{UAH} AND THIS IS THE OFFICIAL "I TOLD YOU SO" OF TODAY

Friends

 

In as much as some of us have struggled to explain to you the purpose of Western countries towards Africa, I raise the manner at which Americans are attacking Paul Kagame, and I have followed African politics too long to inform you that at the end of the day he is going to leave office before Museveni. But what is Kagame’s fault? He defends Rwanda but refuses it to be exploited. It has to bother you why John Kerry just issued a statement that Museveni is among the best African presidents Obama’s administration needs in Africa, in fact The Obama’s administration has endorsed Museveni’s winning next election but they are at war with Kagame. Sadly Kagame has walked the very path Iddi Amin walked when he defended Uganda with her resources. And do you know why The West loots Africa? Because African degree holders clap hands as their countries get looted by the West. Try talking about Iddi Amin with a Uganda degree holder they all recite New York Times articles word for word.

 

Our continent needs a defense but degree holders are sadly the best supporters of Obama.

 

US condemns Rwandan move to allow Kagame third term

By Afp 21:07 17 Nov 2015, updated 21:07 17 Nov 2015

The United States on Tuesday condemned a vote by Rwandan lawmakers to approve a change to their constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to serve a third term.

A State Department spokesman did not explicitly threaten that US aid to its traditionally close African friend would be cut, but warned ties could be reviewed.

The Rwandan senate's decision to approve an amendment to the constitution must still go to a referendum, but is seen as likely to pass with little opposition.

The United States condemned a decision by Rwandan lawmakers to amend their constitution to allow President Paul Kagame, pictured April 15, 2015, to serve a third term ©Zacharias Abubeker (AFP/File)

"The United States notes with great concern the Rwandan senate's vote today," State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington.

"We expect President Kagame to follow through on the commitments he has made previously to foster a new generation of leaders in Rwanda and to step down at the end of his current term in 2017," he warned.

Asked whether the United States would consider reducing the assistance it provides to Rwanda if Kagame remains in office beyond the end of his term, Toner was cautious.

"If he decides to remain in office, then that could impact US-Rwanda relations going forward," he said.

Kagame has run Rwanda since his ethnic Tutsi rebel army ended the 1994 genocide and ousted Hutu extremists.

He won elections in 2003 and 2010 and -- under the current constitution -- is bound to step aside in 2017 at the end of his second term.

If passed, the new law would allow him to run for one more seven year term and then two more of five years, potentially keeping him in office until 2034.

Washington has usually maintained good relations with a leader it sees as having brought stability and a measure of prosperity to a country blighted by genocide.

But it opposes indefinite presidential terms for African leaders, arguing that this harms efforts to build accountable democratic institutions.

And, while Kagame apparently retains broad public support, his critics have accused him of displaying increasingly authoritarian tendencies.

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The Obama administration is telling Rwanda's leader, one of America's closest allies in Africa, not to consider a third term as president.

State Department Mark Toner says the U.S. is greatly concerned after Rwanda's Senate voted Tuesday to proceed with a constitutional referendum that could allow Kagame (keh-GAH'-may) to extend his presidency. His current term expires in 2017.

Kagame, who has led Rwanda since 2000, said Tuesday onTwitter that if he ran again, it would be to improve the well-being of his country's citizens.

Instead, Toner urged Kagame to follow through on his previous commitments to "foster a new generation of leaders."

Toner said the U.S. wants leaders everywhere to respect term limits set by their constitutions.

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