LIVE UPDATES: Museveni Joins RPF to Celebrate 25 Years of Its Existence
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EAT 02:30pm President Kagame ends his speech by wishing all Rwandans happy holidays and happy new year.
EAT 02:o0pm Kagame: RPF welcomes old and new partnerships with other African movements working to make Africa a global player
EAT 01:50pm Kagame – We are still the same people who went to the trenches and yes we can still go back to protect our people. via @MauriceMugisha on Twitter
EAT 01:35 pm Kagame pays tribute to patriots who laid down their lives-.Rwigyema, Kanyarengwe, Bayingana, Iynumba and Rutabairu
EAT 01:30 pm President Paul Kagame salutes Museveni, friends and delegations from across the world
EAT 01:o0 pm Heroes of RPF including Rwigyema, Inyumba, Dusaidi,Kanyarengwe remembered and honored in song playing
EAT 12:50 pm The Secretary General of RPF-INKOTANYI, François Ngarambe, delivers his remarks.
EAT 12:40 pm Entertainment time: performance from a Rwandan cultural troupe keeps guests busy
EAT 12:30 pm President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame arrive at the stadium for RPF 25th Anniversary
EAT 12:15 pm President Museveni arrives at Amahoro stadium for RFP Inkotanyicelebrations
EAT 12:00 pm Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn &Her Excellency Roman Tesfaye Abneh join RPF Inkotanyi celebrations
EAT 11:30 am RPF Inkotanyi Silver Jubilee anniversary celebrations getting underway at Amahoro Stadium. EAC presidents expected
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President Yoweri Museveni who arrived yesterday in Kigali Rwanda for a 2-day visit, will today join his host President Paul Kagame in celebrations marking the ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front’s 25th anniversary.
The ceremony, taking place at Amahoro Stadium, will mark the end of a week long series of events which included a national dialogue of Rwanda’s development (Umushikyirano), a conference on liberation and the launch of the RPF museum, among other things.
Hundreds of high profile Ugandans and several dignitaries from around the world are expected to attend.
Red Pepper Online has seen Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt. Gen Ivan Koreta as well as businessman Barnabas Taremwa around Kigali.
Led by Kagame, The RPF took power in Kigali in 1994 following a guerrilla war launched by Rwandans especially those who had been forced into exile in neighboring Uganda for nearly 30 years.
Formed in Uganda in 1987 after taking part in Uganda’s liberation struggle, the RPF being joined by the neighbors in celebrations confirms the long held view that it had it roots there.
By Arinaitwe Rugyendo in Kigali
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I pray for Rwanda for the prevailing peace to continue,they really suffered.
Dear President Museveni,
It’s an honor to be with you during this 25 year anniversary of RPF. This and other trips you have made to Rwanda truly and clearly demonstrated to us Rwandan that:
1. “friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest… It’s about who came, and never left your side…”
2. a friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
3. a real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out”
Dear Rwandans,
There comes a point in our lives when we realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will.
Nice cerebrations
I can now see the bond btn kagame and m7.