"Sometimes I had many voices telling me that I couldn't do it. But what made me realize that I could do it was the leadership that showed you that you don't have to obey your mother, your family, your religion, your values, but rather obey the vision of the country, that you are a Rwandan, that you have a responsibility, that you have a position, and then you have to put in the effort to achieve it, and then the goal is to serve the country because when I serve the country, I am also serving myself, and I am also serving those who will come after me."
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Nelly Mukazayire yavuze ku rukundo rwe rwa siporo, kuba Minisitiri n’amateka ye ashaririye (Umuryango, August 11, 2025).
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Nelly Mukazayire
Nelly Mukazayire (born in 1982) is a Rwandan economist and public administrator, who serves as the chief executive officer of the Rwanda Convention Bureau, a division of the Rwanda Development Board. Before that, she served as the deputy chief of staff, in the office of the president of Rwanda. And prior to that, she was a senior adviser to the chief of staff in the office of the president. Before she came to the president's office, she served as a policy researcher in the economics department i
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