Author: IGIHE

{President Paul Kagame on Tuesday held two rallies in Gicumbi District thronged by about 300,000 supporters.
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The rallies were held respectively in Cyumba and Rutare in Gicumbi district, Northern Province. During his address, the RPF-Inkotanyi candidate called on residents to continue standing up for national dignity, improved livelihoods and national development.

He said that this would be the best way to ensure that those who died in the liberation struggle did not give their lives in vain.

“Those who sacrificed their lives did not die in vain. Those who had sleepless nights and went without food did not do it to be told how we should live our lives,” he told hundreds of thousands.

“How can you tell me how to live when it is you I fought to regain my livelihood? What RPF has fought for, lost people for, we cannot let it go to waste. Do not accept to be dictated to with useless lessons. Let us continue to stand up for our dignity, our livelihood, our country,” Kagame advised.

He noted that it was the reason his government had for 23 years served tirelessly to make gains in security and infrastructure among other areas of national development.

“We have achieved a lot but we still have a long way to go on this journey to transformation,” he said.

He said that the party’s aim and goal is to ensure that Rwanda does not take the narrative of countries that continue to be dependent on charity for support of livelihoods.

“We are not looking for people to feed us, we are looking to make our own living and feed ourselves. For too long, Africa has been seen as deserving of charity and not prosperity and self-reliance.”

{A Jaguar bus on its way from Uganda’s capital Kampala destined for the eastern DR Congo city of Goma caught fire in Kisoro district Monday morning.
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All the 40 passengers escaped unhurt.

The bus had left Kampala and was scheduled to pass through Kisoro, then to Gisenyi in Rwanda and finally to Goma.

But the long journey was cut short about 1km into Nyakabande Airstrip when the bus tyres caught fire, according to some of the passengers who were on board.
One of them told the press that the bus was travelling at a high speed at the time.

As soon as the waft of burning rubber caught the attention of the driver and passengers, the driver brought the bus to a halt, and told all 40 passengers to immediately alight with their luggage.

Shortly after the hasty emergency eviction, the bus went up in flames. This was around 6.30am local time.

Firefighters from Kisoro Fire Brigade were alerted and arrived at the scene about 15 minutes later. They managed to put out the fire but the damage had long been done.

It was a joint operation, with personnel from the airstrip providing more water to extinguish the disastrous blaze.

The passengers watched from a safe distance as the bus that had brought them all the way from Kampala was reduced to a huge charred metallic skeleton, with smoke.

A Jaguar Bus official said another bus was called in from Rwanda to get the passengers back on their journey. It was not immediately clear when exactly the emergency bus would arrive but there was no sense of panic among the travellers.
Most of them kept cool heads after what had just happened.

“I trust we will get to our final destination in one piece,” said one of them.

{ With only four days towards the presidential elections in Rwanda, FPR-Inkontanyi supporters from different cities of Italy met in Milan in a get-together to celebrate the achievements and development of Rwanda where they promised to rally behind President Kagame during the August 3rd election day.
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In a chat with IGIHE, Amb. Jacques Kabale told IGIHE “It was a day of getting together to celebrate and express gratitude to President Kagame who has made us proud since he became President and for ending the Genocide against the Tutsi. After all this time, we are happy that he accepted our request after asking him through the referendum, to stand for another term in office, what is remaining is for us to make sure that we vote him on the day of the elections.”

The election campaigns by the candidates have continued within the country. According to the National Electoral Commission (NEC), those in diaspora will vote on August 3 at different embassies.