{"id":38063,"date":"2018-08-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/psd-promises-a-farmers-bank\/"},"modified":"2018-08-23T12:04:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:04:20","slug":"psd-promises-a-farmers-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/psd-promises-a-farmers-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"PSD promises a farmers\u2019 bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigning in Musanze District on Wednesday, the party observed that members of the cooperatives in the country are not getting due benefits.<\/p>\n<p>PSD has 65 candidates seeking seats in Rwanda\u2019s 80-seat parliament for the next five-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u00e9odomir Niyonsenga, PSD Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of the youth, said that once in the Lower House, its representatives will strive to have a special bank for farmers in order to develop this sector.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur representative will advocate for that bank to offer financing to farmers and get them insured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPSD will also strive for benefits of members of cooperatives especially those of Irish potatoes\u2019 growers. We shall advance good management of these cooperatives to ensure that farmers earn more than dealers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musanze District is a hub of most of Irish potatoes traded in the country. <\/p>\n<p>Valens Muhakwa, the party leader in the Northern Province told the rally that PSD will emphasize principles of fighting genocide ideology and promoting gender balance.<br \/>\nHe said they will also promote equitable justice especially through arbitration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also want suspects to have bail and go through trial staying at home instead of prisons,\u201d said Muhakwa.\t<\/p>\n<p>PSD President Dr Vincent Biruta briefed the rally about the party\u2019s 41-principle manifesto, highlighting what they will deliver in the next five years. <\/p>\n<p>The principles are mainly about politics, governance and foreign affairs, economy and welfare. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Biruta assured Musanze residents that, with PSD victory, their economic activities will thrive and earn them much more.<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary elections will take place on September 2 and 3 in Diaspora and Rwanda respectively. <\/p>\n<p>The next day, the vote will decide on 24 women representatives reflecting 30% of the House, two for the youth and one representative of the people with disabilities. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26845 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/biruta_1-1ac17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26844 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/biruta-16-c1cf5.jpg\" alt=\"PSD President Dr Vincent Biruta briefed the rally about the party\u2019s 41-principle manifesto, highlighting what they will deliver in the next five years. PSD President Dr Vincent Biruta briefed the rally about the party\u2019s 41-principle manifesto, highlighting what they will deliver in the next five years\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26843 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/biruta3-2-83719.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26842 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/biruta2-2-d6563.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democratic Party (PSD) has promised to advance cooperatives management if its candidates win seats in upcoming parliamentary elections.<\/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":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","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\/38063","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38063"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38063"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}