Rwanda: Who Wants to Fill Kagame's Shoes?

2 November 2015
opinion

"So you want to fill the shoes of President Kagame?" Asked a Rwandan blogger recently asked in a series of questions in a popular post. "Oh, are you scared of coming out?" He, at once, asked and declared, "May those who want to succeed Kagame come forward: 'speak now, or forevermore, hold your peace!' Yep, he went there, too: "Oh, are you scared of coming out?" "Well tough, you'll earn it, or you can't handle it.'

Ah, the questions. Or, is it a challenge? If you feel that the questions (or the challenge) is directed towards you, the timing couldn't be any more opportune now that parliament has proposed an exceptional window of 7 years for anyone interested in the presidency come 2017. After that, the transition period, you lose two years on a reduced term of five years.

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