{"id":54911,"date":"2025-07-16T23:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/cabinet-approves-new-executives-for-wasac-risa-and-other-state-agencies\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:03:39","slug":"cabinet-approves-new-executives-for-wasac-risa-and-other-state-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cabinet-approves-new-executives-for-wasac-risa-and-other-state-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves new executives for WASAC, RISA, and other state agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the most notable appointments are new chief executives for the Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) and the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA), both of which play crucial roles in Rwanda\u2019s infrastructure and digital transformation agendas.<\/p>\n

Dr Asaph Kabaasha has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of WASAC, replacing Prof Omar Munyaneza, while Antoine Sebera will take over as CEO of RISA, succeeding Innocent Muhizi.<\/p>\n

At RISA, the new CEO will be supported by Roger Mizero as Chief Technology Officer and Innocent Asiimwe Mudenge as Chief Operations and Strategy Officer.<\/p>\n

Muhizi, who had served as CEO of RISA since 2017 and oversaw major advances in digital infrastructure and e-governance, has been appointed Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore.<\/p>\n

In the new appointments announced by Prime Minister \u00c9douard Ngirente, the Cabinet also confirmed Hortense Mudenge as the new CEO of the Kigali International Financial Centre, succeeding Nick Barigye, who was recently named CEO of Crystal Ventures Group.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB), has been appointed Director General of the Rwanda Cooperative Agency. Claude Mwizerwa takes up the role of Deputy Director General at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda.<\/p>\n

In a further restructuring, the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission welcomed a new leadership team. Valerie Nyirahabineza has been named Chairperson, with Maj Gen (Rtd) Jacques Nziza as Vice Chairperson. They are joined by newly appointed members Dancille Nyirarugero, Jacqueline Muhongayire, and Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi.<\/p>\n

Appointments were also made across several ministries. Dr Muhammed Semakula becomes the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, while Gis\u00e8le Umuhumuza has been named Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Environment now has Fid\u00e8le Bingwa as Permanent Secretary, and Candy Basomingera has taken up the same role in the Ministry of Sports. In the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management, Aristarque Ngoga was appointed Permanent Secretary.<\/p>\n

In Parliament, Alphonsine Mirembe has been appointed Clerk of the Chamber of Deputies. Within the City of Kigali, Gabriel Nduwayezu has been named Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

Diplomatic changes were also confirmed, with Ambassador Vincent Karega proposed to represent Rwanda in Algeria.<\/p>\n

The Cabinet further ratified the historic peace agreement signed on 27 June 2025 between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), during talks held in Washington D.C. and mediated by the United States.<\/p>\n

The agreement is considered a major step forward in addressing Rwanda\u2019s security concerns and promoting peace and stability in the Great Lakes Region. Rwanda reaffirmed its commitment to implementing the agreement and expressed optimism about the ongoing Doha Talks, which are being facilitated by the State of Qatar with the support of the African Union.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Cabinet approved the ratification of a loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for International Development to finance the Centre of Excellence for Aviation Skills. Another ratified agreement was a tax treaty with the Federal Republic of Nigeria, aimed at eliminating double taxation and curbing tax evasion and avoidance, measures expected to encourage greater cross-border investment and trade.<\/p>\n

Cabinet members were also briefed on the significant progress in Rwanda\u2019s mining sector, which continues to experience growth in production, investment, and the discovery of high-value minerals. In line with this, several mineral, quarry, and exploration licences were approved.<\/p>\n

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The Cabinet on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, approved high-level appointments across key public institutions during a meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame at Urugwiro Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000091067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000091067,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gv_mpvpxgaaabrjlogo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gv_mpvpxgaaabrjlogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gv_mpvpxgaaabrjlogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gv_mpvpxgaaabrjlogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gv_mpvpxgaaabrjlogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gv_mpvpxgaaabrjlogo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54911","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000091067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54911"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54911"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}