Rwanda2107: I fear when Green party’s Dr Frank Habineza is voted for President

Under his Presidency, Dr Frank Habaineza will build a wall that separates Rwanda from DRC. (Ukwezi.com)

March 19, 2017: A national congress of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda picked its president Frank Habineza, as flag bearer in the forthcoming Presidential election in August, 3 and 4 this year.

After being nominated, Habineza, who submitted his candidacy papers at the National Electoral Commission recently, said that if he is voted to be President, he will build a wall that separates Rwanda from Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rwanda shares frontier with DRC from west to the Northern Province with two borders. Women, Men spend days and nights crossing borders to carry out business in DRC (vice versa) to get life for their families.

Cross-border trade facts between Rwanda and DRC

*In 2015, total trade between the two countries amounted to $164, 5 million, according to figures from the ministry.

*Between 40,000 and 45,000 people cross Rwanda’s border with DR Congo known as Petite Barrière, daily.

*There are 23 cooperatives in Rwanda and 12 associations in DR Congo plus others working individually. (The New Times, 2016)

Kivu belt road that connects west and North part of Rwanda to DRC helps to boost economy in the region

Seventeen years under President Paul Kagame, standard of living of people in West and Northern parts of Rwanda improved but if Frank is voted for President, I fear that they will die of poverty because businesses between two sides will be cut off.

Not only Rwandans in west and North, We never know, tomorrow perhaps it will be you in East, south or in city of Kigali.

Vote is personal choice but it is better to vote who you trust he/she will bring development near you instead of policies that don’t work even in USA or in Europe where we say they are mature in policy making.