This Coaching was a high level training given to different people that work in different sectors with the purpose of bringing about efficiency in their work place.
The latest batch and the second of KCA training comprised of six while the first batch last year comprised of 12 trainees.
Mami Said, the Head of Human Resources at Bank of Kigali Plc said that the knowledge acquired from the training is useful to her, colleagues and the company she works for.
From November 2019, KCA will launch courses online. Trainees will get similar certificates like those Kigali trained physically.
Mireille Ineza Karera, the KORA Group Chief Executive Officer has told IGIHE that trainees from Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and other countries have already registered for the online courses.
“We will start online courses on the 5th of November; we have directors from different African companies that have started registration. They are from Malawi, Sierra Leone, and South Africa. These courses are prepared and offered by Rwandans,” she said.
Based in Rwanda, KCA has the potential of growing to an international level.
The CEO of Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Clare Akamanzi said that the KCA program is part of government programs capacitating trainees to improve performance at work.
“Offering online services supports the ‘Smart Africa’ program. This is important for the country because it is supporting Africa’s growth in technology. This means that you are supporting Africa to be a great continent,” she said.
Courses offered are related to Health, leadership, and business among others.
KCA is planning to raise about US$400,000 to build school infrastructures and equipment.
KCA started in August 2018. Today, it has trained heads of companies from different countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Nigeria, and Ghana.
This was revealed yesterday by the Minister of State in charge of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Evode Uwizeyimana during discussions with the Parliamentary Committee on National Unity, Human Rights and the Fight against Genocide.
They also discussed issues concerning children rights and prevention mechanisms and penalties for human trafficking.
MINIJUST received 42 human trafficking cases in 2017, 49 in 2018 and 38 in 2019.
The number of people whose cases were heard in villages where they allegedly cmmitted the crimes rose from 19 in 2018 to 25 in 2019.
Parliamentarian, Winifred Niyitegeka said “It is a good progress taking hearing of human trafficking cases to crime scenes. The hearing requires the presence of young people.”
She said that it will be a lesson for the rest of the youth and prevent them from yielding to temptations of promises for good jobs, foreign scholarships among others for soft life.
Minister Uwizeyimana assured the Ministry will assess the situation thoroughly.
“We are hopeful that all cases of human trafficking will be brought to public hearing. We will work on it,” he said.
Minister Uwizeyimana also said that this will help in raising awareness, to the population that have no knowledge about the tricks used by human traffickers.
The research conducted by Never Again Rwanda in July 2019 reported about 515 victims of human trafficking between 2017 and 2019 of whom 70 (13.6%) are Rwandans, 323(62.7%) are Burundians, 77(15%) being from Congo while about 45 (8.7%) are from other countries and females constitute 77.67%.
Mbidde is a man that never holds his thoughts back, always frank in opinion and says he is ready to face any consequences that come with actions of which he has deep conviction. He is also known to for using bombastic English words like “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
When the diplomatic crisis between Uganda and Rwanda started, Mbidde blamed Uganda, his country, to be the source of actions that have since fueled the conflict.
In August, as he was talking to members of the Ugandan press, he urged his government to chase away all members of the terrorist group, RNC, so as a sure way of reestablishing cordial relations between the two, hitherto, brotherly countries.
“These two countries share the same value that the peace of the population is a notion thing worth dying for. As citizens of Uganda we will never tolerate anyone that wants to attack Kigali,” he said.
He added that he is very saddened by the way Uganda is dealing with the conflict they have with Rwanda; saying they are being stubborn.
Mbidde believes that brotherhood, sharing experiences and best practices should be put at the fore between the two countries’ relations. That explains why in October, among a large number of Rwandan and allies that were gathered in the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany for Rwanda Day, Mbidde was also among them.
In a phone interview with IGIHE, Mbidde explained how he came to a decision of attending the Rwanda Day, his experience during the great assembly and how listening to the conversation with the Head of State, President Paul Kagame, about Rwanda development, impacted the way he thinks of the relations.
Mbidde said that he took the initiative to register online, which came as an opportunity for he had already planned to travel to Europe for other business engagements. That is how he decided to schedule himself to be in German and attend the Event on 5th, October in Bonn.
“What I heard from testimonies and shared experiences were symptomatic of a people-centered government; with a leader who is at the same page and pace with his people; a leader who is able to freely interact with his people and that should be an example to other leaders; they should all learn to give value to people’ opinion,” he said.
Mbidde explained there are many activities, events and programs in Rwanda that demonstrate that participatory development and inclusive democracy are some of the ways of giving value to people’s opinion.
“There is another event I have not been able to attend but that I would want to participate in; an open talk where people ask questions to the government leaders who answer them instantly and directly. I believe it’s the Umushyikirano; that is the one I want to attend next,” he said.
“You see, most leaders avoid interacting with the people because they do not have answers to their concerns, needs and questions. I live in a country where the president does not have answers to give to the people he leads,,” he added.
Mbidde said that looking at a president who is not scared of answering any questions from the people is an inspiration to him.
“When you look at a country where the President (Kagame) welcomes the people, for me it is an inspiration. The event of Rwanda Day is a lecture room for me,” said Mbidde.
He added that leaders sometimes can allow people to ask questions within the confines of the country borders because they have an army that takes care of their security, but to face the diaspora people requires a purely committed leader.
“I was looking at a president whose spirit is so pure that he is not scared of any question… a leader who is ready to address all problems that are brought forward by Rwandans; in my opinion he has brought hope to Rwanda,” said Mbidde.
Rwanda is no longer just a country, it has become a brand as well Mbidde said that these days, Rwanda is in a place where it is no longer just a country like other countries; it has become a brand of positive change, where everyone gives it as an example.
“For a country to become a brand like Sweden and Israel is a result of partnership between the people and the leaders. When you look unto Sweden and Israel the next county you look up to in the line will be Rwanda. This is a role model.”
Mbidde said that Uganda and Rwanda were born on the same revolutionary umbilical cord, and for that reason, he cannot side with Uganda trying to ferment war with Rwanda.
“I cannot side with Uganda trying to ferment war with Rwanda. If I die because of that I would die a happy man. If there is something worth dying for is that I am opposed to being at war Kigali.”
Mbidde confirmed his desire to strengthen the bond of East African Countries, in a way that when an external force wants to attack Rwanda, all other member states will come to the defense of a member.
In the interview with IGIHE, Mbidde also said that in his life, as a politician opposing the current government of Museveni, he faces people threatening him for raising intellectual debates in defense of Rwandan Government.
The launch of the VIP Lounge at Kigali International Airport was attended by different entrepreneurs in the air transport services and tourism sector as well as officials.
The facility provides a comfort zone for waiting passengers as well as Meet and Greet services. It has a VIP lunch space, 4G internet, where first-class travelers can plug their laptops.
The Chief Executive of Akagera Aviation, Patrick Nkulikiyimfura, said that the aim is to contribute to the branding of Visit Rwanda.
“Our very first aim is to contribute to the promotion of the branding of Visit Rwanda; the second is enhanced partnership with investors. Our job mainly relates to the transport of people but we partnered with hotels to improve passengers’ experiences,” he said.
“We have had a meet and greet service for the last five years and bringing clients that fly with us. So, we sought how to make their first impression a great experience,’’ added Nkulikiyimfura.
First classes visitors will be received in the VIP lounge as they are waiting for their documents to be processed by the migration office.
The General Manager of Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre, Kigali, Denis J. Dernault, said that this launch is a huge step in giving good service to Kigali visitors.
“These facilities will be giving a good first impression of Rwanda to our visitors. There will be functioning twenty-four/seven, offering meals and refreshments. We are building something that will make people want to come back in Rwanda for traveling and tourism and more,” he said.
The Chief Tourism Officer of RDB, Belise Kaliza, applauded this partnership in setting up such a facility for visitors.
“Rwanda’s aim is to build a country with great tourism experience. Having this lounge comes to complement the government initiative. It is a great place that will offer a good first impression of Rwanda to our visitors,” she said.
The Radisson Blu Hotel, Kigali is a five-star business hotel that hosts the first Convention Centre in Rwanda. With 291 modern rooms and Suites, six restaurants and Bars, Spa and Fitness facilities the hotel is conveniently located from Kigali International Airport and City Centre.
With room for up to 6,000 guests, Kigali Convention Centre features a selection of cutting-edge meeting rooms spanning over 32,000 m2. Located adjacent to the Radisson Blu Hotel, this iconic landmark offers 18 state-of-the-art meeting rooms, including an auditorium that can accommodate up to 3,000 guests.
A business centre, restaurant, bar, and an auditorium club along with a parking space for 650 vehicles making it a venue of choice for business meetings, exhibitions and special occasions.
Between July 2016 and 2019, this building hosted about 853 events with 320000 participants. They have won 23 international awards including the World Travel Awards (WTA)
Akagera Aviation started its operations in 2008, mainly doing helicopter charter flight operations, aerial photography & surveys, scenic flights, and HEMS. In 2013, Akagera Aviation services expanded to flight training and started ab-initio training of helicopter pilots. Akagera Aviation ATO is the only helicopter flying school in East Africa.
The official opening ceremony of @AkageraAviation Lounge by #RadissonBlu was graced by high ranking government officials, representatives of tour operators & MICE industry. With an elegant design & 5-star service the lounge is a value add to the end-to-end passenger experience. pic.twitter.com/fsVeWx73UX
Organized by Junior Chamber International Rwanda (Jci Rwanda), the workshop took place on Saturday 12th, October 2019.
It brought together 25 youth from Cameroon, Guinea, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, South Africa, Madagascar, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
The Belgium trainer, Peter Anckaert, shared insights into attributes of a good corporate leader and manager in complementing company or organization growth and in how do we deal with the change or implement change.
In 2016, Peter served as Jci Vice President assigned to the national Jci organizations of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden. He was also the National President of Jci Belgium in 2014.
The123 refugees from Libya landed at Kigali International Airport on Friday midnight.
Rwanda signed agreements to host refugees stranded in Libya on 10th September 2019 with the African Union (AU) and UNHCR.
Rwanda made the commitment to host refugees from Libya in 2017 following revelations that thousands of people from across Africa were stranded in the country after their failure to reach Europe and subjected to slavery.
Among the 123 refugees that arrived in Rwanda, 99 of them are men and the remaining 24 are women; about 59 are still minors.
These refugees are coming from three different countries 106 from Eritrea, 15 from Somalia and two that come from Sudan.
Ministry of Emergency Management (Minema), has announced on their Twitter account “these refugees will be placed in the Gashora camp in Bugesera district where the first batch was placed.”
As he was officially opening the YouthConneck summit Wednesday, President Paul Kagame spoke about what motivated Rwanda to host the refugees.
Kagame explained that these refugees have three options whereby Europe can come and choose who they want to take, those chasing to go back home can be facilitated in an orderly manner while the third option is allowing them to stay in Rwanda if they don’t prefer any of the two options mentioned above.
“They will live like our citizens, we don’t give too much because we don’t have too much but whatever we have, we share and we live decent lives. That is the arrangement under which this thing has been done and anybody can do it, any other country can do it. We just felt we needed to exercise the possibility we had to do things decently and provide a decent life to these people,” he said.
He also added that every country that is willing should participate in finding a solution for these refugees; showing that Rwanda doesn’t seek recognition for this action or any kind of payment.
The community work conducted on Saturday was characterized by clearing bushes near the Nyanza genocide memorial.
After the community work, KBS Ltd donated Rwf 300,000 for maintenance of the memorial.
The team was taken through the history of Nyanza memorial, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and reminded on heinous killings of Tutsi who sought refuge at ETO-Kicukiro as well as others brought from Amahoro Stadium, among other places, to be killed there.
The president of IBUKA at Nyanza memorial, Ngabo Brave Olivier, said that in the Nyanza memorial are resting about 12,000 genocide victims that were taken from ETO- Kicukiro after they were abandoned by the UN army.
Kenyans that were present, after hearing the history, promised to make sure that what happened in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda never happens anywhere else on earth.
Ephantus Wanderi, one of the participants said; “what happened in Rwanda is outrageous, it was important to be here joining Rwandan people and the survivors to remember the victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi. We should all make sure that this never happens again.”
The leader of the Kenyan community living in Rwanda, Boniface Mutua, said “Rwanda is our second home, so it is important for us to join with our Rwandan brethren in commemoration, and it is something we will keep doing. We will always be there for them especially in supporting the Genocide survivors.”
“We learn a lot in this monthly community work; we will share out knowledge when we are back in Kenya,” he said.
The Managing Director of KBS Ltd, Emmanuel Habanabakize said the gesture is part of ongoing initiatives to contribute to national development.
“We serve Rwandan people every day, they are our principal customers, therefore, it is important that we join them in the monthly community work, donate to help those citizens in need, and today we have helped in maintaining the Nyanza Genocide memorial,” he said.
Habanabakize added that they chose to work with the Kenyan community living in Rwanda with the purpose of strengthening the collaboration in sharing with them some of Rwandan cultures and patriotism.
KBS buses operate on routes of Kanombe-Nyabugogo, Kanombe- downtown, Remera-Nyabugogo, Remera-Masaka, and Remera-Busanza among others.
The minister revealed this on Friday 27th September 2019 during the opening of a dialogue on strengthening investigations and stopping child abuse organized by Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) and partners.
The dialogue was organized in partnership with World Vision- a Christian organization working to create lasting positive transformations among children, families and vulnerable communities living in poverty.
“We have the vision of building national development in this country rooted in safe families, capable Rwandans and security for both people and goods. Yet these days, we find domestic conflicts, children abuse, defilement and teen pregnancies on raise,” Minister Shyaka said.
“This is an obstacle to the government family development policy and vision. We have come here today to build partnerships that will propel us into tackling these crimes perpetrated against children and teenagers,” he added.
With reference to the Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS) 2014-2015, a large number of the youth (including those still enrolled in school) are already engaging in sexual relationships putting them at the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases and unexpected pregnancies among others.
Official government figures indicate that teenage pregnancy rate increased from 6.1 per cent in 2010 to 7.3 per cent in 2015.
These are some of the cases whereby relevant institutions with investigation under their attributions have to deal with.
RIB received 2091 cases of child abuse in 2016/17, a number that increased to 3060 in 2017/18 and 3512 cases in 2018/19, as per RIB reports.
The Secretary-General of Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), Jeannot Ruhunga, said that child abuse is taking another level mostly because it is done secretly.
He, however, noted that strict measures are being implemented to address it.
“Children are the future of Rwanda. The future will depend on how we treat them today. It is a responsibility to grow our children decently and protecting them against abuse of any form if we are to build a better Rwanda,” he said
Ruhunga added that respecting children rights is a very crucial ingredient in nurturing future leaders of the country.
The friendly game where the DRC team will receive Rwanda is scheduled this Friday in the Martyrs of Pentecost Stadium.
The Rwandan team’s flight landed in the international airport of N’djili(Kinshasa) on Tuesday at 02:45 am in DRC time.
The national team trainer, Vincent Mashami said that all players are in good shape and ready for this challenging game.
“All our team is in good shape, they have gone to rest so they will be ready for the training we have scheduled in the evening. The DRC team is a strong team, therefore the game will be challenging, but we are ready for it.” He said
After this game, the National football team will be heading to Ethiopia for the CHAN2020 last selection games, which is scheduled on 22th, September 2019; while the home game is scheduled to take place in Kigali on 19th, October 2019.
The list of 23 players that Amavubi team traveled within DRC:
{{Goalkeepers:}} Ndayishimiye Eric Bakame (AS Kigali), Kimenyi Yves (Rayon Sports), and Rwabugiri Umar (APR FC).
