Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones who decide.

My purpose is to develop a country, to empower its population. It's from that same population that will emerge the man or woman who will succeed me. And they will be chosen based on the consensus that they have the capacity to lead the country.

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.

Aid leads to more aid and more aid and more aid and less independence of the people that are receiving aid.

Reconciliation has taken place here in Rwanda and was successful because Rwandans reconciled themselves internally. If the tribunal had taken place in Rwanda, it might have helped. People could have watched justice being done.

Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region.

Rwanda is rebuilding itself once again as one nation and that is the reason why we are making progress. Now many Rwandans are making their ends meet and others are able to do better than they have before.