President Paul Kagame, yesterday, arrived in the United Kingdom where he is scheduled to deliver this year’s Dr S.T Lee public policy Lecture at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Law.

President Kagame’s lecture to be delivered today, will be on the theme, "Building viable medical research communities in Africa: Policy Challenges”, where he makes the call for the prioritisation of health and medical research, as well as increased investment in the training and retention of African scientists and researchers.

The lecture will be chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Alison Richard.

According to a Cambridge University statement, President Kagame who is set to address the fourth lecture in the series is, "Credited with restoring stability to Rwanda he was elected President in 2003 in the first democratic election since the 1994 Genocide, securing 94% of the vote.”

The Dr S.T. Lee Lectures were established in 2003 with the support from Seng Tee Lee, business executive, philanthropist and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Each lecture considers aspects of scientific, medical or technological research and developments that are likely to have significant implications for public policy over the next decade.

Last year’s lecture was addressed by the Right Honourable David Miliband MP who outlined future approaches to an economy beyond oil.

Previous lectures have been given by Professor Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, and the Nobel Laureate, Sir John Sulston.

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