{"id":55680,"date":"2025-09-19T14:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-extends-operating-hours-for-bars-nightclubs-during-uci-championships\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:00:54","slug":"rwanda-extends-operating-hours-for-bars-nightclubs-during-uci-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-extends-operating-hours-for-bars-nightclubs-during-uci-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda extends operating hours for bars, nightclubs during UCI championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Previously, RDB regulations required bars and clubs to close at 1 a.m. from Monday to Friday, and at 2 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>The temporary changes are aimed at supporting the championship and managing the anticipated irregular traffic flow during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Kigali will host the UCI Road World Championships from 21 to 28 September 2025, marking the first time in the event\u2019s 103-year history that cycling\u2019s crown jewel is held on African soil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda is proud to welcome athletes, fans, and visitors from around the world for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships,\u201d  the statement reads in part. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, RDB has said that existing measures, such as noise pollution restrictions and the prohibition on serving or consuming alcohol to persons under the age of 18, remain in effect.<\/p>\n<p>RDB has also reminded all consumers to drink responsibly and not to drive under the influence of alcohol, warning businesses against serving alcohol to anyone who appears intoxicated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRDB, in collaboration with other relevant Government institutions, will ensure the proper implementation of these guidelines. Entities that violate these directives will be held accountable,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94725\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hg-11.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda has extended operating hours for bars and nightclubs during UCI championships. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has announced temporary guidelines for hospitality activities during the UCI Road World Championships, where operating hours for businesses including  shopping centers, restaurants, bars and nightclubs will be permitted to operate until 4 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000094724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55680","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":2000094724,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hg-7.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hg-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hg-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hg-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hg-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hg-7.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680","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=55680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000094724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55680"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55680"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}