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African leaders love clinging to power as long as they live using all manner of excuses.
The case of Rwanda’s Paul Kagame in changing the country’s Constitution to favour him is testimony of how African leaders are thirsty to prolong their terms.
The president has significantly changed Rwanda since he took power after one of the worst massacre to have happened between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
He has brought a lot of change economically, he has also united the two ethnic groups who massacred one another in a notorious genocide which occurred in 1994.
Despite all these achievements, Kagame tarnished his name by changing the Constitution in favour of him. Before they are elected, people perceive them as promising leaders who are able to steer growth and drive change in their country.
When he was still fresh in office, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stated: “The problem in Africa was that leaders wanted to overstay their welcome,” he altered his statement in 2005 by changing the country’s Constitution to favour him vie for a third term.
Since then, President Museveni is serving a fourth term in office and is interested in the fifth and more terms to come as long as he is alive. His regime is stifling the opposition.
In the 21st century, African leaders need to understand there are more upcoming brilliant minds with an aim of steering growth and development and they need to be given a chance to lead.
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