Tag: politics
You Are Too Young To Be Mayor of Kigali If You Are Under 35 Years?
President Paul Kagame has assented to the amended law governing elections in the country…
President Museveni: Rwanda-Uganda Conflict Will Not Be Solved On Radios
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has told people near Rwanda’s border that talks are ongoing…
Prime Minister Puts Rwanda Debt At 29% Against GDP, Below World Bank And IMF Numbers
Rwanda’s debt remains relatively low against the regional threshold of 50 percent, Central Bank…
‘Giving’ Green Party And PS-Imberakuri Gov’t Positions Would Advance Constitutional Rule
On July 20 last week, I was invited to engage members of the Democratic…
Kagame’s New Ambassadors Speak To Impending Gov’t Reshuffle
On Monday night, President Paul Kagame made changes to his diplomatic team – sending…
South Africa, Rwanda Top Diplomats Meet In Niger
Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister Dr Richard Sezibera has held talks with South Africa’s minister…
Ex-French Army Chief Admits Supplying Arms To Habyarimana
France provided arms to government of Juvenal Habyarimana to fight off the rebels of…
RPF’s War Of Liberation And Its Aftermath: A Summary
In the wee hours of October 1, 1990, the Rwandese Patriotic Army/Front (RPA/F) rebels…
Supreme Court Orders Special Forensic Audit In Case Of Rayon Sports President
RDF firm Horizon-Sopyrwa SARL and its former managing director businessman Paul Muvunyi have been…
Government Issues Ultimatum On Empty $3m Market In Rubavu District
The magnificent Cross Border Market in Rubavu district meant to be a one-stop-center for…
Health Minister Reports Catholic Church To Parliament Over Undermining Family Planning Program
The Catholic Church has directed hospitals under its control to send back government funding…
Experts “Expected Tax Amnesty” From Ndagijimana’s Budget
In attempt to widen the tax base, experts had hoped Finance and Economic Planning…
Restructuring of Kigali Administration Provokes Merger of Top Football Teams
Top football league clubs based in the capital Kigali have started a process to…
Can New Rusesabagina-Twagiramungu Alliance Survive Where Many Others Have Failed To Live Beyond Talk And Press Releases?
Exiled former Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu has formed a joint platform with Paul Rusesabagina,…
Rwanda Says Not Afraid of Chinese Loans
Government said Tuesday that loans from China are “still very low” as the two…
Vatican, Russian Envoys Force Closure Of Noisy Prayer Spots In Kigali Neighborhood
Complaints over noise by the Pope’s Representative and Russian Envoy in Kigali led to…
Parliament Questions No Budget Allocation For Early Childhood Education
The 2019-2020 budget does not include any allocation to Early Childhood Education – which…
Kagame’s Encounter With Corruption Could Have Led To Doubling Police Salaries In 2016
In some countries, so it emerged yesterday, that nobody is immune from being a…
Ex-Presidential Guard Joel Mutabazi Claims To Be Going Blind, Starving And Sick With Hepatitis
Lt Joel Mutabazi, whose case is directly linked to the current Rwanda-Uganda fallout, this…
“Are We Batwa or ‘Historically Marginalized People’?”
A government policy referring to the Batwa as “Historically Marginalized People” is “damaging and…
The Paradox Of Museveni’s Interest In EAC Political Federation
As scheduled, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda delivered his “State of the Nation Address”…
Why Cant Rwanda Add DR Congo’s Lingala Language? – Asks Jeannette Kagame
In a new diplomatic overture to DR Congo, its First Lady Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi…
More Than 300 Soldiers and Police Dismissed
President Paul Kagame and line ministers have dismissed a total of 322 officers and…
Political Protection, Corruption Impeding Hunt For Genocide Fugitives – UN Prosecutor
Despite $5m bounty for each of the hardcore genocide fugitives and Red Notices for…
Rayon Sports President Risks Paying Rwf 8.2billion to RDF Company
The Supreme Court is preparing to decide on a case in which the RDF…
Green Party’s Growing Impatience With President Paul Kagame
From 2006 up until September last year, self-proclaimed environmentalist Frank Habineza has been struggling…
DR Congo Poll Shows 67% Approve President Tshisekedi Performance
President Felix Tshisekedi is increasingly attracting the trust of the Congolese people nearly half…
Ombudsman Struggles To Explain Why Corruption Fight Not Reaching “Big Fish”
A new government report released today shows 108 people were convicted last year over…
Rwanda, New South African Foreign Minister “Looking Forward” To First Meeting
In an expected move, Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister Dr Richard Sezibera has congratulated his…
Here Are Agencies With ‘Zero’ Budget Execution For 2018/2019
The Rwanda Green Fund (FONERWA), the agency behind the the recently announced $5billion green…
