In a meeting at the Prime Minster’s Office Kimihurura, the duo discussed and commended the bilateral relations existing between the two countries in various sectors including health, commerce, air transport, agriculture, and security.
Ngirente hailed the cooperation existing between Rwanda and Egypt, saying that the two countries enjoy friendly and cordial relations and that they are all committed to further strengthen it towards the betterment of citizens of both countries.
“The bilateral relations between Rwanda and Egypt have existed since 1970 with agriculture and culture being the two main sectors of cooperation at the time. Today the cooperation has grown and extended to other important sectors that include health, agriculture, commerce, air transport, environment, and security,” said Prime Minister Ngirente.
Dr. Ali Abdel Aal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt commended President Kagame and the people of Rwanda for the resilience and courage that have translated into visible achievements after the country experiencing a tragic period of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
” Saddened to learn of the passing of His Excellency Beji Caïd Essebsi, President of Tunisia and African statesman. Our sincere condolences to his family, and the Government and people of Tunisia,” he said in a tweet.
The President of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat also sent a condolence message to Tunisians.
” I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing of President of Tunisia, Beji Caïd Essebsi, on this 25th July 2019. My condolences with his family, people and the Government of Tunisia” he said.
Essebsi, 92, has passed away after being hospitalized for the third time in recent weeks.
Radio station Mosaique and state broadcaster Wataniya have reported Beji Caid Essebsi was hospitalized Wednesday night for unspecified health trouble.
Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president, having won office in 2014 in the wake of the country’s Arab Spring uprising.
He recently announced he wouldn’t run in the election scheduled for November, saying a younger person should lead the country.
He was hospitalized twice in June.
Saddened to learn of the passing of His Excellency Beji Caïd Essebsi, President of Tunisia and African statesman. Our sincere condolences to his family, and the Government and people of Tunisia.
Members turned violent today morning and forcefully sent away the court bailiff.
Following the incident, Semajambi postponed the auctioning to 1st August 2019.
The court bailiff went to auction the property without any security officials.
On the same day, members of the cooperative filed a lawsuit against the auctioning, a court session that the bailiff never attended.
The abattoir was reportedly completed at a cost of Rwf 372 million but heads of the cooperative later allegedly approved a payment of Rwf 435 million to building contractors that constructed the facility and signed the fraudulent document without the consent of the cooperative members.
The management and contractors involved in the fraudulent acts were all arrested.
It is said that they had forged signatures of cooperative members.
Members complained that the court considered documents forged by their leaders.
Beatha Mukanoheri, the secretary of KOADU said: “The court bailiff has absented himself in the court where he was summoned so that his plan to auction the abattoir is not halted.”
Bailiff Semajambi, however, said there is no court ruling on halting the auctioning.
“We postpone the auctioning over residents’ complaints but there is no court ruling canceling the auctioning. The auctioning is adjourned to 1st August 2019. Nothing will halt the auction. We will come with security officials next time,” he said.
The management of Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA) recently stopped the auctioning of the abattoir over suspected fraudulent acts committed by former managers of the cooperative.
Police spokesperson in Southern Province, CIP Bonaventure Karekezi has said that Karake was arrested on information provided by residents.
“The man told residents that he works for a project registering children between 7 and 23 years old to get free school fees for primary, secondary and university education. He promised the support on condition that every targeted household to benefit from the funding had to pay Rwf 300,000. Residents alerted the police leading to his arrest,” he said.
CIP Karekezi said that Karake was found with three identifications featuring his picture with different names as well as forged forms he used to cheat residents that children are approved beneficiaries of Compassion International.
He appealed on residents to be mindful to detect swindlers promising them support or other services unknown by grassroots leadership.
Karake has been handed to Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) station in Kinazi to be investigated.
The executive secretary of Nyamabuye sector, Laurent Rurangwa has told IGIHE that the skeleton was discovered Tuesday on a tip-off from journalists.
“Remans have been found in the backyard of Engen petrol station. We were tipped off by journalists and visited the area. It looked like it was dumped at the station. It is apparent that the person might have died over one year ago because the remains are skeletal. Rwanda Investigation Bureau and police are investigating the cause of the person’s death and how the skeleton ended up here,” he said.
RIB has launched an investigation to identify the identity of the deceased and the time of death.
Uganda’s CMI raids Kampala Church, arrests over 40 Rwandans
About 40 Rwandan nationals have been arrested in Kibuye, a Kampala suburb in a joint operation between the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and Police, authorities have told the Daily Monitor, Uganda based newspaper.
The operation was conducted at an unidentified church located on the first floor of the Joinus building at Kibuye on Entebbe Road, with a membership of only Rwandan citizens.
The UPDF soldiers first cordoned off the scene where the group was allegedly holding a meeting before ordering them out. Whoever stepped of the church was ordered to board a waiting van.
According to Daily Monitor, the reporter could not establish where the group was held.
Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango has confirmed the arrests and explained that police only played “a supportive role” in the operation.
“We only played a supportive role. For details, I ask that you speak to my senior colleague in the UPDF,” Mr. Onyango said.
When contacted for details, the UPDF spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire, declined to divulge details of the arrests.
“This is an ongoing operation, I cannot give details right now because it will jeopardize the operation,” Brig Karemire said.
A source in security told the Daily Monitor that the suspects were a security threat but it did not elaborate on the nature of the threat they posed.
“Most of the people we arrested were Rwandans but they had Ugandan National identification cards which were found to be fake,” the source said.
When contacted Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Frank Mugambage, through his official telephone line, the person who answered said; ‘I am not available.”
A total of 1000 Rwandans have been reportedly detained in Uganda.
This saw the Government of Rwanda advising Rwandans not to travel to Uganda for their security until the situation gets back to normal.
It has been two years since Rwanda, Uganda relations worsened.
Rwanda expressed concerns over Rwandans who travel to Uganda for business purposes but are abducted, imprisoned and tortured accused of being Rwanda’s spies.
Rwanda also accuses Uganda of conspiracy with rebel groups intending to destabilize state security.
Rwandans traveling to and living in Uganda have been illegally arrested, imprisoned and tortured at different times accused of being spies.
Recent statistics show that over 1000 Rwandans have been illegally deported from Uganda.
It is said that Dusabimana would impersonate as a senior RIB staff to a woman identified as Eugenie Ndigendereho, also arrested recently on 20th July 2019, impersonating RIB staff with whom they collaborated.
Dusabimana said he would extort money from single mothers promising to unite them with their husbands.
He had fleeced over Rwf 195,000 from residents.
Dusabimana said he reportedly identified himself as the staff human rights department under RIB promising single mothers to order their husbands to register children under civil status, compelling them to provide child support.
Their case is being recorded from Nyabihu district where they are detained.
Ndigendereho was arrested with books in which she registered women experiencing disagreements with their husbands in relation to children the parents sired together.
Article 279 of the Rwanda Penal Code stipulates that “any person who, without tittle usurps public, civil or military functions or poses the acts of one of these functions or falsely attributes to himself or herself the quality of a public official or publicly wears a costume, a uniform, badge or an emblem with an intention to mislead the public, commits an offence.
Upon conviction, she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) years and not more than three (3) years and the fines of not less than Rwf300000 but not more than Rwf500000.
The body of Nshimiyimana was seen on 18th July 2019 by children collecting firewoods in the forest of the area known as Jebeka.
His body was found with injuries on the head.
The mayor of Rulindo district, Emmanuel Kayiranga has confirmed to IGIHE that the suspect has died.
“The information is true. More details can be provided by police,” he said.
He explained that security officials launched investigations following the murder which led to the arrest of two people suspected of conspiracy in Nshimiyimana’s death.
“We didn’t immediately learn about the cause of his death but two people were later arrested and pleaded guilty. They were still under investigation,” said mayor Kayiranga.
He lauded residents who tipped off officials during investigations to arrest suspects.
The man shot dead along with his co-accused were detained at Cyinzuzi station.
The mayor of Kayonza district, Jean Claude Murenzi has told IGIHE that the cows will be auctioned on Friday 25th July 2019.
“There are 158 cows impounded in the previous two weeks. Everyone is welcome to buy cows. It is done for the first time since the advisory committee took the decision,” he said.
Consultations from three districts in the neighborhood of the barracks including Nyagatare, Gatsibo, and Kayonza held last year, came up with the decision of impounding cattle grazing in the precincts of Gabiro military barracks, auction them and keep the money in public coffers.
The decision resulted in a reduced number of herdsmen encroaching onto the barracks.
Recently, a pastoralist from Gatsibo district, Safari Steven, told the Minister of Local Government, Prof. Shyaka Anastase (who was on citizens’ outreach program in the area) that his 50 cows were impounded when the cow keeper grazed them in the restricted land against his will.
He pleaded to have his cows back saying it was the first time but Minister Shyaka said that he cannot change the decision taken by advisory committees from three districts.
He proposed tougher punishments to herders that fail to respect regulations.
“Stringent measures are meant to deter anyone intending to commit a crime. Some pastoralists graze 10 or 20 cows which are impounded and auctioned. Residents help them in restocking, surpassing numbers held before, but still, the same culprits encroach the barracks grassland again. We want to put a stop to such repeated offenses,” he said.
“We don’t want to cease your cows for auctioning again and pay fines. You can sell one or five cows if you have 50 to feed the rest other than taking the risk of encroaching the military barracks,” added Minister Shyaka.
He revealed that those who donate fined pastoralists will be punished too.
The Minister said apart from intruding into the restricted area, grazing cattle in the camp would spread Rift Valley Fever (RVF) among cows in the area.
So far a total of 831 cows from 35 pastoralists were impounded from the barracks land since the decision was taken.
Of these impounded cows, 493 are from Gatsibo district belonging to 18 residents and were auctioned, 180 cows from 13 pastoralists are from Nyagatare district while 158 cows belonging to 4 residents of Kayonza district will be auctioned on Friday.
Rose Baguma, the Director-General of Education Planning in the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) said the project follows the decision of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) to increase the budget allocated to the education sector.
The new classrooms are expected to contribute to quality education and reduce long distances students used to walk especially in rural areas.
“It is the Government program to promote quality education across the country. This will ensure all students walking no more than 2 kilometers to reach the school,” she said.
A total of 416 classrooms and 470 toilets were built in the 2016/2017 fiscal year while more 1,043 classrooms and 1,344 toilets were constructed in the following year.
The 2018/2019 fiscal year left 1776 classrooms and 1452 toilets constructed.
Baguma told the press that the World Bank has committed to providing US$ 200 million to support the education sector this year.
Part of the fund will be allocated to build more than 27,000 classrooms and 3600 toilets raising the number of classrooms to 38,000.
