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Rwanda has registered consistent improvement in different governance and development sectors, according to the Rwanda Governance Scorecard (RGS) 2016.

The RGS fourth edition launched yesterday at the Kigali Convention Centre indicates that compared to the 2014 edition, six out of eight major indicators have recorded higher scores while only two presented slight decline.

RGS is an annual publication seeking to gauge the state of governance in the country.

It is a comprehensive governance assessment based on primary and secondary data drawn from over 200 questions.

While launching the 2016 RGS, Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi said it has become a governance mirror that scientifically describes the country’s governance performance.

“RGS is a unique assessment tool based on locally generated data like citizen satisfaction surveys. It helps us to understand Rwandan 2016 state of governance and what we need to do to achieve more good results,” the Premier said.

The findings of last year’s Governance Scorecard show that three best performer’s indicators of the RGS2016 scored over 80% with Safety and Security leading with 92.62%, closely followed by Control of Corruption, Transparency and Accountability standing at 86.56% as well as Political Rights and Civil liberties which scored 81.83%.

Other indicators recorded moderate scores: Rule of Law, 79.68%, Economic and Corporate Governance, 76.82%, Participation and Inclusiveness, 76.48%, Investing in Human and Social Development, 74.88% while the Quality of service delivery comes last with 72.93%.

Rwanda has pledged to continue supporting activities of Shelter Afrique, a Pan African financial institution dedicated to financing housing and infrastructural related activities in Africa.

Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure Honorable James Musoni made the remarks in Nairobi yesterday while attending the extra-ordinary session of General Assembly of Shelter Afrique, which took place at Windsor Hotel.

In his remarks, Mr. James Musoni commended the work done by Shelter Afrique on the continent and in Rwanda in particular and promised full support from the Government of Rwanda he represented.

“The Government of Rwanda will continue to work closely and supporting Shelter Afrique by honoring our financial support for the organization to be able to meet its objectives. Shelter Afrique has done and continues to do well in supporting affordable housing development in my country and we are looking forward to achieving even more milestones together,” Hon. Musoni noted.

Participants from member states and shareholders of Shelter Afrique convened in Nairobi to deliberate on ways of making the organization more financially stable for it to be able to address issues affecting housing development on the African continent.

At this extra-ordinary session, members were updated on capital and liquidity status of Shelter Afrique, which disclosed major financial gaps that mainly emanate from members who have not honored pledges they made in 2013. During this session, member states that have not paid their arrears committed to paying their dues with specific timelines, which mainly extended to May 2017.

Rwanda is a founder member of Shelter Afrique and has received housing finance as well as offering loans both to local banks and other private establishments with a portfolio of USD 51.4 million.

Other projects such as Sunrise Hotel and Residence, Kigali Top Mountain Hotel have also benefited from Shelter Afrique loan scheme. A financial loan to former Rwanda Housing Bank (BHR) and Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) worth USD 13 million is financing ongoing projects. There are also current initiatives by BRD to collaborate in the development of Rugarama in Nyarugenge District Housing project to host over 2000 Housing Units.

Shelter Afrique membership is comprised by 44 African Countries as well as other continental financial counterparts such as the African Development Bank and Africa-Reinsurance.

The body is currently undertaking an initiative to promote innovation in low income housing development to address the housing market demand for more than 300million Africans living in urban areas.

The meeting ended with member countries and shareholders committing to support the reforms that aim at insuring efficiency and sustainability of institution among them giving a leeway for new investors so as to increase liquidity.

At this meeting, Rwanda was represented by Minister of Infrastructure Honorable James Musoni accompanied by Rwanda’s High Commission to Kenya H.E James Kimonyo.

The mayor of Rwamagana district, Mbonyumuvunyi Radjab has apologized before parliament over mismanagement of the district affairs that led to financial losses to the government of Rwanda amounting to over Rwf 43 million.

The financial loss rose from losing court cases where the district had been dragged for wrongful dismissal of district employees.

The mismanagement issues were raised in the Public Service Commission reports for 2009-2012 and 20120-2015 which compelled the parliamentary commission of social welfare to summon the mayor for explanations.

Mbonyumuvunyi accepted the mistakes and apologized saying they have now embraced advanced proactive measures.

“Thanks for your best advices .We promise to respect them and you won’t see more shortfalls in future reports,” he said.

He explained that the district has now hired a lawyer and will be consulting the Public Service Commission before taking any personnel decisions.

The vice chairman t of parliamentary commission on social welfare, Alphonsine Mukarugema requested mayor Mbonyumuvunyi to avoid any mistake leading them to be summoned for similar mistake.

“Such malpractices have to stop .You have to know that an employee dismissed through legal procedures has to leave. Let’s respect the law,” she said.

Police in Southern Province has shot dead a man identified as Habarugira Mathias suspected of conspiracy to rob Sacco Ingenzi in Byimana of Ruhango district.

According to police sources, the suspect was shot after failing to respond to security orders at the site.

His identity shows he is a resident of Nyaruguru district,Southern Province.

The police spokesperson in Southern Province, CIP André Hakizimana has told IGIHE that “a gang of three raided the Sacco in Byimana and broke roofing tiles in the dead silence of the night. Residents hears the noise and raised alarm. Security personnel went there and shot dead one of the suspects who remained inside the building with a machete attempting to fight them.”

The mayor of Ruhango district, Mbabazi François Xavier said that nothing was stolen from the Sacco.

“It is true that the burglary happened. The thieves broke through the roof and descended inside the Sacco through the ceiling. One of the thieves was shot dead while others escaped,” he said.

“Guards were not affected because police rushed to the scene and suspects were demobilized before robbing anything from the bank,” he added.

The suspects were arrested during joint operations mounted by Police and UPDF on Friday night.

At least 80 people have been arrested in Kisoro town over illegal entry into Uganda. The arrested include sixty nationals of Rwanda and twenty from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The suspects were arrested during joint operations mounted by Police and Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Friday night. They are said to have entered Uganda through ungazzeted entry points at Muramba and Nyarusiza in Kisoro District.

Kisoro District Police Commander Charles Okoto told this reporter that the suspects were found at several bus terminals in Kisoro town waiting for buses reportedly to travel to Kampala, Mubende, Mityana and Hoima districts for casual labor. Okoto says that security apprehended them after they failed to present valid travel documents.

Kisoro Resident District Commissioner Hajji Shafique Ssekandi said the Rwandan nationals will be deported while DRC nationals will be arraigned before court to answer to charges of illegal entry.

This is not the first time Rwandan and Congolese nationals are arrested in Uganda over illegal entry.

On January 25 last year, 70 Rwandan nationals were deported by Ntungamo Security officials after sneaking into Uganda through Mirama hills border post in Ntungamo District. Sixteen other illegal immigrants comprising of Rwandan and DRC nationals were deported by Ugandan authorities on January 23.

The suspects were picked up on January 18 last year and arraigned before Kisoro Grade II Magistrate, Charles Waako. They pleaded guilty before the magistrate ordered for their deportation.