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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>After General Paul Kagame lectured Arsenal that \u201cwe must not excuse or accept mediocrity\u201d, the team swang into action. Mikel Arteta, Arsenal Manager conceded that Kagame was right in reminding the football club to reject mediocrity. Kagame paid-up \u2013 Arsenal promptly confirmed that the Kagame regime will continue to pay the club \u00a310 million a year for four years for wearing \u201cvisit Rwanda\u201d on shirt sleeves.<\/p>\n

After the Rwandan head of state general Paul Kagame lectured Stanley Kroenke, the owner of Arsenal, that mediocrity was not acceptable, they kissed and made up. Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, promptly responded to Kagame, saying that Arsenal will not settle for mediocrity. In Arteta\u2019s own words, \u201cI totally agree with that.\u201d Arsenal then confirmed that the partnership with the Kagame regime has been renewed: \u201cWe are also pleased to confirm that Visit Rwanda will continue to feature on our men\u2019s, women\u2019s and academy kits. As our official sleeve sponsor and tourism partner, we will continue to support Rwanda\u2019s strategic investment to rebuild and grow the tourism industry following the coronavirus pandemic.\u201d The Kagame regime will pay Arsenal \u00a310 million a year for wearing \u201cvisit Rwanda\u201d on their shirt sleeves for four years. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. After General Paul Kagame lectured Arsenal that \u201cwe must not excuse or accept mediocrity\u201d, the team swang into action. Mikel Arteta, Arsenal Manager conceded that Kagame was right in reminding the football club to reject mediocrity. Kagame paid-up \u2013 Arsenal promptly confirmed that the Kagame regime will continue to pay the club […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,18],"tags":[760,763,806,758,807],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-arsenal-football","tag-rwanda","tag-rwandan"],"yoast_head":"\nKagame and Arsenal Football Club Kissed and Made up after the Rwandan Strongman Made it Clear He Would Not Tolerate Mediocrity - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After General Paul Kagame lectured Arsenal that \u201cwe must not excuse or accept mediocrity\u201d, the team swang into action. 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