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Rwanda National Police has announced promotions within the force in which several Non-Commissioned Police Officers and Police Constables have been promoted.

Subject to the provisions of the constitution of the Republic of Rwanda articles 120,121 and 201, the Minister of Internal Security on 16th April 2012, issued the Ministerial instruction No 001/12 of 01/04 2012 effecting promotions of both Non- Commissioned officers and Police constables of Rwanda National Police.

The Promotions include;

17 have been promoted from the rank of Sergeant to Chief Sergeant.

305 have been promoted from Corporal to Sergeant.

861 have been promoted from Police Constable to Corporal.

Rwandan National Police is holding six suspects in connection with human trafficking.

The suspects allegedly hoodwink their victims promising them well paying jobs abroad but actually take them to indulge in illegal activities, especially prostitution.

Rukimbira Valentine 27 and his counterpart were arrested by police while trying to take four girls to the Peoples republic of China.

Rukimbira claims that his relative living in China had requested him to find Rwandans to work in a Bar and Supermarket in China. Its thus he embarked on search for those interested in the job offer.

Other four suspects were arrested saying their victims were destined for South Korea.

“There is no other purpose for this. I didn’t know it was wrong, even now I believe I have committed no crime. Police just told me that these people are actually taken for different purpose”, Rukimbira said.

Umulisa Aline and three other victims were destined for China. She told IGIHE that due to unemployment, she could not turn down any job offered to her.

“I didn’t know Rukimbira, I got to know about him through a Friend working at UTC Mall who also told me that she was going to China to work at a supermarket and that all travel documents would be processed for me…then I agreed.”

The World Bank Executive Directors met today to select a new President of the World Bank Group.

The Board expressed its deep gratitude for Mr. Robert B. Zoellick’s outstanding leadership and his dedication to reducing poverty in its member countries, the core mandate of the World Bank Group.

The Executive Directors followed the new selection process agreed in 2011 which, for the first time in the Bank’s history, yielded multiple nominees.
This process included an open nomination where any national of the Bank’s membership could be proposed by any Executive Director or Governor, publication of the names of the candidates, interviews of the candidates by the Executive Directors, and final selection of the President.

The Executive Directors selected Dr. Jim Yong Kim as President for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012. The President is Chair of the Boards of Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).

The President is also ex officio Chair of the Boards of Directors of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the Administrative Council of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

We, the Executive Directors, wish to express our deep appreciation to all the nominees, Jim Yong Kim, José Antonio Ocampo and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Their candidacies enriched the discussion of the role of the President and of the World Bank Group’s future direction. The final nominees received support from different member countries, which reflected the high caliber of the candidates. We all look forward to working with Dr. Kim when he assumes his responsibilities.

Dr. Jim Yong Kim is currently President of Dartmouth College. A U.S. national, Dr. Kim is a co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH) and a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Before assuming the Dartmouth presidency, Dr. Kim held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.

He also served as chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and director of the François Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Kim was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship (2003), was named one of America’s “25 Best Leaders” by US News & World Report (2005), and was selected as one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” (2006).

He was elected in 2004 to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences—one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine—for his professional achievements and commitment to service.

He has published widely over the past two decades, authoring or co-authoring articles for leading academic and scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and Science.

Born in 1959 in Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Kim moved with his family to the United States at the age of five and grew up in Muscatine, Iowa.

Dr. Kim graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1982. He earned a medical doctorate from Harvard Medical School in 1991 and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University in 1993.

He is married to Dr. Younsook Lim, a pediatrician. The couple has two young sons.

Dr. Jim Yong Kim has released a statement in response to his selection by the World Bank’s Executive Directors as 12th President of the World Bank.

Dr. Yong Kim replaces Robert Zoellick as the World Bank president.

“I am honored to accept the Executive Directors’ decision to select me as the next President of the World Bank Group. I am delighted to succeed Robert Zoellick, who has served with excellence and distinction during the last five years, and I am grateful to the Bank’s member countries for the broad support I have received.

I have spoken with Minister Okonjo-Iweala and Professor Ocampo. They have both made important contributions to economic development, and I look forward to drawing on their expertise in the years to come.

It is befitting that I conclude my global listening tour in Peru. It was here in the shantytowns of Lima that I learned how injustice and indignity may conspire to destroy the lives and hopes of the poor.

It was here that I saw how communities struggle to prosper because of a lack of infrastructure and basic services. It was here that I learned that we must raise our sights to match the aspirations of those most excluded.

And it was here that I learned that we can triumph over adversity by empowering the poor and focusing on results.

As President, I will seek a new alignment of the World Bank Group with a rapidly changing world. Together, with partners old and new, we will foster an institution that responds effectively to the needs of its diverse clients and donors; delivers more powerful results to support sustained growth; prioritizes evidence-based solutions over ideology; amplifies the voices of developing countries; and draws on the expertise and experience of the people we serve.

My discussions with the Board and member countries point to a global consensus around the importance of inclusive growth. We are closer than ever to achieving the mission inscribed at the entrance of the World Bank – “Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty.”

The power of this mission is matched by the talent of the World Bank Group staff. May this shared mission embolden our efforts to end the disparities which too often diminish our shared humanity. Let us work together to provide every woman and man with the opportunity to determine their own future.”

During his one day visit in Ruhango District, Southern Province, President Paul Kagame urged local population to work hard and become self sustainable.

He noted that people have to work hard and they can change positively their lives.

Kagame officially inaugurated a new Cassava Milling Factory in Kinazi Sector built at a cost estimated at US $10M and the District Hospital.

The Governor of Southern Province, Alphonse Munyantwali said that the new plant will help other farmers from different districts in Southern Province include Nyanza, Gisagara and Ruhango.

A cassava farmer Euralia Mukarugambwa said that she is able to support her family from cassava farming,“Now I have two children in University. I hope that all my five children will study in the university.”

President Kagame said that citizens can attain development that other countries have achieved, “There are countries that are very rich and then they use their wealth to feed us. Kagame said, “We all have to play our roles in the development of our country; government gives direction and people follow”.

Local residents said that they have hope that it will be easy to achieve benefits because they have a plant near them.

The modern Kinazi Cassava Milling Factory has production capacity of 40 tons of flour per day.

Equipment at the Cassava Milling Factory has been installed and tested. The flour will be available in markets by end April.

The First Lady Jeannette Kagame has begun today a two-day visit to Uganda at the invitation of her Ugandan counterpart Janet Museveni IGIHE has learnt.

Sources told Ugandan press that Mrs. Kagame will participate in a community service event, similar to Rwanda’s monthly Umuganda (community service), geared towards building a primary school at Itojo in Ruhama, Ntungamo district.

While in Uganda, Mrs. Kagame and her host are scheduled to preside over the commissioning of a model school at Rwekiniro built by Mrs Museveni.

Uganda’s ambassador to Rwanda, Richard Kabonero was quoted saying, “We welcome the First Lady of Rwanda’s visit which is a further sign of the existing deep relations between the two countries and builds on the momentum of our two heads of State,” Kabonero commented.

When she visited in July 2011, Mrs Kagame and her counterpart Mrs Museveni opened Igongo cultural center in Mbarara where the former donated $10,000 (sh23m) to promote Uganda-Rwanda culture.

Police sources have reported that a boy aged 12 has killed his sister and injured his brother for denying him food.

Theophile Muhimpundu hit and killed his 10 year old sister using a hoe and severely injured his four year old younger brother. The incident occurred in Nyaruguru District.

According to Police sources, the cause of the incident was that the victims refused to give him food.

The dead and injured were taken to Munini health center while the culprit is detained at Munini Police Station for further management.

Claudine Musabyimana, Muhimpundu’s mother said that her son had left school early without any reason. She said she was shocked by her son’s actions.

“It’s shocking that a twelve year old can commit such an atrocity,” Superintendent Theos Badege, the Police spokesperson said.

A five year old child was burnt to death on Saturday night when fire burnt a hut he was sleeping in at Gihembe refugee camp in Gicumbi district.

Gihembe refugee camp accommodates DR-Congo refugees.

Elias Mucunguzi, 5, died from burns. He was sleeping with his parents in the hut when their mattress caught fire.

The fire was reportedly caused by a candle. Various household items were also destroyed. The body of the deceased was taken to Gihembe Health Centre for a post mortem.

Authorities at the Camp claimed that they detected the fire about 2AM in the morning but camp residents extinguished it.

Before the end of this week Jean Uwinkindi currently in custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), will be transferred to Rwanda for trial.

His transfer date will not exceed 19th April. Uwinkindi is charged with genocide and extermination.

On April 5, 2012, the President of the Tribunal, Judge Vagn Joensen, ruled that Uwinkindi should be transferred to Rwanda “within 14 days of the filing of this decision” and instructed the Registrar to “make all other necessary arrangements.”

“The President directs the Registrar to immediately begin discussions with Rwanda to determine what is necessary to effect transfer of Uwinkindi,” reads the decision.

The President has also directed the Registrar to appoint ICTR Legal Staff that would be chosen in consultation with him to act as “interim monitor” upon the transfer of the accused and until the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) or other organization is appointed as monitor.

The Registrar has been directed to immediately resume negotiations with the ACHPR with the goal of expeditiously conclude an agreement for the monitoring of the trial and promptly inform him in the event of any further difficulties, so that he could assist in the process or decide otherwise.

A Referral Chamber at ICTR approved on June 28, 2011 the transfer of Uwinkindi to Rwanda and ordered the appointment of ACHPR as monitoring body for his trial. The decision was confirmed on appeal on December 16, 2011.

President Paul Kagame has made several promotions in the army.
Notable is the promotion of (Major General) Karenzi Karake head of National Security Service (NSS) to the rank of Lt.General.

According to the army spokesperson Col, (now Brig. Gen.) Joseph Nzabamwita, Six Brigadier Generals promoted to the rank of MAJOR GENERAL include;

Sam Kaka

Kamanzi Mushyo

Alexis Kagame

Augustin Turagara

Jacques Musemakweli

Mubarak Muganga

Sixteen (16) Colonels were promoted to the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. They Include;

George Rwigamba

Andrew Kagame

Damali Muzungu

Ruvusha Emmy

Aloys Muganga

Karamba Charles

Albert Murasira

Emmanuel Bayingana

Innocent Kabandana

Joseph Nzabamwita

Dr Rudakubana Charles

Johnson Hodari

Mupenzi Jean-Jean

Vincent Gatama

Ferdinand Safari

Gacinya Rugumya.

Seven (7) Lieutenant Colonel are now COLONELS.
And those are;

Francis Mutiganda

Emmanuel Rugazora

Fred Muziraguharara

Vincent Nyakarundi

Silas Udahemuka

Kakira Rwakabi

Happy Ruvusha