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{{Police in Nyagatare district is holding three suspects identified as Jean Baptiste Lumumba 42, Joseph Bizimungu Rwabukamba 30, and Jimmy Bahorana in connection with trafficking Umushikiri tree stumps to Uganda. }}

The suspects currently held at Nyagatare Police station were seized on Sunday with over 5tones of the tree stumps.

Umushikiri tree stumps are used for production of movit creams and perfumes. The traffickers said that the cost of one kilo of Umushikiri is equivalent to Frw 200 in Rwanda but the price more than triples in Uganda where a kilo goes for Frw 700.

The theft of Umushiriki tree stumps is allegedly common in Nyagatare, Gatsibo and Kayonza districts.

Superintendent Edward Kayitare, the Nyagatare district Police commander urged the public to practice environmental conservational techniques like forestation and protection of wetlands.

The lucrative yet risky business contravenes environmental laws that protect the encroachment and destruction of both natural and artificial environment.

It goes with destruction of bio diversity that attracts tourism, researchers and green covers that facilitate in the formation of rainfall.

{{After a documentary was released to the public through Nation TV (NTV), the investigative journalist John Allan Namu who carried out the lengthy and secretive investigation, is currently said to be on the run and hiding in Finland where he has sought refuge.}}

Namu and his entire crew that investigated the Kenyan government’s alleged role in protecting 1994 Rwanda genocide chief perpetrator Felicien Kabuga have fled Kenya.

Moments after Namus escape, local Kenyan media reports that a former military doctor who in the documentary is said to have treated Felicien Kabuga a Rwandan genocide fugitive has also died at a hospital in Kenya.

Col. (Rtd) Dr. J.K. Rwakwach(photo above) a medical practitioner who served in the armed forces as a military doctor and retired in 2002, was linked to Kabuga who he is alleged to have treated at the military facilities.

On Tuesday evening, Dr. Rwakwach’s son, Victor, confirmed that his father died at a Nairobi hospital.

“I can confirm that my father is dead, but I am not going to give any details,” he told media.

The doctor on duty at MP Shah Hospital, Dr. John Magomere, also confirmed that Dr. Rakwach died on Tuesday evening.

“He was taken to the ICU on Friday and the family was notified,” he said. He declined to give any further details.

A letter said to be from the Kenya Armed Forces 3rd Battalion in Nakuru asked Dr. Rwakwach to treat a man by the name of Sadiki Nzakobi, believed to be Kabuga’s alias.

FELICIEN KABUGA Documentary:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpxy4NxqboQ

{{About 992 students at Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Education of Kibungo will this Thursday graduate.

This will be the fourth graduation ceremony to be held at the institute since its establishment.}}

The graduation ceremony will be held at the main campus located at Kibungo sector of Ngoma district in the Eastern province of Rwanda.

Of 885 students in the faculty of Education, 51.93% are female while 48.07% males will graduate.

In the faculty of Rural Development that has 67 graduands, 64.2% are male while 35.8%female.

President Paul Kagame is in the UK today where he will address the London Summit on Family Planning organized by the UK Government and the Gates Foundation.

The summit aims to mobilise political and financial commitment to provide 120 million girls and women in developing countries access to family planning.

President Kagame will give a keynote speech alongside Prime Minister David Cameron, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and President Jakwaya Kikwete of Tanzania.

Also at the Summit, Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho will represent President Kagame on a panel to share Rwanda’s experience that has led to a 40% increase in women’s access to family planning.

The summit proceedings will be streamed live at http://www.londonfamilyplanningsummit.co.uk/

President Kagame is scheduled to speak at 16h30 (Rwanda time).

While in the UK, President Kagame will address the Re|Source 2012 Conference on Thursday at Oxford University.

The conference will bring together Nobel laureates, scholars and former heads of state to discuss.

President Kagame will speak about Rwanda’s efforts at ensuring food security.
Also speaking at conference is David Nabarro, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition.

President Kagame is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Cameron and Andrew Mitchell, the UK development secretary.

{{Police in Burera District is holding a woman identified as Beata Uwikunda, 20(photo below), suspected of kidnapping a baby of only five months and crossed over to Uganda with the baby. }}

The suspect has confessed to kidnapping the baby.

Investigations by Police revealed that Uwikunda kidnapped the baby from Eglise Episcopale du Rwanda (EER) Maya and crossed Cyanika border to Kisoro in Uganda.

She revealed that her actions were due to curative reasons as advised by a witchdoctor based in Uganda. The suspect is currently held at Gahunga Police Station.

Police sources in Burera point out that when the mother and the congregation realized the baby was missing, they immediately reported the incident to local authorities, the community Radio and Gahunga Police station.

Gahunga Police station informed Uganda Police of the incident with the description and names of the suspect.

According to article 9 of the Rwandan Penal Code, any offence committed on the Rwandan territory by either a Rwandan or a foreigner shall be punished by Rwandan law, except diplomatic immunity guaranteed by International conventions.

Uganda Police acted upon their Rwandan counterparts request and agreed to transfer the suspect back to Rwanda. Uwitonda was handed over to Rwanda National Police at Cyanika Border.

If guilty, Uwikunda will likely serve 7 to 10 years in prison and be liable to a fine ranging between 500,000 to 5 million according to article 258 of the Rwandan Penal Code.

{{President Paul Kagame received the ‘Future Policy Award’ presented by the world Future Council at the first Inter-Parliamentary forum on “Forests for People” organised in Kigali.}}

Alexandra Wandel, Director of the World Future Council, on Monday handed the organisation’s Future Policy Award trophy to Rwanda’s President Kagame.

Rwanda’s successful efforts in managing forests were championed last year when the country was proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Future Policy Award.

The Award celebrates the world’s most exemplary national policies that create better living conditions for current and future generations, and that produce practical and tangible results.

The World Future Council foundation is an international policy research organisation that provides decision makers with effective policy solutions.

Rwanda is on course to reach its goal of increasing forest cover to 30% of total land area. Forest cover has already increased by 37% since 1990.

Massive reforestation and planting activities that involve the local population are taking place and new measures such as agroforestry and education programmes are being implemented.

Rwanda has also been a pioneer in banning plastic bags: in 2008 a bill was introduced to prohibit the manufacture, import, use and sale of polythene bags in the country.

Rwanda vowed to achieve country-wide restoration of its degraded soil, water, land and forest resources during the next 25 years and is currently developing a comprehensive action plan.

Commenting on the multiple efforts taken by the country, the phrase of „1000 Hills, 1000 Solutions“ was coined at the Inter-Parliamentary Hearing on “Forests for People” in Kigali this weekend.

‘Rwanda is a leader in environmental policy-making. We congratulate the Government of Rwanda for its exemplary policies on forests, border to border landscape restoration and for land tenure policy providing women equal rights to aquire, own and inherit land. The WFC also commends Rwanda’s policy of banning plastic bags. We encourage more countries to follow suit. ‘

At the Hearing, 23 parliamentarians and experts representing ten African countries underlined the urgent need to act on a national and local level to address the social, economic and environmental values of forests and trees.

It casts a spotlight on successful and exemplary African policies and programmes which benefit current and future generations.

Parliamentarians, policymakers and experts from Burundi, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia committed to take back to their countries the ideas, policies and successful experiences discussed and to work to get support for implementation.

The second African Women Economic Summit begins today (Wednesday) in Lagos, Nigeria. The summit will conclude on 14th July.

African governments, regulators, research and academic institutions, non-governmental organisations, big business and civil society are expected to discuss topics around the development of women in finance.

The meeting is being co-organised by the African Development Bank in partnership with New Faces New Voices.

Speakers at the conference would include Dr. Donald Kaberuka, president of AfDB, and Graca Machel, founder of New Faces New Voices.

The meeting will also focus on understanding the role regulators and business in Africa.

The keynote address will be delivered by the Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Panellists include:
Increasing Women’s Access to Finance: Dr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria , HE Charles Konan Banny, former Governor, Central Bank of West African States; Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya

CEO Roundtable: Ms Nomkhita Nqweni, CE, ABSA Wealth, South Africa, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imokhuede, GMD Access Bank, Nigeria, Mr Alex Otti, GMD, Diamond Bank, Nigeria, Mr Jean Kacou Diagou, CEO, Group NSIA , Mrs Mizinga Melu, MD, Standard Chartered Bank, Zambia

{{If you are, a foreigner aged 35years or less and intending to work in Kenya, your chances are zero because the new Kenyan labour market policy restricts issuance of Work permits to persons in that category.}}

The new policy also says foreigners seeking permits for jobs that pay less than KSh168,000 per month or KSh2 million per year.

The changes are contained in fresh regulations that Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang’ has published in a special Kenya Gazette notice.

“The Director of Immigration Services shall not issue a residence or work permit to any person unless that person has — at his or her full and free disposition an assured annual income of at least $24,000 or its equivalent in Kenya shillings,” reads part of the regulations aimed at curbing the entry of foreigners into Kenya’s job market.

In yet another related surprise move the government of Uganda has banned international and local NGOs operating in Uganda from employing foreigners unless they show proof that no Ugandan matches the skills of the expatriate staff.

Amb. Gabriel Kangwagye, the NGO registration board chairperson said, “The NGOs come to help the community and complement government effort and should not solicit money in our names to create jobs for themselves,” he said.

“Otherwise, they should set up commercial enterprises, not the not-for-profit, non-political and community-empowerment organisations.”

Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania who are also members of the East African Community, have not announced any similar changes in their labour market regulations.

{{Bowling is a kind of game which was known in the U.S. since 1901 when they launched its first champion this game was brought by mamba Club in Rwanda the game most people say they enjoy it that they pray it by using big ball.}}

Mamba Club is a restaurant and bar located in Kigali city at Kimihurura in front of Top Security headquarter .

It is a wonderful place in the country where you can converse with your friends praying different kind of games like beach Volley ,bowling, swimming in swimming pool ,yog etc..

Working In two year ago here in Rwanda, Bar Restaurant Mamba Club has its specialty that you can’t find in any other restaurant in Kigali .

Like different games including bowling, beach volley, and swimming pool for children, and adults, and they teach children to swim and many other physical exercises.

Bowling seems to be prayed mostly by people from abroad who used to play it in their respective countries.

In this bar Restaurant especially in week-end different drinks and eats are sold cheaply (Happy hours) and they provide them amazing accommodations where you can enjoy to rest.

For children who want to celebrate their birthday Mamba Club can help them by using bouncing Castle which they can hire for two hours, or they can take it home depending on their interest.

Apart from games, they are different kind of drinks, and eats, where they can provide you eats and drinks to your ceremony (take away) .

Uwamariya Dorothée, one of Mamba club Leaders told us that their target is to make their customers happy and make them relaxed she added that they use to receive customers from the country and abroad because of their good services.

And wonderful games you can’t find in any other place in Kigali
there is yog room, hair saloon with qualified workers from America and they intend to bring many other new games.

Mamba Club,is in front of Top Security Headquarter in Kimihurura for more information you can contact them on the following address;

0782208824, 0788618891

or email– mambaclub@hotmail.com.

{{A new Television documentary aired by a Kenyan television station NTV broadcasted on Sunday a documentary claiming that the Kenyan army and intelligence services hid and protected Rwandan genocide fugitive, Felicien Kabuga, as late as 2008.}}

OPEN LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpxy4NxqboQ

“In the footsteps of Felicien Kabuga” is the result of five months of investigations in Kenya and Rwanda.

It claims that the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and the Kenyan military formed a squad to protect the most wanted genocide suspect.

The ICTR has indicted him for genocide, and the United States has put a five million dollar bounty on his head.

According to the documentary, Michael Sarunei, a Kenyan army officer who was part of Kabuga’s bodyguard, secretly took pictures of the fugitive while admitted in a Nairobi hospital in 2008. Sarunei has since disappeared.

According to a relative, he has been killed after the pictures he took were found by one of his colleagues who alerted Kabuga and his protectors in government.

NTV showed three of these pictures to Rwanda’s prosecutor-general Martin Ngoga, who confirmed they were of Kabuga, though 18 years older than widely circulated pictures of him.

The Kenyan government, which has long denied the existence of Kabuga in Kenya, rejected the new allegations.

“This particular government has not been aware of anything to do with the protection of Mr Kabuga. We are working very closely with the Rwandan government to ensure that this man is arrested,” government spokesman Alfred Mutua was quoted.

The United States and the ICTR have repeatedly claimed that Kabuga has been hiding in Kenya, but the government has rejected the accusations and asked for evidence to prove the allegations.