The peacekeepers in partnership with Society for Family Health in South Sudan (SFH SS) and Juba Town residents conducted general cleaning activities at Mahad IDP Camp.
They also cleared mosquito breeding sites like stagnate water and bushes around the area.
After the community work, the local residents were sensitized on how to fight against malaria. The peacekeepers also offered free medical treatment to 40 residents of the community.
On behalf of the Juba City Council authority, Mr Philip Petia appreciated the medical outreach and said it is helpful to reduce the rate of malaria cases especially in Mahad IDP camp and in their community in general.
Lt Col Emmanuel Shyaka, the Rwanbatt-1 Commander urged the IDPs and residents to keep their environment clean as a way of preventing different diseases.
The sporting event serves to make Kigali a green city while promoting a healthy lifestyle.
On Sunday 21st August 2022, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame participated along with the Minister of Sports, Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju; the Mayor of Kigali City, Pudence Rubingisa and Dr. Senait Fisseha, a specialist doctor.
The bi-monthly Car Free Day usually takes place between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. every first and third Sunday of the month, bringing together city dwellers for physical fitness exercises.
The exercise started in 2016, aimed promoting healthy lifestyle among Rwandans and help them benefit from other health activities like screening for non-communicable diseases.
Car Free Day provides a platform to educate people on healthy lifestyle choices in general and creates awareness that roads are not only built for vehicles but also for pedestrians.
Among others, the mass sports helps to reduce air pollution.
The prepaid card enables holders to have special benefits at BK Arena including discounts on tickets, foods and beverages inside BK Arena. They will also participate in raffle draws and benefit from periodic promos among others.
The BK Arena Prepaid Card which costs Rwf5000 is loaded in Rwandan Francs but customers have options to make payments for any currency both domestically and internationally.
Below are steps through which BK customers can load the card:
{{1.Loading BK Arena Prepaid Card using Mobiserve}}
Step 1: Dial *334#
Step 2: Enter your Pin (BK Mobiserve Pin)
Step 3: Select 6
Step 3: Select 2
Step 4: Enter card Number (16 digits)
Step 5: Enter Amount
Step 6: Enter Pin (BK Mobiserve Pin) and complete transaction
{{2. Loading BK Arena Prepaid Card using BK App}}
Step 1:Log into your BK App
Step 2: Click on Airtime/Utility bill
Step 3: Click on prepaid card payment icon
Step 4: Enter card Number (16 digits; wait to confirm name on card when you select amount)
Step 5: Enter Amount
Step 6: Enter Pin (BK App Pin) and complete transaction
{{3. Loading BK Arena Prepaid Card using BK Yacu Agent}}
Simply Go to any BK Yacu Agent, present your BK Arena Prepaid Card and the amount and the Agent will load it to your card instantly. You will receive a notification SMS on your phone confirming the funds are loaded on your card.
Apart from the new channels, customers can also load through Internet Banking, BK branches and MTN Wallet.
It is available at any BK Branch and BK Arena. The card which is valid for thirty-six (36) months or 3 years is given to an adult customer having a valid National ID or Passport.
Among others, the BK Arena Prepaid Card has numerous features and benefits. For instance, it does not require one to have a bank account and identifies customers using their national ID or Passport.
It is issued instantly at any BK-Branch or at the BK-Arena and can be loaded free of charges at any BK-branch, on IB, or through mobile money wallet.
With the card, Payments on POS and online are, Free PIN selection and PIN change are free.
It serves different purposes where the holder can use the card on a tap & go POS and other devices accepting card payments.
A holder can access free instant SMS and email notification for every transaction
Apart from being safer than cash (chip and PIN & OTP for online transaction), the BK Arena Prepaid Card helps customers to get better management of their funds and control spending.
The card is acceptable worldwide on ATM, POS and online, provides access to over 3,000 POS merchants in Rwanda, access to over 200 ATMs in Rwanda and high limits at the ATM, POS and online.
The celebration, organized by the Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA), was also used to honor Ghana’s first ambassador to China and founder of GHACHIFA Kojo Amoo-Gottfried.
Chinese ambassador to Ghana Lu Kun said in his keynote message that the relations between the two countries have grown rapidly, with China providing development assistance to Ghana as Ghana continued to support China on the global stage.
Lu lauded the role of GHACHIFA in deepening the time-honored friendship and fostering genuine and dynamic people-to-people diplomacy and cultural relations between the two countries.
“Long distance separates no bosom friends. Even though China and Ghana are geographically far apart, our longstanding friendship, rooted in shared historical experiences and practical cooperation, has stood the test of time and will surely keep flourishing in the years ahead,” added the Chinese ambassador.
McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong, the director of the Legal and Treaties Bureau of Ghana’s Foreign Ministry, said China is a dependable friend of Ghana. “And because we want to go far, we will continue to walk with China,” he said.
During the celebration, GHACHIFA presented a citation to Amoo-Gottfried for establishing the association in 2000 and his contributions to the friendly relations between China and Ghana.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the conference, which was read out by Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.
Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, also delivered remarks via video link.
She said the Chinese government attaches great importance to vocational education and has built the world’s largest vocational education system, which not only provides important support for high-quality development, but also meets the growth needs of different students.
China is ready to work with the international community to build a multi-tiered and wide-ranging cooperation platform, increase support for vocational education in developing countries, and enable people around the world to share the fruits of vocational education development, Sun added.
With the theme of “Vocational and Technical Education Development in the Post-pandemic Era — New Changes, New Ways and New Skills,” the conference was attended both online and offline by heads of international organizations, education ministers of different countries, and foreign diplomatic envoys to China.
The facilities include Ruhengeri, Rwamagana, Kabgayi, Butaro, Kibogora, Kibagabaga, Nyamata and Byumba hospitals. They are an addition to existing teaching hospitals namely; Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK), Butare University Teaching Hospital (CHUB), Ndera and Kanombe hospitals.
Dr. Patrick Ndimubanzi, the Executive Secretary of Rwanda Human Resources for Health (HRH) has explained that the development aligns with the government’s 10-year plan to increase doctors, nurses, midwives and specialists.
“We want to increase the number of healthcare workers and services offered in Rwanda,” he said.
Dr. Ndimubanzi has explained that the country targets to hit the number of 6513 healthcare workers who will graduate in ten years between 2020 and 2030.
Among others, Dr. Ndimubanzi disclosed that the country seeks to increase the number of students enrolled in general nursing every year from 80 or 100 to 200.
As he said, an assessment in terms of equipment, personnel and quality of services is conducted before giving such facilities the status of teaching hospitals.
“Firstly, we consider the number of workers. If we want to give particular facilities the status of teaching hospitals, we make placements of a large number of specialists. Secondly, we provide equipment to offer new services. Thirdly, we upgrade buildings where necessary,” he noted.
For instance, new buildings are being erected at Kabgayi Hospital. These include maternity wards with 120 beds and rooms for surgery. Such upgrades enable teaching hospitals to offer improved services.
The projects are part of the country’s initiative to give back to communities in the outskirts of national parks and encourage them to contribute to conservation efforts.
These community-based projects have provided clean drinking water, milk, health centres, classrooms and housing to communities living around the four national parks; Akagera National Park, Nyungwe National Park, Volcanoes National Park and Rwanda’s newest Gishwati-Mukura National Park.
Speaking at a press conference to announce the roadmap for this year’s baby gorilla naming (Kwiza Izina) activities, the Chief Tourism Officer at RDB, Ariella Kageruka revealed that environment conservation is given much attention under Rwanda’s development programs and policy.
These programs include the sharing of tourism revenues where 10% goes back to support communities the surroundings of parks.
“So far, we have injected nearly Rwf8billion in socio-economic development projects to uplift citizens’ wellbeing. Supported projects include the construction of schools and health facilities among other infrastructures,” said Kageruka.
These projects have helped citizens to understand the relevance of protecting biodiversity and conservation of parks.
This year’s Kwita Izina Gorilla Naming Ceremony will be held on 2nd September 2022 in Kinigi, Musanze District, two years after the last in-person event.
As a result of the Covid pandemic, the flagship annual ceremony was held virtually over the last two years.
This year’s 18th edition will ensure a safe return to the foothills of Volcanoes National Park, joining the communities living around the home of the endangered mountain gorillas in the ultimate celebration of nature and conservation.
The event will feature a naming ceremony of 20 baby mountain gorillas born in the park over the last 12 months. 354 baby gorillas have been named since the start of the naming ceremony in 2005.
This year’s namers will include notable partners, conservationists, international celebrities, dignitaries and friends of Rwanda.
Among others, this year’s celebration will showcase Rwanda’s conservation efforts, including the need to expand the habitat of the mountain gorillas. The day also presents an opportunity to bring to the fore efforts by the Government of Rwanda to improve the livelihoods of park communities while enabling wildlife conservation through the Tourism Revenue Share Program.
Initiated in 2005, the Tourism Revenue Share Programme aims to guide investment in the areas surrounding the various national parks in Rwanda by ensuring that 10% of all park revenues is given back to the communities.
This year, RDB will launch the Cyarubare Industrial Workshop in Kayonza District, a community project that was developed and funded by the Rwanda Development Board as part of the programme.
Additionally, this year, RDB, in partnership with African Leadership University, will organise the 2022 Business of Conversation Conference, a virtual session that brings together scholars, researchers, conservationists, policymakers and the private sector to discuss, debate and find solutions to today’s conservation challenges. The conference will take place on 31 August 2022.
ACP Rutagerura, who succeeded Ghana’s Francis Yiribaare, was officially welcomed to the Mission General Headquarters in the capital Juba on Wednesday, August 17, by UNMISS Police Commissioner, Madam Christine Fossen alongside UNPOL Deputy Police Commissioner, Rajender Pal Upadhyaya.
Madam Fossen briefed the new Chief of Operations on the general situation and mission status as well as the UNPOL mandate in South Sudan.
She also wished him the very best in his new responsibilities as the head of the Operations Pillar, which oversees operational related activities in all ten Field Offices.
ACP Rutagerura reiterated his commitment to the UNMISS mandate to further contribute to peace, security and stability for the people of South Sudan.
He later held his first meeting with heads of operation pillar units and urged them to adhere to the UN core values, and to work as a team. He commended them for their commitment and being result oriented.
The meeting looked at the key operational duties and how to address challenges affecting the implementation and realisation of the UN Police mandate in South Sudan.
Chief of Operations is the fourth in UNMISS Police Component leadership structure after the Police Commissioner, Deputy Police Commissioner and Chief of Staff, respectively.
Prior to his appointment to the UN role in South Sudan, ACP Rutagerura was the metropolitan Police Commander–City of Kigali.
RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) John Bosco Kabera appealed to parents, guardians, owners and employees in hospitality establishments, to be responsive against these unlawful acts.
“Anyone, who dresses indecently in public and those who give alcoholic beverages to children will be breaking the law and will be arrested to face the law. We appeal to parents to educate and protect their children against these acts. Bar owners and employees should also take measures to ensure that children, who come to their establishments for other lawful activities, are protected and not served alcoholic drinks to prevent them from any related risks or danger,” CP Kabera said.
Article 143 of the law determining offences and penalties in general, states that “any person, who performs an indecent act in public, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than six (6) months and not more than two (2) years.”
Clause 8 of Article 2 of the same law defines a child as a “person under the age of eighteen.”
In article 27 of Law N°71/2018 of 31/08/2018 relating to the protection of the child, stipulates that “Any person, who offers a child alcoholic beverages or tobacco commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to a community service for a period not exceeding one (1) month.”
In case of recidivism, the penalty is imprisonment for a term of not less than one month but less than three months and a fine of not less than Rwf100,000 and not more than Rwf200,000.
The same law specifies that a person, who sells alcoholic beverages or tobacco to a child, causes or encourages a child to drink alcoholic beverages, to smoke or to go to bars commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months but less than six months and a fine of not less than Rwf100,000 and not more than Rwf200,000.
