Of the 119,932 students, 65,429 are girls and 54,503 males. The number of candidates has grown from 99,898 of the previous year.
Meanwhile, 51,291 are sitting for Advanced Level candidates including 29,079 females and 22,212 males up from 46,024 of 2018.
Last week over 280,000 thousand children sat for primary leaving examinations.
The Ministry of Education has launched exams in Huye district at Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare at national level.
Dr. Isaac Munyakazi, the Minister of State in Charge of Primary and Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education who officiated the launch urged students to be composed during the exams, avoid absenteeism or tardiness, demonstrate good performance and stand against cheating.
The program was discussed on Monday as the City of Kigali hosted a delegation led by Princess Dina Mired of Jordan to discuss the ongoing engagement process of cancer care and treatment.
Pudence Rubingisa, the Mayor of the City of Kigali, explained the progress made through the C/Can model in tackling cancer challenges in Kigali, after which the Committee reviewed key tasks and identified the priorities.
Princess Dina Mired, President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) under which the C/Can Foundation operates, said Rwanda’s will to collaborate attracted the organization’s interest.
“Rwanda is an example of how political will, realistic planning, prioritization, and appropriate resources can work together towards the implementation of concrete measures to reduce the national cancer burden,” Princess Mired told the media.
“Cancer is a costly disease (to treat) and nobody has enough money for treatment, infrastructures and facilities. But once a country has efficient plans, C/Can helps bring in partners and donations,” he added.
The city of Kigali already has a partnership with Rwanda Palliative Care and Hospice Organisation and Polyfam Clinic to ease cancer treatment.
Sophie Bussmann-Kemdjo, C/Can’s Africa Regional Director, said that in the process, cities will mentor other cities with as Kigali a model.
“Our motive to be at C/Can is to support cities to lead solutions and implementation by collaborating across sectors, forming effective partnerships to fight for equitable access to quality cancer care,” she said.
“We are thrilled by the potential of the City of Kigali to serve as a model for other cities in Africa.” She added
C/Can foundation will provide technical and managerial support. It will also help in facilitating and organizing donation activities.
Rubingisa said that through the Foundation, the City of Kigali will be able to deliver more effective and efficient cancer treatment solutions.
City Cancer Challenge was launched by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) at the 2017 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
In Rwanda, the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC forecasts cancer incidence and mortality by 2025 will be 10,112, with 4,479 deaths among men and 5,633 among women.
Last year, 10,704 new cancer cases involving 4,520 males and 6,184 females were recorded, according to the Director of Cancer Programme at Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Dr. François Uwinkindi.
The death of the girl hailing from Huye district was known on Monday evening.
She was working at the home of a one Karamage François.
Sources say that it was raining when the girl took shelter in a closed kitchen with a heater inside from where she suffocated.
The executive secretary of Nyarugenge sector, Nyamutera Innocent has confirmed to IGIHE that the deceased might have died of suffocation.
“She closed herself in the kitchen with a hot brazier as it rained. The brazier is the probable cause of her death,” he said.
Nyamutera explained that Police found the kitchen closed and partly de-roofed the house whereupon they found the girl’s body straddled behind the door.
Her body was taken to Kacyiru Hospital for postmortem.
During a press conference held yesterday, Kigali leadership revealed a plan to take possession of such ideal properties in order to maintain cleanliness and implement law provisions.
Article 58 of the Constitution stipulates that the owner can be deprived of his/her land when it is located in the perimeters of Kigali city staying idle for three years respectively.
The law also stipulates that stalled building under construction is considered as abandoned property susceptible to cause insecurity when it spends either two years without active progress or when the owner cannot be identified.
Kigali city vice mayor for urbanization and infrastructure, Dr. Nsabimana Ernest said that such laws will be applied to make Kigali a clean city and advised property owners to put them to proper use.
Nsabimana revealed that the law also concerns state-owned property located in mentioned areas.
“We had policies but the management of Kigali city wants to implement revised measures to mobilize owners to exploit their property in accordance with Kigali city Master Plan. Further legal actions will be taken for owners failing to comply with legal provisions,” he said.
According to Kigali City officials, the policy will be initially applied to owners who failed to comply with regulations following several warnings.
The City of Kigali reports they have identified over over 50 idle plots of land.
While commenting on work done by 71 Infantry Battalion who concluded their one year tour of duty and returned back home yesterday, Steven John, one of Internally Displaced People under the protection of Rwanda Battalion in Malakal said he has been particularly impressed by the Rwandan Battalion activities towards the community.
“We like the way you are closer to us; it makes us feel like brothers and sisters. We hope that your successors will equally do the same.”
71 Inf Bn was deployed in Upper Nile State. They handed over duties to 105 Infantry Battalion.
71Inf Bn Commanding Officer Lt Col William Ryarasa said that apart from their assigned UN mandate of providing protection to civilians, RDF peacekeepers trained youth of Tonga village, Panyikang county on the carpentry, bricklaying, and masonry.
Women in Malakal town were trained in making economic cooking stoves to reduce risks of sexual violence that were likely to happen when collecting firewood.
Currently, Rwanda is the 2nd biggest troops contributing country in support of UN/AU mandates with a total of 5361 military personnel deployed under different peacekeeping missions in Darfur, South Sudan, and Central Africa Republic.
Challengers CC, who won the toss and opted to field first, easily chased the target of 131 runs in 24 overs with major contributions from Zappy Bimenyimana (70runs from 60 balls) and Sruthin Padayaddy (27 runs from 34 balls).
The tournament’s closing ceremony, held at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, was a simple affair, with cricket players (both men and women) of Division I and II, and senior officials from Unimoni and Rwanda Cricket Association present.
In the Men’s Division I, Pankaj Vekaria of Kutchi Tigers CC was a standout performer. He won the Man of the Series, Best Bowler, and Best Fielder titles. Zappy Bimenyimana of Challengers Cricket Club was the Man of the Match while Calvin Watuwa from Kigali CC took home the Best Batsman award.
In the Men’s Division II, Spartans CC defeated Zonic Tigers CC by 80 runs. Simon Okech was the Man of the Match while Ivan Thawithemwira was named the Man of the Series and Best Batsman. Daniel Gumyusenge and Dhaval Patel bagged the Best Bowler and Best Fielder title respectively.
The women’s cricket matches were interesting. Charity CC won three matches out of four in the Women’s Division I and Queens of Victory CC won five out of six matches in the Women’s Division II.
Dusabimana Olive of White Clouds CC (Women Division I) and Tuyizere Cynthia of Ndera Girls CC (Women Division II) were awarded the Woman of the Series title. Tuyizere Cynthia also won the titles of Best Bowler and Best Batsman.
Speaking on the occasion, Peeush Pillai, Country Head of Unimoni Rwanda, commended the efforts of the Rwanda Cricket Association in organizing the cricket tournament and said that “tournaments like this are an ideal platform for aspiring cricketers in Rwanda to showcase their talent and to enhance their skills in the sport.”
Unimoni, a Finablr company, has a rich history of promoting sports, including cricket and football, at different levels across the world.
The Unimoni-Rwanda Cricket Association Premier League started in 2013 as a tournament for Rwanda’s major cricket clubs.
In its sixth edition now, this year’s tournament, held from 21 July to 10 November 2019, saw participation from 24 teams (14 men’s clubs and 10 women’s clubs) from across the country.
The visit was in line with the “verification of MINUSCA units’ base camps” as well as the “service performance” of Protection Support Units (PSU) and Formed Police Units (FPU).
Mr. Yenigun was accompanied by MINUSCA Deputy Police Commissioner, Brig. Gen. Ossama el Moghazy and Director of UN Mission Management Support Section of Police Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jessica Van Der Werf.
They were received by Rwanda PSU 1-IV contingent commander, SSP Alex Fata, who guided them through a tour of their base camp assessing serviceability of the infrastructure and equipment of the unit, at the same time appraising their management.
He also briefed them about the contingents’ personnel, readiness, welfare and operations conducted since its arrival.
SSP Alex Fata thanked the MINUSCA leadership and the people of CAR for the continued support and close partnership that facilitate the unit’s effective discharge of its assigned duties.
The RWAPSU 1-IV was deployed in CAR in January this year and is in charge of the close protection of CAR and UN high profile authorities.
Among those under PSU protection is the Prime Minister of CAR, the Minister of Justice, President of National Assembly, the Special Representative of the UN secretary General to CAR (SRSG), escorting foreign visiting delegations in CAR, Protection of civilians and the execution of other special tasks assigned by the command of Joint-Task Force for Bangui (JTFB).
“We assure you that we shall sustain these efforts and commitment for the good of the people of CAR,” SSP Fata said.
Commissioner (Rtd) Yenigun commended Rwanda’s commitment to UN mandate and international peace, and thanked the Rwandan peacekeepers for their “courage.”
“I am very delighted and impressed by the visit conducted today. Rwanda police achievements and contribution to UN missions is remarkable. We thank the Government of Rwanda for being among the leading police contributors to UN missions,” Yenigun said.
“Your good presentation, immeasurable efforts, and preparedness we observed during this visit, undoubtedly, show that you are performing to the standards required by the UN; keep it up.”
Rwanda maintains three Police contingents in Central African Republic (CAR); two FPUs and a PSU, each composed of 140 Police peacekeepers.
FPUs are charged with crowd control, conduct of patrols, protection of people in Internally Displaced Camps and escort duties, among others.
Other 29 Rwandan Police peacekeepers are Individual Police Officers (IPOs), who serve as mentors and advisers.
Online tests were chosen by the Rwanda National Police to facilitate a large number of citizens that attend exams and get results in real-time, unlike paper-based exams.
Rwanda police spokesperson, CP Jean Bosco Kabera said that the upcoming introduction of new 18 facilities is part of the expansion process.
“Very soon, 18 facilities will be allocated for online provisional driving license tests. These will mainly be based in different districts including Bugesera, Kayonza, Kirehe, Nyagatare, Rwamagana, Muhanga, Ruhango, Huye, Gisagara, Nyaruguru, Gicumbi, Musanze, Rubavu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Karongi, Nyamasheke, and Rusizi,” he said.
Rwanda Police recently announced that the current online facility at Muhima stopped for a period of a week from 11th to 17th November 2019 due to the expansion activities underway.
RNP’s traffic department stated that this online test will not replace paper-based exams.
They were arrested in a six-day operation dubbed ‘Operation Usalaama VI’ conducted between October 30 and November 4, during which illegal goods worth over Rwf80 million were seized from the suspects.
At least ten of those arrested during the operations are major drug dealers.
Operation Usalama was conducted jointly by Rwanda National Police (RNP), Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Rwanda Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda Energy Group (REG) and other relevant entities.
Usalama, meaning safety in Kiswahili, is a regional operation conducted every year simultaneously in 28 Eastern and Southern Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisations (EAPCCO and SARPCCO) member states against high impact crimes including; trafficking in human beings, people smuggling, counterfeit, illicit and substandard pharmaceuticals and foods and narcotics, among others.
The operation also targets environmental crimes (wildlife crimes, illegal logging, and fishing), theft of copper cables and other metals, smuggling of minerals, a proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons, terrorism and tracking fugitives.
Some of the impounded illegal and substandard goods, according to the report of the operation released Monday, include narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (136kgs of cannabis and 38,487 liters of illicit drinks) worth over Rwf32.5 million; smuggled clothing valued at Rwf11.3 million;
Other items include substandard and fake veterinary and agricultural drugs like industrial fertilizers worth Rwf25.7 million; skin bleaching cosmetics (lotions, oils and soaps) valued at Rwf3.3 million; substandard foodstuff, especially meat and bread; and 26 boxes of pharmaceuticals, which were being sold illegally; 70kgs of minerals; and 27.7kgs of stolen electric cables.
RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) John Bosco Kabera said that fighting these criminal acts should be everyone’s responsibility so as to protect legal business and the public against substandard and dangerous products.
“Together with other relevant institutions, we continue to raise awareness and enhance operations to fight and prevent such criminal practices. This is one of the reasons why units like border security, Revenue Protection Unit, and the Anti-Narcotics Unit were established,” CP Kabera said.
“These smuggled expired and counterfeit products are dangerous to legal business, harmful to consumers, and damaging to the economy through tax evasion. If you don’t want to get into conflict with the law, do legal businesses… do the right thing,” he warned.
The spokesperson called upon the general public especially those residing on borderline, to continue their community policing spirit and share information on people, who attempt to traffic and smuggle goods and other cross-border crimes.
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