Paul Kagame set for victory for a 4th term as Rwanda’s President

Paul Kagame is leading in Rwanda’s election after garnering 99.15 percent of the votes.

In partial results released by the National Electoral Commission, Rwanda, Kagame is leading in the elections held on Monday.

The Commission said Kagame has 7,099,810 votes, representing 99.15 percent of the total votes tallied.

In the partial results, his closest challenger, Habineza Frank has 38,301 votes while Mfayimana Philippe is last with 22,753.

They each represent 0.53 and 0.32 percent of the total votes tallied so far.

The tallying of the votes, however, continues, the Commission said.

He was seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide.

He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In 2017 he won with a staggering 99%.

Mr Kagame, 66, faces off against the only two contenders who were authorized to run – other candidates were barred by the state-run electoral commission.

President Kagame has been at the helm of Rwandan politics since his rebel forces took power at the end of the 1994 genocide which killed some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

Since then, he has been praised for overseeing the country’s dramatic revival and unifying the country.