KAYANZA, December 2nd (ABP) – On its second day in Kayanza province (north), the 18th edition of the Torch of Peace illuminated the concreting of the basketball court at the Ndava basic school in the Maramvya county of the Muhanga commune. The day’s activities were highlighted by the presence of the Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye. Also present at Kayanza, including the President of the National Assembly, Daniel Gélase Ndabirabe, the Minister of the Interior, and many others. In his speech to the population attending the construction of that basketball court at the school belonging to the rector of the University of Ngozi, the President of the Republic congratulated him on his contribution to the development of his native hill in particular, and of the Muhanga commune in general.
Speaking of the importance of the torch of peace, President Ndayishimiye stressed that it is an indelible symbol that must remain engraved in the minds of Burundians and that it will never be extinguished, especially as it is a national heritage that will never cease to enlighten Burundians with a view to strengthening love, social cohesion and working in synergy.
On the eve of the 2025 elections, Ndayishimiye expressed his satisfaction that the elections were being prepared at a time when the representatives of the political organizations and their activists were not looking at each other with angry eyes. He took the opportunity to urge Burundians to elect leaders of integrity, committed to the country’s development.
After the Maramvya county, the President of the Republic continued his descent into the Mubogora county, still in the Muhanga commune, where he inaugurated the Muhanga communal hospital. He deplored the fact that the country spends enormously on Burundian doctors who are sent abroad to pursue their studies, but who unfortunately do not return home to serve their fellow citizens.
He congratulated those who were carrying out their missions properly, as well as those who were returning home to care for their Burundian brothers and sisters. He compared doctors to priests, who live on offerings, and invited them to consider their medical profession as a vocation, while avoiding any emphasis on salaries.