Dr Dusabe, 40, was a specialist in Gynecologic oncology.
Ambassador of Rwanda in South Africa, Vincent Karega has confirmed the incident saying that Dusabe was found murdered on Monday morning in the house he was lodging in Cape Town city.
Dusabe started his job in King Faisal Hospital in April 2017 after completing Gynecologic Oncology studies in Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Under the funding of the government of Rwanda, Dusabe entered Stellenbosch University in 2010 after completing medicine studies at former National University of Rwanda (NUR).
Dr Dusabe grew up in Burundi where his family lived in exile and returned to Rwanda in 1998 after completing secondary school.
The little unmanned aerial vehicles commonly known as drones delivered more than 5,000 blood packages last year. The delivery system was launched in October 2016 in in Muhanga District where the Zipline drones base is located.
President Paul Kagame who officially started the project said the drones had a great importance in reducing the loss of lives.
As Minisante welcomed a team of 19 health professionals from Tanzania’s Africa Society for Blood Transfusion on Monday, Permanent Secretary Dr. Jean Pierre Nyemazi said the drones supplied over 5,000 blood units to 12 hospitals across the country.
“As you surely would know, the drones take off from Muhanga to deliver blood units. So far, 12 hospitals have received more than 5000 blood units. It is a very reliable system which has significantly reduced the delivery time from three hours to half an hour,” he said.
The project was reached thanks to the partnership between Zipline, a Silicon Valley robotics company, and Minisante.
The team of 19 visiting Rwanda for a week comes from Tanzania, Cameroun, South-Africa, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Ghana. During their visit, they will deliberate on challenges they meet daily and find solutions that will help improve blood delivery in their hospitals.
Tanzanian Health and Social Welfare Minister and leader of the team, Prof. Muhammad Bakari Kambi, said that Rwanda is a good example to emulate in blood units’ delivery.
“Rwanda is one of the few African countries meeting all the requirements by the Africa Society for Blood Transfusion. It has reached an admirable level […] this also shows the citizen participation and goodwill in donating blood to help the patients,” he said.
According to Article 82 of RDF Special Statute, General Officers may retire at the age of 55, an age limit which may be extended for not more than 5 years in the interest of service in RDF.
“RDF would like to inform the general public that the request for retirement by Brig Gen Jean Damascene Sekamana has been granted by the Commander in Chief of RDF and President of Rwanda in his capacity as the retiring authority for General Officers,” reads RDF statement.
Brig Gen (Rtd) Jean Damascene Sekamana, who is now 60 years old, joined Rwanda Patriotic Army, currently RDF during the liberation struggle in 1990.
He served in different capacities that include G2 Gendarmerie; Commanding officer, Brigade Commander and Acting Division Commander. He also served as the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of operations in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Prior to his retirement, he was working as Coordinator of Production in RDF Reserve Force.
The vehicle RAD 256F, Dyna type was intercepted at a roadblock in Nyagahanga, Police said.
“The vehicle was headed to Gatsibo from Rwamagana, and it was intercepted along the way following information provided by the people. The vehicle was impounded to Gatsibo Police station while the illicit substances were disposed of,” Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Theobard Kanamugire, the Police spokesperson for the Eastern region, said.
This comes at the time when various entities are actively engaged in raising awareness against illicit drugs and the ongoing joint operations by Rwanda National Police and Rwanda Standards Bureau (RSB), specifically on illegal distilleries.
CIP Kanamugire warned of “continuous operations against illegal distilleries and dealers” but hastened to add that the “strong collaboration” with the public through information sharing is a major tool for successful response.
At least 45 illegal distilleries have been closed in the Eastern Province alone.
“There are some unlicensed distilleries some of them using deadly raw materials, operating in unhygienic places and packaging in dirty containers,” CIP Kanamugire said.
It is said that only 20 percent of 104 distilleries in the Eastern region, are licensed, according to Rwanda Standards Bureau (RSB).
Close to 80 illegal distillers had been closed by the end of last year across the country in an ongoing joint operation by Rwanda National Police (RNP) and RSB.
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 is also a prerequisite; the 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 instruction; statutory warnings; and list of ingredients in descending order.
However, some distillers allegedly use mixed sugarcane residues, bricks, sugar, tea, water and other substances said to be harmful to consumers.
The school that has been operating in Ecole d’Art de Nyundo in Rubavu District will settle in the former Kavumu College of Education starting with the academic year 2018 on 22nd January.
Speaking to IGIHE, the head of the school, Jacques Murigande alias Migthy Popo said the school’s relocation intends to improve the performance, adding that the school materials have already got into the new campus.
“The main reason to relocate is because there is a small space in Nyundo. We have been operating there provisionally. We are shifting to a bigger place where we can expand training and enroll more students. The new campus also offers a better setting for our materials,” he said.
“We had been together with students doing design at Nyundo and we had sometimes been distracting them from concentrating on their courses when we play musical instruments. We have now a bigger space which can also allow us to expand the school facilities when need arises,” he said.
Murigande said shifting activities are underway, going hand in hand with enrollment for the 2018 intake.
The Workforce Development Authority (WDA), which sponsors and oversees the school’s activities, enrolls 30 music talented students every year and trains them to do it professionally.
The music school was launched in 2014 and the first intake graduated in March last year.
“Results for primary six and ordinary level 2017 national exams will be unveiled on Tuesday 11:00am in the ministry’s boardroom,” the ministry announced on Monday.
From 13th to 15th November 2017, a total of 237,181 sat for primary leaving examinations while from 21st to 1st December 2017, a total of 98 268 students sat for ordinary level examinations.
It is expected that the first term of 2018 academic year will start from 22nd January and end on 29th March 2018. The second term will run from 16th April and to 3rd August while the third term will start on 21st August and end on 23rd November 2018.
The arrest came following an order by District Commissioner Sebastian Waryuba in a crackdown to end teenage pregnancies in the region.
According to the District Administrative Secretary Mr Mohamed Azizi, authorities are still looking for the men who impregnated the girls who disappeared shortly after a directive was issued.
“We have managed to arrest the girls and their parents but unfortunately those who impregnated the girls have escaped and we are looking for them,” Mr Azizi told The Citizen.
Adolescent pregnancy in the region have been on the rise recently. In 2015, 20 cases were reported while in 2017, some 27 cases were recorded.
Gender and Human Rights activists have decried the directive arguing that the authorities should arrest the culprits rather than the victims.
In June last year, East Africans and women’s rights groups condemned Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s comments that schoolgirls who give birth should not be allowed back to school.
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The Parliament passed, in February last year, the organic law establishing Kiswahili as the fourth official language alongside Kinyarwanda, English and French in Rwanda.
Prior to the law, Kiswahili was included among the subjects taught in Ordinary and Advanced levels as an optional subject and it is expected to be a compulsory subject and examined at the national level.
Speaking to IGIHE on Monday, Dr. Munyakazi said they are working on a curriculum, books and finding teachers among other necessities so that students can study and sit for Kiswahili in the national exams.
Asked about whether they will need foreign teachers, Munyakazi said that they are yet to know whether they will need them as they are still at the stage of setting up the requirements to teach Kiswahili profoundly.
“When we notice that we need a certain number of teachers while we don’t have them in the country and unable to train local ones, we shall then request them from other countries,” he said.
Though Munyakazi emphasised that they are yet to know whether they will need foreign teachers, he said that available local Kiswahili teachers are not enough.
“Among teachers we train at the College of Education, some learn Kiswahili but they are still not enough, that is why 2018 is a year to identify all the requirements and ensure that we start implementation next year,” he said.
Former Education Minister, Dr. Papias Musafiri Malimba visited Tanzania in April last year and discussed with Tanzanian President, Dr. John Pombe Magufuli about different topics in line with skills development and ICT.
After the visit, President Magufuli hailed Rwanda’s decision to incorporate Kiswahili among official languages. He said that Tanzania was ready to provide teachers to teach the language in Rwandan schools.
Passing the organic law establishing Kiswahili as an official language at the Parliament last year, the Minister for Sports and Culture, Julienne Uwacu, said that the language cannot be approved to be used for administrative purposes without it being instructed in schools.
She said that they will put many efforts in schools and support elderly people in learning Kiswahili. She said that they could use the bilateral relations with EAC countries.
Bagabo succeeded, on Sunday, Dr. David Hakizimana who had been at the helm of the federation for the last eight years.
Bagabo appreciated the outgoing committee’s work over the years and assured he will strive for greater milestones in Rwanda’s Taekwondo Federation.
He added that the new committee will do their best to bridge the gender gap observed in the federation.
“The progress we have made over the last years is admirable and, though, some issues were not addressed, we as the new committee will do our best to take on the progressive path and make sure we attain all goals set”, he said.
“We shall focus on filling the gender gap observed in our teams. The statistics show a low number of girls in Taekwondo. As an example, our national team has only one girl but they should be eighteen at least. You can understand that greater efforts are needed to bring change.”
Rwemarika Félicité, former Olympic Committee’s president thanked the leaving committee for their good deeds and urged the new committee to follow the suit.
Dr. David Hakizimana expressed his confidence in his successor as the two worked closely for the last years.
“I know him well since he was learning Taekwondo. I tutored him, he is able to secure these functions and I am confident that they will go much further,” he said.
The newly elected committee members are:
1. President: Bagabo Placide from Dream Taekwondo Club
2. Vice president: Mugorewase Elysee Fabrice from Blue Sky Taekwondo Academy
3. Secretary General: Mbonigaba Boniface from IYF Taekwondo Club
4. Treasurer: Uwayezu Theoneste Imara from Kigali International Taekwondo Academy
5. 1st advisor: DUsi Blaise from Kigali Olympic Taekwondo Academy
6. 2nd advisor: Ingabire Gemma from Kigali International Taekwondo Academy
7. Audit committee:
– Bimenyimana Gariede from Horang Taekwondo Club
– Iyumva Regis from Unity Taekwondo Club
– Musabyimana Emmanuel from Yes we can Taekwondo Club
Meanwhile, former President Dr. David Hakizimana was elected as President of Honour of Rwanda Taekwondo Federation.
Uzayisenga was arrested on Thursday last week following the Rwanda Cooperative Agency’s (RCA) audit which revealed that over Rwf6 million was missing.
He is detained at Police Station in Kacyiru Sector, Gasabo District.
FERWACOTAMO Chairperson, Salomon Bigirimana confirmed the arrest saying that Uzayisenga is suspected of embezzling over Rwf6 million but he said only will justice shed more light on the matter.
“He was arrested on Thursday after RCA’s audit in FERWACOTAMO, the report revealed issues pinning him on financial mismanagement,” he said.
