I often wonder why the West is much more interested in aid deliveries than in fair trade, for example. The fair exchange of goods would place far more money into the hands of the affected people than relief operations.

The situation in Congo shows nothing for which you could hold Rwanda responsible.

Technology has brought many possibilities in education and health that are key to women.

I am not responsible for creating an opposition, neither am I responsible for appointing my own successor. My job is to allow for the opposition to exist within what the realms of the law. There is space in Rwanda for political parties - if fact we have about a dozen of them - as long as their objective is not to take us back twenty two years. On that point, we are and will always be very vigilant.

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

I grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, and I lived there for 30 years. That shapes one's character.

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.