Kigali: President Paul Kagame arrived Tuesday in the UK where he will deliver the 2008 high-profile lecture at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday, the prestigious institution said.

Mr. Kagame’s lecture themed ‘Building viable medical research communities in Africa: policy challenges’, is part of the annual Dr S.T. Lee Public Policy Lectures delivered at the university.

The Dr S.T. Lee Lectures were established in 2003 thanks to a benefaction from Seng Tee Lee, the business executive, philanthropist and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Each lecture considers aspects of scientific, medical or technological research and developments that are likely to have significant implications for public policy over the next decade.

This will be the fourth lecture in the series. Last year British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was the speaker in which he outlined future approaches to an economy beyond oil.

Previous lectures have been given by Professor Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, and the Nobel Laureate, Sir John Sulston.

President Kagame, a former warlord, is credited with restoring stability to Rwanda – later to be elected President in 2003 in the first democratic election since the 1994 Genocide, securing 94% of the vote.

He has since been globe-trotting in North America and Europe giving lectures and speeches. Mr. Kagame is also a proud recipient of several Honorary Awards from numerous academic institutions.

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