Rwanda and Britain are scheduled to review their relationship after it turned sour in June following the arrest of Gen. Karenzi Karake Rwanda\u2019s Intelligence chief.<\/p>\n
The British government has sent its Minister of State for International Development and Minister for Africa in the Foreign Office, MP Grant Shapps arrives Tuesday in the capital Kigali.<\/p>\n
The UK High Commissioner in Rwanda, William Gelling, recently told the press that his government was drawing a plan to review its relations with Rwanda.<\/p>\n
On June 20, Gen. Karake was arrested by the Metropolitan Police at London Heathrow Airport. He was returning home. The British Police claimed they were complying with a 2008 Spanish issued arrest warrant that sought to extradite to spain the Rwandan General.<\/p>\n
Rwandans across the world condemned the arrest .<\/p>\n
Britain is a major donor to Rwanda extending an estimated at \u00a310 million in annual support to the budget.<\/p>\n
According to the British High Commissioner in Kigali, part of Minister Shapps\u2019 two-day visit will include touring different projects funded by the British Department for International Development (DFID) in the countryside.<\/p>\n
It is also expected that Rwanda\u2019s Finance Minister Clever Gatete and Shapps will formally sign the DFID Learning for All education programme and later meet members of the press.<\/p>\n
In 2013, DFID, in partnership with Rwanda, offered \u00a311.9million (Rwf12b) to support 26 projects promoting innovation in country\u2019s education sector, with a focus on projects promoting English.<\/p>\n
One of the successful projects is $1million \u2018Teacher Self-Learning Academy project\u2019 run by Plan International Rwanda-a child rights organisation. The project improves quality of teaching and learning in Science and English using innovative technology.<\/p>\n
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