"The first electoral law was established in 1999 but so many things have changed since then. This new bill will make everything easier to understand for both voters and the candidates."

"This year’s retreat will take more days than the previous retreats because issues at hand require more time to enable leaders to come up with concrete resolutions to drive the nation to the next level."

"We found out that this was the time to discuss what we have achieved, but also look at how to fast track targets that are trialing."

"It is important for women and girls to understand that the centre for professional success is knowledge in ICT. It is not just a subject matter, but is a basic domain of any profession."

"I grew up thinking that I would be a social worker. I think I got my inspiration from my mother. My dream kept on growing to the extent of applying for social studies during my senior six, but unfortunately things kept changing due to many circumstances."

"As a woman, I have three cross cutting roles and challenges. Being a leader is a challenge whereby you are a servant of everyone who is a stakeholder."

"Being a mother, a wife and a citizen is always hard to be there when needed but I try my best to serve the community. I strive to have some time for my children since they are still young, while sparing some small time for my personal needs"

"At least twice a week I attend Christian women’s fellowship where we share challenges we face as women, success stories and we learn from each other."

"I spend some time with my children and whenever it’s possible for me I do some sports to keep myself fit"

"As I am heading towards the retirement age I am planning to establish a consultancy firm that will give service to both the government and international agencies because even today I can see that is needed"

"To my colleagues out there, the sky is the limit"

"No one will respect you just because you are well dressed but almost everyone will respect you if you are knowledgeable and are able to challenge people based on facts."

"Women should be ambitious because there is not a single job that a man can do that we can’t."

"We don’t report enough about health issues. There is need for going to the entire population asking them about their health and general wellbeing."

"But with your contribution, we can together help reduce child mortality rate, maternal death rate and increase general awareness on health status"

"Being awarded was more of a push and we want to tell you we got the message clearly. We want to challenge our youth that we are not too young to take responsibility. The country is ours; we got back home when some had lost their lives (to liberate the country) but we are going to work hard with great spirit for this country,”"

"Get ready for the new wave of partnerships, and this means new awards are coming your way if you continue working hard"

"Participants will also be tipped on their contribution to sustainability of different sectors and economic imperative and up-skilling for the 21st century"

"The exercise is geared to facilitate proper allocation of resources and appealed to the public to be honest in giving information about their economic status to avoid a wrong categorization"

"Boys, what I am asking you is to love us but do not involve us in fornication when we are still young. That ruins our lives. Just as you love your sister not to get pregnant at a young age, so should it be for the girl next to you"

"At the core of this momentous event, we will have the CYF International Taskforce. This will act as a channel through which young people will have the chance to lend their voice to policy actions that will shape a future they deserve."

"They will benefit from different topics that will be discussed on where we will commit to deliberately create opportunities for young people. They will also have time for networking and creating contacts for future businesses."

"Will also feature a trading floor where young people, including start-ups, will have the opportunity to present their ideas to global investors"

"In empowering young people, there is a capital role of family. They have a big responsibility to teach, listen and give them the confidence and the tools they need to contribute to the development of the country."

"They will benefit from different topics that will be discussed on where we will commit to deliberately create opportunities for young people"

"They will also have time for networking and creating contacts for future businesses"

"We also organised a start-up festival to celebrate innovations young people across the Commonwealth through a competition and those with creative ideas that respond to challenges the world is facing will be financially supported."

"I was the chairperson of the Representatives’ Assembly. During this period, I gained enormous experience in issues regarding handling people, listening to them and being able to make decisions ."

"I was motivated to work hard because of the situation back home. I wanted to change the lives of my family members as well as mine, and the only way to achieve that was through hard work and determination."

"It will no longer be the case that residents receive monophase electricity. It is not good that a citizen wants to have an activity and then fail because lack of electricity."

"The Sonotube-Gahanga-Akagera bridge road is among nine roads to be completed before CHOGM."

"The Eastern province was not left out."

"Rwanda will by the end of this year be in full control of its airspace that is currently partially managed in Tanzania"

"Parents should take their children to ECD centres as soon as they suspect they have difficulties or delays regarding their growth at different stages."

"People do not understand the principle of gender equality and complementarity the same way. There are women who understand this in their own way and men who will interpret this differently. In few words, it is meant to give equal opportunities to all children, women and men. If it is a school, everyone participates, if it’s a competition everyone comes, everyone has rights."

"We were hiding in our house in Nyamirambo after hearing my name being read among those who had been killed. We had to bribe the police every day to remain hidden. Mr Rusesabagina, who was a family friend, called to see if we were alive. After learning that we were alive, he sent a soldier to pick us up and take us to Hotel Mille Collines. It was a dangerous journey, so we had to be driven one by one and bribed our way through the roadblocks and lied that we were Hutu. It was a miracle that we arrived at the hotel."

"There is no denying that Mr Rusesabagina risked his life to provide refuge for me and my family and many others."

"Nearly half of Rwanda’s legislators are female."

"Because of the genocide, many people didn’t want to hear about birth control"

"He(Rusesabagina) really wanted to be the star."

"Rusesabagina had been brought down by hubris — his deluded conviction that it was he"

"I could see the Interahamwe in the streets, though I was terrified to look at them"

"She was cautiously challenging the revisionist view of Rusesabagina that the government has taken such pains to propagate. “He was very humane,”"

"The content of the policy responds to issues that the older people face in general, but mainly provides strategies to start saving earlier for old age."

"the aim of this meeting was also a good occasion “to exchange views on how to improve the way we are delivering on human security issues and socio-economic transformation programs; Identify challenges that districts are facing and how best they can be solved going forward”."

"the objective of the law is to promote legislative reform on existing legislation governing the mandate, organizational structure and performance of law enforcement agents within the African Union member states"

"We are looking at places like Gitikinyoni and other open-air spaces slightly outside Kigali, where some of these activities can be relocated, to minimize the risk of infections"

"it will take us the next 60 years to get to a mentality of having 2 children. We need to stop some slogans that push parents to have more children."

"I feel that they should have visited both the private and government run energy plants and that way we would have had a clearer picture than what we got today"