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Kagame to give up defence post if made president

    NAIROBI

    Acting Rwandan President Major General Paul Kagame is to quit as Minister of Defence if confirmed as head of state next week. "Rwandan laws are very clear that if one is to become the President, he or she must not be remunerated for any other government job. The law also says that if a President is an active member of the army, he or she should resign,"
    Kagame's special assistant Major Emmanuel Ndahiro special assistant to Paul Kagame told IRIN on Tuesday. The acting president has been Rwandan Vice-President and Defence Minister since the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took power after the 1994 genocide. Kagame is one of two candidates from whom a joint session of the cabinet and assembly is expected to elect
    a president on 17 April, in accordance with power-sharing arrangements of the Arusha Accords of 1993.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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