Mwiseneza was born in Murambi village, Kayumba cell in Nyamata sector of Bugesera district in 1983.
His body was found yesterday morning in uncultivated garden in Nyamata.
The spokesperson of Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has told IGIHE that suspects behind the murder have not yet been identified.
“He was killed in Nyamata sector, his home land. We have not yet identified culprits but investigations are underway,” he said.
The spokesperson of Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS), SSP Hillary Sengabo, has told IGIHE that late Mwiseneza who served as a prison warder since 2011 was on two-day leave when the incident took place.
Mwiseneza was a survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He survived with his sister.
He leaves a wife and one boy living in Nyarugenge district.
The president of community mediators in Ngarama sector, Gervais Murisa said the idea concept to build the office came from residents.
“The Except the plot of land was provided by the Government and all other resources that made possible the completion of the building were provided by came from residents.
They raised funds within their means. Some would contribute Rwf 100 or 2000 while others provided labour and support through community work until completion of the building,” he said.
Prior to the construction completion of the new office, Murisa revealed that community mediators used to conduct business gather under a tree.
“With the new ample and decent building, we hope to improve service delivery,” he stressed.
The executive secretary of Ngarama sector, Jean Claude Rugaravu highlighted that the idea was hatched by came from residents to help community mediators move from working under trees to a decent office.
“Whenever it rained, community mediation activities halted pushing everyone to return home. To address such a matter, residents raised contributions until the office was completed,” he said.
According to the mayor of Gatsibo district, Gasana Richard, the office is the first one built for community mediators and that the gesture is a reflection of replicates solidarity among citizens.
The completion follows another milestone where residents of Mamfu cell inaugurated cell office worth Rwf 40 million.
Ngarama sector has 42 community mediators that have mostly . According to officials, most of solved cases that relate to demarcations of plots of land, family disputes and handling lingering cases for unpaid debts between members of the community among others.
In 2017/2018 year, community mediators countrywide 49,528 (97, 3 %)cases.
Appearing in black T-shirt and red underwear, the body whose identity has not yet been established appeared today morning along the river in Yanza.
Residents in the area have told IGIHE that the body had started putrefying.
Donald Murego, one of the residents in the area said the body was seen around 6:30 am.
“The body has been seen today around 6:30 am. He was first seen by passengers. After learning about it, we rushed to alert the police. The body had no wound,”
Police spokesperson in Kigali city, CIP Marie Umutesi Goretti said they will issue announcements when they establish the identity of the deceased and alert his family.
“We have not yet identified him because the body had started rotting yet he had no identification,” she said.
The body has been taken to Kacyiru Hospital for postmortem.
Heavy trucks have been provisionally allowed to cross Gatuna One Stop Border Post (OSBP) with Uganda between 10th – 22nd June 2019 to carry out trials for heavy trucks movement.
In a letter dated June 7, 2019, the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) Commissioner General Pascal Bizimana Ruganintwali informed the public that heavy trucks are provisionally allowed to cross the border in order to facilitate the trial activities as requested by Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA).
“Reference is made to Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) letter dated 7th June 2019, which expresses the need to carry out trials for the heavy trucks movement at Gatuna OSBP for a period of two (2) weeks from 10th up to 22nd June 2019, and assess the operationalization of the constructed works and equipment before the reception of works,” reads in part RRA statement signed by Commissioner General Ruganintwali.
“The Management of Rwanda Revenue Authority is pleased to inform the general public that heavy trucks are allowed to provisionally cross Gatuna OSBP between 10th-22nd June 2019 in order to facilitate these trial activities requested by RTDA,” adds the statement.
In February 2019, RRA closed for cargo trucks crossing through Gatuna border to give room for the completion of infrastructure upgrade at the one-stop border post.
Since 28th February 2019, cargo trucks were redirected to cross through Kagitumba border.
As IGIHE visited the construction site recently towards the end of May, workers on the Rwandan side were working tirelessly to have it completed the soonest possible.
Tarmac roads on Rwanda side have already been completed as efforts to make them green, planting grasses along the road sides are underway.
Buildings are also in final phases as workers are currently painting and doing other light works.
At the time, construction works stood at 96% on Rwanda side.
Gatuna border post project is expected to be completed at a cost of Rwf 15 billion.
Despite these efforts on Rwandan side, Uganda is not putting in much effort in the project.
By the time IGIHE visited the border recently, no works were being executed on the side of Uganda expect cattle seen grazing around the project’s premises with the presence of old structures.
The construction of some buildings has also stalled while no tarmac road has been built.
The two-day visit aims at promoting bilateral relations.
According to communiqué from the Gabonese Presidency, the visit is an opportunity for the two Heads of State to examine the state of the bilateral cooperation and relations between the two countries and to develop prospects for the future.
They are also expected to discuss development of their sub-regions and the continent.
President Ali Bongo is the Chair of Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) while President Kagame is the chairing East African Community (EAC) since February 2019.
Gabon is among 44 countries that signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECA) at the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union held in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2018, which will enter into force next July in Niger, at the next summit of this organization.
The President of the Republic of Rwanda is the sixth guest of honor in 48 hours to be received by the Head of State of Gabon the day after the commemorative ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the demise of Omar Bongo Ondimba.
President Ali Bongo Ondimba was in Rwanda last on 13th February 2018 on one day working visit.
At the time, both Heads of State held discussions focusing on cooperation between both countries and regional security. They also discussed on reforms of ECCAS to which both countries are members.
Rwanda and Gabon signed cooperation agreements in 1976 that were revised in 2010.
As seen in the pictrure posted on twitter account of Presidency Office, residents were delighted to meet President Kagame unexpectedly.
President usually makes surprise stops to greet residents in different centers countrywide.
On 27th May 2019, President made a surprise stop on his way from Bugesera to Kigali and greeted residents in Nyamata town where he stayed for 15 minutes greeting the crowd that was excited to see him unexpectedly.
He had also done the same previously on 8th May 2019 during the citizen outreach program in Northern and Western Province where he stopped in Musanze to greet residents.
Such moments leave great memories to citizens who interact with President Kagame face to face and have a chance to shake hands with him.
He was arrested red-handed on Saturday with the fake money in Rwantonde Cell of Gatore Sector.
The Police spokesperson for the Eastern region, Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Hamdun Twizeyimana said that 74 (Rwf74, 000) fake notes Rulindo was found with were in the denominations of Rwf1000, while 90 (Rwf45, 000) other notes were in the denominations of Rwf500.
“Information was shared by someone whom Rukundo was attempting to recruit to circulate the fake currency notes,” CIP Twizeyimana said.
It is said that the suspect reached out to a man in Gatore and tried to sell him Rwf100, 000 fake money for Rwf20, 000 genuine one.
According to the informer (name withheld), Rukundo wanted to recruit him as his usual customer.
“I know it is a risky business and criminal act, which I can’t associate myself with,” the informer said.
“It’s a criminal business that cripple other legal businesses and lead traders into loses when they are given such fake notes unaware, so i have to fight it,” he added.
CIP Twizeyimana thanked the informer for being a “law abiding citizen and custodian of the law.”
“We urge the general public to be vigilant not to be dupped by such criminals, check the money thoroughly to prevent loses and report anyone you suspect to be involved in such financial crimes,” CIP Twizeyimana said.
The replica of Rwanda’s monthly traditional exercise by the blue berets in South Sudan, according to UNMISS leadership, is meant to “make mission camps and surroundings of Juba and IDP camps cleaner, greener, healthier and more environmentally efficient.”
During the launch of the communal exercise on Saturday, UNMISS leadership, all Police, military and civilian peacekeepers from various UN contributing nations, cleaned the city and other towns of plastic bags and littered bottles, and planted trees.
The launch of the monthly exercise was presided over by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to UNMISS, David Shearer.
Rwanda maintains three FPU contingents of combined 560 peacekeepers and three military contingents. Two FPU contingents of 160 each, are deployed in Juba while a hybrid contingent of 240 officers is deployed in Malakal of Upper Nile State, about 650 kms from the capital Juba.
The exercise, which was also inline with the World Environmental Day, marked the launch of the “Environmental Sustainability Policy Statement” and “Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign”, which “will be conducted every month.”
Rwandan peacekeepers across all missions where they are deployed have been conducting Umuganda.
Umuganda is a practice that takes root from Rwandan culture of self-reliance and cooperation.
Members of the community come together every last Saturday of the month to help each other complete a difficult task and to supplement national development programmes in their localities.
These include creating and rehabilitating roads, water channels, building shelter for the disadvantaged families, planting trees and fighting soil erosion, among others.
The communal exercise is concluded with a community meeting where locals discuss pressing security and development issues and come up with solution to challenges faced in their respective localities.
The discussions brought together around seventy representatives from the public sector, private sector organizations, civil society organizations, students and citizens among other, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the National Commission for Children, international and local NGOs, and other stakeholders
The discussions focused on how women and girls can access pads at an affordable price. They discussed the need for safe toilets and disposal facility (sanitary bins) as well to change and dispose-off the used pads in schools, in health care facilities, at work, and in public places.
WaterAid recognizes the efforts of the Government of Rwanda to support girls at policy and practice level, especially the fact of making Menstrual Hygiene Management Rooms compulsory in all schools. However, WaterAid reveals that challenges remain for girls from poor families especially in the lowest economic ranking (Ubudehe Category 1), to access sanitary pads.
The Country Director of WaterAid Rwanda, Maurice Kwizera said that the organization expects from the meeting, the clear picture of challenges faced by poor families’ girls and women to access sanitary pads, the impact on their daily life and contribution in development and recommendations on how they can be solved. The report with resolutions will be shared within the sector especially policymakers to enhance girls’ access to pads during the menstrual period.
“For instance, a poor household might need money to buy pads for 2-3 persons, which is around RWF 3,000 on a monthly basis. One should wonder if a family in that category gets that money regularly. If we cater to their Medical Insurance, for water bill and other essential needs, we should also be concerned about their need for sanitary pads,” he said.
Kwizera explained that in such circumstances poor families’ girls and women have no alternative but to use inappropriate dirty pieces of cloths in their menstrual periods that lead to different infectious diseases such as reproductive tract infections, discomfort, lack of confidence and poor or lack of performance in education and work. He stressed, the issue is persistent in schools where quite several girls miss classes over lacking sanitary pads. Researches suggest that averagely, a girl with no access to sanitary pads misses 50 days of classes per year.
“The Government should try to ensure schools girls have access to such sanitary pads at school and at home. The government should consider making menstrual hygiene management materials tax free. The government should also encourage locally made sanitary pads. Moreover, workplaces, Taxi Parks, Banks, Health Care Facilities and other public places should be considered as target places to avail menstrual hygiene management materials and safe toilets with sanitary bins readily and freely available for women and adolescent girls”, noted Kwizera.
Solange Umutoniwase, a student at Rilima Catholic in Bugesera district has told IGIHE that lacking pads is part of major challenges facing them at school.
“A girl receives only one pad when they are available at school, but the matter lies in what to use at home given her parents are poor. In such a situation, the girl uses pieces of clothes available at home which she cannot take to school. Indeed using one pad is likely to cause bruises,” she said.
Dr. Zuberi Muvunyi, the Director General of Clinical and Public Health Services in the Ministry of Health who was the guest of honor, highlighted the importance of girls’ empowerment in national development agenda and why the Government needs to take heed on girls’ health ensuring that she obtains necessary menstrual sanitary kits.
He said that lacking the menstrual kits usually results into absenteeism to schools, poor performance or school dropouts among other inconveniences.
Muvunyi stressed the issue menstrual Hygiene Management particularly access to menstrual sanitary kits should be discussed in the National Leadership dialogue since its status affect much girls and women’s health, education, empowerment, dignity and the overall development of the country.
WaterAid was founded in 1981. It was officially registered and started operating in Rwanda in 2010. WaterAid Rwanda is one of the many country programs of WaterAid around the world. WaterAid supports the Government of Rwanda in the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene services. It currently runs operations in Bugesera and Nyamagabe districts.
The graduation ceremony was presided over by the RDF Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Patrick Nyamvumba on behalf of the President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of RDF.
The student officers have been undergoing a year-long course in analytical and communication skills, personal and collective values, as well as professional military knowledge designed to help them in their future command and leadership management responsibilities.
CDS Gen Nyamvumba extended his gratitude to every one who contributed to the successful completion of the course and encouraged them to share experience and insight in various approaches to overcome security challenges at national, regional, continental and at global level.
“As you depart, go and convincingly use that knowledge to contribute in whichever way you can and in the best possible manner to make Africa peaceful, strong, prosperous and a better place to live,” he said.
“I believe that your studies here have equipped you with the necessary analytical, planning and communication skills to enable you make the transition from tactical to operational and strategic focus and to deal with complex security challenges,’’ he added.
The 47 graduates were awarded with the symbol ‘Passed Staff College’ certificate and among them 30 also were awarded a Master of Arts degree in Security studies by the National University of Rwanda.
Major Evans Mensa KOMEDJAH from Ghana emerged the best overall student followed by Major Emmanuel Mugabo from Rwanda who was the second-best overall student and the third was Lt Col Allan Gilbert Mittawa from Malawi.
The graduates were of the rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
