Kagame failed to make the list of Time Magazineā€™s 100 Most Influential People. His ambassador Musoni organized a certificate from Zimbabwe instead.🤣

By David Himbara

General Paul Kagame used to make the list of Time Magazineā€™s 100 Most Influential people. In 2009, for example, he made the list and was describedas ā€œthe face of emerging African leadershipā€ and ā€œhis reconciliation strategy, management model, empowerment of women in leadership and insistence on self-reliance are transforming a failed state into one with a bright future.ā€ By 2012, Time was describing Kagame as ā€œRwandaā€™s strongmanā€ with his ā€œ90%-plus election victories, the violent deaths of several opponents and the proximity of Rwandaā€™s economic success to Congoā€™s blood minerals.ā€ When Kagame failed to make the 2021 Timeā€™s 100 Most Influential people, his ambassador to Zimbabwe came to the rescue. James Musoni got the Chartered Institute of Project Management Zimbabwe to award Kagame ā€œthe Best Project of the Year Award in recognition of the construction of the Bugesera International Airport.ā€ Wonders never cease ā€“ stay tuned.