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{{Rwamagana Police is safely keeping a seven year old school boy who kicked to death a teenage girl after disagreements over a pen.}}

Nyiramahirwe Esther who was kicked in the lower abdomen had borrowed a pen from the boy.

The incidence happened at Nzige sector in Rwamagana district. The two children were both pupils at GS Akanzu Primary school.

The acting Police Spokesperson of Eastern Province IP Emmanuel Kayigye confirmed the incidence adding that the boy was currently being kept at Nzige Police station to prevent any revenge.

IP Kayigye noted, “we have not arrested the boy. He has been taken to Nzige police station for his safety to avoid any revenge attacks. He has not been arrested because he is a minor”.

School sources told IGIHE that although the deceased had borrowed a pen from the boy, the two classmates were actually playing at the time of fateful incidence.

It’s noted that when the girl was kicked, she became unconscious but later died in hospital.

The school head teacher Rukundo Jean Damascene expressed shock at the rare incidence.

The two pupils were also neighbours at their respective homes.
Burial was scheduled for Friday after post-mortem results from the hospital

{{Ten years after the establishment of the national Women’s council, a lot has been achieved by Rwandan women in terms of development.}}

In light of the above, the Executive secretary of Southern Province, Jeanne Izabiriza toured kokobe village at Bitare Cell in Karama sector Kamonyi district aimed at assessing the level of development women have achieved in the area.

During the tour, a house was built in Kokobe cell for one of the families that were recently deported from Tanzania.

Also development partners including MEDICUS MUNDI provided 426 rabbits that will be shared among widows and a group of over seventy women in all sectors in the province where MEDICUS MUNDI operates.

Uwera Marie Alice on behalf of Kamonyi district cautioned Karama sector residents against any forms of Domestic violence but work hard for positive transformation of their families.

Laurence Mukakalisa a resident of Karama involved with rearing goats and macadamia farming, attributed women’s achievements to good governance in all structures of government and pro women development policies.

{A house being built for one of the families of Rwandans that were recently expelled from Tanzania}

{Uwera Marie Alice addressing Karama residents}

{{At least ten people suspected to be behind a number of illegal and criminal activities in the City of Kigali have been arrested.}}

The suspects include thieves, drug traders and consumers, street vendors and loiterers.

They were arrested in Police operations conducted in the districts of Kicukiro and Nyarugenge on Thursday night.

Senior Supt. (SSP), Urbain Mwiseneza, the central region Police Spokesperson said six of the suspects are connected to a number of robbery cases in the city including snatching ladies bags and smashing vehicle windows to steal electronics like computers and car radios.

The suspected thieves were apprehended in Marembo II cell of Gikondo sector and are currently held at Gikondo Police Station as investigation continues.

“These are routine operations that falls under the force’s strategies to fight and prevent crimes and ensure security in general,” SSP Mwiseneza explained.

He also warned street vendors to relocate to business areas that were availed by districts.

The city districts of Nyarugenge, Kicukiro and Gasabo scrapped taxes for up to six months to hawkers who will relocate to markets.

This was after vendors argued that operating in these markets will cost them direly due to various expenses required in terms of rent and taxes.

“Despite these subsidies, some people have continued hawking, some of whom hide behind it to steal from customers and city dwellers,” SSP Mwiseneza said.

“I advise anyone involved in hawking to follow their colleagues who have so far taken the legal and seized the opportunity to operate in markets,” he noted.

RNP