Youth urged to be the designers of the future country

Edouard Bamporiki addresses the youth. (photo Jean Damascene Niyitegeka) Minister of Youth and ICT Jean Philbert Nsengimana has urged young people to practically participate in the design of the future country by promoting unity and reconciliation in their neighbors and families. He made the remarks on Wednesday at the YouthConnekt dialogue in Gasabo. The dialogue offers an opportunity to youth to discuss different issues including their role in fighting against Genocide ideology, and the Minister said they must know the history which led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis and its consequences so that they can participate in all activities aimed at building the country. “If you don’t know your history, it is difficult to...

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Optimism rises over progress of school feeding programme

Plans are underway to have the school feeding programme introduced in all schools across the country. The New Times/File. The Government plans to develop a nationally owned home-grown school feeding programme with a high degree of community ownership, the Ministry of Education has announced. The Director-General of Education Planning in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Erasme Rwanamiza, was on Monday reacting to World Food Programme (WFP) report which indicates that more than 360,000 primary school pupils from about 300 schools have benefited from WFP funded school feeding programme in the country since 2002. The World Food Programme report, titled The State of School Feeding Worldwide, was released last week in Rome, Italy, during...

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Kagame tips Africa on clear path to economic growth

President Kagame, South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and AfDB President Donald Kaberuka participate at a high level debate at the Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank in Marrakech. The New Times / Village Urugwiro President Paul Kagame has called on Africans to do things right to position the continent in its deserved place. “There is a good ground on which to believe with optimism that Africa can make it to where we want it to be, considering the continent’s resourcefulness. The continent is rich in material and human resource. There is a story we can write. We just got to do things right,” the President made the remarks at a high-level panel discussion dubbed “is this Africa’s hour” during the ongoing 48th...

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Genocide survivors condemn Kikwete on FDLR remarks

Prof. Dusingizemungu (R) and his deputy Egide Nkuranga address the media yesterday. The New Times / John Mbanda Survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have strongly condemned remarks by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete suggesting that the Rwandan government negotiate with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a terrorist group based in Eastern DR Congo. The FDLR are known perpetrators of the Genocide who not only fled to DR Congo, but maintain their goal of eliminating the Tutsi and have continued to commit war crimes in eastern Congo. After the 1994 Genocide, FDLR militia fled to eastern DR Congo where they continue to maim and kill DRC nationals. They also occasionally sneak into the country to...

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Rutsiro: Residents Commend Good Governance For Promoting Development

Residents of Shyembe cell, Gihango sector in Rutsiro district have said that they owe social and economic development to good governance. This was revealed on May 23rd 2012 during the event to celebrate the achievements. The celebrated achievements include complete six village administration offices, mutual health insurance coverage, creation of roads and other development activities. Another cause of celebration was the prize Shyembe cell received from Gihango Sector administration on Labour Day May 1st 2013 for successfully implementing performance contracts. Concerning medical insurance coverage, Shyembe cell participated 100 percent in 2012-2013 and have so far covered 30 percent of mutual health insurance (mutuelle de sante)...

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Ngororero: School Data Entry program, a new way of keeping records in schools

School Data Entry is a technology based program that will be used by school head teachers in compiling information about students and to pass it around to those in need of such information. Education officers as well as head teachers had a 2 days training on this program on 20th and 21st.May 2013 in Ngororero district by the Ministry of Education. MINEDUC training educationists in the district This program will help in the making of action plan and getting the right information on students and will in general help the Ministry of Education to follow up closely on the education of students without moving around. Though this program seems to be too good, some of the head teachers say it will be limited in schools without computers....

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Musanze disaster victims call for district’s support

Women wade through flood water in Rwaza last year. Residents evacuated from the area say they need more assistance. Former residents of Musezero Cell, Rwaza Sector in Musanze District,  have asked authorities to come to their rescue, saying the facilitation they got following a disaster in their former abode has not been enough.The residents were forced to leave after a landslide buried homes following heavy rain. Sixteen families with more than 70 people were evacuated from the place. The residents say they were given a plot of land and iron sheets to resettle. They also say the district  promised them Rwf300,000 to pay landowners, but they have not received this money and the owners are demanding the money.  Besides,...

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United Nations to honour fallen Rwandan peacekeepers

Four of the fallen peacekeepers served in the United Nations Mission in Darfur. Five among the fallen peacekeepers that the United Nations will honour at the International Day of UN Peacekeepers tomorrow are former members of Rwandan army and police forces, The New Times has learnt.They include late Sergeant-Major Jackson Muhanguzi, Pte Innocent Muhayimana, SP. Camarade Rukabu, and Sgt Jean Claude Tubanambazi who all served in the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), as well as Sgt Ally Hassan Bisangwa who served in the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).The late servicemen are among 103 peacekeepers in total who died last year and the UN will posthumously confer them the Dag Hammarskjold medal to celebrate...

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Indian group to invest in real estate in Rwanda

Haresh Mehta talks to His Excellency S.N. Ray, the Indian High Commissioner to Rwanda during an Indian investors meeting in Kigali yesterday. ROHAN DEVELOPERS PVT Ltd, a Mehta Group of Company subsidiary based in India has announced plans to invest estimated billions of francs in the real estate industry in the country. While addressing the Indian investment community in Rwanda, Haresh Mehta, the director of Rohan Developers Pvt Ltd—a real estate and infrastructure development company said his company is ready to make substantial investments in real estate projects if government gives him assurance. “Given the urgency and the business potential the industry offers, we are ready to commence on some of these projects within 45 days....

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More Rwandan refugees living in Congo Brazzaville to voluntary repatriate

More Rwandan refugees from Congo Brazzaville show willingness to voluntary repatriate, before the UN Cessation Clause comes into effect on June 30, 2013. The remarks were made by a group of ten Rwandan refugees, who returned from Congo Brazzaville to their motherland, on May 23, 2013. The group comprised of seven men and ten women was received at Kigali International Airport. Josephine, 58, mother of nine was less of words, when she saw her second born Mr. Sumbusho Innocent after 19 years of separation. “Last time I came here at the airport since I had been informed that there were people repatriating from Congo Brazzaville and I guessed my son could be among them. That day I got very nervous and I returned home without hope...

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WB President lauds Rwanda National Police on anti GBV initiatives

Bank Ki-Moon and World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim unveil foundation stone for the construction of AFSOCCA-VAWG Secretariat The President of the World Bank Dr. Dr. Jim Yong Kim admired the services and operations of Isange One Stop Center at the Rwanda National Police Hospital. The center treats victims of gender based violence among others. “I have never seen this before,” Dr. Yong Kim said and added that the center is very professional and presents the best way of storing evidence against perpetrators. He said storing data in a good environment like this and not to armatures, is very important. “Evidence is a critical asset because it will help put criminals in jail. The center also offers both legal and counseling services to the...

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Rwanda in poverty eradication drive by 2020

Rwanda has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating poverty and having none of the citizens living below the poverty line. The Minister of Local government James Musoni says that target will be met by the year 2020, considering the existing policies reflected in the development strategies. Musoni’s remarks come after the release of a Commonwealth report, based on the 12 Aberdeen Principles, stated that with the decentralization progress in Rwanda, local governments units have been capable of handling complex tasks, which were previously unheard of before. Some of the policies that emerged from the decentralization implementation programme since 2000 indicate that Rwanda has succeeded in holding on and implementing core values for promoting...

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Kayonza: Youth commended for embracing job creation program

Youth in Kayonza district have been commended for the step taken towards embracing job creation program that has socially developed them. The recommendation was made by the youth representative Placide Uwizeyimana on May 24th 2013 during the youth gathering. This comes after up to 150 youth in Kayonza were trained on job creation and 120 youth projects are yet to be set up to create employment for other youth. The vice-mayor for social affairs in Kayonza district, Anita Mutesi appreciated the work of the youth and asked them to use their time wisely for development purposes. “Without a personal time table and a plan, you can’t achieve your goals,” highlights the vice-mayor. Alexandre Havugimana, youth representative in Kabare...

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AfDB urges Africa to focus on economic transformation

Dr Kaberuka. Net Photo. The first 50 years of Africa achieved political freedom and laid a basis for socio-economic development and it’s now time to focus on economic transformation, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank Group said on Saturday.He was speaking at the 50th anniversary of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.Kaberuka gave the dignitaries present, a profound look at Africa’s past and future trajectory for the next 50 years.Africa’s GDP has increased from US$ 600 billion to US$ 2.2 trillion since the year 2000, he said, and the continent “now offers the highest risk adjusted return on investment… our economic managers are doing a reasonably good job navigating the difficult global economic...

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Robbery victims call for screening of new residents

Dr. Mukabaramba examines a patient admitted after he was attacked by thugs as Rwamagana mayor, Nehemie Uwimana looks on. Kaniziyusi Karuranga, 56, a businessman who was injured by thugs in Ntunga trading centre, Rwamagana district says one of his attackers was a man who operated a hair salon ‘just next to my shop.’He urged local leaders to screen residents of various communities to identify suspected criminals. “Some of those that attacked us were strangers, but they were invited by our neighbours. We have people who recently came to settle in our villages with unknown criminal record...they should be identified and sent away,” he told Dr. Alivera Mukabaramba, Minister of State for Community Development and Social Affairs.The...

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Farmer gets Rwf700,000 compensation

Kampire (second, right) receiving a dummy cheque of her compensation on Thursday. A Rwamagana farmer who lost her cow to disease has been compensated by Sonarwa insurance.Patricia Kampire, a member of Giramashyo Farmers’ Co-operative in Gishari sector, Rwamagana district, was paid Rwf700,000 worth of compensation. Kampire was all smiles when she got the money and urged farmers to insure their cows to avoid losses.“This compensation will enable me to buy another exotic cow right away,” she said. At least 70 out of 180 farmers in the eight-year-old co-operative insured their cows with Sonarwa.Emilienne Dusanguwera, another farmer, who benefitted from a Rwf1m compensation package in January, said Sonarwa was restoring their hopes...

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