Author: IGIHE

Striker Sugira Ernest scored a bicycle goal in the 62nd minute to give Rwanda a first-leg advantage ahead of the return leg to be played in Kigali next month.

Sugira’s goal comes a few days after he was on the score sheet as Rwanda edged DR Congo in a 3-2 international friendly match which was played away in Kinshasa on September 18, 2019.

Good goalkeeping and defending tactics helped Coach Mashami Vincent’s side to seal the win despite efforts from Ethiopian forwards which were unproductive.

The winner over the two legs will automatically secure a ticket to the 6th CHAN finals tournament. Rwanda is on the quest for a fourth appearance in the biennial tournament, having only missed the inaugural (2009) and 2014 editions.

Previously Rwanda qualified for the 2018 CHAN tournament, held in Morocco, after beating Ethiopia 3-2, thanks to goals from Abeddy Biramahire, Eric Rutanga, and Muhadjiri Hakizimana, hosted the 2016 edition in Kigali after taking part in the 2011 edition which was held in Sudan.

The CHAN qualifiers will also act as a preparation advantage for Rwanda ahead of the Total AFCON Cameroon 2021 qualifications, which will kick-off also against Mozambique away in Maputo on November 15 and Cameroon on November 19, 2019, in Kigali.

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Final Round, First Leg Results
Ethiopia 0-1 Rwanda
Burundi 0-3 Uganda
Madagascar 1-0 Namibia
Algeria 0-0 Morocco
Tunisia 1-0 Libya
Mauritania 0-0 Mali
Senegal 1-0 Guinea

Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Roger Rwakayiro, the District Police Commander (DPC) for Gakenke said the suspects were arrested in Rutamba well.

They are Pierre Mpariyabarimba, 29, Elaste Nshimiyimana, 25, Vedaste Dufashingabo, 28, Pascal Bansibaniye, 45, Said Bamenyayabo, 29, and Vianney Dushimiyimana, 29.

The arrest came a few days after other illegal miners were caught in a concession located in Ruli Sector also in Gakenke.

“The majority of illegal miners use the cover of the night, which itself is dangerous because anything can happen in that darkness, that’s how some of them tamper with weak cliffs causing landslides, and some people have died in such scenarios,” the DPC said.

He explained that illegal mining activities in wells and rivers also affect such water bodies and turn them brown.

“These activities are not only unlawful and risky, but they also affect the economy and the environment. We appeal to the public to join efforts against them by sharing information on people involved and locations where they’re conducted,” CIP Rwakayiro said.

He also urged owners of mining concessions to take precautions against illegal mining activities and theft of minerals in their sites.

Gakenke is rich in cassiterite and wolfram, and the DPC warned that “operations are continuous” to arrest anyone found in such unlawful acts.

Article 54 of the law on mining and quarry operations, states that “any person, who undertakes mineral or quarry exploration, exploitation, processing or trading without a license commits an offense.”

Upon conviction, the offender is liable to imprisonment for a term of between two and six months and a fine of not less than Rwf1 million and not more than Rwf5 million or only one of these penalties.

The aforementioned senators were appointed yesterday following the confirmation of 14 senators elected to represent the four provinces and the City of Kigali, public and private institutions of higher learning as well as political organizations.

Dr. Mukabaraba has been the State Minister for social affairs at the Ministry of Local Government, Esperance Nyirasafari is the former Sports and Culture Minister, Francois Habiyakare has been working at the Public Service Commission while Dr.Iyamuremye has been serving as the Chairperson of Rwanda Elders Advisory Council.

The nomination follows senatorial elections in other spheres to pick candidates to fill up the 26-seat upper chamber of parliament.

Rwandan Senate comprises of 26 members with the President appointing 8 Senators while 12 Senators are elected at the provincial local government level.

Four Senate members are sent by Political Parties through their forum while two are elected by public and private institutions of higher learning.

Kagame will appoint more senators after one year.

Ashingiye ku Itegeko Nshinga rya Repubulika y'u Rwanda
ryo mu 2003 ryavuguruwe mu 2015, cyane cyane mu ngingo yaryo ya 80 igika cya mbere, agace ka 2, n'igika cya 5, none ku wa 20/9/2019,
Nyakubahwa Perezida wa Repubulika ashyizeho
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— Government of Rwanda (@RwandaGov) September 20, 2019

“There are several countries that will take part in this forum. But this year, the guest country of honor is Rwanda. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has agreed to be present at CGECI Academy 2019, “said Stéphane Aka-Anghui, the executive director of the General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI, Patronat) in a press conference on Thursday.

According to Mr. Aka-Anghui, the Rwandan president was chosen because his country has made considerable efforts to make it is business environment attractive and could share its experience with Ivorian companies.

The World Bank Doing Business report 2018 rated Rwanda 29th globally in easing business and second in Africa following Mauritius.

The 8th edition of “CGECI Academy” was initially scheduled for October 17 to 18 and was rescheduled from October 14 to 15 in Abidjan for Rwandan President Paul Kagamé to participate.

Kagame was last in Ivory Coast on 20th December 2018 when he was conferred honorary citizenship of Abidjan.

This forum, held annually since 2012 at the initiative of CGECI, aims to promote the creation of a business environment conducive to the national private sector.

Approximately 6,000 participants are expected at the 2019 edition organized around the theme “Business environment: What mechanisms to embrace for business development in Africa”.

Regarding the scientific content of this forum, the speaker said that it will focus on entrepreneurship, taxation, and development among others.

“There will be more than 25 sessions, B to B meetings and workshops with nearly 140 speakers including Ivorian Ministers Emmanuel Esmel Essis and Souleymane Diarrassouba. “This forum is very important for the development of local businesses,” said M’Bengue.

He was speaking at a regional conference entitled, “Rwanda’s Journey towards Sustainable Peace – 25 Years” that started yesterday in Kigali.

The 2 days conference is organized by Rwanda Peace Academy, in partnership with the Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The conference seeks to evaluate the progress and identify challenges to the socio-economic and political transformation in Rwanda after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and to come up with strategies to continue the drive to sustainable peace.

In his remarks during the opening ceremony, Minister Murasira said: “This conference is a reminder that unless we invest in understanding, owning and implementing peacebuilding programmes, our countries risk relapsing into violent conflict or will fail to prevent future violence. Sustainable peace is a measure of successful peacebuilding and cannot be realized without building the institutions that are capable of resolving future conflicts peacefully.”

Mr. Stephen Rodriques, the UNDP Resident Representative for Rwanda observed that Rwanda’s journey to recovery and development is a story of ownership, innovation, leadership, resilience, and vision that there is a lot to learn from this long journey.

“I really trust that this conference will open space for debate and discussion on how these and other factors contribute to peacebuilding, peace consolidation and sustainable development,” he said

The Ambassador of Japan to Rwanda, H.E. Takayuki Miyashita emphasized that peace and security are fundamental for Africa to achieve development.

About 80 participants from 9 African countries, namely; Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe are attending the conference.

The majority of participants from outside Rwanda are from peacekeeping training and research institutions that are engaged in a similar business with the Rwanda Peace Academy.

The rain poured down from 2 to 3 pm.

The executive secretary of the Nasho sector, Modeste Nzirabatinya has told IGIHE that a lot of properties including banana gardens were destroyed though it rained for a while.

“The rain destroyed 10 hectares of banana plantation, electric cables carrying electricity to Gatare and Gatarama villages of Rugoma cell. We are organizing a special community work to reinstall flown roofs again. We helped them to get accommodations to neighbors in the evening,” he said.

One of the flown roofs fell on one resident identified as Gaudence Mukampore who succumbed to injuries and admitted at Mulindi health center.

Kirehe is one of the districts prone to disasters when it rains heavily. Similar heavy downpour ravaged many properties in April this year additional to 228 houses and 183 hectares of crops that had been destroyed in January 2019.

The spokesperson of Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), Modeste Mbabazi has confirmed that alleged crimes were committed at different times during job entry exams while recruiting teachers.

“They are accused of forging documents, abuse of office, and favoritism. These crimes were committed at different times whereby they gave extra marks to some candidates who sat for teachers’ entry exam and deducted marks from others,” he said.

The duo is detained at RIB station in Muhoza sector.

The 24-week course covered both theoretical and practical music sessions, including clef and compass, note values and rests, rests and tied notes as well as Music terms and signs.

Others include time signature and grouping, key signatures and scales of major keys, key signatures and scales of minor keys, intervals above the given notes, intervals below the given notes, tones degrees and their technical names and band display, among others.

Commissioner of Police (CP) Vianney Nshimiyimana, the Commandant of PTS, while speaking at the closing of the course, congratulated the trainees and trainers for the “job well done.”

“This course has left RCS personnel with the required knowledge and skills to enhance their professionalism,” CP Nshimiyimana said.

He, however, observed that skills development is a continuous process adding that “there is a need for further upgrading of music skills.”

CP Nshimiyimana said that composing music, transcription of music, arranging music for marching and jazz band require continuous training.

The vehicles; RAC 751C and RAB 634G, were intercepted at a Police checkpoint mounted in Rwisirabo Cell, Karangazi Sector.

Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Hamdun Twizeyimana, the Police spokesperson for the Eastern region said that two people, who were driving the two vehicles at the time, were taken into custody.

“On Tuesday, Police in Nyagatare received information about consignments of minerals that had been smuggled into the country from Uganda, through an illegal border, and later loaded in two Rwandan registered vehicles,” CIP Twizeyimana said.

“The vehicles were tracked and intercepted in Karangazi; the two suspects identified as Donatien Sindayigaya, 25, who was driving Toyota Corolla RAC 751C and Eric Mupenzi, 35, who was driving the second vehicle (RAB 634G) were immediately arrested,” he added.

CIP Twizeyimana said that the exhibits were handed over to Revenue Protection Unit (RPU) while suspects are detained at Karangazi Police station pending further legal processes.

He thanked members of the public that provided “credible information on this illegal mineral business” and emphasized the role of the public in fighting and preventing crimes through timely information sharing.

Article 3 of the ministerial regulations on fighting smuggling in mineral trading, forbids “importation of minerals into Rwanda without proper documents indicating their origin and the weight at the origin, given by the right authorities.”

These minerals have to be with required trade documents and to be certified and tagged by competent authorities.

Equally, Article 4 provides that transportation of minerals outside mining licensed areas—concessions and permits perimeters—is only allowed, when the consignment shows the source mine, its value and when it has the right tag.

Article 54 of the law on mining and quarry operations, states that “any person, who undertakes mineral or quarry exploration, exploitation, processing or trading without a license commits an offense.”

Upon conviction, the offender is liable to imprisonment for a term of between two and six months and a fine of not less than Rwf1 million and not more than Rwf5 million or only one of these penalties.

The court also orders confiscation of any seized minerals or quarry in storage, trading or processing without a license.