Speaking to TV 1, the residents appealed to leaders for support in eliminating the said dogs..
Ndayishimye Elie, a resident near the landfill has said that he found ten dogs eating his goat early this week.
“The dogs were running after children who escaped and started eating a goat. More ten goats belonging to neighbors were eaten in this forest,” he said.
“I wondered from where these dogs come from. They returned next day around 1pm and ate a goat at the entrance of the home ground. They were many healthy dogs with the size of calves,” said another resident.
The acting executive secretary of Nduba sector, Bugingo Eugène, has explained that they will lay traps to kill the dogs.
“We had laid traps one week ago that residents had got a short-term solution because we cannot kill all dogs at once. We will liaise with security personnel again to ask if there are more chemicals to set up more snares,” he said.
Bugingo revealed that dogs accumulate in the area in pursuit of leftovers in Nduba landfill.
The statement released last night shows that new cases were found in Kigali: 75, Nyamagabe: 25, Huye 22, Kayonza: 13, Kirehe: 13, Rusizi: 12, Nyanza: 12, Ngoma: 12, Ruhango: 10, Kamonyi: 8, Gakenke: 7, Muhanga: 6, Gatsibo: 5, Nyagatare: 5, Rwamagana: 4, Gisagara: 4, Nyaruguru: 4, Karongi: 4, Nyamasheke: 4, Rubavu: 3, Ngororero: 3, Rulindo: 2 and Musanze: 2.
Rwanda confirmed the first COVID-19 case on 14th March 2020. Since then, 14 784 people have been tested positive out of 864 349 sample tests of whom 9519 have recovered, 5077 are active cases while 188 have succumbed to the virus.
Coronavirus symptoms include coughing, flu, and difficulty in breathing. The virus is said to be transmitted through the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
Rwandans are urged to adhere to COVID-19 health guidelines, washing hands frequently using soaps and safe water, wearing face masks and respecting social distancing.
African countries approved to join the federation include Rwanda, Liberia and Ethiopia.
Malta has also been accepted as an IWBF member by the organisation’s Executive Council.
Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Liberia become the newest additions to the IWBF Africa Zone, whilst Malta becomes the latest member of the European Zone.
New member states were announced in a statement released on 27th January 2021.
Commenting on the development; IWBF President, Ulf Mehrens said: “It is always a pleasure to add new members to the IWBF family, but it is even more so given the challenging circumstances the world is facing. It is especially encouraging to see further engagement in the Africa Zone, an area we are focussing on, and is testament to the great work being done by the Zone”.
“We would like to welcome all four into the wheelchair basketball family and we look forward to working with them as they not only progress and develop the sport within their countries but showcase and drive social inclusion,” he added.
All four have been approved by the IWBF Executive Council bringing the total number of IWBF members up to ninety-five (95) with the Africa Zone now boasting 14 member countries and the Europe Zone 35.
Other countries in IWBF Africa Zone include Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.
Wheelchair Basketball was inaugurated in Rwanda on 31st May 2018 while the Wheelchair Basketball Federation was officially launched on 3rd February 2020.
Three teams participating in WheelChair Basketball championships include Musanze, Gasabo and Bugesera in men’s category while women’s category is represented by Gasabo and Kicukiro teams.
A total of US$ 113,964,823 of revenues was registered from exportation of all agricultural products, representing a reduction of 5.5% compared to the same period in 2019/2020 fiscal year, where revenues generated were USD 120,618,766.
Export revenues from traditional commodities (coffee, tea and pyrethrum) reduced by 1.2% from US$ 47,329,744 in 2019/20 fiscal year to US$ 46,762,263 in 2020/21 fiscal year. The non-traditional commodities export revenues reduced by 8.30% from US$ 73,289,022 in 2019/2020 fiscal year to USD 67,202,560 in 2020/2021 fiscal year.
The report indicates that tea production increased by 10.7% to 9,325 MT from 8,422 MT registered in the same quarter 2019/2020. Export volumes increased by 4.43%, to 7,140 MT from 6,838 MT registered in the same quarter of 2019/2020.
The increase of the Tea production is justified by good rainfalls registered in the last three-month period compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year – during the second quarter of 2020/2021, the average of rainfalls was 1,602mm while in the same period of 2019/2020 fiscal year it was 1,516mm.
Export revenues from Tea sales reduced by 8%, from USD 20,511,241 in 2019/2020’s second quarter to USD 18,853,622 in same period of 2020/2021. The slight decrease of earnings is a result of price fluctuation at international market whereby an average price reduced from USD 3.00 to USD 2.64.
Coffee production slightly rose by 1.07% from 6,754 MT registered in the second quarter of 2019/2020 fiscal year to 7,034 MT in same period of 2020/2021 due to good agronomical practices applied in farms. However, export volumes went down by 14% from 7,865 MT registered in the second quarter of 2019/2020 fiscal year to 6,763 MT in same period of 2020/2021 mainly because of reduced markets of produced coffee as a result of COVID-19 hence leading to large quantities that are still in stock.
According to a statement from NAEB, revenues from Rwandan coffee exports increased by 3%, to US$ 26,111,829 in the second quarter of 2020/2021 fiscal year from US$ 25,332,496 in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year attributed to good price at the international market.
Among other commodities, pyrethrum export revenues increased by 26.9%, flowers by 39.5% and fruits by 3.75%. Pyrethrum produce attracted new markets of South Korea while flowers and fruits, a number of great initiatives to expand their production and export volumes took place, new markets were penetrated and also their demand rose up.
Challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic which hit most of the business worldwide also affected exports in agriculture sector. An example is the reduction of coffee export volumes which is attributed to shortage of business deals between exporters and buyers as a result of lockdowns imposed by countries to contain the spread of the pandemic.
The same constraints were felt by horticulture business partners, especially in fruit and vegetable exports due to limitation of movements of people and cargo flights.
Claude Bizimana, the Chief Executive Officer of NAEB, expressed optimism that efforts put in place to mitigate challenges faced by the sector will be fruitful.
“We will continue to enhance the quality of Rwandan agri-export commodities so to meet standards being sought at the market. Regarding Covid-19 challenges, the Government has subsidized some charges, mostly in transport to support exporters in these challenging times,” he said.
NAEB management has also highlighted that the existing strong partnership between the Government and all stakeholders is a signal that the journey is successfully walkable and an opportunity for new ventures.
Nsengiyumva was operating the distillery from his home located in Karangara Cell where Police and local leaders recovered 2,130 litres of illicit brew.
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Alexis Rugigana, the Police spokesperson for the Northern region said that Nsengiyumva was reported by residents.
“Nsengiyumva had turned one of the rooms into distillery with drums and other big containers used to produce a psychotropic substance called Ibikwangari. He had also turned his home into a bar selling the illicit drinks to consumers but also supplying other bars,” CIP Rugigana said.
He added that Nsengiyumva was using varied harmful raw materials, dirty containers as storage and operating in unhygienic place.
According to local residents, some consumers would fight after drinking the substances.
There are also cases of domestic violence, assault, defilement and rape in the area that have been attributed to the consumption of illicit brew.
CIP Rugigana thanked the residents, who provided information on Nsengiyumva’s criminal acts, and called for strengthened partnership in identifying all dealers in illicit brew.
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) specifies that “only food grade processing aids recognized as safe for human consumption shall be used during the manufacture.”
Other standard requirements include labeling as a prerequisite; the name of the products, physical and postal address of manufacturer; net contents in milliliters or liters; ethyl alcohol content; date of manufacture and expiry date; storage instruction; statutory warnings; and list of ingredients in descending order.
All drinks with alcoholic content above 45 percent or with unknown alcoholic content and without an S-Mark are considered as a psychotropic substance.
Ibikwangari are classified as simple drugs under the Ministerial Order No.001/MoH/2019 of 04/03/2019 establishing the list of narcotic drugs and their categorization.
In article 263 of the law determining offences and penalties in general, it specifies that anyone convicted for “simple narcotic drugs” faces between seven and ten years in prison, and a fine of between Rwf5 million and Rwf10 million.
The bomb was first seen by children passing by the home to go with their classmate to school.
The executive secretary of Rugerero sector, Nkurunziza Faustin has said that security officials rushed to take away the bomb.
“The bomb was seen by children on Thursday morning at the home of a resident called Gasana. Members of the family alerted us and rushed to the scene. Security officials have taken away the bomb. We are still investigating to establish the origin of the bomb,” he said.
Nkurunziza appealed on residents to avoid approaching discovered military equipment but rather inform officials to remove them before causing damages.
As per sources from residents, Rugerero sector was among red zones for infiltrating EX-FAR forces in 1998 that frequented and threatened security in the area.
Another bomb was found in the area on 8th June 2020 in Buranga village, Basa cell Rugerero sector.
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect more than 1.5 billion of the world’s most impoverished people, including 836 million children. Over 40% of the global NTD burden is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa.
NTDs rank among the four most devastating groups of communicable diseases.
In Rwanda, the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), elephantiasis, taeniasis/ cysticercosis, podoconiosis and scabies and ectoparasites (Tungiasis) among others.
In order to contain devastating effects of such diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a summit aimed at ratifying ten-year plan (2021-2030) to end suffering from neglected tropical diseases.
A new World Health Organization (WHO) road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) proposes ambitious targets and innovative approaches to tackle 20 diseases which affect more than a billion mainly poor people and which thrive in areas where access to quality health service.
The overarching 2030 global targets including reducing by 90% the number of people requiring treatment for NTDs , at least 100 countries to have eliminated at least one NTD, eradicate two diseases (dracunculiasis and yaws), reduce by 75% the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) related to NTs, clean water and sanitation is scarce.
As he attended the launch of new 10-year plan to end suffering from neglected tropical diseases, President Kagame thanked WHO for introducing the plan highlighting that such diseases must be eradicated at all cost.
“These diseases cause pain and long-term disability. They also prevent children from reaching their full potential, both cognitively and physically. So it is very important that international community is rallying around this agenda for a decade of action, to attain the Sustainable Development Goals,” he said.
Kagame explained that integrating NTD medication into the national supply chain, down to the community level has the driving force for Rwanda to eliminate some of these diseases.
He also stressed need for domestic financing for the continent to combat the diseases.
“Investing in health is very good value for money. In this regard, allow me to stress the importance of increasing domestic financing for health, especially in Africa,” he said.
“Domestic health financing is a priority for the African Union, and progress is being tracked across member states on an annual basis,” added Kagame.
Sarkozy was the French president between 2007 and 2012. He is the only French president who visited Rwanda after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on 25th February 2010.
At the time, he admitted that his country had made “grave errors of judgment” by France politicians in Opération Turquoise alluding to tragic history that befell Rwanda during the genocide.
IGIHE has learnt from credible sources that Sarkozy visit to Rwanda has been a good opportunity to visit some touristic attractions of the country especially gorillas in Virunga National Park which he visited on Thursday.
As he visited Rwanda in 2018, Sarkozy was along with a group of French investors who came to explore investment opportunities in the country. The business mission was composed of investors from French multinational firm Bolloré that included executive Cyrille Bolloré.
The visit yielded big that Vivendi Group, a subsidiary of Bolloré Holdings belonging to Cyrille Bolloré accepted to invest US$40 million in different projects at Kigali Cultural Village located in Rebero, Kicukiro district.
At the time, Sarkozy visited Inema Arts and spend one night in Rwanda. With his private jet, he resumed his journey to Abidjan in Ivory Coast.
Sarkozy is one of France leaders who strived to restore relations with Rwanda.
Three months later, President Paul Kagame also visited France as he attended the Francophonie Summit that took place in Nice.
He has been hailing Kagame’s leadership explaining that it takes extra-ordinary efforts to rebuild a country like Rwanda shaken by Genocide.
Amb. John Kayode Shinkaiye, who is also the Chief of Staff in the Bureau of the African Union Commission Chairperson, is in Rwanda for work visit.
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Vincent Biruta was also present as Kagame received Nigeria’s envoy.
Rwanda, Nigeria enjoy existing cooperation in the areas of transport. In October 2020, President Buhari approved bilateral air service agreements to promote free movement of goods between both countries.
The agreements were signed two years after RwandAir started flights to Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.
The deceased include two women from Kigali aged 78, 30 respectively and a 62-year old man from Rusizi district.
The statement released last night also shows that new cases were found in Kigali: 98, Gicumbi: 21, Kirehe: 17, Gatsibo: 52, Rulindo: 11, Gisagara: 6, Nyanza: 3, Kamonyi: 8, Ngoma: 15, Rwamagana: 8, Nyagatare: 5, Rubavu: 15, Karongi: 2, Huye: 3, Gakenke: 12, Nyamagabe: 8, Musanze: 4, Nyamasheke: 4, Rusizi: 4, Burera: 4, Ngororero: 1, Nyaruguru: 2, Ruhango: 5 and Muhanga 4.
Rwanda confirmed the first Coronavirus patient on 14th March 2020. Since then, 14 529 people have been tested positive out of 858 262 sample tests of whom 9234 have recovered, 5109 are active cases while 186 have succumbed to the virus.
Coronavirus symptoms include coughing, flu, and difficulty in breathing. The virus is said to be transmitted through the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
Rwandans are urged to adhere to COVID-19 health guidelines, washing hands frequently using soaps and safe water, wearing face masks and respecting social distancing.
