“RIB has arrested Ndabereye Augustin, the vice Mayor in charge of Economic development in Musanze district over an alleged assault of his wife. He is held at Muhoza RIB Station as his case file is being processed,” reads RIB tweet.
It is said that Ndabereye was taken to RIB station in Musanze today morning after beating and seriously injuring his wife over domestic disputes.
IGIHE has learned that the husband pulled her wife’s hair that she was injured and taken Ruhengeri hospital in the Musanze district.
The Governor of Northern Province, Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi confirmed to IGIHE that Ndabereye is suspected of beating her wife.
“We have warned him several times. We hope justice will prevail because such behaviors should not characterize a leader,” he said.
Governor Gatabazi appealed to leaders to be exemplary turning against any vices that might discredit them among citizens.
The murder took place yesterday morning. IGIHE has learned that the murder is connected to property-related disputes in which the culprit was involved with her sister.
The mayor of Nyanza district, Erasme Ntazinda has told IGIHE that the culprit was recently released after serving a jail term for murder after involvement in property-related disputes.
“The 32-year-old man stabbed five people of whom two were declared dead on arrival at the hospital while three others sustained injuries,” he said.
Three of the stabbed people are from the murderer’s family.
The suspect is detained at RIB station in Muyira.
This left a huge task to the Government and relevant institutions concerned with forest management to seek a solution to combat the disease.
The pests are believed to have originated from countries with a big presence of eucalyptus trees like Australia among others.
Faustin Bizumuremyi from Gisagara district has told IGIHE that such pests still destroy their eucalyptus trees and continue to wither gradually.
Speaking to IGIHE, Prime Ngabonziza, the Director-General of Rwanda Water and Forestry Authority (RWFA) said research outcomes attributed the presence of such pests to rough growth.
“In collaboration with the research center within the Rwanda Agriculture Board, we took a sample of these pests and transferred them to laboratories abroad. They established the origin of these pests and told us that they emerge depending on conditions in which a forest is maintained,” he said.
The research attributed the presence of these pests to the shortage of water on the land where trees are planted, and conservation conditions. The research also revealed that combating such pests applying pesticides would pose a threat to other elements in the environment ecosystem like water and crops among others.
“They told us that spraying chemical substances in these forests would result in aggravated consequences given that these pests emerge depending on forests conservation conditions. They advised us on good maintenance of forests, digging spillways to retain water to feed trees,” said Ngabonziza.
“We adhered to the instructions and implemented these practices in collaboration with districts and farmers. It bore fruits in some regions that the situation is far different unlike the case in 2014. Probably, the pests are seen in poorly maintained individual farmer’s forests,” he added.
Pests destroying eucalyptus were first experienced in countries like Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, and Uganda.
Eucalyptus susceptible be affected by such pests are spread to 55% of the total land covered by forests in Rwanda.
Rwanda targets to spread forests to 30% of the country’s land by 2020 to make a fresh atmosphere with no negative impact on the country’s growth and residents.
The decision was unveiled on 28th August 2019 as members launched the program during which they started making bricks to construct new latrines and houses replacing old structures.
A total of 200,000 bricks are expected to be made over the course of action.
Some members of RPF Inkotanyi explained that the initiative came into action considering the presence of some households with no latrines that might lead to health hazards over poor hygiene.
“It is a shame that some residents don’t have own latrines. It is among problems likely to cause poor hygiene-related diseases. That is why we have decided to make these bricks to completely address the problem of lacking latrines and houses,” said Nema Umukamisha.
Another member, Jonas Ndikumana explained that some residents’ latrines were destroyed by heavy downpour though others didn’t have them.
“Apart from making bricks, we shall also construct the latrines,” he said.
The Chairman of RPF Inkotanyi in Muhoza sector, Emmanuel Nsabimana said that the initiative is aimed at supporting vulnerable residents and combating poor hygiene.
“The initiative was launched by Musanze district and got inspired to give in our contribution making bricks to be used during the construction of latrines and houses for vulnerable residents,” he explained.
The mayor of Musanze district and the Chairman of RPF Inkotanyi, Jean Damascène Habyarimana said that the district pledged to address the problem of toilets within one year.
“Making bricks and building latrines and houses for vulnerable residents aligns with the district’s program,” he noted.
Musanze district has incorporated a clause in performance contracts that the fiscal year 2019/2020 will leave all households having own latrines.
The district records 10 064 households with substandard latrines that need to be destroyed and constructed again while 1069 households have no toilets.
The summit that kicked off yesterday runs from 28th to 30th August 2019.
The heads of countries he met enjoy cordial relations with Rwanda with relations with South Africa being mended gradually since Ramaphosa was elected President.
Japan is a great development partner of Rwanda. It has donated approximately US$ 350 million funding to Rwanda from 2008 to 2017 through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Launched in 1993, TICAD 2019 follows the last one held in Kenya in 2016.
TICAD is a conference held regularly with the objective of promoting high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.
As he attended the opening ceremony of the summit along with other Heads of State from Japan and Africa yesterday, President Kagame lauded achievements and vision of TICAD that continuously made Japan an effective and dependable partner of the African continent.
The President highlighted that TICAD was born at a moment of uncertainty about the continent’s future that the spirit of optimism and partnership could not be taken for granted.
Acting on a tip-off, Police said the vehicle RAE 689A, Daihatsu was on Tuesday trailed from Gatsata in Gasabo district to a store in Nyamirambo, Nyarugenge district owned by Eugene Sibomana, the distributor.
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Marie-Gorette Umutesi, the police spokesperson for the City of Kigali said the distillery is not licensed and was producing substandard alcoholic drinks. The seized substances were publicly disposed of.
“There are set health and legal standards to start a brewery, which also prescribes the raw materials that are not harmful to consumers, and should be followed; contrary to that you are breaking the law,” CIP Umutesi said.
RSB specifies that “only food-grade processing aids recognized as safe for human consumption shall be used during the manufacture.”
Other standard requirements include labeling (name of the products, physical and postal address of manufacturer); net contents in milliliters or liters; ethyl alcohol content; date of manufacture and expiry date; storage instructions; statutory warnings; and list of ingredients in descending order.
“We advise people, who want to invest in producing alcoholic beverages to go through proper channels and acquire the standard mark so as to produce and sell products that are healthy to consumers. Contrary to these standards you will be producing psychotropic substances, which is punishable by law,” the spokesperson emphasized.
Under article 263 of the Penal code, “any person who, unlawfully produces, transforms, transports, stores, gives to another or who sells narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances commit an offense,” with an imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of between Rwf5 million and Rwf10 million.
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Emmanuel Kayigi, the Police spokesperson for the Western region, said that Ntibaziyabaremye was taken into custody after Police recovered 19 jerrycans of diesel in his house located in Rwimbogo Sector, Karenge Cell in Nyabihanga Village.
“There was information from residents and community security personnel that Ntibaziyabaremye runs a fuel business, which is illegal and security concern to neighbors,” CIP Kayigi said.
“On August 27, at about 8 pm, Police officers and DASSO personnel in Rwimbogo Sector caught the suspect red-handed at his house with 280 liters (19 jerrycans). His two accomplices, whose identities are known, are yet to be arrested,” he added.
“The law is clear; such petroleum products like petrol, diesel, and kerosene are strictly sold at petrol stations not in houses or elsewhere. Regulations of how these petroleum products are packaged, transported and stored are all standards meant to ensure quality and safety since these are inflammable products, which can ignite fire… it can be a disaster to people in the same house or area,” the spokesperson explained.
He thanked those, who provided information on the “unlawful and dangerous business,” and called for continued partnership against lawlessness.
Police has warned against unlawful trade in petroleum products and advised against keeping inflammable in houses to prevent likely disaster and loss of lives.
Article 6 of Law No. 85/2013 of 11/9/2013 regulating petroleum and petroleum products trade in Rwanda, partly states that “any person, who shall perform any type of petroleum and petroleum products trade shall have a license from the competent authority.”
Article 22 also specifies the safety of petroleum products with respect to conditions related to “stores and other places exclusively reserved for the parking of petroleum and petroleum products tankers” determined by the competent authority,” to prevent causing accidents.
Patrick Nyamvumba reiterated the commitment yesterday as he presided over the closing ceremony of the two-week multinational/multidimensional exercise codenamed ‘Exercise Shared Accord 2019’ at the Combat Training Centre -Gabiro.
The closure was also graced by Peter Vrooman, the US Ambassador to Rwanda.
While closing the exercise, Gen Nyamvumba said : “The responsibility to protect civilians lies at the heart of modern peacekeeping and the increasing complexity of field situations requires that you, as peacekeepers, embrace cooperation, coordination, consensus and work in an integrated manner so as to improve and speed up delivery in armed conflicts.’’
Gen Nyamvumba highlighted that Rwanda particularly recognizes the value and potential impact of this particular exercise and future similar ones and is honored to support the task of training and preparing forces to deploy on peacekeeping missions.
He further explained that ‘Rwanda and RDF remain committed to supporting world peace and security whenever required’.
Amb Peter Vrooman thanked the Government of Rwanda and RDF for hosting SA19 for the second time in a row.
“I am honored to join the closing of Exercise SA19 as we recognize one of the largest peacekeeping exercises held on the continent. The exercise fosters collaboration between nations, military/police, and civilians,” he said.
“Your country plays an essential role in regional security as one of the largest troop and police-contributing countries”, added Amb Vrooman.
SA19 is committed to foster a partnership with African countries to develop military interoperability between participating nations.
RDF’s Brig Gen JB Ngiruwonsanga and USARAF’s Brig Gen Lapthe C. Flora, the exercise directors lauded the participants for their contribution toward the success of SA19.
The exercise comprised of three phases that included the academic phase aimed at enhancing participants’ understanding of the UN system and conduct of the peace operations, the Military Component Planning Process (MCPP), the Command Post Exercise and a Field Training Exercise based on the selected course of action and with more than 200 scenarios exercised.
1200 Military/Police personnel and civilians from 25 countries have been trained to Command and Control a realistic multinational/multidimensional Peace Operations in accordance with UN/AU standards.
Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd commended tea farmers for their dedication in producing and harvesting the best quality tea leaves for the factories. This has along the years improved the quality of tea manufactured at the tea factories to the extent that Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd is recognized globally today as a producer of some of the best 10 black tea in the world.
The most recent tea accolades from the 4th East African Tea Convention and Exhibition were shown to the tea farmers. The best 3 prizes out of 4 were bestowed to Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd tea marks at this important function where 224 factories had competed on quality lines. The improved tea quality has also impacted financially the tea farmers as tea leaf price is calculated on income generated by the finished product. Farmers working with Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd were happy to report how they have benefited from the improved prices.
Reminiscing on his tea journey, Jean Bosco Zirimwabagabo, one of the farmers said: “tea has proved to be as lucrative to me as a productive cow being milking every day.” As Zirimwabagabo explained, he started tea farming by earning 14,000 Rwandan Francs a month, which grew to 20,000 Rwandan francs and brought a lot of transformations into his life.
As a result, he lives in a decent house, owns cattle among other valuable properties which he attributes to tea growing.
Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd General Manager, Mr. Alain Kabeja, said that the prime objective of the tea business is to advance the economy and wellbeing of tea farmers.
“Our purpose is to create wealth and wellbeing of citizens by providing jobs, safe water, building nurseries and supporting the needy among others. We, however, request farmers to take care of tea plantations to substantially boost quality and quantity to maintain clients’ trust and to enable Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd tea marks to continue to lead the market,” he advised.
Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd General Manager was happy to report that Kitabi, a tea mark selling under the company, sold one of its tea grades at a record price of US$ 6.27 per kg, a first in the history of the Mombasa tea auction market.
During the celebrations, tea farmers were awarded livestock, bicycles, radios… among others for their outstanding performance for boosted and improved tea harvest.
Mr. Alain Kabeja, Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd General Manager, commended farmers’ efforts towards increased quantity and quality of tea. “We organize this event annually to hail farmers as key partners for their significant contribution towards boosting quality and quantity of tea,” he noted.
Kagame made the appreciation today in Yokohama in Tokyo city of Japan at the opening of the 7th edition of TICAD.
Launched in 1993, the summit follows the last one held in Kenya in 2016.
TICAD is a conference held regularly with the objective of promoting high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.
Japan is a co-host of these conferences. Other co-organizers of TICAD are the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (UN-OSSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The summit for this edition discusses on fast-tracking African development through sustainably building citizens’ capacities, advancing digital skills and creating innovations.
As he attended the opening ceremony of the summit along with other Heads of State from Japan and Africa, President Kagame lauded achievements and vision of TICAD that continuously made Japan an effective and dependable partner of the African continent.
The President highlighted that TICAD was born at a moment of uncertainty about the continent’s future that the spirit of optimism and partnership could not be taken for granted.
Reflecting on achievements of the summit, Kagame said that many of TICAD’s innovations have become standard and the forum has continued to evolve in tandem with Africa’s priorities where the key change is the importance given to the private sector.
This inspired Rwanda has put private sector development at the heart of strategy for prosperity to realize sustainable development.
“Rwanda has put private sector development at the heart of our strategy for prosperity, using three types of investment. First, governance. Rwanda has made good use of the World Bank’s Doing Business tools to overhaul the enabling environment for enterprise,” stressed Kagame.
In tandem with facilitating business, Kagame said ‘We established specialized commercial courts and worked with neighbors for deeper integration to facilitate trade in the East African Community region.”
Rwanda also expanded investment in infrastructure and technology. Kagame pointed out an example of an innovative public-private partnership supplies wholesale broadband data to power the digitalization of our economy which went hand in hand with high investment in high-quality convention and tourism facilities.
“Third, and most importantly, we invest in people. Producing ‘Made in Rwanda’ and ‘Made in Africa’ products require skilled young people who are in good health,” he said.
“We have also expanded technical and vocational training with an emphasis on digital skills, as well as funding support for innovation and entrepreneurship,” added Kagame.
Japan is a great development partner of Rwanda. It has donated approximately US$ 350 million funding to Rwanda from 2008 to 2017 through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
President Kagame appreciated that partnership especially investment from Japan companies.
“We have seen an increase in Japanese investment in recent years, especially in horticulture, agribusiness, and technology. We appreciate the exchange with Japanese firms, and measures are in place to facilitate new ventures, particularly public-private partnerships for infrastructure and industry,” he said.
The partnership bore fruits and led to the provision of safe water to 131,000 Eastern Province residents, the establishment of FabLab which led to the creation of 62 new companies. Among others, 280 volunteers participated in different activities in Rwanda while electricity was expanding to 195,000 citizens, 65 administrative offices and 9 health centers.
Construction of Rusumo one-stop border post, 145 km road connecting Rwanda and neighbors are among other fruits of the partnership additional to 1165 Rwandans who acquired knowledge from Japan and trained 63,563 teachers.
