{"id":2000121038,"date":"2026-07-30T13:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000121038"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:50:37","slug":"senate-extends-condolences-to-family-of-mukabalisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/senate-extends-condolences-to-family-of-mukabalisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate extends condolences to the family of Mukabalisa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The message of condolence was issued after news of Mukabalisa\u2019s death emerged on Thursday morning, July 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She died at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, where she had been receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is with heavy heart and great sorrow that the Senate of Rwanda announces the passing of Honourable Donatille Mukabalisa who died today , July 30, 2026, at the King Faisal Hospital in Kigali. Our thoughts are with the family of late Senator Donatille Mukabalisa,\u201d reads a statement released by the Senate adding that details regarding the memorial service and funeral will be communicated later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukabalisa was born in Nyamata, Bugesera District, in July 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her political career, she was elected as a Member of Parliament in October 2003, a position she held until 2008. She later served as a Senator from 2011 to 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, Mukabalisa returned to the Chamber of Deputies, where she was later elected Speaker, a position she held until 2024 following new parliamentary elections. She did not seek re-election after completing two terms in the lower chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukabalisa also served as the President of the Liberal Party (PL), a political party founded on July 14, 1991. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mukabalisa died on Thursday succumbing to natural cause. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Senate of Rwanda has expressed condolences to the family of Senator Donatille Mukabalisa, who passed away after an illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000121039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000121038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-40","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000121039,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/117935156_3194991370597310_6581749032348472466_n-df944.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Mukabalisa died on Thursday succumbing to natural cause. ","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/117935156_3194991370597310_6581749032348472466_n-df944.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/117935156_3194991370597310_6581749032348472466_n-df944.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/117935156_3194991370597310_6581749032348472466_n-df944.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/117935156_3194991370597310_6581749032348472466_n-df944.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/117935156_3194991370597310_6581749032348472466_n-df944.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000121038"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000121041,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121038\/revisions\/2000121041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000121039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000121038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000121038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000121038"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000121038"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000121038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}