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In collaboration with a German international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development (GTZ) in Rwanda, Rwanda Governance Board has prepared training for people who will help district authorities in capacity building.

The RGB vice Director, Ambassador Fatuma Ndangiza said that the coaching was thought of in terms of improving skills and capacity for district authorities at their work places helped by experts in different domains.

Ndangiza explained that a trial program, lasting 1 year starting from September 2011, is emphasizing on planning, service delivery and the accountability of the government resources.

The training was sponsored by Belgium government through Public Service Capacity Building Secretariate and it will be started in 10 districts among of which are Nyaruguru, Huye (South), Karongi, Rutsiro, Nyabihu (West), Gakenke, Musanze (North), Rwamagana, Gatsibo (East) and Nyarugenge (Kigali).

Apart from sponsoring RGB in Advisory roles and competencies, GTZ is still helping in implementation of the action. To prove it, Peter Rimmele the Head of GTZ/Good Governance Program handed over 10 computers to help the trainees fulfil their daily activities.

RGB acting Director in charge of local authorities capacity building expressed his gratitude towards RGB partners not only for the implementation of this program but also for their daily collaboration.

They promised trainees to stay in touch and called them on to put into practice the skills they have acquired for the better outcome which will enable the expansion of the program in all districts.

The Managing Director of Isango Star Jean Lambert Gatare, has said that Deutsche Welle Radio will be broadcasting its Swahili and French news on Isango Star radio from January 23, 2012.

Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany’s international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages.

Gatare was announcing the new development of the Radio he heads where he also said that the radio was changing to 91.5FM.

“We changed the frequency for two main factors; first of all we wanted to expand radio broadcasting areas where different people were not able to listen to us, in Musanze Ditrict in Northern Province,” Gatare said.

“Another factor are the complaints of our radio frequency interruptions into other radios’ frequencies due to stronger wave signals.” Gatare added.

Isango Star Radio, started there are two years, with journalists from other radios and is emerging among popular FM radio stations in the country.

Deutsche Welle has broadcast regularly since 1953. Until 2003 it was based in Cologne, when it relocated to a new building, the Schürmann-Bau, in Bonn’s former government office area.

The television broadcasts are produced in Berlin. Deutsche Welle’s website is produced in both Berlin and Bonn.

Deutsche Welle was inaugurated on 3 May 1953, with an address by German President Theodor Heuss as its first shortwave broadcast.

On 11 June 1953, the public broadcasters in the ARD signed an agreement to share responsibility for Deutsche Welle.

At first, it was controlled by Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR). In 1955, when this split into the separate Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) networks, WDR assumed responsibility for Deutsche Welle programming.

In 1960, Deutsche Welle became an independent public body after a court ruled that broadcasting from Germany was part of the federal government’s foreign-affairs function.

On 7 June 1962, it joined the ARD as a national broadcasting station.

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30 Senior Police Officers from different departments of Police have today started three days of Employees Performance Appraisal Training at Rwanda Institute for Administration and Management (RIAM).

The training is organized by Rwanda National Police and funded by the Public Sector Capacity Building Secretariat (PSCBS).

Officiating at the opening ceremony, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) John Bosco Kabera lauded the continued partnership with RIAM and PSCBS.

According to the police statement, ACP Kabera conceded that training police officers is one of the approaches undertaken by Rwanda National Police as the approach is believed by the force as an appropriate transit to excellence and professionalism.

Kabera urged course participants to give value and take the course seriously.

He noted that protecting life and property is a noble cause and which requires highly skilled and knowledgeable personnel.

Jean Mukunzi a trainer said that, the training has been going on because last year police officers from administration and personnel departments were given similar trainings.

“Rwanda National Police is involved in more government programs, it is imperative that its personnel acquire skills in different fields in order to be able to lender quick and quality services”, Mukunzi said.

Mukunzi noted that RIAM and Rwanda National Police are in close discussions to put ways on how trained officers can be guided into implementing the knowledge acquired to ensure excellence in their daily activities.

“We hope to begin an evaluation phase next year where we shall be checking how trained police officers implement the skills and where necessary assist those that still have problems”, Mukunzi said admitting that training is good only if accompanied by an evaluation phase.

After military training which took place in Musanze last year, countries making East African community are preparing to meet in another military training in October 2012.

Col. Frank Nganga, the head of council in charge of preparations of these trainings said that the activity is carried out in terms of working together as a community.

He said, “this activity is crucial for EAC countries as it was noticed after the previous trainings; we were able to rescue anywhere at any time.

Ngaga added that EAC countries should work together in military activities as it happens in other domains like economy.

Unlike the previous training which empasized on preparing a battlefield (Command Post Exercise), next training will be more importantly based on practice (Troops Field Exercise)

The previous training occurred at Musanze in Northern province in Nyakinama military camp from 21st-28th October 2011; it was named “Ushirikiano Imara” which means “Strong solidarity”.

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The minister of foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo has confirmed on her twitter that the Genocide suspect Leon Mugesera is en route to Rwanda.

Mugesera was taken to Montreal’s international airport after being given a few hours to have left the Canadian soil not beyond 4pm Canadian time.

“Leon Mugesera’s deportation, while decades past due, is welcome news for a people committed to healing and justice,” Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said in a Tweet.

“Canada did the right thing.”Mushikiwabo added.

She thanked Canadians, whom she said saw through an international legal labyrinth and decided Mugesera must go.

According to eye witnesses, his relatives stood crying as they looked on, while Mugesera leaves the Montreal International Airport as Canadian border-services agents were standby to deport him.

The longstanding legal battle of over 16 years to avoid deportation ended this Monday morning and is expected to arrive Monday night.

The news came after Quebec Superior Court justice Michel Delorme issued a ruling against Mugesera on Monday morning.

Mugesera’s lawyers had asked the court to hold off on his deportation until the United Nations could investigate claims that he would face torture if returned to his homeland.

However, Delorme decided Monday the decision was not within his jurisdiction.
Mugesera, 59, is wanted in Rwanda for allegedly inciting genocide and committing crimes against humanity, and has been fighting to stay in Canada for 16 years.

His deportation was all but imminent last week, when his lawyers made a last minute bid to keep him in the country by appealing to the United Nations Committee Against Torture.

The UN committee then requested that Canada hold off on making a decision until it could examine the allegations, a process that would have likely have taken a few months.

That prompted the provincial court to stay the deportation order while the legal implications of the UN request could be assessed.

Federal lawyers argued on Friday, however, that the provincial court didn’t have the jurisdiction to rule on immigration cases a stance that Delorme ultimately agreed with on Monday, saying such decisions were in the realm of the federal court.

His is accused of inflammatory speech Mugesera gave in 1992 calling on Hutus to rid the country of Tutsis, whom he called cockroaches.

The quick developments on Monday began to appear grim for Mugesera when he missed a detention review hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board.

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Gasabo District court judge, Dative Yankurije has ruled non-eviction of Hotel Tech management in the premises the Remera sector was ordering them to leave.

Last week the Hotel Tech management had been served with a notice of ten days to vacate the premises even though the case had been in court pending the final ruling.

In her ruling, Yakurije ordered the owner of Hotel Tech Pascal Ndahiro to remain in his premises registered under plot number 3315.

She also ordered Gastabo District management to pay court fees amounting Rwf 8,200.

The mayor of Gatsabo Willy Ndizeye noted that he can’t object the court ruling.

“Public auction will follow and the money worth his investment will be put on an account provided by the commercial court and then he will be refunded his investment,” The Mayor added.

Hotel Tech property is currently attached as collateral in a Gacaca case waiting to be publicly auctioned and the returns from which shall be used to compensate 1994 genocide survivors whose loved ones were killed in the same area.

However, Pascal Ndahiro the proprietor of the Hotel Tech business said that the ultimatum forcing him out was illegal. He claims he has been given 10 days yet the matter is still in the court.

“I have no problem vacating the place. However, the issue the authorities are ignoring is the investment put in and little time they are giving as if I am a criminal, I’m demanding Rwf 76 million I used in renovation of this hotel,” Ndahiro decried.

“How do you close this business in just 2 days? Imagine they notified me on 13th requesting me to quit on 15th ,” Ndahiro added.

There is another controversy that the Obudsman’s office has halted public auctioning of the premises for seven times as alleged by the two plaintiffs Alexandre Harerimana and Cécile Mukaruzamba in the Gacaca courts.

Even though the official Seraphin Ntagwabira Rumaziminsi from the Ombudsman’s office dispute the times they have halted the process, he says the plaintiffs want to be the only ones benefiting yet there are several other survivors of the 1994 Genocide supposed to benefit.

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The president of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame has received General Carter F. Ham, AFRICOM Commander in his office at Village Urugwiro.

This is in connection with AFRICOM the U.S established state partnership program with Rwanda that was established in 2009 and aimed at providing support to the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF).

General Ham’s visit is aimed at holding discussions with Rwanda military officials on how to further strengthen the existing partnership.

General Ham said during the visit that the U.S troops have good relationship with Rwanda troops because they provide through trainings for capacity building focusing on sustainable security.

Ham is a United States Army general, who serves as the second and current Commander, U.S. Africa Command. In that position, he has been in command of the initial 2011 military intervention in Libya.

He served as an enlisted Infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division before attending John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant through the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (Army ROTC) in the Infantry as a Distinguished Military Graduate in 1976.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial judges have just confirmed charges against four of the six Kenyan suspects accused of inciting wars during the 2007 post election violence.

Those scheduled to face trials include, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Eldoret North Member of parliament (MP) William Ruto, head of civil service Francis Muthaura and journalist Joshua Sang.

Charges against Tinderet MP Henry Kosgey and former police commissioner Hussein Ali were dropped.

Reading a statement containing confirmed charges was Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova.

“ In reaching our decision, we have reviewed all evidence to ascertain the necessary threshold had been reached. It’s our hope that this decision will bring peace to Kenya,” she read.

The judge further emphasized. “As for Mr Kosgey and Mr Ali, I would like to tell them that the prosecutor may present a request to appeal against this ruling.”

On the case against Ruto and Uhuru, the chamber was satisfied that they are criminally responsible for the alleged crimes as indirect perpetrators.

Yet the chamber does not believe that the Kenya Police was involved in the crimes. “It is for this reason why we did not find the evidence against Mr Ali enough to sustain the charges,” said Trendafilova.

The court found Ruto as an indirect perpetrator of the crimes, while Sang was an associate. However the chamber was not satisfied by the evidence against Mr Kosgey.

Indeed, the prosecutor established substantial grounds to believe crimes against humanity were committed. The Chamber also found that the assaults were targeted to specific groups, belonging to Luo, Luhya and Kalenjin tribes.

The president of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has observed that the London based football club –Arsenal needs another coach to improve.

It is believed that president Paul Kagame is a fun to this club among these light professional football teams in the world.

The team nicknamed gunners lost a 1-2 match to Manchester United at its home ground Emirates Stadium, Holloway, London yesterday in the ongoing Barclays Premier League.

In his twitter conversation with one of his follower Philip Etale, Kagame said;

“I very much support Arsenal-but to be honest Wenger needs to coach another team now and Arsenal needs another Coach for +ve…”

“When a good team (players) and a good coach fail for long, to deliver, one of them has to change, or even both!! … ..Change to happen!!! Otherwise the team and the coach seem to be stuck with each other for no good….!” The twit read in parts.

On the other hand, Arsenal’s first choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny believe Arsenal will finish the season in the top four despite the struggling side suffering their third defeat in a row on Sunday.

Having previously slumped to humiliating away defeats to Fulham and Swansea, the Gunners slipped up again at home to the defending champions, Manchester United.

The defeat left the Gunners five points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea, and still 10 off their great rivals Tottenham in third.

There have been eighteen permanent and five caretaker managers of Arsenal since the appointment of the club’s first professional manager, Thomas Mitchell in 1897.

The club’s longest-serving manager as of 2009, in terms of both length of tenure and number of games overseen, is Arsène Wenger, who was appointed in 1996.

Wenger is also Arsenal’s only manager from outside the United Kingdom. Two Arsenal managers have died in the job – Herbert Chapman and Tom Whittaker.

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Many of the people living in Kigali city are crying foul of high prices of fruits in different markets.

Jeanne Uwitije says that a person of low income is difficult for him to buy any kind of fruits.

She says, “The price of fruits is comparable to the corn flour which may satisfy the whole family.”

Uwitije added that it is difficult to feed any kind of vitamin to a child instead of using Rwf500 for banana; we buy flour and other food for cooking.

Jean Pierre Munyabugingo, load transporter, says that they are no longer valuing fruits because of the price, I accidentally take them in restaurant when they have prepared them for instance or when I come

He said, “Fruits come after you have eaten; once I have eaten, the rest is meaningless”.

One mother from Kimisagara market, a fruits seller, said that they do not sell at a high price intentionally but it is from different factors.

She said, “We buy from other businessmen at a high price. We expect, from a lemon sack of Rwf 40,000, worn-out fruits besides transport tickets and money for load transporters.”

She added that they have noticed that most of their customers are people with strong abilities or restaurants, hotels or people from supermarkets.

In Kimisagara market, a kilogram of tomato cost between Rwf 1,200 and Rwf 1400, a kilogram of lemon between Rwf 700 and Rwf 800, ripe banana between Rwf 700 and Rwf 800 respectively.

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