{"id":37790,"date":"2018-06-29T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/six-districts-get-new-mayors-executive-committees\/"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T10:03:13","slug":"six-districts-get-new-mayors-executive-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/six-districts-get-new-mayors-executive-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Six districts get new mayors, executive committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Rusizi District of Western Province, Ephrem Kayumba has been elected the new mayor with 91.7% of the total vote, while his opponent Djuma Kajigo got 8%.<\/p>\n<p>Kayumba who had been the Executive Secretary of Nyamasheke District replaces Frederic Harerimana who resigned in May citing personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>In Nyagatare District of Eastern Province, Claudian Mushabe was elected the new mayor replacing George Mupenzi who together with both vices resigned in May.<\/p>\n<p>Mushabe had been the Executive Secretary of Gakenke District in Northern Province.<\/p>\n<p>In Huye District of Southern Province, Ange Sebutege was elected the new mayor with 225 votes of278. <\/p>\n<p>Sebutege had been the Head of Communication and Customer Care in Rwanda Directorate General of Migration and Emigration.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Kamana has been elected the Vice-mayor in charge of economic development and Annonciata Kankesha, the vice-mayor in charge of social affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In Bugesera District of Eastern Province, Richard Mutabazi has been elected, the mayor replacing Emmanuel Nsanzumuhire.<\/p>\n<p>The former Rwanda Basketball Federation Secretary General Mutabazi acted on the docket after Nsanzumuhire and both vices resignation in May.<\/p>\n<p>In Gicumbi District, Felix Ndayamabaje was elected the mayor replacing Juvenal Mudaheranwa who together with the vices resigned in May.<\/p>\n<p>The elections also took place in Nyabihu District and saw Antoinette Mukandayisenga elected the mayor. Mukandayisenga replaces Theoneste Uwanzwenuwe who resigned in May.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25969 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dg27zgywkaab0zm-97f5e.jpg\" alt=\"Ange Sebutege was elected the new Huye mayor \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25973 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dg27icwxuaakf5n-a08a2.jpg\" alt=\"Ephrem Kayumba has been elected the new Rusizi mayor\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25972 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dg2td4ww0ae5t1m-2-070d7.jpg\" alt=\"Claudian Mushabe has been elected the new Nyagatare District mayor \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25971 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dg27n7nw0aiww5f-a8a20.jpg\" alt=\"Felix Ndayamabaje has been elected Gicumbi District Mayor \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six districts from across the country have Friday elected new executive committees including mayors and both vice-mayors following a spate of resignations that took place in the recent past. <\/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-37790","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\/37790","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=37790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37790"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37790"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}