{"id":42961,"date":"2021-02-26T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gaming-company-employees-rendered-redundant-scratch-for-survival\/"},"modified":"2021-03-02T10:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T10:38:31","slug":"gaming-company-employees-rendered-redundant-scratch-for-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gaming-company-employees-rendered-redundant-scratch-for-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming company employees rendered redundant scratch for survival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Individuals who spoke to IGIHE have appealed to the Government to ease restrictions so that they can return to work. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are leading hard life. We have not been working for over ten months yet we used to get whatever we want from our pocket. We need advocacy to return to work,\u201d said Munyentwari Olivier. <\/p>\n

Kamazi Anaclet who worked with a betting company in Nyabugogo, Nyarugenge district, has revealed that he is accommodated by a friend and rarely finds food. <\/p>\n

\u201cI left the landlord\u2019s house because I couldn\u2019t afford rental fees. I live by God\u2019s grace and can only eat when Samaritans invite me for lunch,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Rwamasunzu Patrick, the former Manager of Lucky Bet, currently working as the Secretary of the Association of Gaming Companies said he applied for another job to find means to feed his family. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was the Manager at Lucky Bet but the company could not pay salaries when Covid-19 emerged. We were not laid off but didn\u2019t receive salaries. We however do not blame the company because the crisis was brought by Coronavirus. I decided to seek other means to survive with my family,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n

Rwamasunzu said that over 2000 employees working with betting companies lost jobs and appealed to the Government to help these companies run activities online. <\/p>\n

Samuel Kamugisha, the Director General in Charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) has told IGIHE that gaming is not the only activity prohibited due to COVID-19 containment measures. <\/p>\n

\u201cGaming operations are not the only businesses prohibited. They don\u2019t neither contribute huge amounts through taxes nor provide the largest number of employments. They are mainly gaming activities for leisure yet such sporting activities are prohibited,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n

Kamugisha explained that only one gaming company registered for online operations while others opted for land based gaming. <\/p>\n

As he said, the licensed online gaming company is under the pilot phase to establish whether such services could be successful in Rwanda. <\/p>\n

Rwanda has 24 registered gaming companies among whom; Gorilla Games is the only licensed online gaming company that began activities in 2019. <\/p>\n

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