Politics

Dr Patrick Ndimubanzi, the State Minister of State in Charge of Public Health and Primary Health Care, addressing the symposium The health ministry admitted Saturday that had it not been for the free treatment program of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF), many patients would not access urgent surgeries. Currently, 60…

Part of downtown Kigali By the end of the current financial year in June, the City of Kigali will have spent nearly threefold the amount spent in the previous year, figures from the city show. Mayor Marie-Chantal Rwakazina and her team at City Hall are managing a budget of Rwf…

The women and men who have led the City of Kigali since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi If Government gets its way, the City of Kigali (CoK) as we have been used to it for many years, will be no more very soon. The Minister of Local Government Prof…

THE NEW WOMAN IN CHARGE: If the bill becomes law, the current City of Kigali Mayor Marie Chantal Rwakazina will wield immense powers and authority compared to her predecessors. She will have a full plate of responsibilities Government is preparing to submit a draft bill to parliament that creates a…

The different faith-based groups in Rwanda As of March 31, all faith-based groups are supposed to have submitted a report to the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) detailing their income and expenses, as par the law on income tax that came into force in April last year. Article 46 outlines the…

The posters appearing on Twitter and Facebook in the US’ renewed search for genocide fugitives The US State Department has opened a new front in the search for eight Rwandans who have eluded the superpower’s might for more than a 15 years despite each having a $5m bounty. The “War…

At the Kigali car free zone, the media fraternity converged to honor their colleagues killed in 1994 In what has become annual event, journalists in Rwanda put away their cameras, gadgets and notebooks aside in honour of the 1,074,056 victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. What was new…

Standing ovation and applause inside the House of Commons on Monday during the motion’s introduction The Canadian Parliament on Monday unanimously adopted a historic private member’s motion on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Brought by Rob Oliphant, the co-chair of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, the motion commemorates…

Dr John Rutayisire (LEFT) was the first to head this board in 2011, and was replaced by Janvier Gasana (R) in 2015. Former Director Generals of the Rwanda Education Board (REB) Dr John Rutayisire and Janvier Gasana have been released on bail despite vigorous protests by prosecution. The Court of…

President Paul Kagame at the press conference today afternoon (Photo by Kigali Today) In a clear change of strategy, President Paul Kagame has told a media briefing in Kigali that the current conflict with Uganda will be dealt with away from the full glare of the media as they are…

Health Minister Dr Diane Gshumba (seated front 2nd right) spoke at the event and promised concrete government support Government has admitted to a group of parents whose children are living with autism, that except making “political speeches”, there has been no policy action to deal with the condition in Rwanda.…

An anti-teenage pregnancy campaign in eastern Rwanda. Such campaigns are a common occurrence as the country grapples with an explosion in teenagers being impregnated A list of 367 persons currently in jail for the offence of abortion are free with effect from March 3, 2019 – courtesy of an unprecedented…

A colonial administrator meets the Rwandan monarch at the time they were in charge All laws still on the books that were brought by colonial administrations may be struck out entirely, cabinet has decided. A weekly cabinet session chaired by President Paul Kagame on Wednesday March 3, adopted a draft…

A visitor is emotionally overwhelmed at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Site Parliament on Tuesday adopted a recommendation by its standing committee proposing that government increases annual allocation to a national fund that supports survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi called FARG. Every year, since 1995, government had until 2017…

These are some of the students who completed attending ‘Itorero’ and President Kagame has been invited to address them at different times. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni calls them a “militia” being trained to attack Uganda, according to Kagame President Paul Kagame has again gone on the offensive with new details…

The soldiers displayed what they had acquired from year-long training The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff Gen Patrick Nyamvumba has commissioned new soldiers into the military after one year training at the Basic Military Training Centre – Nasho in Kirehe District, bordering Tanzania. The soldiers have a…

In this photo published the local news site IGIHE.com, Protais Mitali attended the genocide commemoration event yesterday at the Belgian Senate Protais Mitali, a former senior government official who disappeared from his diplomatic office in Ethiopia, has resurfaced at the most unlikely location: a genocide commemoration event. Mitali is said…

FROM L-R: Emmanuel Tuyishime, Emmanuel Munyaneza, Fiona Muthoni and Sylvie Umwere Two students from the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) at the University of Rwanda (UR) who had been attending a one month internship training program in Sweden disappeared on the day they were scheduled to return home, The…

At 80 years today, Nyirahabimana Rosaliya wants help to recover her savings A 70 year-old woman, Nyirahabimana Rosaliya put Rwf 6,000 in a cooperative in Burera district hoping it would accumulate to take care of her as she aged. It was in the year 2009. However, as The Chronicles reports,…

UK Trade Commissioner for Africa Ms Emma Wade-Smith OBE (LEFT) spoke to The Chronicles alongside the UK High Commissioner in Kigali, Ms Jo Lomas. The visiting UK Trade Commissioner for Africa Ms. Emma Wade-OBE has revealed that her country’s direct trade investment in the country is worth about £200 million…

President Tshisekedi arrived Sunday evening in Rwanda, meeting President Kagame. On February 7, he was in Kenya for talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta. This past Friday, March 22, Tshisekedi was in Uganda. In a period of less than three months during which he has been in office, DR Congo President…

President Kagame received President Tshisekedi in Kigali this Sunday night On October 18, 2012, Rwanda was elected to the UN Security Council as one of the 10 non-permanent members. The seat meant that country would be the voice of the African continent in a room where key decisions on matters…

Yesterday inside the Special Chamber for International Crimes of the High Court in Nyanza district The Special Chamber for International Crimes of the High Court has sent three Muslim men to jail for “living with minors as their wives” – in a case that involved 40 suspects charged together but…

Prosecutor General Jean Bosco Mutangana speaking at another event. Today in Parliament, he said his small team can only do enough The office of the Prosecutor General has told Parliament that corruption files are piling up so much that some may never be prosecuted unless it can get more qualified…

Makerere’s Department of Journalism and Communication was to facilitate those of UR’s School of Journalism and Communication (SJC). A program that was to take Rwandan journalism students to Uganda for internships is now off as a result of the ongoing standoff between the governments of the two countries. In January,…

Outside the Nyanza court yesterday, Victoire Ingabire, was in red wear and black handbag, as well as pink scarf. The people in the delegation put on different items like ribbons. Some in the back were in pink shirts Controversial figure Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire is back with her political activities –…

PAC members waited in the meeting room restlessly. They have resolved to investigate MINEDUC A delegation of senior Education Ministry (MINEDUC) officials that was to appear in Parliament yesterday evening, did not show up. Parliament’s state finances watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had summoned MINEDUC to defend themselves on…

Janvier Kabeya Kanyamashuli Details have emerged as to why Janvier Kabeya Kanyamashuli, a key Member of Parliament of the Rwanda Patriotic Front party (RPF) abruptly resigned barely six months into his 5-year tenure in the Lower Chamber of Parliament. Kanyamashuli wrote a resignation letter to the Speaker of the Chamber…

RPA rebels donned this rare striped green-brown uniform and gumboots. No other military group has worn it. Even currently, this uniform is not among those used by the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF). This photo of an RPA rebel on guard is found in the Campaign Against Genocide Museum located at…

Students unable to return to Uganda where they had been undertaking university studies due to a government “Travel Advisory” are stranded in Rwanda unable to continue school, The Chronicles exclusively reports. Three students interviewed say they abandoned plans to return to Uganda when Kigali issued a notice asking Rwandans not…