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  • 15 Families on River bank to be Relocated

    Residents living near the river passing through BRALIRWA to their residential area will be relocated following the negative effect that the river is causing among residents.

    Its said the river overflows and demolishing houses and other property of residents.

    In a meeting held to discuss the issue, the Western Province and BRALIRWA agreed to relocate affected families while looking for long lasting solution.

    Relocated families will receive iron sheets and plots of land where they will establish new houses.

    The move comes after the 28th September’ visit of Prime Minister Dr. Pierre Damien Habumuremyi who urged local authorities to deal with status of the river for solutions.

    BRALIRWA estimated budget of Frw250 Million for the whole activity.

  • Bank Robber Arrested

    A suspected thief is being questioned at Muhima Police station in connection with attempting to rob a bank.

    Soko Salim 21, is said to have stormed into Ecobank-Biryogo Branch armed with a toy pistol and wearing a hood covering his head and face.

    Police reports that when Soko entered the bank immediately put everybody present at gun point and forced the teller to fill his bag with bank notes. In the process, a cleaner cried from inside calling for help.

  • Bank Robber Arrested

    A suspected thief is being questioned at Muhima Police station in connection with attempting to rob a bank.

    Soko Salim 21, is said to have stormed into Ecobank-Biryogo Branch armed with a toy pistol and wearing a hood covering his head and face.

    Police reports that when Soko entered the bank immediately put everybody present at gun point and forced the teller to fill his bag with bank notes. In the process, a cleaner cried from inside calling for help.

  • LDK School Contributes Frw6 Million to Agaciro

    Teachers and Students of Lycée de Kigali have contributed over Frw 6 Million to Agaciro Fund -a solidarity fund initiated by Rwandans to improve the level of financial autonomy of Rwanda.

    Lycée de Kigali students contributed Frw 303,775 while teachers donated Frw6,146,000 to the development fund.

    Cyusa Dan, a student at LDK said they have voluntary donated to Agaciro fund due to the fact that they have known the real benefits of the fund to Rwandans and themselves.

    Since its beginning now the fund stands at over Frw20 billion.

  • LDK School Contributes Frw6 Million to Agaciro

    Teachers and Students of Lycée de Kigali have contributed over Frw 6 Million to Agaciro Fund -a solidarity fund initiated by Rwandans to improve the level of financial autonomy of Rwanda.

    Lycée de Kigali students contributed Frw 303,775 while teachers donated Frw6,146,000 to the development fund.

    Cyusa Dan, a student at LDK said they have voluntary donated to Agaciro fund due to the fact that they have known the real benefits of the fund to Rwandans and themselves.

    Since its beginning now the fund stands at over Frw20 billion.

  • Marking International Day for Disaster Reduction

    The International Day for Disaster Reduction is organized each year on 13 October (GA resolution 64/200 of 21 December 2009). This year, it was observed October 12.

    It is the most widely observed day for raising awareness about disaster risk reduction, creating social demand, and mobilizing the wider public to get involved and take ownership of the processes to create disaster resilience.

    This year’s theme is “Women and Girls-The invisible force of resilience”. The aim of International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012 (2012 IDDR) is to acknowledge and appreciate the millions of women and girls who make their communities more resilient to disasters and climate risks and thus to reap the benefits of and protect their development investments.

    Too much of the work and achievements of women is of low-visibility–taken for granted. The 2012 IDDR theme draws attention to the fact that women’s contributions to protect and rebuild their communities before and after disasters are often unrecognized.

    The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera says “as we join the rest of the World in celebrating this day, we remain focused on the key drivers of vulnerabilities in the region, which includes climate change impacts, urban disasters, environmental degradation and dependency on rain-fed agriculture among others with a view to create mechanism to address them”.

    “The EAC Secretariat will endeavor to empower women and girls to fully contribute to sustainable development through disaster risk reduction, particularly in the areas of environmental and natural resource management; governance; and urban and land use planning and social and economic planning”.

    The EAC Secretariat has instituted several mechanisms to address the disasters and vulnerabilities in the region. Indeed this International disaster reduction day coincides with the ongoing validation workshop on the EAC Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Strategy (EAC DRRMS) at the Palace hotel in Arusha, Tanzania which ends today 12 October 2012.

    The objective of the EAC DRRM Strategy is to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development through raising livelihoods of communities and reducing development risks in the region arising from natural hazards and manmade disasters.

    In development of the strategy, it is understood that disaster risks result from the interaction between natural, technological or conflict induced hazards and vulnerability conditions.

    The strategy therefore will be linked to other sectoral strategies to strengthen and harmonize implementation and usability.

    The EAC secretariat also recognizes the role of gender, women and children in social economic development of the region.

    Women and girls are invaluable in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation processes if real community resilience and significant reduction of disaster impacts are to be achieved.

    Women must always be part of policy, planning and implementation processes. That is why the EAC Secretariat has full Department on Gender issues to articulate the role of women and youth in sustainable development.

    The EAC is collaborating with the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNODR) for technical support on Disaster Risk Reduction activities in the region; to fully integrate disaster management into EAC plans and strategies.

  • Marking International Day for Disaster Reduction

    The International Day for Disaster Reduction is organized each year on 13 October (GA resolution 64/200 of 21 December 2009). This year, it was observed October 12.

    It is the most widely observed day for raising awareness about disaster risk reduction, creating social demand, and mobilizing the wider public to get involved and take ownership of the processes to create disaster resilience.

    This year’s theme is “Women and Girls-The invisible force of resilience”. The aim of International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012 (2012 IDDR) is to acknowledge and appreciate the millions of women and girls who make their communities more resilient to disasters and climate risks and thus to reap the benefits of and protect their development investments.

    Too much of the work and achievements of women is of low-visibility–taken for granted. The 2012 IDDR theme draws attention to the fact that women’s contributions to protect and rebuild their communities before and after disasters are often unrecognized.

    The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera says “as we join the rest of the World in celebrating this day, we remain focused on the key drivers of vulnerabilities in the region, which includes climate change impacts, urban disasters, environmental degradation and dependency on rain-fed agriculture among others with a view to create mechanism to address them”.

    “The EAC Secretariat will endeavor to empower women and girls to fully contribute to sustainable development through disaster risk reduction, particularly in the areas of environmental and natural resource management; governance; and urban and land use planning and social and economic planning”.

    The EAC Secretariat has instituted several mechanisms to address the disasters and vulnerabilities in the region. Indeed this International disaster reduction day coincides with the ongoing validation workshop on the EAC Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Strategy (EAC DRRMS) at the Palace hotel in Arusha, Tanzania which ends today 12 October 2012.

    The objective of the EAC DRRM Strategy is to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development through raising livelihoods of communities and reducing development risks in the region arising from natural hazards and manmade disasters.

    In development of the strategy, it is understood that disaster risks result from the interaction between natural, technological or conflict induced hazards and vulnerability conditions.

    The strategy therefore will be linked to other sectoral strategies to strengthen and harmonize implementation and usability.

    The EAC secretariat also recognizes the role of gender, women and children in social economic development of the region.

    Women and girls are invaluable in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation processes if real community resilience and significant reduction of disaster impacts are to be achieved.

    Women must always be part of policy, planning and implementation processes. That is why the EAC Secretariat has full Department on Gender issues to articulate the role of women and youth in sustainable development.

    The EAC is collaborating with the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNODR) for technical support on Disaster Risk Reduction activities in the region; to fully integrate disaster management into EAC plans and strategies.

  • Tanzanian Moslems Attack Churches

    Violence has erupted in Tanzania after a 14 year boy urinated on the Quran-the holy book of Islam.

    The incidence took place in Dar es Salaam’s Mbagala suburb Friday forcing moslems to attack a police station demanding that a 14-year-old boy be handed over to them.

    In the aftermath of the confrontation, at least five churches were attacked, several car windows smashed and passersby injured as the angry mob moved from street to street at Mbagala Kizuiani protesting the desecration of the holy book.

    Dar es Salaam Chief Sheikh Alhad Mussa Salum urged Muslims not to pursue the issue out of proportion, adding that there wasn’t ample grounds to mess up national security.

    “The incident doesn’t need emotions in dealing with. Islam means peace; we can deal with such issues peacefully. This matter involved children. Islam considers age; it shouldn’t lead to a breach of peace in our country,” said Sheikh Salum.

    He added that attacking churches would mean the boy was sent by Christians to desecrate the Quran, which he said he believed wasn’t the case.

    Police used teargas canisters and water cannons to quell the unrest and open up Kilwa road as the protesters hurled stones and burned tyres to block the road.

    Police were still engaging the demonstrators at Mbagala Zakhem late in the evening as the attacks on churches continued to rage.

    The clashes could be traced back five days to an incident in which a Christian and Muslim boy got into an argument over the power of the Quran to turn anyone who defiled it into a snake.

    According to those reports, the Christian boy swore he would not be harmed if he played with the Quran while his Muslim friend maintained that he would turn into a snake or run mad if did so.

    The Christian boy then urinated on the book—and set off a chain of events that would turn the area into a battleground for what the Muslims described as a defence of their faith.

    The protesting group initially arrested the boy at around 9am on Monday and took him to a police station.

    The incident turned deadly after the angry Muslims mobilised more support during Friday prayers, reportedly in an attempt to grab the boy from the police station and behead him.

  • Tanzanian Moslems Attack Churches

    Violence has erupted in Tanzania after a 14 year boy urinated on the Quran-the holy book of Islam.

    The incidence took place in Dar es Salaam’s Mbagala suburb Friday forcing moslems to attack a police station demanding that a 14-year-old boy be handed over to them.

    In the aftermath of the confrontation, at least five churches were attacked, several car windows smashed and passersby injured as the angry mob moved from street to street at Mbagala Kizuiani protesting the desecration of the holy book.

    Dar es Salaam Chief Sheikh Alhad Mussa Salum urged Muslims not to pursue the issue out of proportion, adding that there wasn’t ample grounds to mess up national security.

    “The incident doesn’t need emotions in dealing with. Islam means peace; we can deal with such issues peacefully. This matter involved children. Islam considers age; it shouldn’t lead to a breach of peace in our country,” said Sheikh Salum.

    He added that attacking churches would mean the boy was sent by Christians to desecrate the Quran, which he said he believed wasn’t the case.

    Police used teargas canisters and water cannons to quell the unrest and open up Kilwa road as the protesters hurled stones and burned tyres to block the road.

    Police were still engaging the demonstrators at Mbagala Zakhem late in the evening as the attacks on churches continued to rage.

    The clashes could be traced back five days to an incident in which a Christian and Muslim boy got into an argument over the power of the Quran to turn anyone who defiled it into a snake.

    According to those reports, the Christian boy swore he would not be harmed if he played with the Quran while his Muslim friend maintained that he would turn into a snake or run mad if did so.

    The Christian boy then urinated on the book—and set off a chain of events that would turn the area into a battleground for what the Muslims described as a defence of their faith.

    The protesting group initially arrested the boy at around 9am on Monday and took him to a police station.

    The incident turned deadly after the angry Muslims mobilised more support during Friday prayers, reportedly in an attempt to grab the boy from the police station and behead him.

  • Botswana Whips Amavubi U17

    The Rwanda Amavubi Under 17 football team has been walloped by their Botswana counterparts 1-0.

    This was during their encounter in Botswana ahead of the forthcoming CAF cup.

    The Amavubi side featured Bishira Latif(captain) Ndayisenga Kassim, Kubwimana Cedric, Rwatubyaye Abdoul,Rwigema Yves, Iradukunda Bertrand, Neza Anderson, Bizimana Djihad, Sibomana Patrick, Kalisa Djuma America and Nkinzingabo Fiston.