Engineers urged to join regulation council

The engineers council, the body which regulates engineers in the country, elected new leaders during the General Assembly of the Institute of Engineers in Rwanda.The seven-member council and 13 board members were elected on Tuesday.Speaking after the election, Eng. Dismas Arinaitwe Nkubana, the newly elected head of the Engineer’s Council appealed to government institutions and the private sector not to hire engineers who are not members of the institute for the sustainability, good working conditions and for good service deliverance.According to the law, adopted last year, establishing the Institute of Engineers in Rwanda, all engineers must be enrolled in this institute to make sure they fulfil the requirements to deliver a good professional service.Nkubana says some people may abuse the...

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Prepare for rainy season, meteorology agency says

Motorists negotiate their way past a street half-blocked by trees that were felled by last weekend’s hailstorm. Regular rainfall that may increase or decrease should be expected from March through May, the Rwanda Meteorological Agency (RMA) warned on Tuesday.Antony Twahirwa, the in-charge of Weather  Forecasting and Early Warning at RMA, said due to the data from countrywide meteorological stations, the rainfall will be temperate,  adding that some changes may  occur.Kirehe, Ngoma, Kayonza, Nyagatare, Gatsibo, Rwamagana, Bugesera, Gisagara, Nyanza, Ruhango, Huye and Nyaruguru districts will experience minimal rain, which may decrease during the period.Districts expected to experience heavy rain, which may increase to 400mm...

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Kagame clarifies transition debate

President Kagame during yesterday’s news conference. President Paul Kagame has said that he is not interested in a third term and that he will do what the constitution says or what the Rwandan people will decide in the interest of continued progress and stability in the country after 2017. A journalist asks President Kagame a question during yesterday’s media briefing. The debate on whether the President will again run for office has been rife within and out of Rwanda alike, drawing lots of speculation. Addressing a news conference at Village Urugwiro yesterday, Kagame explained that his priority is to ensure the wellbeing of the citizens considering Rwanda’s complex history. “I am thinking about the future of this country, I am not...

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Access to information hampers youth contribution to development

A lad at work in a furniture workshop in Gikinjiro. Youth in the country still face many challenges in contributing to nation building. The role of the youth in development and self-sustainability might be vital, but with the challenges they face, their contribution remains minimal.A survey by the Youth Association for Human Rights Promotion and Development (YAHRPD) revealed a series of challenges impacting negatively on the lives and actions of young Rwandans.Some 1,500 young men and women aged 14 to 35 were drawn from the 30 districts in the country to partake in the survey, according to officials.The survey undertook to identify the issues affecting the youth in justice, finance, education, health, ICT and agriculture sectors. Researchers...

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It is a growth-oriented reshuffle

The incoming Infrastructure Minister Prof. Lwakabamba (R), chats with Prime Minister Dr. Pierre Damien Habumuremyi at Parliament yesterday. President Paul Kagame, on Monday, shook up his cabinet, with changes that directly affected seven ministries, including Education, Infrastructure, Finance, Natural Resources and Health.The reshuffle saw six entrants, including four ministers, namely, Prof. Silas Lwakabamba (Infrastructure), Oda Gasinzigwa (Gender and Family Promotion), Séraphine Mukantabana (Refugees and Disaster Management) and Claver Gatete of Finance and Economic Planning.Three crucial portfolios of Minister of State were also created, namely Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Public Health and Primary Healthcare,...

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I’m Thinking About The Future Of Rwanda, Not The Third Term- Kagame

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has told local and international media that the issue of his succession is in Rwandans hands and that he is very concerned of the country’s future other than the third term that is repeatedly and unnecessarily brought up. The president was responding to questions from Journalists during a press conference held in Kigali this Wednesday 27th February 2013. The President asserted that Rwandans are the ones concerned with the succession after 2017, saying the rest of the World that seems to worry is actually less concerned. Kagame challenged some media where he referred to some article he read recently advising him not to be bothered with the justification that the constitution stipulates everything. He...

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President Kagame reshuffles Cabinet

President Paul Kagame, yesterday, reshuffled his Cabinet bringing on new entrants, as well as creating new portfolios.Amb. Claver Gatete and John Rwangombwa switched positions with the former taking over as Minister of Finance and the latter appointed head of the Central Bank. Other new faces on Cabinet include Prof. Silas Lwakabamba (Infrastructure), Séraphine Mukantabana (Refugees and Disaster Management), and Oda Gasinzigwa as Minister of Family and Gender Promotion in the Office of the Prime Minister.Lwakabamba was the rector of the National University of Rwanda, while Gasinzigwa has been the Chief Gender Monitor.Three new Ministers of State portfolios have been created, with Dr Anita Asiimwe as Health State minister in-charge of Public Health and Primary Healthcare. Former Infrastructure...

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Fuel reserves increased ahead of Kenya polls

Trucks deliver fuel to the National Reserve in Gatsata. The government has increased fuel reserves that can last over one and ahalf months  ahead of the upcoming Kenyan elections, Francois Kanimba, Trade and Industry minister has said. Kenya, which also serves as the main route for most of landlocked countries in East Africa, including Rwanda, is set to go for general elections on March 4. Some countries have already shown fears of potential import interuption in case violence mars the elections just like it did in 2007.According to analysts, if violence occurs, then petroleum products could be scarce, leading to high prices and shortages which will negatively impact the region.But Minister Kanimba assured Rwandans that the...

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Britain to release Aid to Rwanda government

KIGALI-RWANDA- Britain will unblock the suspended Aid to Rwanda due to what UK called ‘Kigali’s willingness, commitment and effort to bring peace in DRC. A credible source has told Great Lakes Voice Britain had stopped funding one of its closest African allies, cancelling £21 million for Rwanda’s government because of what UK says, President Paul Kagame’s supported rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, had said that “credible and compelling reports” showed that Rwanda was fuelling civil war in neighbouring Congo by arming the “M23″ insurgents, who had captured the city of Goma by then.” £21 support to Rwanda’s budget which was withheld last November 2012 is seen to be released...

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