IGIHE

Author: Publisher

  • Ruhango: Two suspects held over old woman’s death

    Ruhango: Two suspects held over old woman’s death

    {Two suspects including Nzibahana Martin and Mugenzi Thomas are being held at Ruhango district police station of Kabagari, following the death of 53 year old Nabakuza.}

    Nabakuza died last month, when her house got burnt with fire and she failed to escape.

    Following her death, there have been several misunderstandings between her neighbors about facts on her death.

    According to investigations, 2 suspects have been arrested, after being found in possession of the deceased’s properties.

    The second Evidence on the issue of her death includes misunderstandings on property ownership with her daughter, the wife to one of the suspects.

    Currently, the suspects are being held at Kabagari police station whereby, they deny the charged allegations.

    Speaking to IGIHE, the police spokesperson in the southern province CSP Hubert Gashagaza confirms that the police did its job and only justice is awaited.

    Nabakuze has been a resident of Bureramana sector in Ruhango district, were she died in her house after her house was burnt by fire.

    Her death was a contradictive death as there wasn’t a clear evidence of the house getting burnt.

    Nabakuze originates from Kinihira sector in Ruhango district were she died on 30th October 2013 at the age of 53.

    According to the police spokesman if the suspects are found guilty they will face a life sentence.

  • Al-Ahly crowned African champions for eighth time

    Al-Ahly crowned African champions for eighth time

    {Egypt’s Al Ahly won an eighth African Champions League trophy when they beat Orlando Pirates of South Africa 2-0 in the second leg of the final in Cairo on Sunday}.

    Ahly, who have previously won Africa’s foremost club competition in 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, won 3-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 stalemate in the first leg.

    The ‘Red Devils’ of Cairo pocketed the cash prize of $1.5 million and will also represent Africa at the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco next month.

    “I’m very happy we won. It was a difficult game and a good test for us,” said Al Ahly coach Mohamed Youssef.

    “Orlando Pirates are a strong side having eliminated Esperance and TP Mazembe on their journey to the final. We were focused on creating chances and capitalizing on the mistakes of our opponents.”

    Pirates coach Roger De Sa admitted the Egyptians had been the better side over the two legs.

    “Their experienced showed in the game. We knew it was going to be difficult. We lost the tie when the first leg ended 1-1. Nevertheless, we played well and created some chances,” he said.

    “I’m very disappointed because I believed we could have achieved it but I’m very happy though with the way we carried ourselves.”

    Mohamed Aboutrika opened the scoring in the 54th minute when he stabbed home from just outside the six-yard box.

    Ahmed Abdul Zaher doubled the Ahly lead in the 78th minute when unmarked inside the box he shot past the Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa.

    The Egyptian champions were reduced to 10 men six minutes from time when defender Sherif Abdel Fadil was sent off for a foul on Daine Klate.

    AFP

  • Malawi’s donors suspend support over weak checks

    Malawi’s donors suspend support over weak checks

    {Donors in Malawi have announced the suspension of the 2013/2014 budget support until the country’s current mess in financial management is sorted out.}

    Chairperson for the Common Approach to Budgetary Supports (CABS) , a group of donors who pool their budget support resources together, Sara Sanyahumbi, made the announcement here during the opening of the CABS First Review Meeting for the 2013/2014 fiscal year.

    Ms Sanyahumbi, who is also Head for the Department for International Development (DfID) in the country, said the Capitol Hill plunder where public funds and resources were looted by public servants had seriously dented the confidence in the Malawi government’s financial management system.

    “We will not be able to resume support through government systems until we have a clear assurance, independently verified, that our resources are all being used for their intended purpose,” said Ms Sanyahumbi.

    She said the donor community would continue to offer necessary support on the financial plunder, which the media dubbed Cashgate Scandal, to help the Malawi government of Joyce Banda (pictured) get to the root of the fraud and corruption in public service.

    Meanwhile, the donor community has mobilised independent investigator, a forensic audit team and support to strengthen the Integrated Financial Management Information System through which the scrupulous public servants drained the state’s funds.

    “Now is the time for the Government to take the initiative, take the action that is needed to address the weaknesses in the systems and make sure that the year 2013 goes down in history as the year that Malawi turned a corner and became a beacon in the region for strong, clean and accountable budgetary and financial management.”

    Up to 41 per cent of Malawi’s 2013/2014 Budget is expected to be footed by the donor community. (Xinhua)

  • Civil Parties and Defense denounce the slowness of the trial of the two cases entrusted to the French justice

    Civil Parties and Defense denounce the slowness of the trial of the two cases entrusted to the French justice

    {Civil parties and defense teams have denounced the deliberate “slowness” of the two cases entrusted to the French justice by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
    }

    On Monday, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), reported on its website , Mr Emmanuel Daoud representing the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in both cases emphasizes “the unreasonable length of the proceedings” and ” lack of political will by the French authorities ” to see the two files accomplished.

    The MICT was created by a resolution of the Security Council of the United Nations in December 2010 to ensure the remaining functions of the ICTR and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which must close their doors late 2014.

    The two courts of the United Nations have already transferred to MTPI some of their functions, including monitoring the progress of referred cases to national jurisdictions.

    It was in November 2007 that the ICTR told the French justice to proceedings with the cases of Wenceslas Munyeshyaka , former vicar of the parish of Sainte Famille in Kigali , and the former leader of Gikongoro (southern ) Bucyibaruta which were already the subject of French surveys for several years.

    Living in France, the two men are currently under judicial control.

    For Michel Tubiana , lawyer for the League of Human Rights , the slowness of these procedures “obviously greatly handicapped justice in her quest for relevant evidence .”

    The lawyer says “the disappearance of a number of witnesses,” and one of the lawyers of the clergyman, Mr. Jean -Yves Dupeux, complains, too, “the unreasonable length of the proceedings.”

    France has already been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2004 for unreasonable delay in this case.

    According to a previous report of MICT, the French justice hopes to complete the legal information at the end of 2014 for Munyeshyaka case and in early 2015 in Bucyibaruta case.

    Both men were indicted by the ICTR for genocide and crimes against humanity. Father Munyeshyaka has already been tried in absentia in Rwanda and sentenced to life imprisonment.

    France and Rwanda are the only two countries that the ICTR has entrusted some cases, under its strategy to end of term.

  • Nairobi responds to Dar on EAC shaky relations

    Nairobi responds to Dar on EAC shaky relations

    {{Dar es Salaam}}. {Nearly four days since President Kikwete issued the country’s stand on its future in the revived East African Community (EAC), Kenya yesterday said it would do everything possible to ensure Tanzania is not isolated.}

    Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Ms Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, said her country would in future ensure that Tanzania is not isolated in matters relating to political and economic integration within the Community.

    Ms Mohammed, who flew to Dar es Salaam for a two-day official visit in what some analysts viewed as President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid to repair the strained relations with Dar es Salaam, said the Kenyan government received President Kikwete’s speech positively.

    “Kenya commends the speech. We’re very happy for his deep insights over the East African Community,” the Kenyan Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary said adding that the two countries were among the true founders of EAC.

    Ms Mohamed said if the two countries could join efforts, they stand a better chance to benefit greatly due to their historical economic and political ties.

    Kenya is the second biggest investor in Tanzania, according to data from the Tanzania Investment Centre.

    In his speech on Thursday in Parliament, President Kikwete said Tanzania will never quit the East African Community and will do everything in its power to ensure it survives and becomes prosperous despite efforts by Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to sideline it.

    He told a full House: “We’re in the EAC to stay. We have come from so far. We have sacrificed too much to give up now. We will do everything in our power to make sure the EAC survives and achieves its ultimate goal of political federation.”

    Tanzania has every reason to interrogate what happened between states that were dubbed as ‘the coalition of the willing’, Mr Kikwete said: “We met on April 28 this year at a summit in Arusha. Two months later, they met to discuss how to implement the same issues that we discussed in April without inviting me. This is a sign that they want to isolate Tanzania. How can we integrate through isolation?”

    Mr Kikwete’s move came after presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda held three meetings this year, the latest on October 28 in Kigali, where they agreed to start implementing infrastructure projects, the political federation and the single customs territory – issues that fall within the mandates of the EAC.

    “We’re glad that President Kikwete has affirmed that Tanzania will never quit the EAC, and the new Kenyan government has learnt a thing or two in the goings on in President Kikwete’s speech,” Ms Mohammed said.

    {{The Citizen}}

  • Rubavu: Heavy fire guts commercial building

    Rubavu: Heavy fire guts commercial building

    {Last week a commercial building was stormed by heavy fires in Rubavu district in Western Province of Rwanda. Gasigwa Jean Bosco, the owner, had been carrying out a tailoring business}

    According to the information from EWSA, the incident came as a result of poor installation in the building.

    The owner confirms, the losses faced worth about 20 million Rwandan francs.

    The fire broke out at 7.30 pm until 9.30 pm when the police and army officials arrived to the scene to help put out the fire.

    Gasigwa confirmed to IGIHE that “he left work late after disconnecting everything concerned with electricity, so the fire accident came as a strong surprise to him”.

    He also added that his house and business were not insured to any insurance company, so he is ready to take care of the defects.

    The Mayor of Rubavu District Sheik Hassan Bahame, calls upon all business owners in Rubavu district to get insured with insurance companies so that in such circumstances they are able to get compensated for the losses.

  • Rwandan Genocide suspect took his case to the European Court of Human Rights

    Rwandan Genocide suspect took his case to the European Court of Human Rights

    {A Rwandan Genocide suspect exposed to the extradition from Denmark to his native country on Thursday took his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). }

    The Danish Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a decision to extradite Emmanuel Mbarushimana, whom Kigali suspects of involvement in the 1994 genocide.

    Mbarushimana was a primary school inspector in southern Rwanda during the genocide. His lawyer, Bjoern Elmqvist, said he had gone to the ECHR because he would not get a fair trial in Rwanda and “he fears the courts there are not independent”

    The Suspect has exhausted all ways of appeal in Denmark and it will now be the Danish Ministry of Justice to organize with the Government of Rwanda on when Mr. Emmanuel MBARUSHIMANA should be extradited to face trial in Rwanda.

    On behalf of the Government of Rwanda, the National Public Prosecution Authority thanked the Kingdom of Denmark for the significant vote of confidence it has given to the Rwandan justice system

  • Minister Asiimwe elected to Global Fund Board

    Minister Asiimwe elected to Global Fund Board

    {The Minister of State for Public Health and Primary Health Care, Dr. Anita Asiimwe, was on Saturday elected as the vice chair of the Strategy Investment and Impact Committee (SIIC) of the Global Fund Board.}

    Asiimwe, who has a mandate of two years, will co-chair the committee with David Stevenson, the Director General of the Global Initiatives Directorate, according to a statement from the Rwanda Health Communication Centre.

    Minister Asiimwe pledged to focus more on advocating for Africa’s prosperity in health aspects.

    “I will provide my expertise, and continue to advocate for the implementers including the African bloc. While their voice has been heard, there is need for more advocacy since the African bloc is most affected by HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis,” she said.

    The committee has a mandate of acting the oversight role of the strategic direction of the Global Fund and ensuring the optimal impact and performance of its investments in health.

    The committee plays an important functional role in decision making, advisory, and oversight.

    Thus, the Board delegates its authority to the Strategy, Investment and Impact Committee powers and to perform certain functions based on committee responsibilities.

    This year, Global Fund gave Rwanda $21 million (Rwf13.6 billion) to fight malaria. In August the health ministry said negotiations were underway to get $25 million (Rwf16.2 billion) to fight tuberculosis and $204 million for HIV.

    The Global Fund has recently commended Rwanda on how it has used the grant allocated towards the campaign to fight HIV prevalence in the country for the past three years.

  • Kigali and Brazzaville sign several cooperation agreements

    Kigali and Brazzaville sign several cooperation agreements

    {The Republic of Congo/Brazzaville and Rwanda have signed several cooperation agreements in several areas, indicates the final statement of the third joint commission between the two countries.}

    “Ten agreements were signed by the foreign ministers of Congo, Basile Ikouebe, and Louise Mushikiwabo at the end of the third major joint meeting of the two countries which was held from November 7 to 9 in Brazzaville”

    The statement said “These agreements include among others, the creation of the Joint Trade Committee, the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of new information technologies and communication, the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of culture, sport and youth, the amendment to the memorandum of Understanding in the field of environment and natural resources,”

    Other agreements such as those on the establishment of the Steering Committee of the cooperation between the two countries , the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of police, the Convention on extradition and transfer of sentenced persons, a memorandum of understanding in correctional and prison services, the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of health and finally, the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of development of women and gender mainstreaming were also signed by both parties.

    Congo and Rwanda agreed to open in a short period of Consulate of the Republic of Congo to Kigali, capital of Rwanda and the Rwanda’s Embassy in Brazzaville.

    The Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Louise Mushikiwabo took the opportunity to reiterate the wishes of Rwanda so Brazzaville helps for readmission within the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).

    The Congolese Basile Ikouebe invited experts from both countries to maintain contacts to create conditions that would lead to the signing of other agreements, claiming Congo’s willingness to “work for peace, security, stability and cooperation in the Great Lakes region.

  • Ethiopia considering joining AU force in Somalia

    Ethiopia considering joining AU force in Somalia

    {Ethiopia is considering integrating its troops in Somalia into the bigger UN-backed African Union force amid efforts to boost operations against Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab rebels, officials said Sunday.}

    Ethiopian troops entered Somalia in November 2011 to support the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and local government forces, but has resisted integrating its soldiers into the mission.

    “We didn’t re-hat our forces in the first place because we thought it would stand in the way of our command control, and of course it would stand in the way of our operational freedom,” government spokesman Getachew Reda told AFP.

    “There is a need for more African forces, and if and when there is a request… we are willing to reconsider our position,” he said.

    Getachew could not confirm when a decision could be taken, but said the number of Ethiopian troops in Somalia — in the “hundreds” — would not likely be increased.

    Nation