Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days.

It is better for a country to have a strong leader, this applies to the United States as well as to Rwanda.

We've used aid to build capacities so we won't need aid in future.

Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.

The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.

Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive.

I know that the fact that I am candidate to my own succession in 2017 can be perceived to be a bad thing by some part of the public opinion outside Rwanda and I don't mind because I know that I am doing it for a good cause. It really doesn't matter to me that my name is associated to those critics as long as I know that I am doing the will of the people.