The estate is made of five semi-detached apartments, each accommodating 8 families.
The beneficiaries include 16 elderly people from Maryoye estate in Nyamigina cell who say that their life has been changed for the better.
Their new homes are fully furnished with furniture and connected to water system and electricity grid.
Valerie Mukankwaya, one of the elderly beneficiaries said: “We were living a miserable life; always worried that our roof would collapse on us in rainy a season. I am feeling young again and full of hope even at my age.”
Bonaventure Uwamahoro, the mayor of Nyamagabe District asked the beneficiaries to keep cleanness that will also reflect in their wellbeing.
The project was largely funded by Nyamagabe District in partnership with the Genocide Survivors Support and Assistance Fund [FARG]. MTN Rwanda also donated Rwf 9 million in April 2017 in support of the project.
Uwamahoro said that they still have many families living in dilapidated houses but a program to erect houses for them is already in motion.
The president sounded the warning, Thursday, as he officiated the swearing in of new cabinet members and senior military officials at the parliament.
Kagame said that Rwandans have reached a time where they can take security for granted adding that it will continue to be the case.
“We are going to raise the cost on the part of anybody who wants to destabilize our security. The cost is going to be very high, whether it is the means we are going to put into that to make sure we have everything it takes to ensure security and stability of our country and our development. It is also the cost mainly that those people who want to destabilize our country are going to incur; it is going to be a very high cost on their part. I mean it and you know that I mean it,” Kagame said.
“We have all along taken security for granted, and rightly so. We will continue to take it for granted,” he said, noting that is why the new measures are going to be deployed.
The President demanded that everyone in the country “come clean” to reveal their side; whether you are genuinely in support of state of affairs in the country or have a hidden agenda.
“For those who are involved, you’ll have to come clean. You can’t be here benefiting from the peace and security that we have paid for in blood and then do things that cause us problems,” he warned.
“For those who want to disturb our security, wanting to take us back where we used to be, we will put them where they belong.”
Citing the country’s tragic history, the President stated that his government will not tolerate anyone who propagates politics of division and hate, and genocide ideology.
He warned people that have been released from prison and have been forgiven for their role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi but resort to undermining the prevailing stability.
Though Kagame did not mention names or entities, in recent weeks following attacks in southwestern and northwestern Rwanda, some suspects inside Rwanda have been arrested.
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, herself pardoned by Kagame after serving 8 years of a 15 year sentence, and last week launched a new political party, has also been interrogated by RIB over alleged links to the attack of on Musanze last month.
Turning to the outside of Rwanda, Kagame said he was not bothered by those “making noise” from outside or Rwanda’s neighbors.
Among those sworn in are senior officials, including cabinet ministers; Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya (Environment), Gen Patrick Nyamvumba (Internal Security), and Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju (Sports).
Also sworn in are Edouard Bamporiki who was appointed State Minister in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, as well as Ignatienne Nyirarukundo, the new Minister of State in charge of Social Affairs in the Ministry of Local Government.
Kagame, who is also the Commander-In-Chief of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), also presided over the swearing-in of new top military officials.
They include Gen Jean-Bosco Kazura, RDF Chief of Defence Staff; Gen Fred Ibingira, Chief of Staff, Reserve Force; Lt. Gen Jack Musemakweli, Inspector General of RDF; and Maj Gen Innocent Kabandana, the deputy Reserve Force Chief of Staff.
The ceremony attracted government officials, members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Rwanda, families of the newly appointed leaders, among others.
The failure to attend exams in due course raises questions of susceptible cheating that might arise from postponing exams already made available at other examination sites.
The mistake reported at the Muhanga based school of arts and music saw 21 students receiving the question papers of Music Notation yet they had to sit for Music Composition Exam as per the time table.
The mistake was reportedly made by the team in charge of packing, sealing and delivering the examination papers.
The Vice Mayor in charge of Social Affairs, Fortunée Mukagatana has told IGIHE that they had a discussion with the students and came up with a consensus to cancel the earlier leaked exam and postpone it to Thursday after resetting the questions.
“There was no scandal since this school is unique in Rwanda. It won’t bring any side effects to other exams. The leaked exam questionnaires will be replaced,” she said.
Following the incident, all exams stocked at JAM Fred Nkunda-Shyogwe were taken back to Rwanda Polytechnic’s main headquarter for fresh checks to prevent similar mistakes.
Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of training, Institutional Development and Research at Rwanda Polytechnic (RP) attributed the mistake to false labeling of the question paper packs and assured the replacement of disclosed exams for students to proceed with their exams.
A total of 119 000 candidates from Ordinary Level and 51 291 from Advanced Level in secondary schools started National Examinations on Tuesday.
Of the 119,932 students, 65,429 are girls and 54,503 males. The number of candidates has grown from 99,898 of the previous year.
Meanwhile, 51,291 are sitting for Advanced Level candidates including 29,079 females and 22,212 males up from 46,024 of 2018.
Of the 119,932 students, 65,429 are girls and 54,503 males. The number of candidates has grown from 99,898 of the previous year.
Meanwhile, 51,291 are sitting for Advanced Level candidates including 29,079 females and 22,212 males up from 46,024 of 2018.
Last week over 280,000 thousand children sat for primary leaving examinations.
The Ministry of Education has launched exams in Huye district at Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare at national level.
Dr. Isaac Munyakazi, the Minister of State in Charge of Primary and Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education who officiated the launch urged students to be composed during the exams, avoid absenteeism or tardiness, demonstrate good performance and stand against cheating.
The program was discussed on Monday as the City of Kigali hosted a delegation led by Princess Dina Mired of Jordan to discuss the ongoing engagement process of cancer care and treatment.
Pudence Rubingisa, the Mayor of the City of Kigali, explained the progress made through the C/Can model in tackling cancer challenges in Kigali, after which the Committee reviewed key tasks and identified the priorities.
Princess Dina Mired, President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) under which the C/Can Foundation operates, said Rwanda’s will to collaborate attracted the organization’s interest.
“Rwanda is an example of how political will, realistic planning, prioritization, and appropriate resources can work together towards the implementation of concrete measures to reduce the national cancer burden,” Princess Mired told the media.
“Cancer is a costly disease (to treat) and nobody has enough money for treatment, infrastructures and facilities. But once a country has efficient plans, C/Can helps bring in partners and donations,” he added.
The city of Kigali already has a partnership with Rwanda Palliative Care and Hospice Organisation and Polyfam Clinic to ease cancer treatment.
Sophie Bussmann-Kemdjo, C/Can’s Africa Regional Director, said that in the process, cities will mentor other cities with as Kigali a model.
“Our motive to be at C/Can is to support cities to lead solutions and implementation by collaborating across sectors, forming effective partnerships to fight for equitable access to quality cancer care,” she said.
“We are thrilled by the potential of the City of Kigali to serve as a model for other cities in Africa.” She added
C/Can foundation will provide technical and managerial support. It will also help in facilitating and organizing donation activities.
Rubingisa said that through the Foundation, the City of Kigali will be able to deliver more effective and efficient cancer treatment solutions.
City Cancer Challenge was launched by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) at the 2017 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
In Rwanda, the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC forecasts cancer incidence and mortality by 2025 will be 10,112, with 4,479 deaths among men and 5,633 among women.
Last year, 10,704 new cancer cases involving 4,520 males and 6,184 females were recorded, according to the Director of Cancer Programme at Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Dr. François Uwinkindi.
Online tests were chosen by the Rwanda National Police to facilitate a large number of citizens that attend exams and get results in real-time, unlike paper-based exams.
Rwanda police spokesperson, CP Jean Bosco Kabera said that the upcoming introduction of new 18 facilities is part of the expansion process.
“Very soon, 18 facilities will be allocated for online provisional driving license tests. These will mainly be based in different districts including Bugesera, Kayonza, Kirehe, Nyagatare, Rwamagana, Muhanga, Ruhango, Huye, Gisagara, Nyaruguru, Gicumbi, Musanze, Rubavu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Karongi, Nyamasheke, and Rusizi,” he said.
Rwanda Police recently announced that the current online facility at Muhima stopped for a period of a week from 11th to 17th November 2019 due to the expansion activities underway.
RNP’s traffic department stated that this online test will not replace paper-based exams.
Dr. Mayaki was decorated Thursday by Emperor Naruhito, with the “Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun”, the highest distinction of the State of Japan, in recognition of his outstanding contribution in promoting friendly relations and mutual understanding between Japan and Niger as well as Japan and the African Union.
Dr. Mayaki has a close relationship with Japan, where he actively participated in several meetings of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) as Prime Minister of Niger and CEO of AUDA-NEPAD.
He made historic contributions by expanding the partnership with Japan for the development of Africa, notably through the Memorandum of Understanding signed between JICA and AUDA-NEPAD in areas of common interest, such as infrastructure and agriculture.
President Kagame, through a Twit, said “Congratulations @NEPAD_Mayaki. Fitting recognition for you personally and Nepad’s work”
“It is a real privilege to receive today the Grand Cordon insignia of the Order of the Rising Sun. I measure the honor that is reserved for me by joining the eminent personalities, Japanese, but also from many countries around the world, who have been distinguished for almost 145 years by receiving the same distinction,” Dr. Mayaki declared.
The ‘Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun’ was established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji, this order was the first decoration created by the Japanese government. It was established on April 10, 1875.
Congratulations @NEPAD_Mayaki .Fitting recognition for you personally and Nepad's work.
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.
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