The primaries took place at district level by selecting four people from the 20 most successful candidates voted last week at the cell level.
In each district, four people, two women and two men who will make the final list to be submitted to National Electoral Commission (NEC) were elected.
IGIHE visited Nyarugenge District polling site where aspirants were explaining their manifestos to the electorate. Eugene Barikana and Edda Mukabagwiza who had been in parliament were re-elected. Others elected are Brigitte Gafaranga and Lambert Mucyo.
NEC will start to receive candidacy from 12th to 25th July and campaigns will start from August 13th to September 1st 2018.
Elections are slated on September 2nd for Rwandans in the diaspora while Rwandans in the country will elect on September 3rd.
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