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{{Police and Gasabo District have started a joint awareness campaign in the district to further bring residents on board to ensure their own safety and security.}}

The campaign started on Saturday in Gatsata sector in is slated to end on September 26 after a tour of all the 26 sectors.

Police also gave out eight mobile phones to selected individuals in Gatsata to strengthen the “Neighborhood Watch.”

The district Mayor, Willy Ndizeye, appealed to Gatsata and Gasabo residents in general, to stand up and ensure their safety, adding that it’s a foundation of all their development plans.

He urged them to tighten night patrols and to share timely information on anything that might cause insecurity in their localities.

ACP Rogers Rutikanga, the Central Region Police Commander thanked the public for their continued cooperation with security organs.

He told them to always know new people in their communities. He said their security and that of the country is well preserved, but added that Rwandans also have a great role in ensuring sustainable security.

“Police cannot be everywhere at all time. you, therefore, have a responsibility of fighting whatever that might affect your safety,” he stated.

He appealed to them to give no room for rumors but rather focus on their development activities.

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{{Investiment in distributing broadband, access to broadband infrastructure and role of broadband in development of nations especially the least developed countries are some of the topics discussed at the 8th Broadband commission in NewYork Satudary.}}

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame also co-chair of the Broadband Commission told participants that investiment in broadband and establishing favourable policies that enable citizens to benefit from broadband is indeed vital.

“It is clear we have to invest more in broadband because it accelerates economic growth and impacts positively on the lives of many,”he said adding “the commissions work should focus on strengthening policy orientations that make braodband universally accessible”.

President Kagame critised private sector that tamper with economies of scale that build paralle infrastructure and competiting to provide services in few lucrative areas.
He provided a practical model that Rwanda has adopted and uniquely designed to provide broadband services for Rwandans.

“This is a kind of model we have adopted in Rwanda. Rwanda and Korea telecom have established a joint venture which will build and operate one single wholesale 4G LTE nationwide network accessible by all retail broadband service providers on an open access basis. We believe this will accelerate rollout and affordability of broadband services for Rwandans.”

The 8th broadband commission meeting also saw the unveiling of the state of broadband 2013 which showed that the number of people accessing broadband is at an all time high.

The State of broadband report indicates that people accessing braodband subsrciption through computers and smart phones are growing at a rate of 30% annually.

Billionaire Carlos slim who also co-chairs the commission called for support in propelling broadband with focus in gender with focus on access for broadband for women and girls. There are 200million fewer women online than men and the gap could grow to 350 million within next three years if no action is taken.

The Government of Rwanda has extended condolences to Kenyans following terrible Westgate tragedy that killed over 59 people and wounding dozens more in a massacre claimed by Somalia’s Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels.

Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, twitted her message.” Rwanda extends condolences to our Kenyan brothers and sisters on terrible Westgate tragedy,” she said.

Yesterday, a group of gunmen stormed a shopping mall at Westgate and killed killing 30 people and wounding dozens more in a massacre.

Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi said on twitter that” Uganda condemns in the strongest terms possible the senseless act of terrorism in Nairobi Kenya. Our sympathies are with the victims.” An official full statement is expected from Government.

The rebels said the carnage was in direct retaliation for Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia, where African Union troops are battling the Islamists.

“The Mujahideen entered Westgate Mall today at around noon and are still inside the mall, fighting the Kenyan Kuffar (infidels) inside their own turf,” the group said on Twitter.

The Shebab tweet said the group’s warnings over Kenya’s military presence in Somalia had been ignored.

Shebab “on numerous occasions warned the Kenyan government that failure to remove its forces from Somalia would have severe consequences,” it said.

Kenyan forces entered Somalia two years ago to fight the Shebab, and remain in the country as part of an African Union force that is supporting Somalia’s internationally backed government.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is following the attack “closely and with alarm”, a statement from his office said.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Twitter that his country was “in close touch with Kenyan authorities on the attack in Nairobi. Our urgent priority is the welfare of UK nationals.”

{{The death toll in an attack on a upmarket mall in Kenya has risen to 59 people and the security forces are doing everything they can to ensure hostages inside come out safely, the interior minister said on Sunday, a day after the assault by gunmen.}}

At least two Canadians, including a diplomat, were among those killed when gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Saturday.

The diplomat was Annemarie Desloges, 29, who worked for Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Department at its embassy in Nairobi. She had worked as a public servant for the Canadian government since 2008 and was previously posted to Delhi.

“Acts of terror cannot be allowed to go unpunished. Canadian staff at our mission are offering Kenyan authorities every possible assistance to bring the perpetrators of this heinous attack to justice,” Harper said in a statement.

{{AMERICANS INJURED}}

The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had reports that American citizens were injured in an attack when gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and it condemned the shooting as a “senseless act of violence”.

“We have reports of American citizens injured in the attack, and the U.S. Embassy is actively reaching out to provide assistance,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement.

She declined to give details of the Americans injured citing privacy considerations.

{{KENYAN PRESIDENT}}

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said he himself had lost close relatives in Saturday’s mass shooting in a Nairobi shopping mall.

Addressing the relatives of victims, a sombre Kenyatta said in an address to the nation: “I ask God to give you comfort as you confront this tragedy, and I know what you feel, having also lost very close family members in this attack.”