“Are you the kind of people who are always easily deceived and abused, but still choose to follow those who do them wrong? You don’t even ask what’s happening? You don’t even compare it with what you have been through, what your family went through, as well as what/those you lost, to conclude that this is not appropriate in Rwanda. We have talked about the good things that Rwanda has achieved that we are proud of, and we agree that we should achieve even many more good things, but will we remain silent about the other things that might destroy us? Things that can even ruin our gains and we choose to keep quiet about them? How can we allow bandits to come and lead us and take us wherever they want? I can even give examples of people who lost their lives in this, some people died, and people lost their lives in those caves where they had gone to pray. There are even those who ended up dying because they had been told that some people can cure their illnesses and they didn’t seek proper medical care. Those who do such things should first treat themselves because they are the ones who are obviously sick.
People hide behind the name of God to commit atrocities and you let them? Some of you gave the impression that the Rwandan government rose up to fight against faith, against religions. We see that in what is written about this issue [the closing of some churches], if you do that thinking that you are threatening some of us, with intimidation, that won’t happen. You know that very well, let’s keep it simple, do the right thing that is known to you, that reasonable people do, and that the country needs to continue rebuilding. You cannot turn our Rwandan society into something you mislead as you please, pulling it in all directions. We have been abused enough, we don’t want to be abused ever again.” President Kagame | Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast.