Breaking bread with the President

Kigali was a wrecked city, and there was the small of death and rotting bodies in the air.

This was a different world today. But in building it, Kagame had broken too many eggs, and made himself many enemies.

Kagame hating is a cottage industry. And in the very reasons of his success, lie the seeds of his downfall.

Though the RPF is entrenched, and will almost certainly be in power for the foreseeable future, one is not sure how long Kagame will be the key player.

The challenges ahead will need him to have political skills far superior to Jeannette’s football balancing artistry.

•In the second part of this series next week, we examine the mistakes Kagame and RPF have made along the way; the meaning of the failed assassination of former Rwanda army chief Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa in South Africa; the risks that Kagame and the RPF face in the future; the dangers that the growing cracks inside the RPF pose; and how Rwanda’s political exploits in Congo could still turn into its worst nightmare.