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The Rwandan Government is set to revamp the Kinazi Cassava Processing Plant in Rhuhango District of the country. Presently, the processing plant is operating at just 35 per cent of its production capacity. It is owned through a joint shareholding between the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) and Agaciro Development Fund. Kinazi cassava processing plant is currently operating at just 35 per cent of its production capacity. The plant is owned through a joint shareholding between the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) and Agaciro Development Fund. It has about 10 farmers' cooperatives besides individual farmers and receives cassava produce from Southern Province, Eastern Province and a few parts of Western Province. President Paul Kagame had, during the citizen outreach in Ruhango District, pledged to help stimulate economic activity in the area.

Foreign loans obtained for capital expenditure by Governments could be applied for domestic economic development. However, this must be in tandem with a well-drawn-out program of action. Foreign loans primarily serve the needs of the creditor economy and systematically neglect the domestic economy of the debtor country. It is instructive to note that Japan obtained loans between 195 to 1914, externally, and was at liberty to use the funds in accordance with the dominant ideas of national economic development. Interestingly, these foreign loans were a relatively minor and not a major source of capital for the Japanese economy as a whole. During this period, Japan was able to direct between 12 percent and 17 percent of its national income into capital formation. rom the 1920s Japan began to receive some form of direct investments from abroad, while the government borrowing from abroad visibly ceased. The same sequence applies to a number of other countries that have attained a substan...