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Police in Rwamagana is holding three suspects found in possession with over 80Kgs of Cannabis an illegal drug in Rwanda.

Emmanuel Iranzi, Mustafa Gashugi and Jean Pierre Bizimana were arrested Tuesday at Musha Police check point after they were found carrying cannabis.

According to Police sources in Rwamagana, Iranzi, the owner of cannabis had contracted Gashugi commuter taxi driver and his conductor Bizimana to transport the drug from Kirehe district to Kigali upon which they would receive Frw 3,500 as payment for the service.

After the arrest, Gashugi claimed that he didn’t know that he wasn’t transporting drugs. Iranzi however, insisted that Gashugi was well aware of the plot as he had agreed to receive payment on condition that they arrived in Kigali without any hitch.

Police in Rwamagana attribute the arrest to timely information from Community Policing Committees in Kirehe district.

Workers at Real contractors Ltd receive their salaries in a very unique and environmentally friendly manner. Salaries are electronically wired to their mobile phones.

Once the transaction is successful, the recipient is notified by a text message on their mobile phone.

Kalinganire Viviens the Human Resource and Administration Manager at Real Contractors told IGIHE that over 1000 workers at different sites in the country receive their salaries through the MTN mobile money transfer system.

“For the past three months we have paid our casual workers by use of the mobile money transfer. We normally pay twice a month. The first installments are wired on every 15th of the month and later at the end of the month.”

Kalinganire told IGIHE that more than Frw24Million in cash is transferred to workers mobile phone accounts as salaries every month, “The method is quick and effective. We haven’t encountered any problems so far and our staffs are happy with this method.”

Real Contractors has partnered with MTN-Rwanda to make the sure that the whole Idea of effecting payments for Real Contractors salaries is realized without a hitch. MTN meets and sensitises Real Contractors workers at sites and offers them free SimCards and registration is done at the site.

Every Real Contractors site in the country is required to submit a list of workers at the site including their mobile phone numbers. The list is forwarded to the head office in Kigali.

Details for every staff are assessed before any transactions for their Salaries are effected to their mobile phones. The transactions are made at MTN Head Quarters thus more secure.

Real Contractors established a mobile money account with MTN where money is deposited. Before any transactions are made, Real contractors provide to MTN a genuine and current list of workers to be paid.

Later MTN effects transactions of different amounts to every mobile phone number on the list and recipients are notified by a short message asking them to visit a nearby MTN mobile money center and pick their salary.

Kalinganire explained that Real Contractors management had totally failed to pay casual workers on time located at all sites in the country.

“We accepted we had failed to effect payment of salaries on time to such a large number of workers until we came up with the mobile money transfer. It has actually worked without any challenges”.

However, Kalinganire said the mobile money transfer method is only considered for casual workers salaries. He said the method might be considered for other staff of the company.

Real contractors provide services including; Commercial construction services, Mechanical and Electrical engineering services and Real Estate development and management.

Kalinganire further calls upon Rwandans in the Diaspora to invest in Rwanda in the construction sector. “Rwanda is a virgin economy. The taxes citizens are paying are worth it and the investment policy is clear and favours investors”.

Real Contractors Ltd emerged winner of the RDB Business Excellence Award 2011 for the Construction and Real Estate Sector. The company emerged victorious in the pool of over eight firms that competed for the award.

Real Contractors Ltd has constructed the plush Kabuga Hillside Estates, Kagugu Villas, Nyarutarama Palm Village and Gacuriro Maisonettes amongst several other commercial construction projects.

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has today visited YDA construction firm in Turkey where the president is on a three day working visit.

YDA was founded in 1993 and now is engaged in General contracts, Investment projects , turn key projects , design and build projects , airports , smart buildings, industrial facilities , infrastructure projects , roads, bridges , squares , multi floor buildings , collective housing , residences , villas , real estates and housing development , business centers , hotels , hospitals , school complexes and Build- Operate- Transfer projects.

According to YDA construction is steadily growing and is becoming an international company as implementing its projects inside and outside turkey in countries such as: Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Abu Dhabi, Russia, Moldova, and Saudi Arabia.

Rwanda is considering attracting YDA to invest in the country where construction boom is gaining pace in areas including Real Estate, Roads, Airports, schools and much more complementary services and products.

After a short time of 16 years YDA has become an important brand in Construction section by intense pace of work and young, dynamic and focused team.

All YDA activities are under international subjects of safety and environment and the company owns ISO 9001 quality management, ISO 14001 environment management, and OHSAS 18001 work safety and worker health certificates.

YDA Construction is continuing to be one of the leading companies in construction sector in Turkey.

Mali troops have besieged the presidential palace and interrupted state television and radio broadcasts.

Reports indicate that an unnamed renegade soldier claiming that rebels had seized the palace and arrested several ministers after a gun battle with elite paratroopers.

The African Union has also issued a stern warning to Mali troops, “The AU is deeply concerned by the reprehensible acts currently being perpetrated by some elements of the Malian Army in Bamako, Mali, a statement from AU Commission Chief Jean Ping office said.

Ping expressed the strong condemnation by the AU of any attempt to seize power by force, and stressed the need to respect constitutional legitimacy as represented by the republican institutions, including that of the President of the Republic, Mr Amadou Toumani Toure.

Sentore Athanase passed away last evening (Wednesday) at 7PM local time. The renowned cultural artist died at a Mumbai hospital in India where he has been receiving treatment for more than seven months.

Born in 1934, Sentore succumbed to a liver disease which he had suffered for the past two years.

He had eight children including two sons and six daughters and twenty grand children and one great grandchild.

The late Sentore is the father of popular artist Masamba Intore.

The Eastern Province Headquarters have been destroyed by heavy rain which smashed off roofing tiles and soaked all office material. The complex was completed this year 2012 and is worth Frw 3,172,007,171.

The governor of the province Uwamariya Odette has expressed shock at how such a new building could be destroyed by just rain. She says the province officials are yet to assess the cost of damages.

The flashy state of the art complex emerged from a sensitive investigation and later a court case which showed that the tender awarded to Enterprise Alexis Mugarura (EMA) flauted procurement procedures.

The prosecution then claimed the tender did not follow the normal channels.

On March 10, 2007 former governor of the East Province Theoneste Mutsindashyaka allegedly informed the (EMA) Construction firm in writing that it had won Rwf 1.7 bn tender, contrary to regulations that only empower Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA) to announce the winner.