Category: People

{{In Tanzania, Geita area, a record number of residents has been turning up at Geita Hospital to witness the resurrection of a 16-year-old boy, believed to have died in 2011.}}

It was widely rumoured here that Shaaban Maulid, who died, and was buried at Kambarage suburb in Geita Municipality in January 2011, was seen alive on Saturday before he was brought to Geita hospital.

An eyewitness who is his relative claimed that Shaaban, then aged 14, left home on January 1, 2011 with livestock, but never returned home until four days later when he was found dead at Mbugani Street. His body was found in a deep well.

The boy’s mother, Ms Aziza Ramadhan, 45, claimed that she came face to face with her son on Saturday at Mwembeni suburb where she frequently sells vegetables. She said she found him near the well where he died two years back.

Astonished, Ms Aziza said she was puzzled and could not believe the boy was her son. “Doubting, I ordered him to stop and he obediently stopped walking, then looked at me. A few minutes later my neighbour joined us. I asked my neighbour if she could recognise the boy; and amazingly she said she recognised him as my son who had died two years back,” claimed Ms Aziza.

The mother later called the boy’s father, Mr Maulid Shaaban, who also confessed that the boy was his dead son.

The fourth witness, according to Ms Aziza, was Mr Joseph Nungula, the head teacher of Mwatulole Primary School where the boy was a Standard Five pupil prior to his death.

“The head teacher, like other witnesses said the boy was the one who was one of his pupils,” she said, adding: “We informed the police who questioned us before taking my son to the hospital,” she added.

The mother said she could easily identify her son due to a big scar on his forehead and on his private parts because he had gone through initiation. According to the mother of five, Shaaban was her second born.

When interviewed the boy said he was living in an area with so many people; the day he met his mother he was with another boy called Bahati.

The boy, despite looking healthy, couldn’t speak properly at the time he was admitted to Geita hospital on Saturday. However, he could recognise some few friends and classmates.

“Now he can utter a few words and even recognise some of his friends and relatives,” said the doctor.

He said the hospital administration planned to conduct a DNA test at Bugando Hospital to verify his parentage.

The resurrection of the boy was also confirmed by Geita regional police commander Leonard Paulo.

According to the RPC, the incident was the second to occur in the region. He said the first incident occurred in 2008 involving the re-appearance of a woman named Flora Onesmo, 45, who was pronounced dead at Geita Hospital and buried at Nakasenya Village. She was seen recently at Kasamwa area, just 15 kilometres from Geita Municipality.

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{{A Congolese nun who has dedicated herself to helping women who have escaped cruelty at the hands of Ugandan rebels has won the annual Nansen prize awarded by the UNHCR, the refugee agency announced Tuesday.}}

Sister Angelique Namaika receives the $100,000 UN prize named after the late Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who was the first League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

A member of the Augustinian religious order of Catholics, she has dedicated herself to helping women who escaped extreme cruelty at the hands of Ugandan rebel movement the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

She works in a remote northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and through her Centre for Reintegration and Development, “has helped transform the lives of more than 2,000 women and girls who have been forced from their homes and abused, mainly by the LRA,” the UN refugee agency said in a statement.

“Her one-on-one approach helps them recover from the trauma and damage. On top of the abuse they have suffered, these vulnerable women and girls are often ostracised by their own families and communities because of their ordeal,” it added.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres commended the 2013 laureate: “The challenges are massive, which makes her work all the more remarkable — she doesn’t allow anything to stand in her way.”

The Lord’s Resistance Army has waged a guerrilla campaign in Uganda since 1987.

Since 2008, an estimated 320,000 people have been forced to flee in DR Congo’s north-eastern province of Orientale, including Sister Angelique herself.

She was born in the village of Kembisa, in the DR Congo’s northeastern Orientale Province, to a farming family of Christians.

She will receive her prize at a ceremony in Geneva on September 30.

Sister Angelique will then travel to Rome where she will meet Pope Francis before taking part in meetings in Paris, Brussels and Oslo.

Instituted in 1954, the Nansen Refugee Award is given annually to an individual or organisation in recognition of dedicated service to refugees and is the most prestigious honour conferred by UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

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{{Bank of Kigali’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr James Gatera has been awarded the East Africa Business Leader of the Year Award 2013. }}

The awards were presented at a colourful ceremony for the All Africa Business Leader Awards at the Kigali Serena Hotel on 9th September 2013.

The category’s other contenders were the Group CEO of Uchumi Supermarkets Limited, Dr Jonathan Ciano and Duncan Kabui, CEO of Chase Bank Kenya.

In deliberating on the nominees and the eventual winner, the panel of judges considered the financial results of the entities represented by the contenders, their shareholder value, sound management, proven corporate governance, and demonstrated innovation, as well as intangible qualities such as integrity and vision.

In his remarks, Bank of Kigali’s Chief Executive Officer thanked the Government of Rwanda for creating a conducive and enabling environment for businesses to flourish in Rwanda.

He thanked Bank of Kigali clients who have been loyal and remained confident in the Bank. He also thanked Bank of Kigali staffs who have worked hard to ensure that Bank of Kigali remains Rwanda’s Bank of choice.

“I am honoured and humbled to receive this award. I would like to thank the President of the Republic of Rwanda who has steered the leadership of this country ensuring that Rwanda is not only one of the safest places to live but also one of the easiest places to do business on the continent.

I thank our clients whose confidence in Bank of Kigali has enabled it remain Rwanda’s Bank of choice and the largest Bank by market share of total assets, loans, deposits and shareholders ‘funds. I also like to thank Bank of Kigali staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make the Bank what is it is today.”

The grand ceremony which took place at the Serena Hotel on the 9th September was attended by among others the Chief Guest of Honour, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ambassador Claver Gatete, the Honourable Minister of Commerce and Industry, Kanimba Francois, the Governor of the Central Bank, Honourable John Rwangombwa, the British High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, the Mayor of Kigali City and the Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Development Board, Ms Clare Akamanzi.

The late Dr James Mulwana was honoured for his iconic contribution to African businesses Lifetime Achievement Award Category. The AABLA statement released on the 10th September 2013 stated, “Dr James Mulwana was an example of truly enlightened business leadership practice.”

Dr James Gatera gets an opportunity to compete in the AABLA finale which will take place in Durban, South Africa on the 8th of November, 2013.

The All African Business Leader Awards (AABLA) is organized and overseen by ABN Productions. The vision for AABLA is to identify and honor those leaders who are making a difference through innovation and inspiration in their industry sectors.

AABLA was successfully launched in South Africa in 2011 with the first awards ceremony which took place in October that year. As one of the most prominent award ceremonies in Africa, the AABLA ceremony is televised across the African continent annually. The Business Leaders Awards was originally conceived by CNBC Worldwide.

{{ABOUT BANK OF KIGALI’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DR JAMES GATERA}}

Dr James Gatera was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Kigali in 2007. During his tenure, the Bank’s profitability has grown by 176%, total assets 166% and net loans by 280%. This has enabled the Bank to maintain a firm grip on its leading position in the Rwandan banking sector with a 30% market share as of 31 December 2012.

The Bank currently has a distribution network spanning one Representative Office in Nairobi and 65 branches and 61 ATMs compared to 10 branches in 2007 with the branch network having increased by more than 50 branches since 2007.

During his tenure, the Bank has been internationally recognized for four years running as the Best Bank in Rwanda by Emeafinance and Bank of the Year by The Banker.

It has been awarded the Company of the Year by the Kenya Institute of Management, the Best East African Bank Award by the African Banker magazine in 2012 and recently received 2013 Euromoney Award for Excellence as the Best Bank in Rwanda.

The Bank became the first Company and Bank to be rated by a credit rating agency in Rwanda and received a rating of A+/A1/ by Global Credit Rating Company (South Africa).

James received an Honorary Doctorate Degree by the Commonwealth University of Belize in recognition of his exemplary leadership of the Bank and his tremendous achievements in the Banking Sector in Rwanda.