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{{This Thursday morning human body parts were found at the shores of Lake Kidogo in Bugesera District. The body parts belong to a resident of Kimaranzara, Rilima area who is said to have been mauled by a crocodile.}}

The lake is said to be a haven to many alligators that have occasionally attacked residents.

Nyandwi Jean Damascène, a local fisherman at lake Kidogo said that he witnessed crocodiles fighting over parts of human body early Thursday morning and scared them off.

Nyandwi later saw a human leg and minutes later he saw human hands and immediately alerted area residents. Later another upper part of the human body was discovered.

Rilima, Gaspard Gasirabo the Rilima local administrative official confirmed to Igihe.com about the fateful incident.

The family of the deceased confirmed that the body parts as belonging to one, Manishimwe Jean de Dieu who was 28years.

It’s alleged that the late manishimwe had been estranged with personal problems and usually went to Lake Kidogo.

{{The former Speaker of EALA, Rt. Hon Abdulrahman Kinana on tuesday addressed the Assembly, urging the legislators to consolidate gains and to continue the push towards enactment of legislation strengthening regional integration.}}

The first Speaker delivered the message in a Special Sitting of the Assembly held at the Burundi National Assembly.

He termed the challenges faced by the EAC as surmountable if both the regional and national assemblies and other stakeholders enhance delivery, singularly and collectively.

Rt. Hon Kinana called for strategies that ensure sufficient production of food which he termed key to development.

“As a region, we must give priority to food production. Real independence starts with the ability to feed ourselves”, the former Speaker said.

He urged the EAC to work towards broadening its market in order to attract foreign direct investments and to lower the high risks of doing business derived from high business costs, inadequacy of transport, communication and power infrastructure.

“We have to take advantage of Community’s well designed plans such as the Customs Union, the Common Market, the East African Road Network Plan, the East African Power Master Plan to just mention a few. These plans when effectively implemented have proved to be of significant benefit”, Rt. Hon Kinana stated.

“For many years to come, the stability within our countries and in the region will largely depend on the level of delivery by our Governments singularly and as a bloc. The issues of increased production and productivity, trade, investments, job creation and better living conditions will determine the continued relevance and support to the EAC”, the former Speaker added.

To realize the same, Rt. Hon Kinana underscored the need for democracy as an essential ingredient towards creation and sustenance of goals of development.

“If democracy is limited to formal political processes without positively changing the living conditions and advancing social-economic development or at least providing realistic hope to our people, then one should expect the rise of negative tendencies with consequences of social unrest and political instability”, he remarked.

The former Speaker hailed EALA for its commitment to the integration process noting that the Assembly had become stronger passing more Bills during its tenure.

“You have indelibly engraved yourselves in the annals of the EAC history and scored tremendous achievements during your tenure of office” he added.

Rt. Hon Kinana urged Parliaments to speak loudly on behalf of the people who elect them, ensure that development plans are informed by the priorities on the ground, adopt requisite legislation, approve budget allocations and to exercise oversight over expenditure.

On economic development, the former Speaker termed the impact of economic downturn “more telling” with severe and far reaching consequences saying that countries continued to face hard times coupled with falling of exports, increased fuel prices, declining value of the currencies, inflation and reduction in financial flows.

He noted that the Governments of the Partner States would need to consider several measures to address these problems which impact negatively on the lives of their people.

The effects and the risks are even greater this time around as we have already used large parts of our external resources to mitigate the impact of this crisis, Hon Kinana submitted, urging Parliaments to understand the dimensions and effects of the crisis in order to actively participate in finding both short and long term solutions

{{Jean-Marie Munyaneza the Horticulture International Marketing Officer at the National Agricultural Export development Board (NAEB) has encouraged farmers to plant macadamia since it has shown potential on international market.}}

Munyaneza noted that so far a kilo of macadamia costs US$1.3 (est. Rwf 750) which was a fair price at the moment.

“Globally Australia sells more macadamia more than our price here but in order for Rwanda to arrive to its price there are a lot of factors we need to adhere,” Munyaneza said.

Munyaneza informed macadamia farmers to work hard so as to improve their produce from the current 4 tones to at least 30 tons a month.

“Very soon we will do a census to find the exact produce of macadamia in the country, since the statistics will assist us to identify areas which need support,”
Norce Elysee Gatarayiha the Director of Norlega Macadamia Rwanda limited, has been buying macadamia from local farmers and so far he has bought 700 Kilo Grams from Rwamagana farmers.

“Finally we’re selling, in the past we were approached by foreign buyers who proposed lower prices, but Gatarahiya has given us a good offer of Rwf 750 per kilo, others would give us ridiculous prices of Rwf 300 to Rwf 500 per kilo which is unfair compared to the hard work we have used,” Xavier Baributsa remarked.

On his part, Gatarayiha urged farmers to plant more macadamias since the more the produce the better the prices.

He also encouraged them not to sell their nuts to strangers since some had selfish interests, and buying their macadamia on cheaper rates is among their gimmicks.

“There’s a high demand for Rwandan macadamia, and I’m willing to buy from any farmer who has harvested and I’m optimistic we will do even well on the international markets if we harvest and plant more macadamia nuts,” he remarked.

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{{At Rwanda’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border, families and friends are awaiting for 150 refugees who have freely decided to come back home.}}

Those who don’t have families will be taken to Rubavu District based Mukamira refugee camp for shelter.

Jean Claude Rwahama the Director of refugees’ repatriation at the Ministry of National Disaster and Preparedness, said that the returnees in the camp will be facilitated to integrate themselves in the society.

The integration process involves training them on vocational skills, connecting them back to their families and some are supported to set income generating activities.

The continuing repatriation process is geared by a cession clause which rules that no Rwandan will be called a refugee by June 30th next year.

“The process is going on well since there’s no reason now for anyone to be out of his or her country,” said Rwahama.

According to UNHCR statistics there’re 70,000 Rwandan refugees of whom the majority have shown interest of freely be repatriated.

This can be seen in the number of returnees from January to June this year totaling to 4,644 , yet last week only, 40 Rwandans from DRC returned home.

Most of these refugees returning are believed to have fled Rwanda during the war that stopped the 1994 Genocide 17 years down the road.

Most of these who took part in the Genocide, have on several occasions don’t have worries of being prosecuted once they’re back, while others hesitate to return due to misleading information about the country’s security.

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{{Most parents think that beating up their children as a form of punishment will make their children understand their faults.}}

Most of the time they beat their children because they can’t bear the anger raising out of the fault the child has made.

A parent feels that they are right when beating or slapping their child as punishment, but the child doesn’t understand the reason behind it; he feels that it’s unfair in comparison to what they did, and in the end, the parent also regrets the harsh punishment.

Parents should not punish their children harshly all the time and should also understand that their children will not always follow the rules handed over to them.

Children will not be confident from any sort of activity be it good or bad, and they might be lonely people, once they are always punished in such a manner. This affects their growth.

Parents should also take care when setting an example to their children; if you beat your child every time they make you angry, then they will also become violent towards peers and siblings every time they are angry…Read more on agasaro.com

Parents’ responsibilities are to sit down and talk as well as guide their children towards good behavior, not punish them harshly. Thus, when they are also wronged by peers, they will instead turn to talking and handling the matter in a peaceful manner; he grows up a peaceful person.

This does not mean that you shouldn’t punish your children.

{{The president of the Republic of Congo Brazzaville Denis Sassou N’Guesso arrived today evening at around 17:30hrs Aboard a Congo based airline ‘Trans Air Congo’ at Kigali International Airport for a 3-day official visit.}}

President Paul Kagame received his counterpart at the Kigali International airport.

President N’Guesso is expected to hold talks with President Kagame and host him for a state banquet scheduled tomorrow Tuesday after honouring the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi victims at Kigali
Genocide Memorial Center.

Over the past years in 1982 and 1984 the two states had signed Memorandums of Understanding but it had since not been renewed until last year when President Kagame Visited Congo Brazzaville where the two Presidents agreed on terms of strengthening ties.

President N’Guesso is scheduled to tour socio-economic sites in Kigali and the surrounding areas. The two heads of state will then hold a joint press conference on Wednesday at Urugwiro Village.

The growing relationship between Congo and Rwanda has been further facilitated by the recent launch of a twice-weekly flight from Kigali to Brazzaville by the national carrier, Rwandair.

The state visit was preceded by a meeting of the Rwanda-Congo Joint Permanent Commission, which ended today 21 November, by Foreign Affairs’ ministers of the two countries recommending the report covered by the experts during the 2-day meeting.

{{Igihe.com has reliably learnt that Susan Rice the US Ambassador to the United Nations is expected in Rwanda tomorrow (Tuesday).}}

Susan Falatko, the Public relations Officer of the US embassy in Kigali confirmed Rice’s visit to Rwanda However said the diplomat will leave on Saturday.

“We will have a press conference very soon but for the meantime I can’t say anything because we’re waiting a confirmation from Washington,’ she said.

A top government official who requested to remain anonymous confirmed to this reporter that indeed Rice is expected in the country.

“I’m aware she will be in Rwanda but I can’t confirm if she will meet the president, hang on a bit I intend to call you later with more details, right now I’m held up with activities of the visiting president of Congo Brazaville .”

Efforts to reach both the Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo and her Permanent Secretary Mary Baine were fruitless as both neither answered their cell phones nor replied the SMS’s to confirm Rice’s visit.

{{Organisations grouped into ‘one Nile, one family’ under the patronage with Nile Basin Discourse Forum, seek to build capacity of Civil society Organizations on climate change adaptation.}}

They also sought to provide adequate information by producing and disseminating awareness materials on climate change adaptation, and documenting and disseminate best practices of climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction are carrying out the findings on the possible ways that can bring about better ways on tree planting and maintenance.

This was announced to the residents of Nyarurama cell, Gatenga sector in Kicukiro district over the last weekend during the planting of approximately 2000 trees by the range of partner associations in environmental conservation sector.

Dancilla Mukakamari, National Coordinator of {Association Rwandaise des Ecologistes} (ARECO-Rwanda Nziza) and Campaign Organizer of both ARECO-Rwanda Nziza and Rwanda Environment Conservation Organization (RECOR) told igihe.com that, “we are inquiring why the trees planted don’t grow.” “We shall release the study before the end of this week,” she added.

Mukakamari also said that all efforts are being made to implement government’s policy making the forestry industry one of the pillars of national economy while playing a role in supporting africulture, tourism, environmental sustainability, and energy among others.

The government of Rwanda set an objective to achieving 30% of forestry coverage of the national territory by the year 2020.

It’s in this regard that the government through ministry of Natural Resources recently embarked on planting over 67million trees before the end of the year as dedicated to forests.

This year also was dedicated to forests by the United Nations under the theme ‘Forests for people’ which the government of Rwanda translated to ‘forest for sustainability development’.

{{Yesterday November 20, was the day to mark Africa’s industrialization day that is being commemorated annually.}}

This year’s theme is “Tackling Energy Poverty in Africa” which is said to highlight energy’s significance for industrial development and persistent efforts have to be made to address energy deficit in Rwanda.

In his message to mark the day, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon noted, “ensuring access to reliable, efficient and affordable energy is a key element in advancing industrial development, creating decent jobs and increasing productive capacity, especially for small and medium enterprises and rural populations.

“Modern sources of energy will decrease dependence on primary commodities, reduce vulnerability to external shocks, and increase economic resilience,” Ban Ki-moon added.

On the National Level, the Africa Industrialization Day is being celebrated today Monday, 21 under the organization of the Ministry of Trade and Commerce (MINICOM) and stakeholders in an event being held at the ministry’s headquarters.

Industrialization Day in Africa is a time when governments and other organizations in many African countries examine ways to stimulate Africa’s industrialization process. It is also an occasion to draw worldwide media attention to the problems and challenges of industrialization in Africa.

{{Rwanda Military Hospital (RMH) medical team, led by Maj Dr King Kayondo, will undertake a special outreach service to the community in Runda (Gihara Health Center) using the 2 donated mobile clinics, from 21-25 November 2011.}}

Services to be provided include; surgery, Pediatrics, Dental – Tooth extraction, Health education and Laboratories tests – HIV screening, Hematology tests, Parasitology tests and other pathologies.

The outreach with the mobile clinics will show that Rwanda Military Hospital intends to fully optimise the donation with the aim of soliciting the mobile operating theatre to complement the clinics.

The outreach is undertaken in conjunction with the Korean Non Governmental Organisation (Good Neighbours) operating in the area.

RMH has made arrangements with the local leadership to ensure security and reach to the children in Runda.