"Planning is about doing it with people, and cities can become sustainable with careful planning. The bigger the city, the more it becomes susceptible to problems. Another factor to consider also is the need to address land governance issues when planning for the development of a city."

"Often time people are marginalized in the process, and we are now seeing the process of development in the cities being characterized with slums due to lack of planning."

"For urbanization to be successful and transform the lives of people, it has to be accompanied by several factors, which include planning by local government authorities and the engagement of people."

"We need to ensure that the process of engagement, will finally capture the key issues and guide the policy in a manner that captures the views of the people and provide values on research that will enable the urbanization to be implemented."

"My Mission in life has been maybe not so much to focus on myself as on the difference I make to the people I serve."

"Urbanization is not an accident, it is not something that is falling on us, it is something that we can think of, plan, lead in the way we want, and get us where we want."

"The business trip is significant to the recovery of businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic."

"Together we can achieve anything."

"We call upon all refugees to change their mind and work very hard to be self-reliant in the near future."

"Renewable Energy for refugees project will support the Government to achieve our pledge on energy and infrastructure to the global refugee compact, and contribute to SDG goal 7 which aims at ensuring access, affordability, and sustainable energy for all."

"Today marks a major milestone for Rwandan cycling, as we prepare to welcome a new world-class race to our country. It is also an important step for UCI, which will introduce this famous and exciting competition to Africa. Rwanda welcomes and appreciates UCI’s continued support which we believe will add a valuable input to the cycling industry in Rwanda ahead of this prestigious championship ."

"I do not think there is a price on a country’s visibility. This is a long-term plan; you may not get benefits immediately but in the next few years, you can start to see the benefits,"

"Sport has played an important role in rebuilding the social cohesion, reconciliation and citizen mobilization towards peace building."

"Sport challenges inequalities in gender, race, and disabilities and is a means to educate against anti-social behaviours and re-integrate marginalized groups"

"Corruption is the enemy of the country and development. We should join our efforts to combat corruption. The residents, as main partners, should report it in different ways, and there is an approach to ensure the protection of the whistle-blowers. We should tackle corruption, and punish its culprits,"

"A safe family means a safe country."

"When you don’t understand women, you can’t serve them."

"We need everyone in our society to be contributing towards the rebuilding of Rwanda. Not just 50 percent of society. And we need to include everyone in the opportunities."

"We’ve known it from the beginning that equality and women’s empowerment is the true way for sustainable development."

"As we prepare to resume sports events with Continental and World Bodies already gearing up with new calendars for resumption of postponed events, let us recall that the Covid-19 has impacted all men and women athletes ."

"We have already lost twice but it is still possible to qualify, go make us proud."

"It is unfortunate that we had cases where some teams presented fake documents, while in other cases, teams went on to play before they could get their results back ."

"We are behind you, the entire country is behind you ."

"We will announce the new head coach this week, (probably) not later than Friday ."

"We are now going to agree on the number of fans who will be allowed into the stadiums, preventive protocols and safe ticketing system [preferably online ticketing] to ensure that nobody gets infected or spreads the virus from the stadium."

"Sports teaches discipline, and that discipline takes you places. We’ve seen how consistency and discipline make a difference—not just in sports but even here in Rwanda."

"Rwanda had the highest YouTube viewership on the continent. That means all the investments we’ve made in sport here, all the infrastructure, all the effort—there’s a fanbase behind it, and they’re following and watching."

"Balancing family and leadership is hard — especially when your children are very young."

"It’s not easy. Leadership is a marathon, not a sprint. You need stamina. So, self-care matters."

"create, innovate and do business in French."

"The most important thing for us is that this region can find peace."

"As we all know, implementing good governance principles is not simply about designing good institutional and policy reforms for our systems, but more importantly the capacity to assess and evaluate our performance for continuous improvement."

"Rebuilding Rwanda One Policy at a Time."

"Human rights are not reserved for some countries and not for others. These are aspirations that everyone has. There are always improvements to be made in rights and freedoms."

"English is today the language of Silicon Valley, of technology, of research, of social networks."

"The French language has no complex when compared to English, But the world today is such that it is beneficial to those who speak French to speak other languages, We go much further with more languages, We are more fortunate in employment and training with more languages."

"Sometimes you face situations and realize you don’t have all the answers. And that forces you to ask, to learn, to adapt."

"Our choice is not to have politicians fight – our choice is to keep going."

"When we say that life is full of surprises, it is real."

"When you choose to be a dog, you die like a dog."

"I think more and more Africa is waking up the fact that you can only be limited by your ideas not by the size of your country or by the level of."

"Unfortunately most westerners form their opinions of Africa based on the reporting and news in their own countries"

"she said Choices were made because there was no alternative and because the country had to move on and move forward… We were basically a broken nation."

"Rwanda Has Had to Make Extremely Difficult Choices."

"Use our intelligence to manage that of artificial intelligence- President Kagame."

"Rwanda is in the unique position of having temporary stewardship of arguably both the most influential English and French speaking organization in the world."

"As long as countries wave chequebooks over our heads, we can never be equal."