{"id":21721,"date":"2015-12-08T05:34:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T05:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gen-kabarebe-to-media-support-national-interests\/"},"modified":"2015-12-08T05:34:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T05:34:33","slug":"gen-kabarebe-to-media-support-national-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gen-kabarebe-to-media-support-national-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Kabarebe to media: Support national interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The Minister of Defense, Gen James Kabarebe, has advised Rwandan media fraternity to desist from working with enemies of the state but serve national interests that foster unity and development.}<\/p>\n<p>Kabarebe who was giving a talk on \u201cLiberation War and Reconstructing Rwanda\u201d to over 100 journalists attending National Itorero held in Nkumba, Northern Province, said the country has taken giant developments steps, reconstructed infrastructures and mindset and built patriotism and nationalism amongst Rwandans.<\/p>\n<p>He said that some foreign media firms act as spy agents especially in poor countries, an act that should not be allowed to gnaw on Rwanda media. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll media around the World promote the interests of their countries. Our media cannot accept to be manipulated by foreign media or enemies. Such manipulation should be eliminated and commit to engage in our country\u2019s development and consolidating attained progress,\u201c he said, further appealing to journalists not to undermine Rwandan army or unity of Rwandans. <\/p>\n<p>Journalists in the National Itorero have also expressed willingness to play their role in sustaining integrity and unity of the country. <\/p>\n<p>During this edition of National Itorero for journalists called \u2018Impamyabigwi mu nkomezamihigo\u2019, participants have pledged maximum support in the ongoing process of reconstructing the country, sharing Rwanda\u2019s achievements with the world. <\/p>\n<p>Journalists were explained that the National Itorero organized is not meant to threaten media freedom but a period of evaluation and seeking values that should guide journalists. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-9690 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1404423479e.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Defense,Gen James Kabarebe\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Minister of Defense, Gen James Kabarebe, has advised Rwandan media fraternity to desist from working with enemies of the state but serve national interests that foster unity and development.} Kabarebe who was giving a talk on \u201cLiberation War and Reconstructing Rwanda\u201d to over 100 journalists attending National Itorero held in Nkumba, Northern Province, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000070706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-21721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","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":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","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":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000070706,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton21721.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton21721.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton21721.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton21721.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton21721.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton21721.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21721","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=21721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000070706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21721"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=21721"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=21721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}