"Stop Neglecting Citizens" - President Kagame’s Stern Message to Leaders
Content: During the 20th Umushyikirano, President Kagame delivered a stern message regarding leadership, collaboration, and accountability, emphasizing that officials who neglect citizens must be held responsible.
Reprimanding Negligent Leaders President Kagame reprimanded leaders who neglect citizens, particularly regarding public works projects. He highlighted instances where project managers received their salaries while citizens working on the ground went unpaid.
"During the holidays at Christmas and New Year, there were places where citizens were about to riot... those managing them wanted to go rest, but the citizen spent their time every day doing something, and you left them there without paying them," Kagame said, demanding that this practice stop immediately. He emphasized that mayors and ministry officials must be held accountable and punished for such negligence.
The Need for Collaboration and Responsibility Kagame highlighted that a lack of collaboration between institutions causes many projects to be poorly planned and fail to produce expected results, causing the country to lose money.
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa, addressed these issues, outlining four areas for improvement:
Collaboration: Ensuring ministries work together to ensure projects succeed.
Service Quality: Improving the standard of services in both the public and private sectors.
Speed: Accelerating work to ensure funds are utilized efficiently before losing value.
Resource Utilization: Capitalizing on government opportunities for trade and development.
Call to Action for Leaders Kagame concluded that leaders must take full responsibility for the resources entrusted to them for the benefit of all Rwandans. They must be prepared to explain their actions and, if necessary, pay for losses incurred through mismanagement.
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