Following the Saturday graduation ceremony Prime Minister Dr.Pierre Damien Habumuremyi met on Sunday Rwandan students’ community of California Baptist University in USA .
Dr. Habumuremyi was accompanied by Rwandan Ambassador in Washington Ambassador Kimonyo James.
Over 60 Rwandan students welcomed the Prime Minister with traditional dances as an expression of joy and pride to be where they are.
The students thanked Prime Minister for taking time to meet them as a testimony of support offered to all Rwandans by the good and dedicated leadership.
Students said, “We recognize that the outstanding leadership qualities of President Paul Kagame have delivered rwanda from the dark past.
They said, “we stand as a testimony of governments efforts in promoting equal and strong education opportunities for all Rwandans.
“We promise all Rwandans is that we shall always remember and work for our country. We shall honour Rwanda throughout all our experiences.”.
Addressing students, Dr. Habumuremyi said : “ whereby in the pre-genocide period, access to education was predicated on rank, privilege and ethnicity, today merit has taken the center stage.”
Dr. Habumuremyi congratulated 2 graduants and each one was offered a Rwanda national flag as a sign of the good job they have done being good ambassadors of Rwanda at CBU.
The Prime Minister noted that the country needs hardworking citizens to propel the country to development.
Dr. Habumuremyi urged graduants to contribute to national development encouraging them to specialise in domains lacking in Rwanda .
Graduants were encouraged to return home with projects that could be transformed into business opportunities and respond to needs of population.
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