{"id":37271,"date":"2018-04-10T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/new-prime-minister-s-office-appointees-take\/"},"modified":"2018-04-12T08:26:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T08:26:16","slug":"new-prime-minister-s-office-appointees-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/new-prime-minister-s-office-appointees-take\/","title":{"rendered":"New Prime Minister\u2019s Office appointees take office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The handover ceremony took place at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office between Evariste Rugigana the new Director of Cabinet in the Office of the Prime Minister and outgoing Odette Uwamariya.<\/p>\n<p>Alphonsine Mirembe who had been the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, replaced by Doreen Kagarama also handed over and will be taking on services of  Permanent Secretary in the Ministry in the Office of the President.<\/p>\n<p>The new officials were appointed by President Paul Kagame last week.  <\/p>\n<p>Ngirente thanked Uwamariya with who they entered in the Office of the Prime Minister together in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>He said that in past seven months, they performed several tasks together and made great strides in their responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhen the government appoints you to serve the country, you serve it with your heart and determination. I thank her commitment to the job. There were very  many tasks accomplished including coordination of activities, coordination of government programmes, collaboration with Ministries and parastatals. I thank her for the good show of performance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ngirente also thanked Mirembe, the outgoing Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, who received and guided the Prime Minister, Uwamariya and the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Marie Solange Kayisire that were new in their respective offices. He said that she guided them in new responsibilities. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe used to ask her everything and told us the way business is conducted.  All activities  went well and we wish her success in new responsibilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Uwamariya thanked the partnership in the team saying that in short period she served in the position, they attained several milestones especially in coordinating government programmes among other activities.<\/p>\n<p>She tasked her successor Rugigana to ensure follow up on the completion of new Ministerial complex that will house Prime Minister\u2019s Office and other ministries among other activities.<\/p>\n<p>Rugigana had been working in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office as the Economic Advisor in the past ten years. He promised to use his experience to deliver. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24711 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uwamariya_odette_na_rugigana_bahererekanya_inyandiko_z_ihererekanyabubasha-ca7e0.jpg\" alt=\"Uwamariya hands to Rugigana\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24712 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_w_intebe_yashimiye_abayobozi_bahawe_indi_mirimo_anaha_ikaze_abashya-8ef99.jpg\" alt=\"Ngirente speaks at the handover ceremony\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24710 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ifoto_y_urwibutso_y_abakozi_mu_biro_bya_minisitiri_w_intebe-95bf8.jpg\" alt=\"Officials take a group photo after the handover ceremony\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister, Dr. Edouard Ngirente yesterday officiated at the handover ceremony of newly appointed officials in the office of the Prime Minister where he hailed commitment exhibited by the outgoing staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"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-37271","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 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\/37271","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37271"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37271"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}