Kagame: I’m not grooming my daughter to succeed me
President Paul Kagame (second left) pose for a photo with his daugther Ange (left) and some of the participants in the Kwita Izina (gorilla naming) event in Kigali on September 6, 2025.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he is not grooming his daughter Ange Ingabire to succeed him, dismissing the idea as a narrative born out of “pettiness and politics that belong to the dustbin."
Speaking at the 18th Unity Club – a platform of current and former Cabinet ministers, senior government officials, and their spouses – in Kigali, Kagame said the rumours were beginning to concern him.
