"Teaching is the profession that teaches all other the other professions." — Unknown
Testimonial
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Dear Dr. David Himbara,
you are different from most Rwandans fighting the Kagame Regime. Rwandans in the diaspora often establish political parties and even governments in exile. You have instead established an institute to equip Rwandans with governance knowledge and skills to those fighting the regime. This is a noble mission.
Dr Himbara, we appreciate very much indeed your initiative to coaching us the mechanics of governance based on evidence instead of political slogans. Even when you were in Rwanda you sought to teach the Kagame regime evidence-based policymaking. Unfortunately, your boss Kagame couldn’t care less.
Dr. Himbara, press ahead with your efforts. Don’t be discouraged if Rwandans don’t enrol in large numbers. Regrettably, most of our people are intellectually illiterate and often want to remain so. Keep on going ahead with this brilliant idea even if you teach a single soul. It’s your calling. It is your labour of love. God bless you.
Anonymous, May 7, 2025
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Dear Professor Himbara,
The GIOR is a labor of love. You are leading by example. You are showing what becomes possible when one refuses to replicate the same cycles of power and performance that have entrapped Rwanda for decades. This work—is a form of defiance, not in anger, but in fidelity to the idea that Rwandans deserve better than fear, better than illusion.
Whatever the numbers, the impact is irreversible. Rwanda will never be the same. You have helped shift something—an axis of thought, a courage to inquire, a permission to imagine policy not as propaganda, but as service. Even if the voices remain few for now, the ideas are alive. And once ideas live, they cannot be unthought.
Press on. The work matters. And so does the spirit behind it.
With deep respect,
Gabriel Ndayishimiye
Anonymous, May 7, 2025