welcome to candid africa truthful and
unapologetic
um you've spoken a lot about democracy
um
and i would just like to point to the
accusations accusations of
human rights abuses in terms of the
elimination of your political opponents
or the oppression of the press
and i would just like to hear your
comments towards that
no i would like to hear your comments
because
for me it's like
you know i i it's always difficult
to accuse me of anything and then say
prove yourself innocent
i think i want to turn it to you and say
prove me guilty
that's that's where the problem lies
you know
the press or human rights groups
what they say about me personally
or about rwanda
when you are in rwanda and are dealing
with
these this and human beings also inner
one
and they tell you their own stories
you won't trace even 0.001 percent of
what they're talking about
the real life there is is completely
different from what
the young girl is talking about
absolutely different
but people will stay here we will be
here in the u.s and
wherever and they've never even
been in rwanda they've never met rwanda
and it's real rewarding they are there
rwandans are there the real people over
wonder who are no different from you
what you aspire to be to have to do
they are no different but
it's as if rwandan's
power one is treated like a botanical
garden where
just one water flowers and you know
no human beings like anyone in this room
absolutely so these these
so-called human don't know what
i tell you
half of my life i've been living
in trenches not sure
of living to the next day i didn't fight
to be
the president of my country never it
came by accident i think
so i was fighting for my own rights
which anyone in any
human rights organization could not
give me and even now cannot give me or
cannot give awareness
so it's it's it's cynical
and i'm sad that anyone would just be
there talking about the
violations you know you
me as the need of my own people to be
accused of violating their rights
this is just an absurd insult
but my answer is simple
is to do my best
to serve my people the best way they can
be served
that is the answer that's a great last
word
thank you president paul kagame of
rwanda
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