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  • Prof. Munyanziza Laid to Rest

    {{Prof. Esiron Munyanziza has been laid to rest. The Academician died on Monday 18 June in a surprising manner that has left relatives and residents shocked. He was burried on Wednesday at Ngoma public cemetry in Huye district.}}

  • ICPAR Trains Institutions on New Auditing Standards

    {{The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR), held a workshop June 20, to equip those charged with responsibilities related to audits of financial statements with the new skills in current audit program and procedures.}}

    ICPAR is a Professional Accountancy Organization (PAO) mandated by law to regulate the Accounting profession in the republic of Rwanda.

    Speaking to the press during the seminar; Peter Rutaremara ICPAR president said, “Practical approach in this seminar will impart skills on how to audit in financial statement.”

    “We are training them on international standards in auditing and how it is being done internally.This is to refresh them and to make sure what they are doing is in compliance with international auditing standards,” he added.

    Rutaremara also said that in auditing every time there is a new development and that such workshop is to keep them updated and to help them overcome challenges in the particular field.

    He further noted that among the challenges auditors go through is mainly time to update themselves on the current programs saying they always busy.

    Over 50 participants from the cross cutting fields including; Professional Accountants, Audit Practitioners, Internal Auditors, Audit Consultants, among others turned up for the one day seminar held at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali.

    Among the trainees; Leger Iradutiza from GPO Partners Rwanda Ltd, a cabinet of External Auditors said, “I applaud the training it is in the exact line with our work as auditors, and they taught us new standards to help us perform well during our work.”

    According to ICPAR; compliance to International Standards on Auditing continues to be a real challenge to the professional Accountants and Auditors.

    Participants were trained on Audit Planning, Audit of the statement of Financial Position, Audit of the Statement of Comprehensive Income, and also Audit Completion.

    The case of Rwanda is also highlighted by the 2008 World Bank study on compliance with accounting and auditing standards.

    The International Standards on Auditing Clarity Project commissioned by the International Accounting and Auditing Standards Board (IAASB) IN 2008 requires Audit Firms and Practitioners to implement the introduced significant changes as soon as is practicable.

  • Experts to Craft EAC Final Arms Treaty

    {{The East African Community (EAC) partner Statesare finalising plans to craft a common position that the region will present next month at the UN ArmsTrade Treaty (ATT) in New York.}}

    Ahmed Wafuba, the coordinator of Uganda’s National Focal Point (NFP) on Small Arms, says that the move will enhance efforts aimed at ridding the region of illegal firearms that have led to loss of innocent lives.

    “We have come up with a position and it remains to be sent to the council of ministers,” Wafuba said during the launch of the global week of action against gun violence in Kampala early this week.

    The awareness week in Uganda has been coordinated by the EAC secretariat in collaboration with the German International Development Agency (GIZ) and the Eastern Africa Action Network on Small Arms (EAANSA).

    Wafuba said that EAC partner States would support the UN arms trade treaty that is legally binding for it to achieve the highest common international standards for transfer of firearms.

    “The issue of conventional arms and small arms plus the ammunitions should be regulated,” he said, adding that Uganda had so far destroyed 97,000 pieces of assault and firearms over a period of three years. Many governments have voiced concern about the absence of globally agreed rules to guide their decisions on arms transfers.

    Citing Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was once dubbed the “Merchant of Death”, Uganda’s State minister for Internal Affairs James Baba, urged that the treaty should stop manufacturers of weapons from giving them to wrong hands.

    “Our people aren’t killed by tanks or any sophisticated weapons, they are killed by light weapons supplied by these merchants of death,” said Mr Baba.

    Uganda’s minister of Internal Affairs Hillary Onek said that his government is now in the process of reviewing its laws on firearms and ammunitions to ensure that issues of small arms are expressly addressed to include severe and deterrent measures for offenders.

    Martin Ogango, an official from the GIZ-SALW programme on promotion of peace and security wondered why up to now there is no law that globally controls the movements of arms from the manufacturing stage to the final user.

    Preparations to address the absence of globally agreed rules for all Countries to guide their decisions on arms transfers have been underway since 2006, and are culminating into the UN Conference in New York to run from July 2–27 this year.

  • Robert Mugabe’s Convoy Hits Van, One dead

    {{In Zimbabwe one person reportedly died and 15 others were seriously injured in a crash involving President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade on Sunday. This is the third such accident in two weeks.}}

    A car thought to have been leading the motorcade in the president’s convoy hit a commuter bus on the Robert Mugabe highway outside the president’s home town of Zvimba.

    Zimbabwe Police spokesperson Wayne Bvudzijena said Sunday’s accident happened because the bus failed to make way for the president’s vehicles quickly enough.

    Mugabe’s convoy involves an escort of around 10 vehicles including the presidential limousine, motorcycles and army vehicles.

    Bvudzijena said the bus driver had failed to heed the siren and beacon of the escort vehicle, leading to a head-on collision between the minibus and a police car.

    “One passenger in the commuter bus died on the spot while 15 passengers from both vehicles were injured in the accident,” Mr Bvudzijena told the AFP news agency.

    Police VIP protection spokesman Martin Mbokochena criticised what he called “some unruly elements in society who want to disturb”.

    Two weeks ago, a motorbike in the presidential cavalcade hit and killed a homeless man during another visit to the president’s home town.

    A member of the presidential guard died and seven others were hurt in a separate leg of the same trip, when a truck in the motorcade overturned after one of its tyres burst.

  • Police Seize Narcotics, Illicit Brew in Chain Operations

    {{Surprising Police operations have resulted in the seizure of several litres of illicit brew and narcotics.

    Police in Gasabo district arrested Emmanuel Ntibanyurwa in possession of 23 rolls of cannabis in the bar.}}

    Meanwhile in another incident, during cordon and search operations Apollinaire Mukansanga, a resident of Kacyiru Sector, in Gasabo district was arrested with 14 kgs of cannabis.

    Police in Ngoma District on Sunday also arrested Jerome Dusabimana 26, after he was found in possession 2 Kilograms of Cannabis.

    35 litres of illicit brew were confiscated at the residence of Christophe Habimana, 35, after he was found selling Kanyanga during a cordon and search operation conducted by Police in Nyarubuye sector, Kirehe district.

    Police spokesperson Superintendent Theos Badege said, “Such collaborations are not good news for criminals because they know that they can be arrested anytime”.

  • NUR Lecturer Found Dead in Toilet Room

    Prof. Esiron Munyanziza attached to the National University of Rwanda was found dead in his toilet room and blood stained on his bedroom floor.

    The Academician died on Monday 18 June in a surprising manner that has left relatives and residents shocked.

    Prof. Munyanziza was a lecturer in the faculty of Agriculture. He had been living with a housemaid only.}}

    On the fateful day, the housemaid found the academician dead in the toilet room and alerted residents.

    Micomyiza Jean Baptiste in charge of media at the national University of Rwanda told IGIHE that, the Housemaid noticed that Munyanziza had not left the house for work by ten o’clock in the morning.

    That the housemaid knocked on Munyanziza’s bedroom door and there wasn’t any response. He later decided to break the lock and entered only to find blood on the floor and saw the body of the Professor lying in the toilet room. The housemaid later notified residents in the area.

    Goretti Mukambanda a niece to the late professor said that her uncle did not have any prior problem that could have resulted in such a sudden death.

    Mukambanda was preparing to visit the professor when she learnt of his death.

    “I had spoken with uncle Munyanziza on telephone on 17 June about my new baby I had showed to the church. Uncle told me he was pleased with the news and asked me to visit him on Monday. I was preparing to visit him and learnt of his sudden death,” Mukambanda narrated.

    Mukambanda further said that Munyanziza had been suffering from a knee complication.

    She added that a small five-litre can containing urine-like concoction was found in the housemaids room suspecting it could be a local concoction that could have been used to end his life.

    On learning about the death of the academician, Police swiftly sealed off the premises of University staff and began investigations including seizure of the five-litre can containing urine-like concoction.

  • Oxford-Cambridge Club of Nigeria Hails Kagame’s Leadership

    {{President Paul Kagame Monday met with a delegation of members of Nigerian Oxford-Cambridge Club. Their visit was aimed at acquainting themselves with the Leadership of President Kagame. }}

    The delegation comprises of former students at Oxford and Cambrigde universities in Britain.

    The Oxford-Cambridge Club comprises of over 400 members.

    Akinfela Akoni the leader of the delegation explained that the club members had come to express their satisfaction with President Kagames leadership in Rwanda.

    “We are pleased to be invited at the Gacaca courts closing ceremony. We have learnt a lot from this event and we have learnt how the traditional Gacaca courts helped Rwandans,” Akinfela noted.

  • Fire Destroys University Van

    {{Fire destroyed a van belonging to Kigali Independent University (ULK). The incidence took place at Muhima sector offices.

    The driver of the van had parked the car and gone to find a spare parts. Later the van caught fire before he had returned.

    Police arrived on time at the scene but attempts to put out the fire were futile.
    Dushimirimana Jerome an eyewitness told IGIHE that the fire was so strong that it was impossible to extinguish it.

    However, by press time the ULK officials could not be reached by telephone for comment.}}

  • Korean Air Says Kenyans are ‘Primitive’

    {{Diplomatic relations between Kenya and South Korea are currently unpleasant following Korean Air online Advertisement that refers to Kenyans are ‘Primitive’.}}

    Kenyans have demanded an immediate apology.

    Korean Air advertisement was aimed at launching direct flights to Nairobi.
    Part of the advert which has generated heated debate on the social media reads in part: “Fly to Nairobi with Korean Air and enjoy the grand African savanna, the safari tour, and the indigenous people full of primitive energy.”

    The term ‘primitive energy’ has apparently annoyed many Kenyans on the social media who have demanded an apology.

    Primitive means ‘belonging to a very simple society with no industry or belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or very simple and old fashioned.’

    However, Korean Air via its twitter handle @KoreanAir_KE on Today (Monday) has issued an apology promising to investigate how the offending advert came to be.

    “Regarding our recent promotional notice of Nairobi, we are checking on this issue accordingly. We sincerely apologize for this situation,” the airline posted on twitter on Thursday at 11:22 am.

    “After ‘checking’, it will be appropriate to issue an apology to ‪Kenyans on your website and mass media,” Kimunya Mugo tells the airline on twitter.

    “You’d better be thoroughly apologetic. We are not very pleased with our primitive energy,” says Nick Walubengo on twitter.

    “Seems like they have realised that the people they thought were primitive aren’t afterall,” Nomkhoni Warui adds.

  • Burundi Police Handsover Murder Suspect to Rwanda

    {{Burundi Police has handed over a Rwandan national suspected of murdering Colette Munyana 19.
    Jacques Shumbusho 23 allegedly murdered Munyana on March 12, 2012 and fled to neighbouring Burundi.}}

    The Prime suspect was handedover to Rwanda National Police on Saturday at Akanyaru boarder post. The Bourgmestre of Kabarore in Burundi and his Rwanda mayor of Nyaruguru district, Francis Habitegeko were present.

    Shumbusho was arrested in Burundi after the Burundian Police was notified about the Rwandan criminal who was on the run.

    He has been held at Kayanza prison for nearly three month as Burundian Interpol office liaised with their Rwandan counterparts.

    He was deported after completing Interpol transfer procedures. Shumbusho had sought refuge in Burundi to evade justice.

    However, due to the bilateral cooperation of the Police forces of the sister countries he was apprehended and is set to face justice.

    He is currently held at Nyaruguru Police Station while investigation continues.
    “Shumbusho has been handed over to the Police who will have to observe the normal procedure of handling a criminal case by holding him for not more than 72 hours before handing him to the prosecution,” Police Spokesperson Superintendent Theos Badege said.