Politics

President Paul Kagame attended the installation of the Archbishop of Kigali Antoine Kambanda early this year The more than 30 priests and nuns convicted for their role in 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda will remain serving in the Catholic Church, says Archbishop Filipo Rukamba, head of the Episcopal…

In the full glare of flashing cameras, NSABIMANA Callixte a.k.a Maj Callixte Sankara was ushered in the room by huge muscular police officers towering over his small body. His journey began when he was expelled from a government university in Rwanda, then reappeared in South Africa as member of the…

President Paul Kagame greets Queen Elizabeth II upon arrival for the CHOGM 2018 Dinner Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Dr Richard Sezibera said Thursday that government was in advanced stages of planning for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020, also known as CHOGM 2020, due in Kigali. Sezibera told…

For many neighborhoods of Kigali, residents have resorted to buying water from cariers on bicycles who sell by 20-litre jerrycans. Each can go as high as Rwf 500 Monday May 6 could not have come with better news. The Prime Minister Dr Edouard Ngirente inaugurated two water treatment plants. The…

Education Minister Dr Eugene Mutimura appearing before budget and economy committee of the Lower Chamber of Parliament The Education Ministry told Parliament this Tuesday that it is urgently constructing schools in four districts so that border residents do not have to cross borders. Without mentioning “Uganda” and “Burundi” by name,…

Last year, 20,000 girls were impregnated, a number equal to the population of Rwabicuma sector in Nyanza district. It therefore means, an entire sector was due to be born Campaign groups are stepping up their push for government to review a law that prevents provision of family planning services for…

Public Service and Labour Minister Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa appearing before the Committee this Monday afternoon Public Service and Labour Minister Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa did not give specific numbers of women working in the public service when questioned about the issue in the Lower Chamber of parliament, instead divulging general percentages.…

Prosecutor General Jean Bosco Mutangana says as far as he is concerned, former minister and ambassador Protais Mitali is still a wanted man. However, Interpol doesn’t want to talk about this particular case. Mutangana told The Chronicles on Friday that he was not aware whether the global policing agency Interpol…

President Kagame arrived in Rubavu district to thunderous welcome by then tens of thousands of locals President Paul Kagame said Friday that people living in Rubavu district, which borders directly with Goma in DR Congo, have a large market across. Mentioning “Congo” by name, Kagame said relations with Rwanda’s neighbour…

Many of the kids call such drainages home for the day and night Most of the kids you see loitering on the streets of Kigali and other major cities would have actually left their both parents back home, a nationwide study says. The National Commission for Children (NCC), a government…

President Paul Kagame is welcomed today morning by thousands of locals in the border district of Burera, which borders Uganda directly President Paul Kagame on Wednesday repeated his warning against “neighbors” who support the country’s enemies. He did not explicitly name names. However, although the Head of State did not…

In this photo from March 2017, local pastor Bishop Rugagi Innocent claims to have performed miracle on this man allowing him to heal from major accident. In September last year, he shared photos with his followers of him at the U.S Museum of Flight with a message that he was…

President Paul Kagame campaigns in Gicumbi district on August 1 2017 during the presidential polls President Paul Kagame is starting a tour of six districts starting Tuesday including one where a group calling itself National Liberation Front (FLN) claims to have occupied part of it. Village Urugwiro sent media update…

Maj Gen Mubarak Muganga speaking on Saturday A normal human being cannot celebrate killing ordinary villagers like what captured rebel leader Nsabimana Calixte aka Maj Sankara Calixte had been doing, says one of RDF’s most decorated Generals. Maj Gen Mubarak Muganga, Commader of RDF Forces in Kigali and Eastern Province…

REMA head Eng. Coletta Ruhamya (LEFT), Mayor Rwakazina Chantal (Right) and her deputy Busabizwa Parfait Kigali, during the tour of wetlands where thousands of families and businesses have been relocated The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020 or CHOGM 2020 is coming to Kigali with thousands of delegates – and…

August 01, 2018: President Paul Kagame officiates the swearing-in of 17 judges from the Supreme Court, the newly-established Court of Appeal, the High Court, and the Commercial High Court. The session took place in Parliament As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day today May 3, it’s time to hail the…

NSABIMANA Callixte a.k.a Maj Callixte Sankara when he was still in South Africa and member of RNC led by Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa NSABIMANA Callixte a.k.a Maj Callixte Sankara, the man who has been making media statements taking responsibility for attacks in Nyungwe forest national park and areas of south-western Rwanda,…

President Kagame has challenged the Supreme Court and it remains to be seen if action will be taken to remove the article, he is challenging, entirely from the books President Paul Kagame in an unprecedented move has weighed in on the ongoing fallout after the county’s highest court ruled to…

This new Shyira District Hospital was opened on July 1, 2017. However, it found a huge debt accumulated by the old facility which is located a distance far away The magnificent Shyira District Hospital unveiled by President Paul Kagame in July 2017 is back in the news, but for all…

City lawyer Richard Mugisha (R) sits through the Supreme Court session today with his legal team The journey to overturn several articles in the penal code specifically those concerning the media ended Wednesday with a historic Supreme Court ruling that has invalidated some of them. The latest development adds another…

Rwanda’s PM Dr Edouard Ngirente received the new complex from Jianbang Zheng, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee, at a function marked by heavy rain A multimillion dollar complex to serve as the Office of the Prime Minister has today been handed over by the Chine government…

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…