The office of the President has announced the meeting, but nothing was revealed about the discussion between Kagame and Macron.
On the other side, Kagame and Narendra agreed on ways to use in empowering institutions in both countries and trade.
On the sidelines of the summit also President Kagame met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea.
In the ISA Summit, Kagame said that solar power is part of the answer to climate change. To speed adoption and get environmental benefits, it has to be as reliable and affordable as other energy sources.
He said that adopting it is not only to protect the environment, but also to protect people and their well-being.
This was announced by Mayor François Habitegeko, in an interview with IGIHE yesterday.
Habitegeko said that district and provincial officials joined Nyabimata Sector residents in the burial of 16 victims of the lightning.
The lightning struck 45 worshipers in total and killed 16 among them in Gihemvu Seventh Adventist Church.
Mayor Habitegeko said that Southern Governor, Marie Rose Mureshyankwano and other officials joined the community to bury the victims.
They were all laid in Mishungero cemetery in Nyabimata Sector where the incident took place.
“We discussed with their families and agreed to bury them in one cemetery and be able to support them in all processes for burial ceremony,” he said.
Officials also visited patients in different health centres and hospitals.
He added that all costs for treatment will be paid by the district.
Habitegeko explained that they are going to campaign for installation of lightning arresters in public places and buildings as a way to prevent any other incident.
He said that they are going to conduct an exercise to identify whether all schools have lightning arresters as well as to raise awareness among the general public about how to prevent lightning.
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Run from 6th to 11th March, the exhibition was attended by different exhibitors from across the World.
Countries that participate in the exhibition target to attract tourists from different directions as well as to exhibit tourism opportunities available inside them.
On the agenda of the ITB-Berlin 2018 also discussed human rights, fighting women and child rights violation as well as protecting biodiversity.
Rwanda was represented by different tourism services providing companies led by Rwanda Development Board (RDB).
Rwanda’s tourism team won the first place in Africa category at the exhibition and was followed by Botswana and Marrakech, Morocco.
Among consideration were preparation of the exhibition stand, different parts of the stand, behaviors of exhibitors and sharing of information among others.
This year’s fare was attended by 1137 exhibitors from across the World and awards were provided in six categories.
The Tourism Marketing Manager at RDB, Linda Mutesi hailed Rwandan community’s cooperation and the Embassy of Rwanda in German for partnership to help shine in the exhibition.
“We thank participants in the show, the Embassy of Rwanda in German, cultural troops, exhibitors at the stand and the whole Rwandan team,” she said.
The ambassador of Rwanda in German, Igor Cesar said that the country should do all that is possible for the country to retain first position.
“We Rwandans are facilitated by our values. Last year we were on third position and today are leading, we should retain such position,” he said.
ITB-Berlin started in 1966 and Rwanda is participating for the 18th time.
Rwandan companies that participated include,;Thousand Hills Africa; Primate safaris, Go Kigali Tours, ITT, Charleston Travel, Satguru, Wildlife Tours , Amahoro Tours and Rwanda Ecotours.
In accordance with the Security Council Resolution 2150 of April 16th 2014, which requires states to investigate, arrest prosecute or extradite in fulfilment of their international obligations to all other fugitives accused of genocide residing on their territory, including FDLR leaders, CNLG said that Dutch justice should extradite Ndereyehe as was done to other genocide suspects.
In November 2016, Dutch justice also extradited to Rwanda Jean Claude Iyamuremye and Jean Baptiste Mugimba.
Dutch courts have already tried Joseph Mpambara who was sentenced to life on 7th July 2011 for crimes he committed in Mugonero during the genocide.
Similarly, Yvonne Basebya Ntacyobatabara was tried in Netherlands and sentenced, on 1st March 2013, to 6 years and 8 months in prison after being convicted of crimes committed in Gikondo during the genocide.
Under the FDU-Inkingi, unregistered political, CNLG says that Ndereyehe publishes different press release denying the genocide committed against the Tutsi, preaches genocide denial and attacks the memory of the genocide by calling it a business fund.
In the Netherlands, CNLG says that Ndereyehe coordinates the activities of extremist groups of radical Rwandan exiles, nostalgic for an ethnic ideology that led to the genocide committed against the Tutsi in 1994
Charles Ndereyehe Ntahontuye is from Cyabingo commune in the former Ruhengeri prefecture, one of the fiefdoms of the former Rwandan regime.
In 1992, along with extremist intellectuals, including Ferdinand Nahimana, Dr. Eugene Rwamucyo, Dr. Jean-Berchmas Nshimyumuremyi and others, Ndereyehe created and led a criminal group called theCercle des Républicains Progressistes, which sensitized students to prepare for genocide in university campuses of Nyakinama and Butare.
Since 20 April 2010, Ndereyehe has been subject to an international arrest warrant issued by the Rwandan courts. He is also on the list of people wanted by Interpol.
Kagame was speaking Saturday in New Delhi, India in the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Founding Summit.
The alliance was launched at the Paris Climate Summit in 2015.
The Head of State said that the sunniest countries on Earth should not lack for energy. He said that the fact that they do is an unacceptable irony.
“It is fitting that more than half of countries that have signed and ratified the International Solar Alliance treaty are African,” he said.
“Solar power is part of the answer to climate change. To speed adoption and get environmental benefits, it has to be as reliable and affordable as other energy sources. We’re not just protecting the environment; we’re protecting people and their well-being,” he said.
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063 targets, Kagame said that tremendous expansion in energy production is required in almost every African country.
The International Solar Alliance’s twin mission of facilitating technology transfer and innovative financing is timely, he added.
He urged that advances in solar energy production must be matched by the development of batteries capable of storing it and smart grids to distribute it to customers.
Using of the example of Rwanda, he said an 8.5MW solar power plant in Rwamagana has already helped to stabilise daytime power supply in Eastern Province. He said that the facility has also demonstrated that they can do much more.
“The one trillion dollars needed for solar investments globally in the coming years will obviously not come from governments alone. Public-private partnership is required. The International Solar Alliance’s proposed tools to mitigate credit risk send an important signal to the market that solar energy is a viable business,” he added.
He said, solar power will not address all of Africa’s energy needs, but it will continue to grow in importance as part of continent’s energy mix.
Kagame said that it’s important to continue to work together through the new institution and beyond, as a way to put collective resources and knowledge at the disposal of planet’s future.
The news of his death was reported, yesterday, Sunday.
Bishop Bimenyimana was born 22 June 1953, in Bumazi, Cyangugu.
He was ordained a priest on June 6, 1980; ordained to the sacerdotal class in Nyundo Parish; and was ordained as Bishop of Cyangugu on January 18, 1997. He was made an episcopal priest on March 16, 1997.
The tragic incident took place in the church located in Nyabimata Sector at around 12:00pm.
Nyaruguru District mayor, Habitegeka François confirmed the news saying that it struck 45 people in total.
“It struck 45 Adventist worshipers, of who 14 have been confirmed dead. But the number might increase,” he said.
The same incident happened yesterday.
“Yesterday, lightning also killed a young girl in Rusenge Sector. Lightning also struck 18 students and one of them who was in primary six died. Currently, his three colleagues are in Kigeme Hospital while 14 others were discharged,” he explained.
Mukarwego, 52, is a lecturer with nine years of experience.
Speaking in an interview with IGIHE, Mukarwego said that people with visual impairment are capable of reaching their full potential.
Mukarwego who got visual impairment in her childhood, had the first challenge that would have spoiled her future, was being born in refuge camp in Burundi. However, as luck was on her side she was supported by missionaries to join schools which were providing education to visually impaired children in Kenya. In Kenya, she studied primary and secondary school.
“It was not an easy journey because, after completing primary school, I joined a school without special care to children with visual impairment. But, I tried my best to catch up and performed well,” she said.
In 2008, she returned in the country, approached the Ministry of Education to find a job for her and was placed in UR/CE.
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“I prepare my lectures into Braille (a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired), but also have a person who translates them into normal letters and when I am teaching I project on the wall. I also use a student to change slides and I explain by using my reading from my braille notes,” she explained.
She says that at the beginning, different students from other classes used to join her class to see how a visually impaired lecturer teaches.
“They used to tell me that students from other classes come to see how I teach, but later on they found it usual and appreciated it,” she said.
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Though she had been a lecturer, Mukarwego who was thirsty to study until she reaches the peak, in 2011, she started to apply for scholarship, though discouragements were a common occurrence.
“Even my boss at university used to tell me that they are no longer providing scholarships, but, I myself went to see the Minister of Education, he was Dr. Vincent Biruta by the time., I told him my problems and he asked me to leave him with my documents. Days later, they told me that my scholarship was approved and I chose to go to Kenya as there were people to facilitate me during my research,” she explained.
In 2015, Mukarwego was awarded a PhD and became the first woman with visual impairment to hold it in Rwanda.
“I was pleased by hearing that PhD in the category of visually impaired people was awarded to a Rwandan,” she said.
Mukarwego is now pleased of serving the country particularly in providing her contribution in education.
“I am very happy because I serve my nation, I teach children who will be tomorrow leaders of the country. I sometime encounter them and tell me that I taught them in KIE, former Kigali Institute of Education, now UR/CE” she said.
Mukarwego also is the head of women in National Union of People with Visual Impairment. She says that it pleases her to represent such category in providing ideas and lectures that benefits them.
She added that as the government has supported people from all categories, in line with promoting inclusive education, they should consider increasing equipment friendly with people with visual impairment. She says that the move will help persons with such problem perform well as normal persons.
“The reason behind having PhD is because I got basic requirements., if others were blessed to have such assistance even in vocational schools, they would develop themselves, a visually impaired woman would also develop,” she added.
The office expected to help Rwanda business community be able to pay for port charges in Kigali was launched by the State Minister in charge of Transportation in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye, Tanzanian Minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Prof. Makame Mbarawa and the Director General of TPA, Eng. Deusdedit Kakoko.
Speaking in the event on Friday, Minister Uwihanganye said that the decision to open a Liaison office in Kigali will stimulate business activities between the business people of Rwanda and the government as a whole.
“The one stop centre system will create confidence to our people since all port charges will not necessitate a business person to travel all the way to Dar es Salaal for clearance as all clearance will be done in Kigali,” he said.
TPA Director General, Kakoko explained that they decided to open an office in Rwanda in order to bring services closer to Rwandan customers and entice more customers to use Dar es Salaam Port.
He said that the office will benefit Rwandan business community to solve their problems from locally.
“The new TPA office will help Rwanda business community solve their queries and problems in Kigali instead of travelling all the way to Dar es Salaam. They will be able to make payment for port charges in Kigali and avoid the risk of carrying large sums of money to Dar es Salaam,” he explained.
In the near past, he said, there were complaints that Rwandan traders were being cheated, but added that the problem is going to become history.
“Also cargo monitoring will be done from Kigali and this will help speed up clearance as traders will have updated information on the status of their cargo,” he added.
Kakoko said that the office seeks to solve issues like port delays, theft, non-tariff barriers along the corridor and unscrupulous clearing and forwarding agents.
Tanzanian Transport Minister Makame said that the existing cordial business relationship between Tanzania and Rwanda in particular with TPA and Dar es Salaam Port, is because Rwanda is the third big user of the Dar es Salaam Port among the neighboring transit countries that use the port.
He said that the importance of the port and transport operations in promoting trade and economic development cannot be over-emphasized.
“It is our duty as facilitators of transport and logistics to put in place the necessary infrastructure and superstructure to be able to offer efficient transport services and enhance competitiveness,” he said.
Dar es Salaam is the largest port handling over 90% of all the country’s total seaborne trade.
Both contestants confirmed to compete in elections scheduled on March 31st 2018.
The elections had taken place last year and incumbent Felicite Rwemalika run alone after the current president’s Vincent de Gaule Nzamwita withdrawal. However, Rwemalika did not manage to get minimum votes as she got 13 out of 52 voters.
Both contestants will start to campaign on March 12th until March 30th.
Nzamwita served as FERWAFA president since 2014 and the new president will serve starting from 2018 until 2021.
