EMULATING OUR HEROES IS THE BEST WAY TO CELEBRATE THEM

Today is heroes’ day. As a nation, we celebrate the lives of those who put  country above self. They in most cases paid the ultimate price for struggling to make Rwanda a better place. At a time when Rwanda was under dictatorship based on ethnic and regional discrimination, some people refused such politics and went ahead to struggle against such tendencies. In fighting against a sectarian dictatorship, they knew the risks involved, but nevertheless went ahead to fight for what they truly believed in. They could have chosen the way of escapism and gone on to do other things. Neither did they ask what the country could do for them. They asked what they could do for the country