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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Augustin Nyabutsitsi, a man that taught President Paul Kagame in primary school, has died.<\/p>\n

According to a reliable source, the 79-year-old died early in the morning on Tuesday, November 8 at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali where he had been rushed after experiencing some illness.<\/p>\n

Until his death, he was living in Kinyinya, a Kigali suburb, in a house bought for him by President Kagame.
\nNyabutsitsi taught Kagame in primary six and seven between 1967 and 1968 at Rwengoro Primary School located in a refugee camp in Uganda where both were refugees.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The New Times in 2017, Nyabutsitsi described a young Kagame as an intelligent and curious child.<\/p>\n

\u201cKagame was like other children, but he was exceptionally intelligent. His favourite subjects were mathematics and English. He was also very curious, and I remember he would not stop asking questions until he felt satisfied,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In 2016, he met with President Kagame, after many years of wishing to link up, from both sides.<\/p>\n

It is understood that while attending a particular meeting, Kagame asked those in attendance if by chance anyone knew where his former primary teacher Nyabutsitsi lived.<\/p>\n

From that time, the President tasked Prof. Manasseh Nshuti (current Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of the East African Community) to locate him.<\/p>\n

The former student and teacher finally met on January 25, 2016.<\/p>\n

President Paul Kagame meets his former teacher Augustin Nyabutsitsi in January 2016. Photo by Village Urugwiro
\nPresident Paul Kagame meets his former teacher Augustin Nyabutsitsi in January 2016. Photo by Village Urugwiro
\n\u201cWhen we met, I didn\u2019t ask for anything from him, but I was surprised that he knew almost everything about me. He told me he had heard I was renting after which he tasked Prof. Nshuti to get me a decent house. This is what you see today; it\u2019s feedback from him. I never dreamed of owning a house like this, and take this opportunity to thank him sincerely,\u201d he told The New Times in a 2017 interview. By press time, Nyabutsitsi\u2019s family was working on his burial arrangements.<\/p>\n

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