Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda. The President of Rwanda Paul Kagame performed the opening speach at the Kwita Izina ceremony, June 5th 2010, Kinigi, Rwanda: the ceremony of giving a name to a new born baby commonly known as “Kwita Izina” has been part of the Rwandan tradition for centuries. This ceremony has also been used for past 3 decades now to give names to new born gorillas. The names attributed to the gorillas play a great part in the program of monitoring of each individual and gorilla groups in its habitat.