July 16 (Jowhar.com) – Rwanda’s electoral commission said that President Paul Kagame won the presidential election in the country on Monday.
Kagame’s victory was expected, the electoral commission said, that 99% of the votes were counted by President Paul Kagame, which prolongs his 30-year rule in the East African country.
The two candidates who competed against Kagame in yesterday’s election – Frank Habineza from the Democratic Green Party and Philippe Mpayimana who was a candidate representing himself, both received less than 1% of the votes cast.
This result is similar to that of the Rwandan presidential election in 2017, when Kagame won almost 99% of the votes cast by the people of his country.
The official results of this election will be announced on July 27.
Paul Kagame, who is 66 years old, has ruled Rwanda since the end of the 1994 genocide in the country. He is one of the longest-serving leaders in Africa at the moment.
People who criticize his politics said that the results of the election were clear before the ballot boxes went to the polls, because Kagame’s government refused to contest two candidates who were among the most popular of the Rwandan opposition.
Rwanda, one of the landlocked countries in Africa, has a population of 14 million. It is one of the fastest growing countries in Africa, and is considered one of the most stable and developed countries in East Africa.
