Category: News

{{Chimpanzees in the DRC have launched attacks on humans killing about 10 people and injuring 17.

The incidence took place in Tongo village 60 km north of Goma, in North Kivu in eastern DRC where a group of chimpanzees regularly attacks people.}}

A Congolese newspaper Syfia reported that in the past few months, 10 people were killed and 17 others seriously injured in these attacks by primates.

One of the reasons for this upsurge in attacks is the war in the region and would drive chimpanzees to leave their territory and feel threatened by man.

On June 24, the media reported a news item for less dramatic. A 2 year old daughter had been torn in the back of his mother during an attack of five monkeys.

Two days later, she succumbed to her injuries at the hospital in Goma. And it is here that one case among many others.

Tongo is located on a quite dangerous area. Syfia reported that the village is not far from the Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in Congo on the border with Rwanda and Uganda.

Besides these testimonies assault primates, some rumor that chimpanzees violated women.

The case in the news in Goma. The people try to give an explanation for this new wave of attacks. A notable group of Bwito think that “these animals have long been attacked and killed by fighters for food.

I think they take revenge against men they suffered atrocities during the wars. ”

{{A woman was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident at Muhima Tigo Branch offices.

Three other people were also injured in the incident that occured September 21 during morning hours.}}

Eye witnesses told IGIHE that a woman who was a passenger on a motorcycle fell off when the motorcycle driver knocked a pedestrian that was trying to cross the road.

The injured were rushed to Muhima hospital for urgent medical attention.

The Injured woman was taken in the room of patients facing severe injuries at Muhima Hospital.

Three people involved in the accident are Sebintu Eliazar who was crossing the road, Iryivuze Prince, a moto cyclist and a woman called Nyinawumuntu Chantal who was seriously injured.

{{Residents of jali suburb of Kigali have been urged to strengthen banana farming in the area since the area soils are friendly to the banana plants.}}

The call was made by Mayor of Gasabo District during the community work held in Jari sector, Nyakabungo cell, Gitaba village where citizens were planting maize seedlings.

The said community work marked the introduction of the 2013 annual agriculture season in the district of Gasabo.

Ndizeye explained the role of banana farming showcasing the fact that banana are among the drivers of national economic transformation adding that the desired harvest can be sold on national and international market.

Speaking to IGIHE, Shumbusho Védaste, the in charge of Agriculture and animal husbandry in Jari sector said citizens are ready to start cultivating since they have already prepared their seedlings.

Igishanga cya Gitaba cyatangirijwemo igihembwe cy’ihinga muri Gasabo kizwiho guhingwamo ibigori na soya.

{{The mayor of Kigali city Fidel Ndayisaba has urged women to be more creative but also produce high quality hand crafts especially weaving Agaseke baskets.

Ndayisaba made the remarks september 20,in Nkumba, at the official launch of Itorero of women involved in handcraft work. }}

The women grouped under the association “Mutima w’urugo” which is made of women producing weaved crafts in Kigali city are in Nkumba in Northern province to participate in Itorero ry’igihugu in order to be equipped with necessary knowledge about the harmonization of their work and how Rwandan culture is a part of their initiatives.

Ndayisaba noted that Agaseke has the great value in the Rwandan culture adding that women involved in this initiative are an additional value. Agaseke will strengthen women’s economic empowerment and promotion of their livelihoods.

Women under “Mutima w’urugo” association will gain different skills including behaviour change among their communities and how to make their work more productive.

Uwimana Joselyne,a member of the association says she is happy to attend in Itorero since she will learn more about Rwandan culture, value and norms and how to use culture in developing more creative initiative like Agaseke.

Agaseke is a Rwandan initiative that brings women together to weave traditional hand crafts, with the aim of elevating their living standards. Currently men have joined such associations.

From 18th September to 30th September, 2012, about 431 women from Kigali city will be participating in itorere under “Mutima w’urugo” in Nkumba. One man also is participating.

{{The East African Communications Organization (EACO) a regional public and private partnership organization, two years ago established a permanent Secretariat in Rwanda now the headquarters of the organization.}}

EACO brings together National ICT Regulators, Operators and Service Providers in the communications sector in the five Member States of the East African Community (EAC) namely Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

September 21, the Honorable Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda will officiated at the inauguration of the EACO Secretariat at its headquarters on Ex-Fair House, Kiyovu and Serena Hotel.

The Ministers in charge of ICT and those in charge of East African Community Affairs in all the five member countries of EAC, development partners, members of EACO attended this ceremony.

EACO promotes cooperation and development of the communication sector in the five East African countries. But the specific objectives of EACO are: To harmonize ICT policy and regulatory frameworks in the East African region, To promote the development of broadcasting, postal and telecommunication /ICT services in the region.

And To ensure provision of fast, reliable, secure, affordable and efficient communication services within the East African region.

{{The Inspector General of Police force of South Sudan, Lt. Gen. Acuil Tito Madut visited Rwanda where he met the Minister of internal Security and inspected a Guard of Honor at National Police Academy in Musanze District.}}

South Sudan is currently strengthening its Police force to deal with the several insurgencies in the new country that broke away from Sudan.

Before coming to Rwanda, Lt. Gen Acuil September 17, told new South Sudan recruits at Rajaf, Juba training base that security is the cornerstone for development, noting that no meaningful development can take place in the absence of peace.

The government’s security has been failing to fulfil its remit in various areas of South Sudan.

In Western Equatoria there has been an upsurge in incidents involving the rebels of Lord’s Resistance Army, forcing citizens to take up arms and form Arrow Boy units.

Cattle raiding incidents also remain a scourge across South Sudan.

The chairperson of National Electoral Commission Prof. Chrysologue Karangwa has been replaced by Prof. Kalisa Mbanda who will be in charge of the countrys electoral commission.

Prof.Karangwa who has been at the NEC helm since 2003 thanked development partners including high comissioners and Ambassadors and officials of the diplomatic missions in Rwanda for their support during his tenure.

“I thank you for your support and would urge you to extend simillar support to the new team at NEC,” Prof. Karangwa said during a dinner at Lemigo Hotel Kigali.

{{The Security Council and peacekeeping African Union (AU) has asked DRC government to meet the demands made by the M23 rebels.

The demands should be met through the implementation “effective” agreements of 23 March 2009.}}

These agreements were signed in Goma, North Kivu between the Congolese government and the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) of Laurent Nkunda.

The M23 rebellion demands include respect of these agreements by the government.

The request of the African Union comes at the end of the 35th meeting of the Security Council and the African Union Peace held on 19 September in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

AU says DRC must restore its authority and promote lasting peace, even through the effective implementation of the Goma agreement of 23 March 2009.

The AU has also reiterated its strong condemnation of actions of the M23 rebel Movement and all other negative forces operating in eastern DRC.

However, the congolese government says demands of March 23, 2009 are for CNDP and not M23.

The national deputy Henry Thomas Lokondo, member of the Presidential Majority (MP), a platform supporting the head of state Joseph Kabila, considers that the AU position is contradictory to the United Nations and international organizations.

“Why is African Union also seeking effective implementation of the Goma agreement between the government and the CNDP? Is CNDP the same as M23? “he questioned.

He argues that CNDP has already turned into a political party and is even part of the MP.

“Can we conclude today that the CNDP is the M23? No. The CNDP is a political party and M23 are the elements of the mutineers … ” he said.

TIGO a telecom operator in Rwanda says it is determined to comply with the different measurements enforced by our licenses and the Rwanda Utilities Regulator Agency (RURA).

Tigo says it maintains an ongoing dialogue with the Regulator regarding this subject in order to provide our customers with the highest quality of service at the same time we comply with our obligations.

RURA has issued this mandate to ensure that all the major stakeholders in telecommunications adhere to several technical and non-technical Key Performance Indicators.

Tigo believes in delivering the best network possible to Rwandan customers; therefore we respect RURA’s initiative and direct our efforts to fulfill it.

In regards of the notice N°010/ICT-RURA/2012 received from RURA addressing two technical performance indicators, TIGO successfully presented a work platform that meets the requirements of the Regulator.

Our customers can be assured that this will not affect their communication and we will continue to operate in a way that allows us to keep improving the quality of our services.

The telecom understands that RURA has the responsibility to seek the best interest of Rwandan consumers and work every day towards achieving the same goal.

{{MTN Rwanda acknowledges receiving an Enforcement Notice issued on 1st March 2012 and a letter confirming this Enforcement Notice and imposing penalties on Tuesday 18th September 2012 from the Board of Directors of Rwanda Utilities and Regulatory Agency (RURA.)}}

•As communicated in the notice, RURA performed a Quality of Service test in August 2012 on the MTN Rwanda network and the enforcement notice is on the basis of RURA’s finding using their methodology. Unfortunately, this was during the time that MTN was carrying out optimization on the network.

•In September, using independent technical teams including leading providers like Ericsson, MTN Rwanda also performed tests on our network and our findings indicate that despite hitches that sometimes might be beyond our control like fiber cuts, our network is operating within all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in our license obligations.

•During today’s press conference called by RURA, the Regulator acknowledged that though there is need for improvement MTN Rwanda has made high investments to upgrade and improve on service delivery and that our network is adequate to handle its capacities.

•Since the enforcement notice from RURA on 1st March this year MTN Rwanda has made tremendous effort to improve and upgrade the network and we have since received positive growth as indicated in the figures below.

•As of August 2012, MTN is servicing over 3.2 million customers – a growth of close to 300,000 subscribers since the beginning of the year.

•MTN Rwanda would like to point out that network upgrades are a continuous process and despite having deployed the first GSM networks in the country, over a decade ago, we shall continue upgrading to the latest available technologies to effectively serve our growing subscriber base.

•MTN Rwanda apologizes to all Rwandans for all inconveniences caused while we carry out continuous optimization processes to fine tune the upgrades while keeping our clients on-line.

•As we celebrate our 14th anniversary since we started operations in Rwanda we pledge to scale-up our capacity, continue modernizing our network to ensure that we meet the expectations of our customers now and in the future.