Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Ivory Coast. It happened with Mohamed Siad Barre in Somalia. And if he succeeds in installing his son, the damage goes on and day of reckoning is merely postponed.

Also happened in Libya

adenigga:


Source: https://punchng.com/Rwandas-Kagame-says-he-will-run-for-fourth-term

Rubbish!! Utter nonsense!!

This is how it stats, u have done three now seeking for the fourth term.

festacman:


Praise-singing, graveyard quietness and choreographed smiles are all deceitful hallmarks of dictatorship because behind the façade you see is an unhappy mentally-shackled people yearning for fresh air and freedom.

Look, the disadvantage of what Paul Kagame is doing is that for several years, everything will be about him and revolve around him so much that there will be no solid succession plan in place and the political class and the citizens will have poor democracy learning curves. Yes, there are physical developments but developmental mentality will be missing among the civil servants and citizens.

A dangerous lacuna is created and if Paul Kagame dropped dead today, everything he builds crumbles from infighting for power. It happened with Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Ivory Coast. It happened with Mohamed Siad Barre in Somalia. And if he succeeds in installing his son, the damage goes on and day of reckoning is merely postponed.

you're a wise man

danvon:


He did force himself on the people in the literal sense, he led the Tutsi army to overthrow the government and create his own government

Who in their right mind would vote against him? Vote against a man with guns behind him? Vote and die

I don't believe he forced himself on his people. Rather, he ended the long term civil war between hutus and tutsi tribes, though he's of the tutsi tribe

Truth be told this guy is doing well . Rwanda economy is stable and constantly attracts foreign investors. However it's good to step down ovation is loud. I guess greed is setting in for kagame

LOL, People who don't know what is happening in Rwanda will say things are going well there. Kagame is good.

Let them keep deceiving you people with pictures of Kigali etc.

If Kagame is a good leader and loved by the Rwandan people, he won't make his son his security personnel.

If Rwanda is so good while are the Rwandese don't want to leave Burundi and Congo and return to their El Dorado.

Only Congolese will tell you what Rwanda people are facing in the hands of Kagame.

Kagame is a dictator and you can not talk badly about him in Rwanda or you are in danger.

FreeStuffsNG:
Disgraceful . This is the same person our Governors went to meet in Kigali. He is looking to self destruct of his legacy. Check my signature for free stuffs!

Brainwashed mofo!

Unfortunately, most comments here are extremely incorrect. Now you'll understand how education without bias is important, as well as the influence of PR and muzzling by State. Read deeply if you are interested in the truth, it's complicated and risqué.

Awon eyan Obasanjo. These people no want learn.

[quote author=SmartPolician post=125908354]

First, people don't sing the praises of Paul Kagame. That country mirrors hope that a purely black African country can still make progress, because all facts show otherwise.

It's even interesting that Paul Kagame comes from a minority tribe and has successfully won elections several times. It tells you how mentally advanced those guys are.

I have lots of friends who have holidayed in Rwanda, and they all have good things to say about the country. Videos of Rwanda are all over the internet. You can see the progress a landlocked country that survived a genocide has made under one man who has big dreams for his country.

Compare that to North Korea where people are scared to talk about the Little Rocket Man because they fear for their precious lives. Mind you, Rwanda is not a communist country, so I don't know what you are writing about.

I don't Paul Kagame being in power for a long time. However, nobody should cry more than the bereaved. Don't use what happened in other African countries as basis for what will happen in Rwanda.

Coming to if something happens to Kagame, na you wan kill am? Besides, for that country to have made progress - without tribal wars after the genocide - by allowing a man from the minority to rule them for this time, doesn't it tell you that those people don't think like the rest of us?

I tell people that most countries that don't work lack patriotic people. If you people are patrotic, there's nothing you cannot achieve as a people. This is a fact...[/quoteTrue peace is not the absence of conflicts but the presence of Justice and equity, Rwanda may look peaceful n happy on the surface but deep down there's high level of resentment n bitterness, it's simply a case of accepting swallowing a bitter pill because the palatable alternative is beyond reach,Paul kagame is indeed ruling rwanda with iron fist using military suppression backed by nepotism n ethnic bias,in Rwanda the Tutsi etnnic group where kagame came from are a far minority but dominates the security establishment for long,the far majority are the Hutus,the Tutsi has been using military dominance to rule over the majority in rwanda for so long,in 1994 elections a Hutu eventually won to usher in the first majority rule, this same kagame who was in the military was part of those that organized the murder of the first Hutu majority president, thereafter a protest by the Hutus who felt cheated was met with brutal attacks by the Tutsi using their military dominance,the Tutsi went on killing spree to massively reduce the population of the Hutus in what history now refer to as the rwandan genocide, eventually the helpless Hutus had to accept a Tutsi leadership for this peace of today to reign, it's deceptive to assume or agree that there's true peace in Rwanda except if history n facts are to be denied, this helpless peace may continue for long but it's certainly not guaranteed,let there be a free n transparent elections in rwanda,the results will shock you.paul kagame is certainly very crafty,he has done relatively well to mask the real narrative but that doesn't mean no one from the Hutus is capable of ruling n doing well in rwanda,Rwsnda shall continue to exist even without kagame, would you sincerely say the scenario in rwanda is truly fair?.

Las las, na coup go end his matter.