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  • Tailors and Designers urged to form cooperatives

    Even though we have talented tailors and fashion designers, would be customers still prefer buying readymade cloths which at times are sub-standard.Yet the local tailors with potentials would perform better if nurtured with professional guidance.

    After acquiring the head-on practical skills, they will also need sophisticated equipment that can strengthen the clientele beyond the Rwandan borders.

    However, according to Antoine Manzi, the Director of Employment at the Private Sector Federation, it’s now time for local tailors to perform to their best since a good number of them have the skills while amateurs will be trained in order to perfect their work.

    But offering training would be difficult if the tailors are themselves not working in unison. “Normally it’s quite tough to train individuals since equipping them with skills is not only the problem but rather acquiring equipments and sharing of resources is also a key to perfect production,” Manzi stressed.

    He argued the local tailors and designers to form tangible associations through which they can easily get funding from the private sector federation and any other external grants.

    Addressing city tailors in a one day meeting held at Alpha Palace hotel in Remera, Manzi urged them to start mobilizing their colleagues on the need of team work. The meeting is expected to be followed by similar ones aimed at forming the association’s management team.

    Jean-Paul Binama a tailor in the city was quick to agree on the advantages of the association. “we all have seen how successful other associations are doing that’s why we need ours.

    “We will not only benefit from accessing markets but also share resources, get credit from financial institutions when we need to uplift our production capacity by buying professional machines,” he stressed.

    However, he challenged government to instill tailoring courses in both secondary and higher learning institutions in order to encourage those who have talent.

    “I remember before the 1994 war there were tailoring courses in Eto-Muhima vocational school but now it’s been 17 years and we don’t have a comparable institution,” he lamented.

    He said those willing to practice tailoring learn from their friends of whom the majority lack expertise and this perhaps might be among the reasons many dislike their designs Despite the challenges, there’s still hope.

    According Pathé Ouédraogo a renowned designer from Burkina Faso who has so far made cloths to high ranking officials in the world including Former UN Secretary General Koffi Anan, former South African president Nelson Mandela and Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

    Ouédraogo revealed that he started from a humble beginning and it does through joint effort in his country that he managed bring his talent to the limelight.

    “I remember we used to work in a disorganized manner in some of the designated rooms in markets but slowly our association grew and we now have one of the outstanding fashion designers and tailors in theAfrican continent,” he stressed.

    The PSF says skills in various sectors have improved and it’s only those who have grouped themselves from other sectors are progressing.

    “Just imagine the carpentry sector is doing well in cooperatives and so far we have assisted them through training which involves study tours, recently we took 15 of them to German,” he remarked.

  • Karen and Wendall win Big Brother Africa

    By: Andrew Kareba


    After 91 days that got Africa talking, Big Brother Amplified sixth season has come to an end with amazing winners- Nigeria’s Karen Igho and Zimbabwe’s Wendall Parson taking home US$200 000 each.

    After Rwanda’s Primus Guma Guma Super Star(PGGSS)that left people in speculations, BBA also left people in speculations, according to blogger Oluwaseyi Ogunbameru who said: “From the onset, Wendall has been very laid back and only had time for his cigarettes and beer.

    “He was never a fun to watch and could sit all day on a spot. He never exhibited any kind of emotions; rather he devoted his attention to his cigarette sticks.

    “He hardly entertained, so he was definitely an unlikely winner.” he says.

    “Wendall had a positive side, very hardworking. Voluntarily he cleans, unlike the other housemates who all make a fuss about household chores, and also made it clear he doesn’t like being touched.” Said Ogunbameru.

    In interviews before announcing the final results, the simply-dressed Wendall said, he had no strategy in the house because: “things changed every day” and he was there to “enjoy himself”,

    And after winning, Wendall flung himself into his mother’s arms after she ran onto the stage.

    Miss Karen did not expect much from the game, she was a bit different from Wendall and had a strong character, lovable, selfless and entirely original.

    Karen revealed emotions and even shed tears during the show and suggested that the winning prize should be shared among all housemates.

    Before Big Brother, Karen was jobless and now has turned wealth and model where she won six country votes of the participant 14 countries and a 15th, which comes from all the other countries not represented on the show.

    According to New Vision, the Ugandan Sharon Salmon Nalukenge, who made 4th, placing Uganda’s best performance in the reality show’s six seasons, got only the Ugandan vote, with Kenya and Tanzania not showing any love for their East African Community member.

    Her father Joe Salmon, a travel agent and mother, Bank of Uganda’s Rebecca Sebuyira, were there to console their girl who, by making it to the finale, got sh26m

  • Tom Close is Guma Guma super Star

    By Dianah Mutimura

    At a Blissful moments witnessed by a full packed Amahoro stadium, Tom Close emerged the overall winner among the ten competitors on Saturday night and walked away with a Frw 6 Million majestic prize.

    The young musician beat his fellow citizens with whom he had remained in the competition included King James, Jay Polly and Dream Boyz after the three-month battle.

    The Prize he worn also included a one year contract with Bralirwa as a Primus Beer representative and to record a song and its video with famous singer Sean Kingston.

    There was noticeable tension when the host Lion Imanzi was smiling on stage set to make the big declaration of the winner of the night.

    When Tom Close was declared a winner, he flashed a big smile, to his admirers as King James walked away sure that his chance had ended.

    Tom Close ended the night by thanking his fans for making it possible for him to win, but his speech was disturbed by furious fans of the winner’s opponents, who started throwing stones at him and the star at once was taken away by security staff.

    Dream Boyz, despite their popularity in Rwanda only managed a fourth position as Jay Polly took the second runners-up position.

    The battle continued among the two famous King James and Tom Close who were fighting for the popular position as Tom Close stroked him.

    All the 10 Primus Guma Guma Superstar contestants, including those who were eliminated during the first and second eviction put an eye catching performance to show their fans that despite the fact they lost, they can still put a sizzling performance.

    Mani Martin had a lovely performance which overwhelmed the audience when he sang Enrique Iglesias’s “hero”, and his popular “amazi magari” track.

    Rafiki jammed his Coga style and impressed the audience with his “bigambo” hit and followed it with Jose Chameleon’s “kipepewo”. The energetic young star move down on the stage to adhere his fans not be discouraged with what happened to him.

    Riderman did not miss the opportunity of shining to his fans where he performed his version of “umwana w’umuhanda” and “bombori bombori”.

    Urban Boyz sang a love song “mbabarira” and went off on stage after making the audience yearn for more of their songs after singing “ishamba”. , Dr. Claude performed “Contre succes” and only a chorus line of “baramujyanye.”

    The four contestants who were fighting for the big prize were not left behind to impress the crowd with their excellent performances.

    “I wanted urban boys to win from the first and when they were evicted I felt bad but had nothing to do,” uwamaho Janet of Kigali institute of science and technology (KIST) lamented.

  • Do Barren people really hate children?

    There are beliefs that barren people have no mercy towards young children and simillar accusations are also leveled against nuns who devout themselves to Christ; that they don’t have affection for children because they don’t give birth. Igihe.com’s Diana Mutimura made inquiries to get reactions for such allegations.

    One couple which lives in kanombe, a Kigali city suburb who preferred to remain anonymous has spent five years in their marriage without children.

    “We have no children but love them and we believe that God is there and when our time comes, we are going to have children too. We already have two children we adapted and they are a joy to our family” a female intimated.

    Barrenness among males and females might have different causes and reasons, but thorough test and treatments could certainly cure any infertility issues they have.

    To diagnose what causes infertility, both women and men should undergo tests which will help to identify which cause or reason makes them unable to conceive Dr. Habinshuti Gaspard a gynecologist at Kigali hospital(CHUK) explains.

    “What causes infertility in the person may be known in this specimen. If white blood cells are present on the semen, then this may be another reason for infertility on the side of men because white blood cells on the semen indicate infection” the Doctor says.

    The specialist continues to clarify on the women’s side saying when it comes to determining women’s infertility, complication comes in because women take long.

    “A physical test such as Pap smear or gram stain may reveal whether or not they have an infection that could be the cause for the sperm not to get to the ovum in the fallopian tubes”.

    This infection he says could also cause scarring in the pelvis that might be preventing any ovulation and fertilization. An irregular menstrual cycle could also indicate infertility Problems or rare ovulation, caused by a hormonal disparity forestalling girls from getting pregnant.

    He goes to explain that if males and females already know the main reason they’re infertile, then it will be better to find the correct sort of barrenness treatments, procedures, and medications that could help them get fertile.

    The doctor says there are some instances where males and females are naturally barren in instances where they were born lacking some body parts which enable them to produce.

    “For example a girl can be born with no fallopian tube and the family did not know from the beginning hence hindering her from giving birth”.

    Psychologically, the doctor explains that infertility and love for children are two things different because there are some families which have children but they don’t love them. In most cases men are the one who are always impolite towards their children.

    “Who loves young children more than the nuns and the catholic fathers? So that mentality is not collect because love for young children is a person’s heart.”

    The doctor ended by saying that, it is possible for infertile couples to conceive after discovering the cause of infertility and enjoying relaxed moments in order to reduce stresses which is among the cause of infertility.

    He says exercising or walking in the parks could give the couples the kind of relaxation their bodies need to provide healthy eggs and sperms. A carefully balanced diet and regular eating of vitamins increases their chances of getting pregnant.

    Marie Chantal Kabagwira of St. Famille Catholic Church with her fellow nuns told Igihe they do not agree with the idea that they don’t love children because they believe whoever wants to go to heaven should be as innocent as young children.

    “We love children because they are angles on earth and for us if we don’t give birth it does not mean that we hate them, that means that we can be doing what is centrally with God’s wish” kabagwira says.

  • Rwanda’s 14th Trade Fair needs more customer care

    By: Andrew Kareba

    After the official opening of Rwanda’s 14th International Trade show by Prime Minister Bernald Makuza, the show is on its fifth day but some exhibitors feature difficulties.

    “The exhibition is on a higher gear; lovely people with hospitality, clean city and cooperative Private Sector Federation” said John Mwesigye a marketing Manager of Movit Products Ltd from Uganda.

    “The Trade Fair is increasing brand awareness and market sharing where exhibitors are selling on a higher rate”, said Mwesigye.

    Customer care principles, clearing process and agents at the border, unhurried assistance by Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), loud music, are some of the challenges the Ugandan exhibitor Mwesigye articulates.

    Dennis. N. Bideri is a Managing Director of “Soap of Karongi’ known as King of Soap finds the 14th trade fair as the best in East African Community due to the organization and the number of exhibitors but requests exhibitors’ to provide warm customer care services.

    “King of Soap is mostly known in Karongi, and we extremely value the Private Sector Federation’s contribution in marketing local products” though Lack of capital and advertisement are some of the challenges we face” says Bideri.

    According to the trade show coordinator, Mr. Ephraim Karangwa , the show was well organized and mostly 99 percent of exhibitors drew closer at the first day of the trade show.

    Dorothy Mutesi is Miss NUR 2010, who visited the trade fair ground at Gikondo and says: “The Trade show is amazing but some products are luxurious according to previous show.”

    Rwanda International 14th Trade Fair is one of major annual events organized by Private Sector Federation (PSF), in conjunction with the Ministry of Trade and Industry where 486 exhibitors participated and 141 are foreigners from various countries, providing unique sales.

  • Kagame gives 10 long horned cattle to Museveni

    Yesterday July 31, at his farm located at the shores of lake Muhazi, Kayonza district in the eastern part of the country, President Kagame gave out 10 long horned cattle commonly known as ‘Inyambo’ to his counterpart President Museveni.

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    Prior to the ceremony, two presidents had visited and interacted with the residents of Nyagatovu and Kitazigurwa model villages in the same districts to witness the importance of people living in the planned settlements.

    President Museveni who arrived in the country on Friday for the four-day state visit, has already visited and interacted with different Rwandan residents and involved in social activities like; the Rwandan monthly communal work, where both Presidents had on Saturday laid a stone foundation for the construction of the Nine Year Basic primary school located in Nyarugunga, Kanombe, Kicukiro district.

    While at the school construction premises, President Museveni also offered US$300,000 for the construction of the school.

  • UK Conservative Party Amazed by AID impact in Rwanda

    By: Igihe.com reporter

    An activist in the UK’s conservative party Lynne Faulkner has said she has been impressed with Rwanda’s way of using foreign aid.

    The 66 year old retired international human resource manager at CBP and Water Company says she has witnessed the benefits of the UK donations to Rwanda.

    “Some African countries have been so corrupt that you cannot see what the donation has done on ground. Rwanda is pulling herself up, I am impressed,” Faulkner said in an interview at the communal work Umuganda held at a primary school in Kanombe sector where both Uganda and Rwandan Presidents participated.

    Faulkner is among 100 volunteers from the conservative party that have been in the country for two weeks training Rwandans working in different sectors including; businesses, sports, education and health under project Umubano.

    She said that Rwanda is a country that truly showed value for not only UK’s financial support for her development but also other donations.

    “We are very much inspired by the developments in Rwanda. Human spirit is indomitable and by working together like this in Umuganda nothing can fail this nation,” She also added while commenting on Umuganda.

    The National Vice chairperson of European Union of women, British section said that through Action Aid, Conservative Party volunteers have supported vulnerable groups in Gitezi near Kabuye, Gicumbi District.

    They bought a milling machine that has helped different families by improving their livelihood. They now have two goats and earn some money for their home support.

    According to her, UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron has a vision of creating a big society of volunteers to carry out social actions.

    So far, the conservative party has sent volunteers to Rwanda under the project Umubano led by state minister for development, Andrew Mitchel.

    Emma McClarkin a member of European parliament said Umuganda was a good spirit that needs to be spearheaded by the youth.

  • Kenyans in Rwanda urge foreigners to support umuganda

    An association of Kenyan residents in Kigali dubbed, All Kenyans in Rwanda (AKR) has vowed to participate in this Saturday’s Umuganda Communal work, igihe.com has reliably learnt.

    The association was created five years ago and today it counts more than 3,000 members according to its aspiring chairman, Boniface Mutua, who says AKR didn’t do much except organizing amicable get-togethers, during which members just ate and drank without a tangible result.

    He however, points out that is yet to change now. And as part of his campaign manifesto, Kenyans ought to take part in the country’s community development activities, and to start with, the team will tomorrow participate in the monthly event at Bwiza cell in Kacyiru district, opposite the national police headquarters.

    Mutua urges those who are professionals to act like mentors, especially to local students who have just finished their higher learning education since there are few local companies to nurture their skills.

    “On my part as an accounts professional I intend to connect some Rwandans who are practicing accounting for instance to some of the Nairobi’s renowned auditing firms and those in Rwanda for them to gain experience ,” he rvealed.

    Contributing to the society is not a wish to Mutua but rather a passion, so far he has constructed a school in his village situated in Mwala district close to Machakos town, in the same community he also took part in the construction of a water well which connects more than 200 households.

    He, Moreover, wants to replicate the same in Rwanda by constructing houses to orphans as well as sponsoring students who have lacked finances to continue with their education on team-work basis.

    “Normally I don’t work alone. I believe in joint efforts and that’s why I managed to uplift my village which was on the verge of facing famine.

    “I’m not saying all this because I want to be voted as the AKR chairman; whether in leadership or not I’ve always had a passion to assist the needy and my friends have been supportive including some of the AKR members whom I know will vote for change,” he remarked.

    He emphatically says the association needs to be streamlined, in the interests of its members such as initiating income-generating projects that will create jobs for members who are jobless.

    Mutua is also the Country Director of PKF an audit firm from Nairobi further pointed out that, the job opportunities will also favor Rwandans who will be recommended to Kenyan firms seeking local employment because “perfect information sharing is essential”.

    In order to further improve the flow of information, AKR has linked up with the Ke­nya-Rwanda Business Association (KRBA) which was created to enhance collaboration among business­ people of the two countries.

    In a previous interview with the KRBA chairman Edgar Ogao who is also a mem­ber of AKR, through joint efforts the two associations have made available information on trade op­portunities in Kenya and Rwan­da.

    They also assist entrepreneurs who experience trade-related problems in either of the two countries and Ogao cites a case where Rwandan traders discovered that products they had bought in Nairobi were counterfeit whereupon, the association did not only help them to recover their money but also linked them with authorized dealers who have legitimate products.

    Unlike an association where members are brought together with a common interest, AKR is rather driven by a family spirit. As a result, its executives also want to promote social activities such as a sports day which will involve as­sociation members and the public.

  • Bobi Wine starts wedding meetings in Kigali

    A Ugandan singer Bobi Wine commonly known as ‘Ghetto President’ is in the country to solicit funds for his wedding.

    Bobi will this evening perform at Sports View Hotel in Kigali, and according to the close pals; all proceeds from the show will go to his wedding preparations.

    The Ghetto President has invited all Ugandans, all his fans to come and support him as he tries to win his long date ‘Barbara’ commonly known as Bebe.

    He will be accompanied by his ‘Firebase Crew’ and also local artistes including Kamichi, Knowles, Kitty, and Uncle Austin among others. He will also have an after party with loaded guys with the aim of soliciting more contributions.

    Confidants say he is set to walk down the aisle of his Bebe, in August this year and the couple already has three kids.

    Igihe.com spoke to the organizer of this show, Eric Mugisha who denied the allegations that he is here to solicit funds for his wedding.

    “That’s not true. What they are saying is really wrong. He will perform but not solicit contributions for the wedding” he emphasized.

    Efforts to reach singer himself were futile as we were told that he is doing interviews on the local radio station.

    Bobi Wine’s real name is Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, born on February 12, 1982 in Mpingi District South West of Uganda’s capital Kampala.

    He joined music industry in the early 2000s and his first singles were Akagoma, Funtula and Sunda featuring Ziggy D, which brought Bobi Wine into the limelight. He was previously part of the group Fire Base Crew. Later he formed new group Ghetto Republic of Uganja.

  • Rwanda shocked by genocidaire 7th hearing in Canada

    Rwanda’s Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga has expressed shock about the news that one of the highly ranking genocide suspect has been given a new refugee hearing despite being turned down six times.

    Exclusively speaking to Igihe.com, Ngoga said, “In fact I am surprised by the news that this suspect could be given the hearing for the refugee status. The Canadian Law Enforcement is aware of the accusations against him and my hope is that certain steps will be taken to prevent him from gaining the status.”

    “He is the one of the notorious fugitives who among other criminal acts standards accused of killing a neighbor who refused to have sex with him. The accusations are too serious to be ignored by any standards,” Ngoga added.

    Henry Jean Claude Seyoboka, 44, a resident of Gatineau, accused of shooting to death a neighbor who refused to have sex with him at a roadblock in Rwanda, will have his case re-heard by an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), following an appeal to the Federal Court of Canada.

    Officials said no date has been set for his hearing, which will take place in Toronto.

    The IRB spokesman Robert Gervais said a hearing date for Seyoboka is not “in the public domain.”

    Seyoboka is not on a list of 30 of the CBSA’s Most Wanted but victims want him added to bring a speedy deportation. Five of the 30 fugitives have since been arrested.

    He was refused refugee status due to his links to war crimes and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda that left over 800,000 Tutsis killed by the majority Hutu extremists.

    Seyoboka a relative of the former first lady of Rwanda Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana, was a former head of Rwanda’s presidential security and was the president’s personal secretary, according to court documents.

    His father-in-law Colonel Elie Sagatwa was with Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana aboard a plane that was shot down on April 1994. All 12 people were killed.

    He is described in the documents as a former “Second-Lieutenant” in the Rwandan army and an advocate of Hutu extremism.

    Seyoboka arrived in Canada in 1996 and filed a successful refugee asylum claim, which was revoked in 1998 after it was discovered he was in the military and had participated in the massacres, court records state.

    He is accused of killing a woman, who was only identified as Francine, and her two children, because she refused to have sex with him in return for protection, according to court records.

    “Mr. Seyoboka was part of a group manning a roadblock where Tutsis were being killed, and that he had murdered his neighbor, Francine, allegedly because she refused to have sex with him,” the high court heard last May in Toronto.

    John Rukumbura, of the Rwandese Canadian Association, said Seyoboka was among the highest-ranking Rwandans of the dozens of suspects who fled to Canada.

    “This man has a lot of blood on his hands,” Rukumbura said. “He has caused a lot of pain and should be deported from Canada immediately.”

    He also called on the federal and provincial governments to stop funding legal aid for suspected war criminals since it can run into millions of dollars yearly

    Additional Reporting: Toronto Sun