During his one day visit in Ruhango District, Southern Province, President Paul Kagame urged local population to work hard and become self sustainable.
He noted that people have to work hard and they can change positively their lives.
Kagame officially inaugurated a new Cassava Milling Factory in Kinazi Sector built at a cost estimated at US $10M and the District Hospital.
The Governor of Southern Province, Alphonse Munyantwali said that the new plant will help other farmers from different districts in Southern Province include Nyanza, Gisagara and Ruhango.
A cassava farmer Euralia Mukarugambwa said that she is able to support her family from cassava farming,“Now I have two children in University. I hope that all my five children will study in the university.”
President Kagame said that citizens can attain development that other countries have achieved, “There are countries that are very rich and then they use their wealth to feed us. Kagame said, “We all have to play our roles in the development of our country; government gives direction and people follow”.
Local residents said that they have hope that it will be easy to achieve benefits because they have a plant near them.
The modern Kinazi Cassava Milling Factory has production capacity of 40 tons of flour per day.
Equipment at the Cassava Milling Factory has been installed and tested. The flour will be available in markets by end April.
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