{"id":16849,"date":"2014-10-14T05:26:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T05:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bernard-makuza-voted-as-new-senate-president\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T10:36:53","slug":"bernard-makuza-voted-as-new-senate-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bernard-makuza-voted-as-new-senate-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Makuza voted as new Senate President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Makuza has been elected Rwanda\u2019s new senate President replacing [ Dr. Ntawukurirya Jean Damascene who resigned last month.->http:\/\/en.igihe.com\/news\/reasons-why-rwandan-senators-lost-trust-in-dr.html]<\/p>\n<p>25 Senators out of 26 Senators voted for Makuza with only one member voting \u2018No\u2019.<\/p>\n<p> He stood unopposed after Laurent Nkusi&#8217;s declined to be nominated for the position. <\/p>\n<p>Makuza was nominated by fellow senator Apollinaire Mushinzimana.<\/p>\n<p>Makuza has been serving as Senate vice president in charge of Legislation and Government Oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Fatou Harerimana has been voted as the new Senate Vice President, with 21 votes out of 26<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-7121 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/11-bernard-makuza.jpg\" alt=\"Senate President Bernard Makuza\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Makuza has been elected Rwanda\u2019s new senate President replacing [ Dr. Ntawukurirya Jean Damascene who resigned last month.->http:\/\/en.igihe.com\/news\/reasons-why-rwandan-senators-lost-trust-in-dr.html] 25 Senators out of 26 Senators voted for Makuza with only one member voting \u2018No\u2019. He stood unopposed after Laurent Nkusi&#8217;s declined to be nominated for the position. Makuza was nominated by fellow senator Apollinaire Mushinzimana. 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