{"id":53919,"date":"2025-04-17T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/speaker-of-parliament-commends-rwandans-abroad-on-their-role-in-national\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:14:58","slug":"speaker-of-parliament-commends-rwandans-abroad-on-their-role-in-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/speaker-of-parliament-commends-rwandans-abroad-on-their-role-in-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker of Parliament commends Rwandans abroad on their role in national development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accompanied by Senator Evode Uwizeyimana and MP Alice Muzana, Kazarwa praised the Rwandan community in Congo for their unity and commitment to upholding Rwandan cultural values.<\/p>\n<p>During the discussions which focused on the diaspora\u2019s role in advancing Rwanda\u2019s progress, she highlighted how significant it is that Rwandans living abroad are playing an active part in national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank you for remaining loyal to Rwanda, for defending and promoting it wherever you are. You are the Sixth Province of Rwanda, an extraordinary province, but one rooted in unity and development. Keep striving for excellence,\u201d Kazarwa said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the community in Congo Brazzaville described the ways they are contributing to national development, including paying health insurance (Mutuelle de Sant\u00e9) for vulnerable citizens, participating in the BRD-led Cana Challenge initiative, and supporting school feeding programs like Dusangire Lunch.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, attendees were also briefed on the functioning of the Rwandan Parliament, including its core responsibilities: lawmaking, government oversight, and citizen representation.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Uwizeyimana and MP Muzana emphasized the importance of citizen involvement in governance and encouraged diaspora members to continue participating meaningfully in Rwanda\u2019s development efforts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85854 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-17_at_10.43_31_6_-ede37.jpg\" alt=\"The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Gertrude Kazarwa, has commended the continued contributions of Rwandans living abroad to the development of their country.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The Rwandan community expressed deep appreciation for the visit by their parliamentary representatives and showed a strong willingness to keep contributing to Rwanda\u2019s reconstruction through economic, cultural, and intellectual means.<\/p>\n<p>This meeting took place during the Speaker\u2019s official visit to Brazzaville, where she was attending the 16th Conference of Speakers of Francophone Parliaments.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Bank of Rwanda, the diaspora\u2019s financial contributions to the country continue to grow. In 2024, Rwandans abroad sent home $502 million, compared to $505 million in 2023. This upward trend has been consistent.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, $274 million was contributed by Rwandans abroad while in 2022$ 461 million was collected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85850 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-17_at_10.43_30_2_-29254.jpg\" alt=\"The meeting took place during the Speaker\u2019s official visit to Brazzaville.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85852 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-17_at_10.43_31_2_-10b2c.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Evode Uwizeyimana emphasized the importance of citizen involvement in governance.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85853 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-17_at_10.43_31_4_-98e38.jpg\" alt=\"MP Alice Muzana, Kazarwa praised the Rwandan community in Congo for their unity and commitment to upholding Rwandan cultural values. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85851 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-17_at_10.43_31_1_-63fc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85849 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-17_at_10.43_30_5_-a46e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Gertrude Kazarwa, has commended the continued contributions of Rwandans living abroad to the development of their country. She made these remarks on April 16, 2025, during a meeting held with members of the Rwandan community residing in the Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000085848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53919","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":2000085848,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-569.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-569.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-569.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-569.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-569.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-569.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53919","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\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000085848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53919"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53919"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}