Rwandan senate votes to allow President Kagame more time in office

By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a draft constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in office, the head of the senate said, clearing the path for a referendum that is not expected to face much opposition. Kagame, in power since 2000, won widespread praise for ending a genocide in 1994 of some 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis and moderate Hutus, and for rebuilding the nation. While praising Rwanda's economic and