{"id":52801,"date":"2025-02-01T14:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-and-first-lady-jeannette-kagame-pay-tribute-to-rwanda-s-heroes\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:37:34","slug":"president-kagame-and-first-lady-jeannette-kagame-pay-tribute-to-rwanda-s-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-and-first-lady-jeannette-kagame-pay-tribute-to-rwanda-s-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame pay tribute to Rwanda\u2019s heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony was attended by senior government officials, including Prime Minister Dr. Edouard Ngirente, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Kazarwa Gertrude, Senate President Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Kalinda, and Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa, among others.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of the diplomatic corps in Rwanda also laid a wreath in tribute to the country\u2019s heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda recognizes its heroes under three categories: Imanzi, Imena, and Ingenzi. The Imanzi category includes fallen heroes such as the Unknown Soldier, representing all soldiers who died defending the nation, and Maj Gen Fred Gisa Rwigema, who lstarted the liberation struggle on October 1, 1990.<\/p>\n<p>The Imena category honors King Mutara III Rudahigwa Charles L\u00e9on Pierre, Michel Rwagasana, Agatha Uwilingiyimana, F\u00e9licit\u00e9 Niyitegeka, and the Nyange students, all remembered for their courage and patriotism.<\/p>\n<p>No individual has yet been officially recognized under the Ingenzi category, though efforts are ongoing to identify and honor deserving figures.<\/p>\n<p>Heroes\u2019 Day is observed in Rwanda every year on February 1.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80978\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/9-73.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame have paid tribute to Rwanda\u2019s heroes.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80977\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-87.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80979\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-69.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame laying wreaths at the National Heroes Mausoleum in Remera. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80980\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/11-89.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda recognizes its heroes under three categories.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80981\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/12-61.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80982\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/13-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80983\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/14-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80984\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/16-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80985\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/19-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80976\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-127.jpg\" alt=\"Premier Ngirente and Defence Minister Juvenal Marizamunda are among officials that graced the ceremony.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80975\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-145.jpg\" alt=\"The National Heroes Mausoleum is located in Remera.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80974\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-199.jpg\" alt=\"The National Heroes Mausoleum in Remera has undergone upgrades.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80973\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-216.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80972\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-261.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80971\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-282.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Kazarwa Gertrude and Senate President Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Kalinda attended the ceremony.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony was attended by senior government officials, including Prime Minister Dr. Edouard Ngirente, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Kazarwa Gertrude, Senate President Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Kalinda, and Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa, among others. A representative of the diplomatic corps in Rwanda also laid a wreath in tribute to the country\u2019s heroes. Rwanda recognizes its heroes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000080986,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/10-2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/10-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/10-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/10-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/10-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/10-2.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801","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=52801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52801"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52801"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}