{"id":57002,"date":"2026-01-28T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/jean-maurice-uwera-appointed-deputy-government-spokesperson\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:19:41","slug":"jean-maurice-uwera-appointed-deputy-government-spokesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/jean-maurice-uwera-appointed-deputy-government-spokesperson\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Maurice Uwera appointed Deputy Government Spokesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"

He replaces Alain Mukuralinda, who succumbed to cardiac arrest in April 2025.<\/p>\n

Jean Maurice Uwera is a well-known media professional with over 14 years of experience in broadcasting and public communication, combined with an in-depth understanding of Rwanda\u2019s media landscape, citizen information expectations and government relations. <\/p>\n

Since February 2025 he has been the Executive Director of 93.9 SK FM where he led strategic editorial direction for Rwanda\u2019s emerging business and public\u2011interest radio platform. <\/p>\n

Prior to this, he had various roles at the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency since 2016, including RTV Senior Presenter and Magic FM Station Manager. <\/p>\n

Uwera started his career in media in 2011 as Production Manager at Flash FM & TV, following a stint in the hospitality industry. He holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Journalism & Communication Studies from the Catholic Institute of Kabgayi.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Deputy Government Spokesperson, the Cabinet approved several other senior appointments across key institutions. <\/p>\n

Jean Damasc\u00e8ne Nsengiyumva was appointed Director General of School Health and Wellness in the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC).<\/p>\n

Diane Kamana was also appointed Director General of Corporate Services in MINEDUC. <\/p>\n

Gervais Mabano was named Pre-Primary and Primary Education Analyst while Divine Uwineza was appointed General and Technical Secondary Education Analyst. <\/p>\n

The Cabinet also appointed Gaspard Musonera as a Commissioner at the National Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n

Beyond appointments, the Cabinet received briefings on a number of priority issues. Members were updated on preparations for the National Umushyikirano Council scheduled to take place from February 5 to 6, 2026, among others.<\/p>\n

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The Cabinet Meeting, which convened on January 28, 2026, appointed Jean Maurice Uwera as Deputy Government Spokesperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000101239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","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":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","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":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000101239,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/_waramutserwandaumuturage_umwe-_maralia_yabay.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/_waramutserwandaumuturage_umwe-_maralia_yabay.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/_waramutserwandaumuturage_umwe-_maralia_yabay.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/_waramutserwandaumuturage_umwe-_maralia_yabay.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/_waramutserwandaumuturage_umwe-_maralia_yabay.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/_waramutserwandaumuturage_umwe-_maralia_yabay.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57002","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=57002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000101239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57002"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57002"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}