{"id":45213,"date":"2022-02-01T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-first-lady-jeannette-kagame-pay-homage-to-national-heroes\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T11:50:06","slug":"president-kagame-first-lady-jeannette-kagame-pay-homage-to-national-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-first-lady-jeannette-kagame-pay-homage-to-national-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame, First Lady Jeannette Kagame pay homage to national heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of State paid homage to national heroes on 1st February 2022 during the 28th National Heroes Day ceremony. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ceremony is held under the theme \u2018 Our Heroism, Our Dignity\u2019.  <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ceremony is held under the theme \u2018Our Heroism, Our Dignity\u2019.  <\/p>\n<p>Kagame and First Lady were accompanied by senior government officials and diplomats accredited to Rwanda among others as they paid homage to national heroes.  <\/p>\n<p>In a message shared via Twitter handle, President Kagame said that the day is an occasion to honour heroes lives and their sacrifice that helped Rwandans to build a dignified nation.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy Heroes Day! We honor the lives of the heroes -men and women- of Rwanda, and the sacrifices they made to enable us to build the dignified and united nation we live in today. That puts a heavy responsibility on each of us who are working to transform our country,\u201d he tweeted.   <\/p>\n<p>The Head of State also reminded the youth to uphold the Rwandan spirit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our Rwandan youth: we count on you to keep the unbreakable Rwandan spirit alive for generations to come,\u201d he noted.  <\/p>\n<p>According to the law establishing the Chancellery for Heroes, National Orders and Decorations of Honor &#8220;a hero is any person who pursues objectives he\/she undertakes to obtain a special achievement for the public interest and with high proven integrity, sacrifice and noble courage in his\/her acts and who avoids being a coward in his\/her actions in very trying situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>{{Rwandan heroes are classified into three categories namely:}}<\/p>\n<p>{{Imanzi:}} The unknown soldier and Major General Fred Gisa Rwigema.<\/p>\n<p>{{Imena:}} Mutara III Rudahigwa, Rwagasana Michel, Agathe Uwiringiyimana, Niyitegeka F\u00e9licit\u00e9 and Nyange students.<\/p>\n<p>{{Ingenzi:}} No hero was classified in this category.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40825 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_1-19j168e-f80ec.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40826 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_3-17je7b4-53058.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40827 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_5-10j0952-b3301.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40828 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_7-12j0d17-4d524.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40829 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_11-8jaa78-4fb7f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40830 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_13-7j62d3-ba6fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40831 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/edited_14-6j2462-904ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame have honoured national heroes and laid a wreath at the National Heroes Mausoleum located in Remera, Kigali City.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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\/45213","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45213"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45213"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}