I’m excited to retire and start a journalism career – President Paul Kagame

ghanaown.comApr 6, 2023 11:42 AM

After 22 years in service, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has stated that he is looking forward to his retirement and the transfer of power.

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In Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, at a joint news conference with his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, Kagame stated that the ruling party is actively discussing a succession plan since his retirement is “inevitable.”

Mr. Kagame claimed that he was less concerned with selecting his successor than he was with cultivating a climate that would produce leaders.

“We have been having this discussion within our [ruling] party since 2010 but circumstances, challenges and history of Rwanda tend to dictate certain things,” he said.

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He said his retirement is an issue that has to be discussed “sooner or later”.

“I’m sure one day I may join journalism in my old age. I’m looking forward to that,” Mr Kagame said.

Days have passed since the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi), the country’s ruling party, elected its first female vice-chairperson.

President Kagame kept his post as chairman. Since 1998, he has been the party’s leader.

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Mr. Kagame has already discussed his impending retirement. He claimed he had no issues being a typical old citizen in December 2022.

Since 2000, Mr. Kagame has presided over the country of East Africa. A contentious vote in 2015 repealed the president’s two-term constitutional restriction.

The president said to a French TV station last year that he will run for office once more in 2024.