{"id":2660,"date":"2012-07-04T16:02:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandans-in-kenya-mark-50-years-of-rwanda-s-self\/"},"modified":"2012-07-04T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:17:08","slug":"rwandans-in-kenya-mark-50-years-of-rwanda-s-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandans-in-kenya-mark-50-years-of-rwanda-s-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandans in Kenya Mark 50 Years of Rwanda&#8217;s Self Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Rwandans living in Kenya today marked the 50th Independence anniversary of the republic of Rwanda held at the Rwanda High commission in Kenya.}}<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda got her independence on July 1 1962, from Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Post independence Rwanda was characterised by divisionism, prejudice and hatred among the citizens and this climaxed into the 1994 genocide against ethnic Tutsi, during which a million people died in a period of 100 days. <\/p>\n<p>The Charge &#8216;d Affaires a.i Madam Yamina Karitanyi High Commission of Rwanda in Kenya presented a Speech highlighting major strides Rwanda has achieved including; creation of 650,000 jobs , 80% of them in non agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>She added that fertility rate in the country had dropped from 6% to 4.6%. That between 2006 and 2011, Poverty in Rwanda dropped by 11.8%.<\/p>\n<p>It was also revealed that enrolment in secondary schools has increased threefold. <\/p>\n<p>That infant and maternal mortality rates have declined by 41% and 35% respectively.  <\/p>\n<p>The commissioner also highlited Rwanda\u2019s positive strides in areas of Justice and bilateral cooperation both with regional neighbours and abroad. <\/p>\n<p>She also told participants that Rwanda is now a leading contributor to Unite Nations Peacekeeping operations and has successfully chaired the Peace building commission and shared its post conflict recovery story with other countries emerging from conflict. <\/p>\n<p>Present at the  Anniversary were Diplomats, CEO Equity and the Director General United Nations Office Nairobi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1540 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/charge_d_affaires_a.i_at_the_high_commission_of_rwanda_in_kenya_madam_yamina_karitanyi.jpg\" alt=\"Charge&#039;d Affaires a.i at the High Commission of Rwanda in Kenya Madam Yamina Karitanyi\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1539 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/diplomatic_guests.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Rwandans living in Kenya today marked the 50th Independence anniversary of the republic of Rwanda held at the Rwanda High commission in Kenya.}} Rwanda got her independence on July 1 1962, from Belgium. 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