{The Chancellery for Heroes, National Orders and Decorations of Honour ( CHENO) has announced that the 2017 Heroes Day celebrations will be held at village level across the country where citizens with good development activities will be recognized.}
CHENO has said that National Heroes Day celebrations for 1st February will involve a number of activities in the Heroes Week that will run from Friday 20th January 2017.
The Heroes Week will be launched with a walk at every sector.
At national level, the Heroes Walk l will start the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) headquarters to Petit Stade in Remera where they will attend public lectures encouraging Rwandans to remember and emulate heroes.
Other talks on heroism will be held in public and private institutions, secondary schools, radios and televisions.
The official ceremony of National Heroes Celebration will be attended by government officials and families of heroes who will lay wreaths at the Heroes Square.
The ceremonies will be concluded with a football match between Rayon Sports and APR FC.
Rwanda has been celebrating National Heroes Day since 1999, with heroes classified into three categories; Imanzi, Imena and Ingenzi.
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