President Kagame on Open Government in Rwanda

I have had the pleasure of chatting with President Kagame multiple times on Twitter as well as exchanging emails with him on his views around open government in Rwanda.  His level of engagement is outstanding and I’m hopeful even more world leaders will model their behavior a bit more after his in terms of their use of Twitter.  Here is what President Kagame shared with me, in his own words, about open government in Rwanda.

Open government is an integral part of Rwanda’s democratic process. It puts our citizens in the center of government decision-making process, and holds public officials accountable to the citizens they serve and is a cost-effective way to deliver essential services and information to Rwandans.

The Government of Rwanda is working to create the necessary environment for our citizens  to be engaged and continuously informed of government programmes and activities at all levels of government from central to local administration and across all sectors of the society , including in education, healthcare, agriculture, business and trade, and revenue management. We have found this to be an empowering tool for ordinary Rwandans.