{"id":32251,"date":"2017-02-01T05:02:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T05:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/murekezi-urges-youth-on-heroism\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T21:57:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T21:57:36","slug":"murekezi-urges-youth-on-heroism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/murekezi-urges-youth-on-heroism\/","title":{"rendered":"Murekezi urges  youth on  heroism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{As Rwanda celebrates Heroes Day for the 23rd time, the Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi has requested the youth to grow as  brave citizens of the country  and learn from Nyange students to always stick to the truth and keep the national ideals of oneness.  } <\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks yesterday as he addressed the youth among other Rwandans who attended the evening concert of celebrating Rwanda\u2019s heroes at Remera Petit Stade. <\/p>\n<p> Murekezi praised Rwanda\u2019s heroes for their sacrifice and requested the youth to learn from bravery of  Nyange students who preferred death other than being divided with  racial discrimination imposed by Interahamwe militia. <\/p>\n<p>He appreciated the efforts of soldiers who liberated the country and stopped the 1994 genocide against theTutsi under the stewardship of  president Paul Kagame. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNyange youth who became brave at a tender  age should inspire you.  Praising Rwanda\u2019s heroes is committing to preserving outcomes of their bravery and to build on their achievements,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe celebration of National Heroes Day helps to reflect more and commending the bravery RPF Inkotanyi soldiers. Let\u2019s voice our appreciation for them along with president Kagame who commanded them and currently leading Rwanda,\u201d he added.  <\/p>\n<p>The event which brought together the youth was also attended by various government officials including the Minister of Sports and Culture, Uwacu Julienne,the Minister of Defense, Gen. James Kabarebe; RDF chief of Staff and Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba among others. <\/p>\n<p>The National Heroes Day is celebrated every 1st February where government officials lay wreaths at Heroes Square in Remera in honor of those who sacrificed their lives for the nation.  <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s heroes are classified into three categories including Imanzi comprised of unknown soldier and Major General Fred Gisa Rwigema; Imena including King Mutara III Rudahigwa, Rwagasana Michel, Agathe Uwiringiyimana, Niyitegeka F\u00e9licit\u00e9 and  Nyange students. The third being Ingenzi with no recorded heroes yet.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17956 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uwacuu3-2-d5d47.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister, Anastase Murekezi \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{As Rwanda celebrates Heroes Day for the 23rd time, the Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi has requested the youth to grow as brave citizens of the country and learn from Nyange students to always stick to the truth and keep the national ideals of oneness. } He made the remarks yesterday as he addressed the youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-32251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","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":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32251","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=32251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32251"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=32251"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=32251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}