The bus registered number RAD 248K was carrying 56 passengers from Rubavu District in Western province heading to Kigali.
According to local leaders on the scene, no passenger has been injured.
The incident took place in Cyintare Cell, Kivuruga Sector of Gakenke District at around 8:15am this morning.
“No person has died nor injured because when the driver saw smoke billowing from the engine, he requested all passengers to disembark and remove their luggage from inside the bus,” the Executive Secretary of Kivuruga Sector, Jean Bosco Nkurunziza told IGIHE.
Police arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire, but the bus had been completely damaged.
The event took place yesterday in Kayonza where Equity Bank Staff also visited Mukarange Genocide Memorial site and paid tribute to 8707 victims laid to rest there.
Speaking at the event, Equity Bank Chief Executive Officer, Hannington Namara said that commemorating is crucial for people to maintain good future.
“Remembrance means a lot to us because those who don’t commemorate do not know where they are headed. Also commemorating is an opportunity to reflect our history, that of the country, and also remembering our families so that we learn from them and aim higher, and work hard to achieve more than we have achieved,” he said.
Fifteen cows donated to the survivor families have the value of rwf6 million.
Namara urged beneficiaries to sustain the cows so that they will also donate to their neighbors.
Emmanuel Nshimyumukiza, one of the beneficiaries said that the cow will help him to develop.
“This is a good gesture that will help me towards the development of my family. I really thank our benefactors because, my family will get milk and I will be able to fertilize my farm,” he said.
Kayonza District Mayor, Jean Claude Murenzi thanked Equity Bank and pledged the district’s support in following-up on the health of the cows.
“We thank you for the great support to people who survived the genocide against the Tutsi. This support backs the government programmes and we will ensure that these cows are well maintained,” he said.
After the event in Kayonza, the bank staff convened in a night vigil at headquarters in Kigali to remember the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
The bank has also been supporting genocide survivors in different development activities. Last year, the Bank’s Executive Council donated hybrid cows to 20 survivor families in Nyamagabe District.
“We have a big problem. We contributed money for electricity connection but we have not been connected for eight years now. Some households contributed Rwf30,000, others Rwf15,000. Leaders have been rotating here promising to end the problem but nothing has been done. We are in dilemma,” says Mr. Félicien Hitimana who contributed Rwf15,000.
He adds that residents were mobilised by local leaders who collected money and deposited it on REG’s bank account.
Mr. Célestin Rusanganwa who also contributed Rwf15,000 angrily told IGIHE on Wednesday, “My wish is that they either give us electricity or bring back our money but they will have to add interest.”
The Executive Secretary of Tare Sector, David Mporayonzi confirmed that by the request of EWSA, local leaders mobilised Kaganza residents who collected over Rwf1 million which was deposited on the bank account of EWSA eight years ago.
EWSA which previously combined energy and water utilities was later merged into REG and WASAC as two institutions.
“I have on several occasions talked to REG branch in our district about this problem but they have not addressed it yet. I think it was a serious mistake by EWSA. The blame is on their staff that kept rotating in positions without considering this problem,” said Mporayonzi.
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REG Branch Manager in Nyamagabe District, Mr. Innocent Karinganire said there was time EWSA encouraged citizens to contribute for electricity connection but there was a mistake by Kaganza residents who deposited money on EWSA accounts when there was no imminent plan to connect their area but all is now set to start the construction of Kaganza power distribution line early next month.
“We learned of that problem and never kept quiet on citizens’ complaints. They are 58 households that paid Rwf1,137,000 on EWSA account. We reported this to REG head office, they did Kaganza field study some time back and found a distance of 3.5 kilometres requiring a budget of over Rwf50 million for a line. It was somehow expensive,” he said.
“But as we talk now, I have been informed by REG planning team that the construction of Kaganza line will start on 7th May. We are working on those residents’ problem and it is obviously in their rights to have electricity as it is the government’s target to provide energy access to all citizens. I will visit and update them on the progress next Monday.”
Rwanda targets to increase the current slightly over 40% energy access to 100% by 2024.
Over the past decade, GHC has worked under the leadership of President Kagame to recruit and train over 170 young advocates to bring change in Rwanda’s health sector.
“In Rwanda, we have made amazing strides in achieving health equity, and we look with anticipation to the future. Our large and growing youth population reflects a great opportunity. GHC’s work recruiting and training young leaders with diverse backgrounds and skillsets has been critical to driving the health equity movement forward, so the Skoll Award is a win for all of us. The GHC team in Rwanda is excited to continue to work with our NGO partners and the Rwandan government to create a bright future where health as a human right is realized for all Rwandans,” said Jean Rene Shema, Global Health Corps’ Rwanda Country Director.
GHC’s official partners include Partners In Health, the Ministry of Health, MASS Design Group, Gardens for Health International, and many others.
“I am so grateful and proud of our team and all of our partners in Rwanda. This milestone is a testament to their hard work and vision. As we pause to celebrate our progress to date, we recognize that the Skoll Award for GHC is a validation of the power of young, African leadership. We’re so excited to leverage this Award to achieve greater impact as our fellows and alumni lead the charge to expand access to quality, affordable healthcare in the years to come,” said Barbara Bush, GHC’s co-founder and Board Chair.
The Skoll Foundation awards the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship annually to a few transformative leaders whose organizations disrupt the status quo and drive sustainable large-scale change. Awardees are selected from among hundreds of candidates, and they undergo a rigorous, months-long due diligence process to assess their model and their achieved and potential impact.
Since 2009, GHC has recruited and developed a network of 170 innovative young leaders in Rwanda who are united by the belief that health is a human right.
Bizimana was speaking yesterday in Kigali while attending the commemoration former Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) staff who were killed in the genocide.
He said that the hate politics in education was started by colonizers and missionaries by enrolling in schools only children of royal families which were Tutsi so that they would help them in their daily activities.
He said that the first and second republic took over saying that they were going to end such inequality in education, but they did the contrary by segregating Tutsi students and dismissing them from schools.
“Education is there for enlightening people, but the education which the country had, due to bad politics, did the contrary,” Bizimana said.
Speaking at the event, Researcher in the Centre for Conflict Management in at University of Rwanda, Prof. François Masabo said that education was used as the center for planning genocide ideology, segregation, destroying humanity and preventing people from critical thinking.
“Today’s education should stand against the genocide ideology and fight it through teaching children on critical thinking and making good choice,” he said.
Education Minister, Dr. Eugène Mutimura said that Rwanda’s education gives hope that the genocide will not re-occur as it is founded on giving equal opportunity to all Rwandans.
“The Ministry of Education educates without segregation, we give opportunity to all Rwandans and create confidence in all people,” he said.
At the event, mourners laid wreaths to the monument which has the names of former Ministry’s staff who were slain during the genocide.
A Kigali lawyer, Donat Mutunzi went missing on April 13th 2018 and later put into police custody on 19th where he was found dead Monday morning in Ndera Police Station of Gasabo District.
According to the Rwanda Investigation Bureau Spokesperson Modeste Mbabazi, Mutunzi was arrested last week allegedly for indecent assault with violence but committed suicide while in police custody.
Conveying their condolences, Rwanda Bar Association pledged support and assistance to the family and friends of late Mutunzi in these difficult times.
“After getting the devastating news of the death of our peer, the Rwandan Bar Association would like to condole and comfort family and friends in these difficult times”, reads a statement signed by the head of the association, Me Julien Kavaruganda.
The Rwanda National Police Spokesperson, CP Theos Badege, told IGIHE that Me Mutunzi was visited by his wife while in custody.
However, Valentine Ugirimpuhwe said she didn’t know of his late husband’s whereabouts from his disappearance to the time police informed her of his death in a phone call.
Badege said that around 4am on Monday, the time custody warders usually let detainees out for their personal hygiene, Me Mutunzi was found hanging in his cell.
CP Badege added that two bottles of Skol beer were also found in late Me Mutunzi’s cell, leading to the fact that he had spent the night drinking. He had smashed one of the bottles to shred the bedsheet into a rope he used for suicide.
Meanwhile, Rwanda National Police says will establish how the two alcohol bottles, which are prohibited were sneaked into his cell.
Mutunzi’s family says that he went missing on April 13th and had last been seen taking his children to school.
He served as an advocate for Dr Léon Mugesera who was extradited from Canada over genocide crimes. Mugesera was convicted and is serving life in Prison.
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The delegation led by Eng. Saif Nasser Al-Kindi was received in Rwanda yesterday by the forum of football training centers operating in Rwanda, known as ‘Ijabo Ryawe Rwanda’.
Ijabo Ryawe Rwanda is a forum of 223 football training centers operating countrywide to develop football throughout youth training centers.
Speaking to the media yesterday, the head of the delegation and the Chief Executive Officer of Oman’s Excellence Sports Academy, Eng. Saif Nasser said that they came to Rwanda to discuss different issues of cooperation between their academies.
“We have experts at grassroots and team members who have been working in different countries and have many years of experience in football. Generally, we have a very good experience in grassroots football, so we will discuss the cooperation to promote our football academies,” he said.
The visit follows a courtesy call by the Head of Ijabo Ryawe Rwanda, Sheikh Hamdan Habimana to the Oman-based officials in October last year where he visited Oman’s Excellence Sports Academy as part of fostering relations aimed at developing grassroots football in Rwanda.
Habimana said that though Oman is not well known in football Worldwide, Rwanda will benefit from them in terms of technical assistance.
“We need cooperation from them in terms of technical assistance as our children are well talented in football. They are not well known in football’s international scene, but they have developed sectors like health sector, so, here they can help us with medication when a player gets a problem,” he said.
On Tuesday, the delegation also visited Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) where they were received by its president, Rtd. Brig. Gen. Jean Damascène Sekamana and discussed grassroots football development and possible cooperation pact.
MIDIMAR says that 56 hectares of crops were damaged, among them 45 in Gatsibo and eleven in Nyabihu.
Also 48 houses were damaged in Rwamagana District as 31 houses and one road were damaged in Nyabihu District.
Speaking to IGIHE, the Recovery and Rehabilitation Officer at MIDIMAR, Isabelle Mucyowera said that a majority of the deceased died as a result of houses that collapsed on them.
“The landslides hit houses which collapsed on them. One person from Gasabo District is still missing,” she said.
Rains also caused floods in Districts of Nyabihu and Bugesera, blocked roads and interrupted traffic.
Speaking to the Media while attending the burial of the deceased in Jabana Sector of Gasabo District, MIDIMAR Minister, Jeanne d’Arc Debonheur urged people to relocate from high risk zones and seek safe shelters. She said that they will facilitate vulnerable families relocate.
“We are going to cooperate with the Ministry of Local Governance and seek ways to relocate people from zones which put their lives in danger,” she said.
Debonheur said that assessment continues to establish the value of damaged properties.
Statistics from MIDIMAR shows that since January to April 16th this year, disasters killed 51 people and injured 170.
A statement from RURA indicates that the radio station has been ordered to complete the process of closing in two days from today.
The Revocation follows failure by Amazing Grace Christian Radio to comply with RURA’s instructions given after a sermon was aired by the Radio on 29th January 2018, in which a radio presenter Nicolas Niyibikora, repeatedly insulted women referring to them as evil. This broadcast followed a pattern of radio shows insulting other religious beliefs.
“The conduct of the Amazing Grace Radio violated article 21(4A and 4B) of Regulation No 004/R/MR-MCA/RURA/2017 of 30 June 2017 governing Broadcasting services in Rwanda, in regard to upholding public morality and Rwandan culture and values in general,” reads the statement from RURA.
Following the breach of the above regulations, RURA imposed sanctions against Amazing Grace Radio, which included making an apology to the public, by correcting the aired program, a one-month suspension of the radio and a fine of two million francs (Rwf2.000.000)
A letter was sent requesting an explanation for non-compliance after Amazing Grace Radio ignored RURA’s instructions. The reasons given in their response were found to be unsatisfactory.
Consequently, RURA has decided to revoke the license for providing broadcasting services and the radio communicating license issued to Amazing Grace Christian Radio.
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to unleash – you guessed it – Infinity War.
The Epic and highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest entry, “Avengers: Infinity War,” that had its world premiere in Los Angeles last night, will be premiered in Kigali like the rest of the world, on April 27th, in Century Cinemas.
Here’s what you should keep in mind for this Jaw-dropping and Epic blockbuster;
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Since his introduction at the end of The Avengers, the bad guy A.K.A Thanos, has been the major lurking threat to almost every character in the MCU. The through line to his recurring appearances has been his quest to find six legendary Infinity Stones, which he plans to put into a shiny Infinity Gauntlet. The result is unlimited power and the opportunity to unleash – you guessed it – Infinity War. We’ve already seen five of the stones in previous films; it’s safe to assume that the final one will be revealed in this new film.
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In the final moments of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker was offered a chance to join the Avengers by his mentor Tony Stark, who even built him a nifty new Iron Spider suit. He turned it down. Of course, that kind of refusal won’t keep him from web-slinging in Infinity War, but it might be worth remembering that he’s still something of an outsider. (For that matter, Ant-Man is also something of a free agent, in terms of his official Avengers status … which could factor into the film as well.)
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One of the subplots in Thor: Ragnarok was the disturbance of the balance between the peaceful human Bruce Banner and his rage-filled alter ego, the Hulk. It appears that Banner’s time spent as the big green guy is getting longer all the time – and could even become permanent.
{{Iron Man and Captain America still aren’t getting along.
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The two alpha males of the MCU have had a playfully adversarial relationship from their first scene together, but they really don’t like each other now. The drama started in Captain America: Civil War when the red, white and blue hero refused to be overseen by the UN and chose to protect his brainwashed pal Bucky instead of siding with Iron Man. When the smoke cleared, Cap and his allies – Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Falcon and Scarlet Witch – became fugitives and presumably went underground with the assistance of Black Panther. Black Widow was caught in the middle, but eventually sided with Cap (detailed in a tie-in comic book that’s apparently canon). Most importantly, Mr. Rogers also left a phone with Iron Man to use if his old friend ever needs him again. Spoiler: It will probably ring in Infinity War.
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One of the most iconic weapons of the MCU, Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, was destroyed by Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. Ye olde God of Thunder learned he was still powerful without the superweapon, of course, but Infinity War will apparently see the big guy looking for a replacement somewhere other than a hardware store.
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Civil War ended with Captain America’s best bud Bucky being placed into a cryogenic state in the hope that his Manchurian Candidate-esque brainwashing could be reversed by the super-scientists of Wakanda one day. Then the post-credits tag for Black Panther revealed that Shuri had completed that process – so Cap’s sidekick is now back to normal and ready for action. Bucky will likely join the Black Panther crew, now an international force after T’Challa revealed the existence of Wakanda to the world at the end of his blockbuster movie. Which is great: The Avengers are going to need all the help they can get.
Avengers: Infinity War will be screened in Century Cinemas Kigali, which recently premiered superhero film Black Panther in 3D. Tickets will be booked under Rwf7000 only.
For more information, you may visit Century Cinemas Kigali’s HeadQuarters or their website [www.centurycinemas.rw->www.centurycinemas.rw].
