Rwanda gears up to host Commonwealth meeting

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame (left) at a past Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London. PHOTO | AFP

Rwanda has allocated $4.7 million towards preparation to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that will take place in Kigali in June.

The meeting, which was first set for June 2020, has already been postponed twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Before the first postponement, Rwanda had put aside up to Rwf10 billion ($10.5 million) to improve and build infrastructure needed for the event.