Politics

This was in October last year when Esperance Nyirasafari (2nd Right) has just taken her oath of office as Sports and Culture Minister President Paul Kagame has this Friday evening named the first batch of four Senators from the eight he is constitutionally mandated to appoint to the 26-member Upper…

Justice Minister and Attorney-General Johnston Busingye is the line-minister overseeing the National Public Prosecution Authority, Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) and the National Police The Prosecutor-General Jean Bosco Mutangana has dropped all charges against a local TV and radio presenter Mulindahabi Irénè. The development came after the intervention of Justice Minister…

A local TV and radio presenter was on Tuesday September 17 arrested by the Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) over alleged obscene social media posts – his case coming after several others people facing prosecution over what they shared online. Arrest of Irénè Mulindahabi, co-presenter of Sunday Night Live show on…

Phocus Ndayizeye was presented to media on November 28, 2018. He told journalists that indeed he and others had acquired explosives to blow up parts of Kigali Terror case against Phocus Ndayizeye a stringer with British broadcaster BBC and 11 co-accused failed to get underway this Wednesday. The International Crimes…

The trouser is similar to the latest uniforms worn by the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF), perhaps a clear indication that he was well up to date with the happenings in Rwanda He has been announced as dead several times in the last 10 years, and that has finally come true.…

Rwanda Energy Group (REG) is the national electricity company Electricity provider Rwanda Energy Group (REG) is on the spot after Parliament found it had hired a consultant for work which could have been sourced locally. Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), ministry of infrastructure delegation led by permanent secretary…

When more than 7,000 graduated in 2017 from a stadium – making the biggest such event ever graduation For 2019-2020, government scholarships have been granted to 9,968 who will attend different colleges of the University of Rwanda (UR). A total of 12,560 students who completed their high school last year…

President Paul Kagame speaking this Saturday to over 2,000 delegates of the ruling RPF party President Paul Kagame warned Saturday that anyone seeking to destabilize the country should consider what happened to rebel group that attacked southwestern region. Kagame did not name the group, but was referring to the national…

From Rift to Left: An ADEPR official, Bishop Tom Rwagasana (former deputy leader of ADEPR), Ambassador to Zimbabwe James Musoni (Infrastructure Minister at the time) and Mutuyemariya Christine, ex-national treasurer. Here they were photographed at DOVE Hotel, the contested facility In December last year a Kigali lower court acquitted 10…

Brig Gen (Rtd) Frank Rusagara is remembered for his intellectualism Brig Gen Rtd Frank Rusagara, currently appealing a 20year conviction, is a pained man – as he himself made it known in court. But when a youthful military prosecutor Cpt Faustin Nzakamwita sought to dismiss his emotional submission to the…

The former British prime minister, Tony Blair laying a wreath of flowers on mass grave at Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. Rwanda’s national commission for the fight against genocide (CNLG) has said the fugitives are able to live in the UK without facing justice due to laxity in the country’s laws.…

Here, more than 1,900 graduated at the University of Kibungo (UNIK) at its inaugural graduation in 2016 A private court bailiff has given the University of Kibungo (UNIK) 24 hours to pay employees fired by the institution or its property will be auctioned. Some 12 employees dragged the private university…

Sergeant (Rtd) François Kabayiza during one of the previous sessions. He was usually seated, as he couldn’t stand, a situation he repeatedly told court was due to torture Sergeant (Rtd) François Kabayiza, convicted together with ex-presidential guard commander Col Tom Byabagamba, has refused to be set free – a decision…

Brig Gen Vincent Nyakarundi while in Washington President Paul Kagame on Monday evening appointed the Defence Attaché at Rwanda’s embassy in Washington, U.S.A, as chief of military intelligence. Brig Gen Vincent Nyakarundi is the new Chief of Defense Intelligence, leading the coveted RDF Defence Intelligence Department (DID). This body was…

Traffic police officer demonstrates how the relationship between drivers and pedestrians should be at a Zebra Crossing as part of the police’s “Gerayo Amahoro” campaign Police is holding 88 drivers arrested in weekend operations targeting those driving after taking alcohol. Traffic Police Chief CP Rafiki Mujiji says all those detained…

Foreign Affairs Minister and Government Spokesman Dr Richard Sezibera is back, but is yet to make appearance. Sezibera this Saturday evening made a rather philosophical post on Twitter, which doesn’t give much about the state of affairs concerning him. #literarySaturday: today I'm remembering Mark Twain: what's your favourite quote???— Richard…

Some of the various bilateral meeting that have taken place between Rwanda and South Africa in the past months President Paul Kagame and South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa have held bilateral talks in Japan this Thursday. They met on the sidelines of the 7th Japanese government-organised Tokyo International Conference on…

The Health Ministry (MINISANTE) says a story published by The Chronicles about patients being detained in various hospitals around Kigali is “misleading”, claiming there are no such cases. The Health Ministry is responding to the story: Inside Kigali’s Hospitals “Detaining” Patients Unable to Pay Treatment Bills Here is full statement…

Monsignor Filipo Rukamba, Bishop of Butare Diocese and head of the Catholic clergy conference One of the highest ranking Catholic Church leaders Monsignor Filipo Rukamba has added his voice to the exploding teenage pregnancies across Rwanda – suggesting the birth pills that women are getting, and other contraceptives, are not…

ClOCKWISE: Kibagabaga Hospital, Rwanda Military Hospital, CHUK and Muhima Hospital A 40 year-old mother has been living in the University Teaching Hospital (CHUK) since June when the treatment of her child ended. She is confined there against her will; because, she is unable to clear a Rwf 90,000 ($98) bill.…

Brig Gen BEM Emmanuel Habyarimana tied the knot with his longtime lover Umutesi Aline Brig Gen BEM Emmanuel Habyarimana has married a woman who helped him escape from Rwanda to Uganda, at ceremonies heavily punctuated by politics in Switzerland. Habyarimana, last weekend, officially wed Umutesi Aline, with whom, they have…

President Kagame (L) shakes hands with Museveni at the press conference following their summit in Luanda, Angola From brief encounter, President Paul Kagame and Uganda’s counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday signed on to a set of 4 points and 8 sub-elements aimed at solving a bitter quarrel that has escalated…

Refugees in the Osire refugee settlement is situated about 110 kilometres south-east of Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia President Paul Kagame has said Rwanda has addressed “90 plus percent” of the problem of refugees, pointing out that those still outside are their at their own will. Speaking in Namibia,…

SADC The Home: President Kagame has met for talks with, for this year alone, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, Zambia’s Edgar Lungu, Botswana’s Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi and Angola’s João Lourenço The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has 16 members and President Paul Kagame has visited 9 of them since January this…

New Mayor of Kigali, Pudence Rubingisa In a predictable vote held Saturday, Rubingisa Pudence was elected as the new Mayor of Kigali City – putting him in charge of more than Rwf 54bn budget and nearly a million inhabitants. Rubingisa had earlier emerged among the 2 elected Councillors of Gasabo…

Despite earning incomes that can barely make them feed their children, these women keep the Kigali story in the global headlines. The new Council will have to find a way of improving their livelihoods and making cleanliness in the City a sustainable venture President Paul Kagame this Friday named five…

September 9, 2016: President Paul Kagame speaks to District Mayors, some of whom had been awarded for good performance, at the signing of Imihigo (Performance Contracts) for 2016-2017 Local officials do not get time to implement agreed government programs due to unending directives from Kigali that keep changing priorities, says…

Before the “conference” turned rowdy, the mood around was normal like any of the global events that take place at the KICC; posters and delegates mingling around. All that was about to explode in the next few minutes The Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) found that the now infamous “wealth conference”…

A village meeting in rural Rwanda. The research claims local officials are hiding information about people from central government planners Anti-graft group Transparency Rwanda has claimed in new research that derogatory names are being used on poorest Rwandans including that they are ‘imfungwa za leta’ or “government’s prisoners”. The findings…

Inside the Intare Arena where the youth forum was addressed by President Kagame today. The magnificent facility is owned by the RPF party President Paul Kagame denied Wednesday that government data on dropping poverty in the country was being “faked” to paint picture different from reality. Global business newspaper Financial…