On the campaign trail: Kagame takes the capital by storm as Habineza heads to Kirehe...and more!

Tuesday, June 25, was Day Four of the campaigns for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. Candidates continued to mobilise their supporters and new voters. Incumbent President Paul Kagame returned to the capital Kigali after holding four rallies in three days in northern and western districts, his campaign rallies drawing large crowds in a party-like atmosphere. After touring in Musanze, Rubavu, Ngororero and Muhanga districts in the first three days of his campaign, on Tuesday, Paul Kagame, the presidential candidate of the RDF-Inkotanyi and its allied parties, headed to Nyarugenge District, where he addressed up to 300,000 supporters from Kigali. ALSO READ: Rwanda elections: Kagame wishes challengers well, says work results shall tell difference His challenger, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, went to Kirehe District in Eastern Province, after campaigning in Gasabo, Kamonyi and Ngoma districts in the first three days of his campaign. Philippe Mpayimana, the sole independent presidential candidate, did not campaign on Tuesday. Instead, he held a press briefing on his plans and manifesto. After campaigning in Kirehe, Ngoma, Kayonza, Nyagatare and Gatsibo districts over the last few days, Mpayimana was expected to return to the campaign trail on Wednesday with a trip to Burera District. ALSO READ: A look at Rwanda’s three presidential candidates As for the campaigns for the parliamentary candidates, Liberal Party (PL) went to Ngoma, Kirehe and Kayonza districts in Eastern Province. PL, with 54 parliamentary candidates, endorsed Kagame’s candidacy for president. Elsewhere, RPF-Inkotanyi and allied parties took their campaign for 80 parliamentary candidates to Kayonza District, on Tuesday, with Green Party holding a rally for its 50 parliamentary candidates in Kirehe District. Meanwhile, 60 women parliamentary candidates, who are vying for a share of the 24 seats reserved for women representatives in the Chamber of Deputies, hit the campaign trail in Nyaruguru District. The sole independent parliamentary candidate, Janvier Nsengiyumva, also campaigned in Nyaruguru on Tuesday.

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On the campaign trail: Kagame takes the capital by storm as Habineza heads to Kirehe...and more!