{"id":36415,"date":"2017-12-04T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T09:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-first-lady-participate-in-car-free-day-36415\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T20:34:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:34:58","slug":"kagame-first-lady-participate-in-car-free-day-36415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-first-lady-participate-in-car-free-day-36415\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame, First Lady participate in Car Free Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Kagame requested the Ministry of Sports and Culture to increase hours of the event.  <\/p>\n<p>Every first Sunday of the month, Downtown Kigali-Amahoro stadium road get accessible for pedestrians and cyclists in morning hours where afterwards they convene at Rwanda Revenue Authority ground for physical exercises.<\/p>\n<p>It is in line with this programme that the head of state and First Lady joined sportsmen in the exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Sports and Culture, Julienne Uwacu hailed the first family\u2019s participation in the event saying that though they have much duties, they do their best to participate in activities aimed at helping Rwandans live healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy, we know that he likes sports and supports it, we encourage others to join us, people should incorporate sports among their programmes because it helps to maintain physical fitness and overall health and wellness,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Uwacu said that president Kagame requested them to add more efforts in the programme \u2018two hours should be extended for this programme to be more effective\u2019<br \/>\nCar Free Day was launched in Rwanda back in May 2016 and people from different parts of the city continue to attend. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23025 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dewd3.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame and First Lady, Jeannette Kagame yesterday with city residents in the monthly mass sports \u2018Car Free Day\u2019\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23024 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fncwes.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23023 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_lrfgv.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23027 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ekjh.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23026 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ejkdr.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Photos: Village Urugwiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame and First Lady, Jeannette Kagame yesterday joined city residents in monthly mass sports \u2018Car Free Day\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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 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