{"id":46967,"date":"2022-11-04T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T09:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ian-kagame-among-new-officers-to-join-rdf\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:29:04","slug":"ian-kagame-among-new-officers-to-join-rdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ian-kagame-among-new-officers-to-join-rdf\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Kagame among new RDF officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officer Cadets from the academy have been commissioned to the rank of Second Lieutenant today by President Paul Kagame who is also the Commander-In-Chief of RDF.    <\/p>\n<p>Ian Kagame graduated at the Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom (UK) recently in August 2022 where he was commissioned to the rank of Second Lieutenant.  <\/p>\n<p>He had to be sworn-in before serving in RDF. <\/p>\n<p>Ian Kagame had completed his Master\u2019s degree in economics at Williams College in the United States in June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander of Rwanda Military Academy said that commissioned officers include 568 officer cadets trained in Rwanda of whom 53 are girls.<\/p>\n<p>They were joined by 24 graduates who completed military training in partner countries for the swearing-ceremony before serving in RDF. <\/p>\n<p>These countries include the United Kingdom, United States of America, Russia, Qatar, Srilanka, Kenya and Italy. <\/p>\n<p>Among the 568 officers commissioned today, 475 were bachelor degree holders trained for one year while 93 graduated after four years of both academic and military training.<\/p>\n<p>The 93 graduates combined military training and university studies in Social and Military Sciences, Medicine, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 475 officers enrolled in one year program, 277 were in-service soldiers while 198 were civilians before joining the military training.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, three best students were awarded for outstanding 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