Editorial
We Recommit To Investigative And Interpretive Journalism, Support Us
With the new editorial team headed by Mr. John Williams Ntwali, The Chronicles is recommitting to its original policy of investing in investigative and interpretive journalism. We also recommit to reporting policy relevant issues and serving the citizens right to know the truth about what is done or not done…
Read More »We Hope President Macron Comes To Advance Justice Not Political Expediency
President Emmanuel Macron of France has arrived in Rwanda for a two-day state visit aimed at possible normalization of relations with our country. The visit follows President Paul Kagame’s visit to France last week, where the two leaders expressed eagerness to normalize relations as well as open a “new page”…
Read More »We Wish Dr Kayumba Well In His New Career Path
In October 2011, ISSUE 001 of The Chronicles was published as a hard copy and online. A few years later, publication was suspended due to factors beyond our control at the time, a subject for another time. Then, in February 2019, we relaunched. The spirit behind the original brand remains…
Read More »Setting the Record Straight: Why WE do What We Do
Our regular readers will have noticed our quick return, following our decision to suspend publication for a period of time. We are delighted to be back sooner than we had envisaged, and would like to welcome you back, and thank you for your patience and loyal readership. Some of you…
Read More »Why is No Institution Willing to Act on Gicumbi’s Untouchable Man?
On January 5, The Chronicles published an investigation titled – “Hussein Niyoyita Zoubair: He is Corrupt, Powerful and a Representation of Impunity in Gicumbi District“. The story detailed credible allegations that the director of a health center in Gicumbi district Niyoyita caused a huge financial loss of more than Rwf15m…
Read More »Trial Of Suspected Rebels Proves Our Culture Of War Is Still Alive
Yesterday, 2 October, 25 individuals suspected of being rebels of the Rwanda National Congress (RNC) were produced in a military court to answer varying charges─ including forming an armed group and plotting to overthrow an elected government. The suspect include a former Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) senior officer, Maj (rtd)…
Read More »It Is In National Interest For Rwanda-Uganda Peace Teams To Resolve Conflict Now
The Rwanda-Uganda peace implementation teams are meeting in Kigali this Monday, September 16, to agree on the how and when, to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Presidents Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. The MoU was signed in Luanda, Angola, on August 21 under the mediation…
Read More »Beware: Social Media Is Making Leaders Responsive But Can’t Deliver Justice
There is a growing, and glowingly worthy trend showing that social media, particularly Twitter is making leaders more responsive and in the process, likely to contribute to accountability in parts of the world where leaders care about what ordinary citizens think, need and deserve. In Rwanda, for example, there is…
Read More »Eradicating Malnutrition Will Take More Than Sacking Mayors
One of the reasons given for the recent sacking and forced resignations of mayors and their deputies from 9 district last week is failure to solve or tackle the problem of malnutrition and stunting in children in their districts. Mr. Frederic Mutangana, the District Council Chairperson of Karongi, for example,…
Read More »Mugabe’s Lesson To Africa’s Leaders: Seeking Indefinite Power Damages National Interests
Former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe passed on in a Singaporean hospital, his successor, President Emmerson Mnangangwa announced early today, September 6. He was 95 years old. Mugabe ruled his country for 37 years and was overthrown in a military coup in November 2017. Mugabe will go down in history as…
Read More »Rwanda-Uganda Road Map To Peace: Implementing It Will Raise Africa’s Respectability
Presidents Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda yesterday, August 21, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the Angolan Capital, Luanda, committing to resolving the conflict between their two countries peacefully. The MoU names what the two leaders need to do to normalize relations between their two neighbouring states.…
Read More »Why Patients Are Not Customers
Cambridge Dictionary defines a customer as “a person who buys goods or services.” In other words, customers are people you serve or consumers. Similarly, patients do consume healthcare – some, literally ingest medicine, others utilize healthcare services such as lab tests, consultation and/or imaging services. Definitely, in the eyes of…
Read More »As We Celebrate 25 Years of Liberation, Let’s Embrace The Culture Of Peace
Tomorrow the country will celebrate 25 years of liberation. Looking back, there is a lot to celebrate despite some challenges. Twenty-five years ago, for example, the country was liberated from a genocide regime that was intent on exterminating a section of Rwandans because of how they were born, and who…
Read More »A Free Media Anchors Democratic Governance And Never Again Genocide
Today May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. We celebrate this day at a time when we also commemorate 25 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in which the media, unfortunately, also played a destructive role. This is therefore, a time for reflection both on why the media…
Read More »A Genocide That Could Have Been Prevented, And Never Again, Everyone Should Live
On this day, April 4, 1994, masterminds of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi knew the catastrophe that was about to befall the country in the next three days─from April 7─ just as key decision makers in some powerful nations and institutions─like the United Nations─in whose hands many Rwandans had…
Read More »President Tshisekedi Has An Opportunity To Pacify His Troubled Country
President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has a golden opportunity to help contribute to peace and stability in the Great Lakes region and even defeat different rebels groups that have been operating in his country for more than 20 years. Will he take it? That will…
Read More »Transparency On Rwanda-Uganda Conflict Is Critical To Peaceful Resolution
For the first time since the beginning of the on-and-off conflict between Rwanda and Uganda started in late 1990s, President Paul Kagame gave a detailed account of the origins of this seemingly endless clash, its cause and how he tried to solve it. While what most Rwandan and Ugandan officials…
Read More »Gender Equality is Good Policy─It Should Be Canonized in School Curriculum
As Rwanda and the world celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s proper to recognize and hail the government’s proactive gender equality policy that has made it possible for women to gain access to positions of power in all institutions of the state and at all levels of government. As statistics show,…
Read More »Tour du Rwanda: WELL DONE! And PLEASE Give Us More!
The 11th Tour du Rwanda came to a close on Sunday after traversing Rwanda’s villages, towns and hills in the seven days the competition lasted. Eritrea’s Merhawi Kudus emerged the winner. Tour du Rwanda 2019 also came with many FIRSTS. It was elevated to Category 2.1 from 2.2 by the…
Read More »Rwanda Housing Authority’s Responsiveness Is Commendable
As The Chronicles reported last week, February 22, the Rwanda Housing Authority released the number of government-owned buildings under its management and care as mandated by the law establishing it. The release of this information followed The Chronicles’ attempts to find and report this information with no success due to…
Read More »A Proper Audit Of Gov’t Buildings Urgently Needed
Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA), the institution that is mandated to, among other things, manage public office space and government assets admits that it doesn’t know the number of buildings that government owns as its Director-General told The Chronicles. So, how can it manage what it doesn’t know? Yet, the government…
Read More »Yes, We Can Remember Our Loved Ones And Work At The Same Time
To ensure order and proper planning ahead of Kwibuka25 in April to commemorate our loved ones who were killed because of the way they were born, last Friday, February 8, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission to Fight Against Genocide Dr. Bizimana Jean Damascene announced changes to the commemoration…
Read More »Promoting Ethical Journalism; Informed Citizenry and Free Debate
The Chronicles online media is re-launching after sometime off-the-grid in order to partake the opportunity and gap caused by changes in information communication technology that has affected how news and information is accessed and shared in the processing making traditional media business models obsolete. This technological disruption has transferred the…
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