Police in Kirehe District has arrested a suspected murderer while on the run to Rusumo after killing his parents in Rwamagana District.
The suspect identified as Sindayigaya Gilbert 24 reportedly beheaded his 75year-old father and consequently strangled his own mother aged 65 years.
The murder incidence occurred at Munayinga sector in Rwamagana district.
Sindayigaya decision to murder his elderly parents resulted from a property dispute.
About 250 Investors have convened in Kigali for an Energy Investment conference.
Officiating at the opening of the conference, Prime Minister Dr.Pierre Damien HABUMUREMYI encouraged private sector to consider investing in the Energy sector saying the government policy supports such a move.
The conference is organized by Rwanda Development board in partnership with the World Bank, the ministry of infrastructure and national energy agency EWSA.
The Minister of State for Water and Energy Ms. Emma Francoise ISUMBINGABO said Rwanda has a plan to generate over 1000 Mega watts of Electricity but currently the total output stands at 100Mega watts.
She thus emphasized that this target cannot be attained without the collaboration with the private sector.
Government also projects that by 2017 about 70% of Rwandan homes shall be connected to the national electricity grid.
Rwanda Development Board’s Deputy CEO in charge of Business Operations Claire Akamanzi said energy production increase is needed to for the current and future economic development.
An American Tourist Lauren Brom visiting Rwanda was today robbed by a motorist pretending to be a cab driver.
Brom arrived this afternoon in Rwanda by Bus from Nairobi Kenya. After reaching Nyabugogo bus terminal, she sought service of a cab driver but wasn’t aware of how genuine cabs look like.
Brom said the driver spoke good English and thus trusted him to deliver her to a hotel.
The runaway driver quietly approached her and asked her where she was going in English. She gladly entered his vehicle and placed all her bags in the back seat and sat in the co-drivers seat.
She wanted to be delivered to Kacyiru residential apartments which she had pre booked on line before she arrival.
Brom narrated to IGIHE.com that when they reached a narrow road that had no houses or roads branching off, She noticed the driver locking the doors with the child safety switch but was convinced it was just safety manners until he put his hand in his left pocket and pulled out a Swiss army knife.
She panicked asking the driver where they were and what he was going to do to her when all of a sudden he swerved the car and parked on the side of the road.
The driver told her to not to try anything funny or he would hurt her but if she just gave him all her money and get out of the car she won’t be harmed, he took her money and threatened to find her if she was to report it to the cops.
Brom said she was simply glad to get out alive that she quickly gave him the money and left the car, in her haste to get out of the car she left her belongings in the back and simply went with her empty purse and her passport.
She said she only remembers the driver was wearing a cap and his car was white but had no orange lining that she didn’t know represented taxi cabs.
She was helped by area residents that escorted her to a proper cab. Brom reached her apartments where the staff helped her locate a western union branch where she sent for more cash.
Brom says she hasn’t been fazed by this episode since her experience in Kenya has taught her a few things about African robbery. She will still use taxis but only those she knows are official cab drivers.
Residents of Kimicanga suburb are angry at their eviction with only two days remaining to have the area secured. Locals are literally collecting their belongings including; bricks and roofing materials from structures they have always known as home.
The residents who have resided in the affected houses are outraged at the manner in which local officials as well as landlords have begun demolishing the houses while residents are still inside.
The area comprised of restaurants, shops homes and all sorts of livelihood facets. The emotional attachment to the place seems strong at the moment but the decision has already been made.
Some residents who have been renting in the suburb have been left stranded as their landlords have literally begun taking down the houses.
Peter Shimimana a resident of Kimicanga has been renting in the area says he is troubled to find a place to go in just two days.
“I have nowhere to go, this house only cost me 40,000rwf.other places are too expensive. I don’t know where to find money in just two days.”
By last night demolition was ongoing in the area while residents were still occupying the houses. The House proprietors have begun removing bricks, windows, and all valuable items.
Several residents claim they are now homeless while others will return to their villages.
Agnes karuranga a widow,owned houses at Kimicanga with her five children, and grandchildren all in the same house. She has lived at Kinamba for over 35 years; her family depended on money from the houses that she had rented out for several years.
Karuranga told IGIHE.com that the money the government has given her as compensation for her houses is what she will use to build a new house. But She says the biggest problem is that her family has been deprived of a source of regular income.
Beatrice Isenga owner of a small resturant already demolished said this is the third time she is moving due to land expropriation and that everytime she moves it gets harder and harder for her to make her business work.she has no husband but only a schooling daughter.
“I have no idea whether my business will thrive again. I have to start afresh. Places like Kimicanga have been helpful to small businesses like mine because the clients are also low income earners”.
Local Officials and landlords have said that the people were given sufficient time and notice as stated by the law; last month was the official eviction announcement and all the people have been fairly compensated.
Those who have any official complaint should contact authorities at the national land center.
Police has arrested a man identified as Claude Uwintwari for attempting to defraud cash worth Frw12million from Banque Populaire branch at Nyamirambo.
Police sources revealed that Uwintwari was intercepted at the bank where he had submitted a falsified cheque to withdraw Frw12million from an accunt belonging to a business woman identified as Esperance Mugande, a business woman.
Uwintwari had allegedly connived with a team of fraudsters that illegally duplicated a telephone simcard belonging to Mugande through SIM swap.
Therefore when bank authorities telephoned Mugande on the same line, it was answered by a different person confirming that indeed permission had been granted to withdraw the amount of cash inscribed on the cheque.
The bank needed confirmation from the the Account Holder that such a massive amount had been authorized for withdrawal.
However, as Luck would have it, Mugande coincidentally arrived at the bank as Uwintwari tried to cash the check. Mugande was immediately recognized by bank employees who asked her whether she had indeed authorized payment of Frw 12million.
Mugande denied any authorization. She swiftly contacted her husband to find out whether he had authorized any payment which he also denied.
Suspecting an ongoing fraudulent activity, the bank ordered its security detail to restrain Uwintwari as it notified Police.
Below is a sample of a letter representing the challenges or concerns that come when alcoholism takes effect…:
My husband got a new job a few months ago and since then I’ve realized he comes home very late always smelling of alcohol. He used to drink before but would always come home by 9pm.
Nowadays, he stays out late even on weekends, my children and I hardly see him anymore and when I ask him about it, he just says that it’s his life. How can I help him to stop taking alcohol?
This question dwells on the negative effects this has on the family, the disconnection that’s present and the issue of great financial stability.
Now, this lady never mentioned whether the husband provides adequately for the family or not but in most situations, the family has to do without many things as most of the money goes to alcohol consumption.
These are just some of the effects of alcoholism.
Helping an alcoholic or a person who suffers from alcohol abuse to stop this habit is not easy so we go for the next best thing.
It’s been known to happen where friends and loved ones even hide all the drinks and monitor the alcoholic’s whereabouts throughout the day. My advice is, don’t stress yourself over that.
Help and love them where you can and don’t let it affect you so much when they don’t take your help seriously or in a positive manner. At the end of the day, it’s the alcoholic’s will to stop drinking that actually works.
What to do
Concentrate on doing the best for you and your whole family because the alcoholic is surely not having your best interests at heart.
If you are an alcoholic’s spouse it is time to step up and handle most of the responsibilities in the household. If you can gather both your incomes and manage them yourself, that would be best.
It’ s good not to seem controlling by allocating just a little of it for the alcoholic’s pleasure. Otherwise many other problems may arise.
If you do not have a job, try and look for one in case your spouse is not forthcoming with his/her income. Financial stability is best so as to avoid stressing(…)
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What?
The Educational Advising Center at the American Embassy presents a student advising session on “Undergraduate Study in America.”
When?
These sessions will be held every first Wednesday of every month.
The next one will take place on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Where?
The presentation will be done in the Consular Waiting Room at the American Embassy in Kacyiru. Please enter through the consular entrance.
RSVP Required: Please call or email to reserve a space as seating is limited.
Email [email protected] or call 252 596-689.
The new law that establishes Roads in the country has created major adjustments to the previous law.
The current law provides that all major roads especially Highways extend upto 22 meters up from previous 15 meters in the old law.
Dr. Alexis Nzahabwanimana the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure announced the changes in the provisions of the old law and urged respect of the new law (no 55 of 14 Ukuboza 2011).
“Roads including those connecting districts in category One, are required subject to the new law to be 7 meters wide (two lane) and the reserve area has been adjusted to 22 meters from the previous 15 meters,” said Dr. Nzahabwanimana.
Adjustments in the law imply that any developmental activities existing within the range of 22 meters from the Highway road and other roads provided for in the new law shall be affected.
It is not yet explained whether proprietors of existing infrastructure such as Houses and other activities including arable land would be compensated.
A Rwandan woman in Montreal Canada who vanished while on an evening walk near her home in January was found floating in the St. Lawrence River more than 100 kilometres away, the circumstances of her death are as mysterious as her disappearance.
IGIHE.com had reported this matter of the missing Rwandan Clemence Umugwaneza.
The body of Clémence Umugwaneza, 26, was spotted by the Coast Guard near Louiseville on Saturday night, about 115 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
The corpse was pulled out of the river, and Trois Rivières police were called in to investigate. Once the body was identified as Umugwaneza, Montreal police were contacted to deliver the news to her family.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death and how long Umugwaneza was in the river, said Montreal police spokesperson Mélanie Martineau, saying every hypothesis from foul play to suicide remains on the table.
“All avenues of investigation are being kept open,” she said. “It’s really the autopsy that will determine where we go from here.”
A key question is where Umugwaneza ended up in the frigid waters – near her Cartierville home or closer to Louiseville. While Martineau said it is “possible” she floated all that way, the autopsy may be able to shed light on whether her body could have gone into the water closer to where it was found.
The coroner’s office will also look for signs of violence as well as try to pinpoint when Umugwaneza died.
Umugwaneza was last seen at about 9 p.m. on Jan. 11 when she left the home she shares with her family in the Cartierville area of Montreal to go for a walk.
Relatives became alarmed when she didn’t return and called the police, who took the disappearance seriously.
Umugwaneza had no history of going missing, suicidal tendencies or known associations with unsavoury characters.
Montreal police combed the area around her home, searched the riverbanks with dogs and set up command posts nearby to seek the public’s help to locate her.
“We really had no clues,” Martineau said.
While the file is in the hands of Trois Rivières police for the moment, she added Montreal police could get involved again depending on what the coroner finds.
Today a bizarre but true story happened in the morning hours at Remera trading center when a lady only identified as Mahoro Louise was stripped off her Jeans trousers and left half nude in knickers. This prompted onlookers to hurl insults at the naked lady that had been thought to be insane.
A motorcycle taxi operator a.k.a Plazo who witnessed the drama narrated to IGIHE.com. Plazo had parked at the stage when two girls emerged while struggling with each other.
Suddenly one of the girls started undressing her jeans and was left with only light blue knickers as the other girl simply watched and then confidently walked away with Mahoro’s trousers without looking behind.
This attracted a huge crowd that stopped and stared at the naked girl as though she was crazy. Onlookers waited to see what would happen next.
“I was so shocked that I didn’t even realize that she was calling me, I rushed over, after talking to her I realised she was sane and immediately offered her my vest to help her cover her naked body. People hurled obscenities at Mahoro.
Mahoro claimed that her friend falsely accused her of kissing her boyfriend in their house. The friend later chaced her out of the house upto the streets and she forced her forced her to strip the Jeans that she had borrowed from her.
This left Mahoro nude in public. Mahoro later jumped onto a motorcycle taxi in her underwear and sped off.
Mahoro says she was innocently mistreated in public by her friend she had always thought was a good person only to humiliate her. Mahoro lives at Gikondo and her friend Juliet is resident at Remera just behind Alpha Palace.
Juliet had invited Mahoro to spend the night at her place as she does often.