Speaking to IGIHE, RCS spokesperson, CIP Hillary Sengabo said that all the dismissed officers had deserted service at different times between 2016 and 2017.
“The reason behind dismissing them was to deserting their jobs. When an officer deserts, the punishment is to be sacked unless there were more genuine reason behind,” he said.
The law says that they consider RCS officer to be disserted when they spend seven days without reporting to work and without informing their commandant.
Last year, RCS also had sacked 52 officers including two Assistants Inspector of Prison (AIP) over misconducts.
Busingye was speaking yesterday in Kigali while officiating at a conference that brought together Human Rights Commissions from all African countries.
Participants are discussing the role of rights commissions in the development of the continent through different development goals set by Africa and the World in general.
Busingye said that for Africa to attain development, good ideas should be put in practice. He said that many Africans are still living in poverty, while development goals were set to end it.
“We still have problems like insufficient classrooms, access to electricity and clean water, under-five mortality and women rights promotion being hindered across Africa. These are problems that Africans are capable of responding to and alleviate by themselves,” he said.
He said that there still appear Africans living in grass-thatched houses, suffering malnutrition, access to medication problems, maternal deaths and environment destruction which can all be squarely addressed by Africans.
He cited reports of international human rights organization’s reports which contradict with national rights commissions’ reports, questioning how they contradict while they are all done for interests of human rights.
Busingye urged African countries to raise their voices and speak for themselves than these organizations which exaggerate in their reports about what happening in Africa.
“Africa has history; it has its past, present and future. We should stand and speak for what is happening, advantages and challenges faced” he said.
The Special Envoy for the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GAHNRI), Florence Simbiri Jaoko said, for human rights organisations to facilitate governments, they should work independently.
She said that working independently would enable them report areas of concern, though, she said they sometimes face challenges like being denied financing from governments.
They are not badly arguing nor are they engaging in quarrels. It is rather a constructive community debate that brings together about 200 people in Gicumbi District’s Kaniga Sector close to the Ugandan border.
Held at the sector’s offices this Tuesday afternoon, the debate was one of the regular community events the journalists network PAX PRESS organises countrywide in collaboration with different partners on various issues. Funded by the rights-based program of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), citizens discussed briefly the new law governing family relationship.
The amended Persons and Family Bill passed in August 2016 with the main change being the fact that now both spouses – man and woman – are jointly responsible for the management of the household, including moral and material support as well as its maintenance. “One of the spouses performs those duties alone, if the other spouse is unable to do so. In case of a disagreement, competent authorities take decision,” reads part of article 209.
According to residents and local authorities, polygamous marriages are the root causes for most of the household-based violence in Kaniga Sector. Even though the debate made clear, that young couples live in monogamous relationships and marriages, family problems are still occurring among people aged above 50 years.
The lively debate illustrated, that some men leave their Rwandan wives and marry another woman in Uganda, which is less than a mile away for some of Kaniga residents. In the sector are cases of man who have up to eight wives and numerous children with them. Yet the Constitution of Rwanda recognises only a civil monogamous marriage between a man and a woman as a marital union.
Justus Bakesigaki, 61, admits to be married to two wives, but the number of his wives changes between three and up to five as his second wife and one of his daughters raise their voices during the debate. “I rotate between my two wives and feel good with that. I do make time for each of them and don’t see why it should be a problem,” expresses Bakesigaki.
Nyiramirimo, his second wife and mother of two of his children, opposes him saying that the husband has failed to support all of his wives and children. She herself struggles to cater for her children. “I urge monogamous men to avoid getting a second wife. From my experience I also advise women to never accept a married man. He won’t make you happy,” says Nyiramirimo.
Janet Asiimwe, daughter of Bakesigaki, says “My husband is married only to me and I don’t want him to get a second wife. It creates conflicts among wives and hampers family’s prosperity.”
Chantal Tukahirwa, mother of seven, whose husband has left her seven years ago to marry another woman in Uganda, says her conflicts with husband reached a deadlock. “My husband fell in love with a wealthy lady and tried to marry her. He chased me from our matrimonial home when I refused, but I returned a year later after authorities ruled in my favour. That decision angered my husband, so he left with that woman to Uganda”, tells Tukahirwa, who still loves her husband. “Since he is gone, our life is miserable”, she resumes.
Jean Marie Vianney Bangirana, Executive Secretary of Kaniga Sector, says polygamy is decreasing in the community due to government and partners’ sensitisation. “With polygamy come many consequences: A polygamous man will not cater well for the family, children in such families lack education. Above all, there are often conflicts among the wives over the care and resource distribution of the joint husband”, he explains in the gathering.
According to the Executive Secretary, at least 50 households in the sector are known for having conflicts mainly resulting from polygamy and drug abuse. Together with police and army forces, he is fighting against drug abuse and his office offers mediation to solving issues in conflicting families.
Rugege was speaking yesterday while presiding over the swearing-in of new Chairperson for Rwanda Law Reform Commission, Aimable Havugiyaremye and Vice-chairperson Beata Mukeshimana.
He said that during reforms, the commission needs to carry out research by determining laws which do not respond to people’s problems.
“Conducting research on existing and new laws is necessary. When there is no research conducted on existing laws, they become inapplicable and obsolete. Others which are established without research do not respond to people’s problems but instead cause problems,” he said.
“This is the rationale behind incessant reforms. When there is proper research, they establish laws that solve people’s problems sustainably” he added,
He urged the commission to write laws in a language that is easy to understand.
“Laws should be written in understandable language. This is what the country expects from you. You should make sure that you do not publish laws that confuse users,” he urged them.
Havugimana said that the commission will conduct research on existing laws to identify whether they are still relevant.
Tigo Yanjye was launched by Tigo Rwanda Chief Executive Officer, Philip Amoateng, during a press briefing at the Tigo Rwanda corporate headquarters in Kigali.
In announcing the Tigo Yanjye campaign, Amoateng unveiled three new products namely Imirongo Yose, Isanzure Packs and the Africa Packs.
Imirongo Yose all-network packs allows Tigo customers to call other mobile networks in Rwanda at the same price as calling Tigo-Tigo. The Imirongo Yose packs, which will range from Rwf100 per day to Rrw500 per week, allows customers to call all mobile networks for up to 35 minutes per week.
In addition, Imirongo Yose customers will be able to send 35 SMS a week respectively while also enjoying 35 MBs of data a week.
With the new Africa Packs, calls to Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and South Sudan will cost as low as Rrw56 per minute, the lowest tariff on the market today.
Isanzure Packs allow customers to enjoy customers the data, SMS and calling resources that are tailored to their own needs. With Isanzure Packs, customers will be able to call more and longer.
“Tigo Rwanda is committed to constantly satisfying its customers by meeting and exceeding their expectations. We set out to provide affordable and accessible mobile services everywhere so that our subscribers can stay in touch with their loved ones and facilitate business by reducing the costs of communication and the cost of doing business” Amoateng said
“We shall be unveiling more products that go beyond just calls and Internet. We are already piloting a breakthrough health insurance product that we will fully roll out under the Tigo Yanjye umbrella,” Amoateng added.
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HIIT is simply a training technique in which you give all-out, one hundred percent effort through quick, intense bursts of exercise, followed by short, and sometimes active recovery periods. By that, I mean you perform a certain exercise so fast for a certain period of time, then rest and then perform the next exercise, hard and fast and rest and continue till the last one. That way HIIT burns more fat and in less time.
Your HIIT workout can be between 4 minutes to 15 minutes, anything longer could increase your risk of injuries.
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Skipping is another great fat burner you should be trying out. In fact 10 minutes of skipping can burn just about the same or more fat as a 45-minute run.
You can start your day with a 10-minute skipping session, but if you want better results, you can go on for 20 minutes.
Note: For Women: when trying out the skipping exercise, it is important to wear the right sportswear for workouts.
Skipping tends put a strain on your breasts and could cause them to sag prematurely. The best way to counter this effect is to wear the right sportswear.
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Another quick fat burner, but unlike the others, it shouldn’t take more than 3 minutes.
Jumping jacks is a vigorous cardiovascular exercise which burns fat like a fire because of its high intensity and the large number of calories that are burned.
You can start your day with a 3-minute jumping jacks session which should be about 100-200 jumps. You can decide to take it even further, by doing 2-3 sets.
Note: For Women, when trying out the jumping jacks exercise, it is important to wear the right sportswear for workouts, because like skipping, they can put your breasts under intense stress, and cause early sagging.
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Stair sprints (running up and down the stairs) is another great fat burner which can be incorporated into your HIIT workout or done as a separate exercise.
This exercise could require more engagement and focus although it provides more benefits (apart from burning fat really fast) compared to the other two.
You can start with a 5 to 10 minute workout and build your way up to at least 30 minutes.
But be careful, this exercise can turn dangerous if done wrongly.
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The call was made yesterday in the Rwanda Media Dialogue and the celebration of Africa Day of Information in Kigali.
Recently, the Rwandan based TV station, Royal TV was closed and owners claimed financial constraints.
Different media houses; print and online were closed at different times all citing financial constraints.
In the discussion on the development of African media in ICT-led World, The Chief Executive Officer of Radio1 and TV1, Charles Kakooza Nkuriza said that without the government’s intervention many media houses would close.
“If nothing is done in the next three years, many media houses especially TVs will close, private sector itself could not finance our media,” he said.
The Executive Secretary for Rwanda Media Commission (RMC), Emmanuel Mugisha said that though Rwanda’s private sector is not well versed with the role of advertisement, a way through which media could generate revenues.
He said that they should think about how media consumers would pay for content the same way they do on other services and commodities
“News is available, but not valued. People listen to the radio, read online and watch TV free of charge. We should fund a way of attracting more advertisements and revenues” he said
Journalism lecturer at the University of Rwanda, School of Journalism, Dr. Christopher Kayumba said that content selling is practiced in North-European countries.
Mrs Kagame was speaking Tuesday in the 2017 African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) Conference in Kigali.
The conference was organized under the theme ‘Cancer in Africa: Making Strides, Creating Solutions’
Frist Lady said that fighting cancer begins with the advocacy and mobilising public-private support.
“It also requires strengthening along the cancer care continuum: raising awareness, educating, conducting prevention interventions, having structures for early diagnosis, and improving access to care and treatment” she said.
“We will have more chances to win the fight against cancer if we also promote the need for well-trained, skilled and dedicated workforce. One that strives to conduct impactful research, treats with compassion and care, and finds solutions customized to our population’s needs” she added.
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Mrs. Kagame said that Cancer does not discriminate against age, gender, religion, neither social status.
“In Rwanda, we have also sadly witnessed how younger, and older members of our communities, have been affected by the diverse forms this disease can take” she said.
She said in Rwanda, like in many other nations whose populations have access to cancer screenings, incidences of cancer diagnoses are becoming known. She said that men are now diagnosed with prostate cancer; and children are faced with the overwhelming burden to fight leukaemia and kidney cancer, even at a tender age.
For women, she said, breast and cervical cancers are the top two cancers currently hurting mothers and sisters.
“While it is encouraging to know that years of research have demonstrated that approximately one third of cancer cases can be prevented, we, as concerned global citizens, now have the duty to put in place more effective, and sustainable systems of prevention” she said.
“As our experience teaches us that cancer can be caused by a variety of factors, other than a specific genetic makeup, we also have to continue to carefully assess those other causes that are environmental, and influenced by our lifestyles. This assessment would help us teach each other, how to prevent those different forms of cancers, that have increased through the years” she urged.
She said too many lives are still lost due to the lack of early and regular screenings, along with the lack of effective knowledge dissemination on what should be done, to greatly reduce chances of developing cancer
In 2011, a partnership between the Government of Rwanda, and various stakeholders, helped bring to life the Butaro Hospital and its Cancer Centre of Excellence, which officially opened in 2012.
“With this Cancer Centre came a new opportunity to have a better chance at beating cancer, for thousands of individuals from Rwanda, and beyond” she said.
With its three wards, dedicated to children, women and men, Butaro Hospital is able to screen, diagnose, provide patient follow-up, and palliative care, she said
Offering surgery and chemotherapy, Butaro Hospital have managed to treat up to 6,000 cancer sufferers to date, and joined other general hospitals fighting cancer throughout the country, by conducting more than 1,000 tests per year.
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AORTIChas already shown progress towards prioritising oncology training for health workers and research on cancer prevalence, both of which are well stipulated in the mandate of the organisation.
“It is now upon us to devise strategies to capitalize on the progress made, by incorporating it within our different existing structures, and if needed, by establishing new ones, able to implement what is required for the holistic wellbeing of our communities,” she said
She said that the aim is to ensure that the fight against cancer continues positively ahead, as it will be done through the finalisation of a radiotherapy centre at the Rwanda Military Hospital.
Beginning next year, she said the radiotherapy centre, will provide cancer patients with a final, integral link within comprehensive cancer care and treatment, through radiotherapy services.
“As we remember that beyond the statistics and treatment trials, we are dealing with a mother, a father, a sibling, or a child, whose life will never again be the same after their diagnosis, we must pledge to never stop educating our populations about the importance of living healthy lifestyles, which include regular medical check-ups so our health systems, can help our communities before it is too late,” she urged participants.
The acting Executive Director of Capital Market Authority, Mr. Eric Bundugu said Rwandans, particularly civil servants and corporates should take advantage of the many products listed on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) to save and invest as one of their side income-generating ventures.
Speaking during a sensitisation workshop for the City of Kigali employees at City Hall on Friday, Bundugu encouraged the participants to save and invest in bonds or shares of listed firms on the RSE.
There are currently eight listed companies, including four local firms – Bralirwa, Bank of Kigali, Crystal Telecoms, I&M Bank Rwanda, and four cross-listed companies: Nation Media Group, Uchumi Supermarkets, KCB and Equity Group. There are also 23 government Treasury bonds listed on the exchange and two corporate bonds for (I&M Bank and IFC), as one unit trust, the Iterambere Fund managed by Rwanda National Investment Trust (RNIT).
The CMA official said the varied products provide Rwandans a huge opportunity to save as well as invest, while firms can come to the market to raise the much-needed affordable investment capital.
Currently, the market boasts of more than 16,000 investors, he added. Speaking at the same event, the Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Stock Exchange, Celestin Rwabukumba challenged people employed in the formal sector to embrace a savings culture, saying that most corporate and government workers hold accounts just for receiving salaries.
“Even the ordinary Rwandan who joins a SACCO does so hoping to get a loan at some time in the future. However, how does one qualify for a loan if they don’t save?” he wondered. He said when one has invested in shares of any listed company they can use their equity as collateral to acquire credit from banks. “It does not matter how much money you earn, start saving now even if it is as little as Rwf500 or Rwf100,” he added.
He said a country or person that does not save cannot develop, adding that investing through the exchange is essential for Rwanda to realise its development goals. “Saving is the lifeblood of any country. Countries like Malaysia and Singapore have been able to make it because of the high national savings level,” he said.
CMA kicked off the three-month public awareness drive at the beginning of October and is targeting potential retail investors across the country, encouraging them to save and invest through the local capital market.
Speaking to IGIHE, Habumuremyi said that such responsibilities are given to former head of state and or government.
“I’m leading a delegation of 30 people from 30 African countries; among them are parliamentarians in their respective countries and representatives of political parties,” he said.
He said that the delegation commends Rwanda’s leadership under President Paul Kagame. He said Africa is proud of how Rwanda demonstrates the potentials of development.
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