According to a statement released by the Russian Foreign ministry, there will be a thorough exchange of views on international and regional issues with the focus on countering terrorism and extremism; Peace building in Africa and a search for solutions to the conflicts in “hotspots” of the continent, namely in the Great Lakes region, the Central African Republic and the Sahel-Sahara region will be discussed.
Other issues include the reform of the United Nations, and ensuring a stable social and economic development of African countries.
“Russia and Rwanda have real prospects for boosting contacts in such areas as geological exploration and mining, energy sector and information technologies, agriculture, medicines and training Rwanda’s professional staff,” the Foreign Ministry said.
During the talks, both sides will discuss the current state and prospects of relations between Russia and the African Union in order to give a new impetus to mutually beneficial partnership of Russia and the countries of the continent in political, trade and economic and humanitarian areas.
Besides holding talks with his host, President Kagame, Sergey Lavrov is expected to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre to lay a wreath in honour of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
The event that took place on Monday, 25th May 2018, started with the staff from iCPAR and CMA visiting the Parliament Museum.
Thereafter, they visited a group of genocide survivors in Uruyange Village, Gasabo District, to whom they provided donations including; mattresses for fifty two families; Mutuelle de santé (health insurance) for sixty three persons, cows for seven selected families and a sponsorship on two small scale projects.
The Chief Executive Officer for iCPAR Mr. Amin Miramago reiterated the institute’s commitment to supporting government efforts in fighting the genocide ideology as a way of rebuilding Rwanda.
“The initiative of visiting the survivors is a way to remember those who were killed in the Genocide, and also to reflect together with the survivors on what happened in 1994, and what we should do to ensure that the incident does not happen again,” he said
For the Director of Finance and Administration at CMA, Mrs. Clarisse Umutoni, the gesture intends to remind the survivors of the 1994 Genocide that people care and are concerned for their well-being.
“This is part of our responsibilities as one of our core values in helping the society is mainly to support survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and we visit them regularly across the country and our activities will not stop here,” she said.
Mr. Bernard Banzige who is one of survivors of the Genocide living in Uruyange Village, expressed his appreciation to the management and staff of iCPAR and CMA
“We are really grateful for the support we received, that people outside there still think about us. Since we have many challenges, this support gives us hope for a brighter future,” he said
Kamili who has been in the district council was elected on Friday by council members.
The Chairperson of Gicumbi council, Dieudonné Kayombya told IGIHE that they are optimistic that Kamili will implement well his responsibilities.
Kamili got 25 votes out of 31, while his competitor Rosette Muzeyemariya got six votes.
“The optimism comes from his experience in the district council, local government leadership and from his job of journalism. He is a good journalist who knows the life of the whole country,” Kayombya explained.
“All those factors make us believe that Kamili will help us to advance the life of the District as we wait for by elections for substantial replacements of the whole executive committee,” he added.
Kamili has been in RBA, especially Radio Rwanda for over ten years.
Gicumbi District committee members resigned on May 25th citing personal reasons. Upon their resignation, the council elected Sewase in acting capacity but he also tendered in his resignation letter yesterday.
Speaking at a panel during a country-wide media tour with international and local journalists, AIF’s Chief Executive Officer, Amar Ali noted the ongoing impact of the company’s work in its first year of existence, “We are working hard to address the issue of malnutrition while encouraging local production and improving the quality of yields through our local sourcing projects. While there are similar projects in the region, none combine the elements of fighting malnutrition and a public private partnership model like we are doing,” he said.
Malnutrition still remains a key public health concern in the country and has been put at the forefront of the Government’s Vision 2020 Agenda.
Also speaking at the round table, Hugh Welsh, the President of DSM North America attributed the company’s success to its unique model, “The great thing about this model is that it engages the wider community in the process of creating these impacts – which not only makes it progressive but also sustainable in the long run,” he added.
While the company has become largely known for its world class nutrition products including the commercial brands Nootri Mama, Nootri Toto and the latest Nootri Family (for all age groups), AIF mainly continues to produce porridge flours (with added milk, vitamins and minerals) targeting vulnerable population segments such as pregnant and breast-feeding mothers, older infants and young children for the critical first 1,000 days of their lives.
In partnership with the Government of Rwanda, AIF supports nutrition programs for the most impoverished communities through its Shisha Kibondo products. The company also produces relief foods for the World Food Programme that are distributed again to the most vulnerable populations in refugee camps in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia and South Sudan.
Winifred Ngarure, the Head of Investment Promotion at RDB said, “On behalf of the Rwanda Development Board we want to thank AIF for showing us all that we can achieve. They made it possible to produce fortified foods locally in Rwanda. We thank them for improving the value chain for our farmers and helping combat malnutrition by producing better quality fortified foods.”
Africa Improved Foods is located in the Kigali’s Special Economic Zone, sitting on 40,000m² of land and employing over 300 staff. The plant has an annual production capacity of 45,000 tons making it one of the largest nutrition factory sites on the continent. AIF works with over 24,000 farmers across Rwanda and produces meals for 1.5 million people every day. In 2017 the company spent $17 million in regionally sourced packaging, equipment and services.
The impact of AIF has been widely recognized in Rwanda. AIF has received a wide range of awards in its short life span, including the Investor of the Year Award from the Rwanda Development Board.
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The officers awarded the UN medal of service excellence work as ‘Individual Police Officers’ and work as mentors and advisers.
The medal parade held in the base camp of the Rwandan Protection and Support Unit (PSU) in the capital Bangui was presided over by the Deputy Representative of the UN-Secretary General in MUNUSCA, Kenneth Gruck.
Present was also the Colonel Philipe Garcia, who is in charge of Police operations and General Major Mohammed Selloum, who represented the Force Commander.
Gruck thanked the Rwandan police peacekeepers for their exemplary service, citing discipline and commitment as the driving force behind their professional performance.
“Rwandan peacekeepers have made it possible even in situations where it seemed impossible,” Gruck said.
He also spared time to thank other police officers deployed in the capital, Kaga-Bandoro, Obo, Bria and Bangassou, for restoring safety in those regions.
One of the Rwandan Formed Police Unit (FPU) contingents of 140 officers is deployed in Kaga-Bandoro, about 400km from the capital Bangui, where they protect internally displaced persons.
In July last year, the Rwandan police peacekeepers deployed in Kaga-Bandoro repelled militias when they attacked an IDP camp under their protection and captured some attackers and their weapons.
Rwanda maintains about 460 Police peacekeepers in CAR, including two three contingents; two FPUs and a PSU, each composed of 140 officers.
The PSU contingent is in charge of escorting high profile officials and other special duties, while FPU conducts escort, crowd control and other operational duties.
Meanwhile, Colonel Garcia, while speaking during the medal parade ceremony, also commended the sacrifice of the Rwandan police peacekeepers, and their commitment even in challenging situations.
In line with the Government’s joint strategy for the economic inclusion of refugees with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Inkomoko has offered refugee entrepreneurs the technical tools and resources needed to grow their businesses, improve their personal financial sustainability, and create jobs for other refugees and members of the neighboring host communities.
The 800 refugee entrepreneurs who recently graduated from Inkomoko’s programme have already achieved impressive results. These entrepreneurs have grown their business revenues by an average of 88%. More importantly, these refugees are creating jobs.
Lydia Irambona, Inkomoko’s director of refugee services said that the impact of the programme reached out to a great number of unemployed Refugees and Rwandans.
“The policies of the GoR that allow for refugees to start and run businesses means that refugee entrepreneurs have opportunities to improve their lives while positively contributing to Rwanda’s economic development. The refugees in our 2017 cohorts created a total of 2,492 jobs. Approximately 900 of these jobs were filled by other refugees, while remarkably 1,600 jobs were filled by Rwandans.”
Speaking during the graduation event of the 2017 cohort at Gihembe Camp, U.S. Ambassador Peter Vrooman commended Inkomoko’s work in increasing the socioeconomic integration of refugees.
“We are proud to support Inkomoko’s work in advancing the Government of Rwanda’s commitment to increase the socioeconomic integration of refugees. The United States is the biggest donor to Rwanda’s refugee response, contributing nearly $50 million in humanitarian assistance in the last two years.”
“We are committed to supporting refugees because we believe that everyone deserves to live in safety and dignity. Empowering refugees to become self-reliant not only benefits those refugees and their families directly, but also creates jobs and boosts earnings in their host communities. Supporting refugee entrepreneurs and easing their access to finance opportunities and the labor market is a win-win for refugees and for Rwandan citizens,” said U.S. Ambassador Peter Vrooman.
“UNHCR is very pleased to witness this event, since providing or enhancing entrepreneurship and business skills are important components of our livelihoods and self-reliance strategy and will promote the socio-economic inclusion of refugees in Rwanda. The refugee entrepreneurs will not only impact other refugees but also local communities who will interact and mutually benefit from services,” said the UNHCR Deputy Representative Ms. Barbara Bentum-William Dotse.
Inkomoko is now working with 1,700 refugee entrepreneurs in the five existing locations, as well as two additional camps, Mahama and Mugombwa. In June, the group will host organize “Community Network Day” events, in close collaboration with the District Authorities, which are opportunities for refugees and Rwandan host community members to meet each other and connect about integrated business opportunities.
Inkomoko that has recently launched a tourism and hospitality accelerator in partnership with Mastercard Foundation’s Hanga Ahazaza works with and support a range of entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and enterprises.
The party to taste the best German wines was held in Kigali on Tuesday with German Ambassador to Rwanda Dr. Peter Woeste and Rhénanie Palatina’s Minister of Finance Dr Volker Wissing in attendance among other dignitaries.
Weingut Ulrich Langguth led to taste 13 red and white wine types among which the best are to be selected for the Rwandan market.
ABG President Vinay Gorajia told IGIHE that no one else in the country is selling the German wines save ABG which is starting to sell them soon.
“We usually do not have German wines here but we have been selling wines from Germany’s neighbours,” he said.
Mr. Gorajia added that of all the 13 tasted wines, the best according to Rwandans will be put on sale in the country.
ABG leads the Rwandan wine market with a range of wines from France, South Africa, California, Argentina, Chile, and more countries.
Weingut Ulrich Langguth’s Chief Executive Ulrich Langguth said it is sad that Rwanda in its beauty has not had the finest German wines. He said they have special wines mostly made out of renowned Riesling grape.
“Rwanda is a beautiful country but it has no German wine on its market. I am here to showcase red and white wines from Germany. We mainly make wines from Riesling, the best grape in the world for yielding good white wine,” he said.
Langguth assured Rwandans that their wines will not be expensive on the Rwandan market because the bottle will be sold between $7 and 25 (from Rwf76,000 to 22,000) depending on the types.
Akagera Business Group, that is set to sell German wines, is a Rwandan giant company with diverse operations including sale of vehicles and spare parts, ICT products, paints, security equipments and more products.
According to {Newzimbabwe}, Chamisa made the statement on Saturday while addressing supporters at a campaign rally.
Chamisa was ICT minister in former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government.
“Look what my brother Paul Kagame is doing for his country. I helped him on his ICT policy, on how to turn around the country when we met in Geneva, Switzerland and he was happy with my presentation,” he told supporters.
He told supporters that Kagame is doing a wonderful job for his country because he started his planning from a local level and, because of that, Rwanda has never been the same; it has changed completely.
Chamisa claimed that he knew Kagame through former Zimbabwe President Mugabe, who (Mugabe) told Kagame that the man belonged to Zanu PF, but later on Chamisa himself told Kagame that he belongs to MDC Party which was led by late Morgan Tsvangirai.
Through his Twitter Account, Kagame refuted Chamisa’s statements saying that he doesn’t know the man and added that Rwanda’s ICT transformation started before the existence of his political party.
“First my name is Kagame not kagama, Second, I don’t know this man and no discussion ever happened with him anywhere …Third, Rwanda’s ICT policy, projects and program started before MDC formation and politics! I wish the people of Zimbabwe well!” Kagame said.
Zimbabwe presidential and parliamentary elections are due in July 2018.
The move, according to Busingye, aims at efficiently providing good justice delivery.
Busingye announced this yesterday in Kigali while briefing the media about the ongoing reforms that are being carried out in the Judiciary.
Currently in Rwanda, there are Primary Courts, Intermediate Court, High Court and Supreme Court.
Busingye said that since 2004, they have been doing reforms as a way of combining resources and activities for better performance of the judiciary system.
“In the near future, we will establish a Court of Appeal which will stand between the High Court and Supreme Court to facilitate the judiciary in performing two major functions; handling many appeal cases. The Supreme Court will handle special cases like political, economic cases which have impact on the life of country and also handle other few appeal cases which might need expertise and thorough explanations in terms of laws and provide guidance to other courts and individuals,” he explained.
Busingye said that the merger of Primary Courts aims at combining resources without compromising the quality of service delivery.
He said that they also plan to introduce the Integrated Case Management System (IECMS) which is currently being used in courts into all Police Stations.
