{"id":38808,"date":"2019-01-28T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kbs-staff-support-300-nyagahinga-residents-with\/"},"modified":"2019-01-28T16:52:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:52:27","slug":"kbs-staff-support-300-nyagahinga-residents-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kbs-staff-support-300-nyagahinga-residents-with\/","title":{"rendered":"KBS staff support 300 Nyagahinga residents with medical insurance, Tap&#038;Go cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event took place on Saturday, in Nyagahinga cell, where KBS Ltd headquarters are located.<\/p>\n<p>The team worked on a Kilometer-long road that links Kanyinya to Kigarama Village.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company\u2019s General Manager, Boniface Mutua, the aim was to contribute to Rwanda&#8217;s development and appreciation for dedicated clients that keep traveling with KBS buses. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had this initiative as a way of thanking our dedicated clients and contributing to the country&#8217;s development. This is the new KBS; we want to be closer to our clients, help them through their choices,\u201d Mutua said.<\/p>\n<p>The community work is a first in many more to come in several parts of the country.<br \/>\nKBS Finance Officer, Nadine Uwamahoro said that the new initiative is to include the company&#8217;s clients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We usually did community work as a company but this time, we decided to include our clients so as to show them how we value them. The initiative will be continuous, as we are preparing ourselves to help an underprivileged family in Kicukiro,\u201d Uwamahoro said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the residents that were given Mutuelle de Sant\u00e9 told IGIHE how they previously struggled to raise enough money for medical insurance and expressed gratitude to KBS&#8217;s gesture. <\/p>\n<p>Jean de Dieu Biziyaremye, an Official from Rusororo Sector, applauded KBS Ltd for the support, emphasizing that health insurance is very important for every citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thankful for their support towards 300 citizens. It is a very humane act and as a community, we appreciate it.\u201d Biziyaremye said.<\/p>\n<p>Kigali Bus Services (KBS) has a fleet of 116 buses and uses Kanombe-Nyabugogo, Kanombe- Kigali, Remera-Nyabugogo, Remera-Masaka, Remera-Busanza and many other routes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28094 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_ba_kbs_ltd_bakoranye_umuganda_n_abaturage_b_i_rusororo-48c0c.jpg\" alt=\" Kigali Bus Services (KBS) staff took part in community work (Umuganda) with residents of Nyagahinga, Gasabo District.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28093 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_ba_kbs_baganiriye_n_abaturage_nyuma_y_umuganda-75286.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28091 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_mukuru_wa_kbs_boniface_mutua_yashyikirije_amakarita_y_urugendo_abaturage_300_bo_mu_murenge_wa_rusororo-aa903.jpg\" alt=\"The company\u2019s General Manager, Boniface Mutua, the aim was to contribute to Rwanda&#039;s development and appreciation for dedicated clients that keep traveling with KBS buses. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28092 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umukozi_ushinzwe_irangamimerere_mu_murenge_wa_rusororo_ashyikirizwa_amakarita_y_urugendo_yagenewe_abaturage-cc24b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its social corporate responsibility, Kigali Bus Services (KBS) staff took part in community work (Umuganda) with residents of Nyagahinga cell, Rusororo Sector, Gasabo District. The staff also supported over 300 people with mutuelle de sant\u00e9 health insurance subscription and donated those present with transport fare electronic cards of Tap&#038;Go.<\/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-38808","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\/38808","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=38808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38808"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38808"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}