Category: Lifestyle

Malawi President Joyce Banda has distanced herself from Facebook accounts bearing her names and images and asked the public to ignore and treat them as mischievous.

In a statement, government said the President is not part of Facebook community and is not using the social media platform to communicate.

“The President has other routes through which she interacts with young people to share with them her passion, vision, and aspirations for the youth,” a statement said.

Government said the three Facebook accounts purported to be those of the President are fake.

The statement noted that they bear three different birth dates for the President “ which clearly demonstrates that they were not created by her.”

For those who may have poked or sent a message to Joyce Banda accounts on Facebook thinking they were hitting on the Malawi leader were wrong because she is not part of the Facebook community.

But the Malawi leader is not hitting the keyboard to sign-up a Facebook account though she is technologically savvy leader who follows social networking services and micro-blogging sites.

Her political People’s Party has however a Facebook group page and also its official website.

Most of us actually hardly manage to mark the difference between these two and yet there is a significant one.

Not knowing the difference between living and existing shapes our lives according to the meaning that we give to these two words.

By definition, existing means that we are here in the World but not really enjoying life and seeing the different hues of life. We can sum it up by saying that existing is getting done what needs to get done, nothing more, nothing less to it! There is actually no life in existing. What exists is the leftover of life, the thoughts, the ideas…

It is when we exist that we are most affected by whatever comes our way, we depresss, we are in a hurry racing with the time, we forget our relationships.

We do what we think should get done yet we have already gone off road, forgotten what really matters the most.

While living, on the other hand, means that we are present and involved in every second of our lives.

Muhammad Ali,a well known Boxer of all times stated that we shouldn’t count the days but should make the days count.This simply encourages us to live every moment of our lives, making each second really count.

With the speed at which the World moves nowadays, it has become really hard to focus on the other side of life besides the office (work) and everything else that revolves around money.

At the end of the day, we have worked so hard, got what we needed or maybe not, but actually fail to enjoy the fruits of our hardwork, we still feel as empty after all.

Life has become a routine: waking up-work-exhaustion-sleeping kind of cycle that shuts us down from what is really happening in the real world, that routine keeps us in a kind of “boxed life”.

The life we have should be lived unlimitedly, every second that makes it should be felt and received, we should embrace all that it brings us; emotions,laughter,memories,relationships,adventure,resting,helping around us, taking chances, and the list goes on and on.

There comes a time in our lives when we have to let go of all the pointless drama and the people who create it and surround ourselves with people who make us laugh so hard that we forget the bad and focus solely on the good.

After all life is too short to be anything but happiness. Struggles, bad surprises always occur in our lives but they are just a transition, they are also part of the life we live. Nevertheless they shouldn’t take our passion for life away from us.

Most of us do exist and do not live. We ought to take a break, relax and enjoy all the gifts life presents to us, because as Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the USA said “In the end, it is not about the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years”.

On August 11th 2012, the city of Kigali was the first in Africa to host the prestigious Dîner en Blanc® event, bringing together people from different walks of life for an elegant pop-up picnic in the middle of the city.

Launched with just a handful of friends more than 20 years ago, Paris’ Dîner en Blanc® brings together nearly 15,000 people each year in some of the most prestigious locations throughout the French capital.

Now coordinated by Aymeric Pasquier and Sandy Safi, the Dîner en Blanc® events are hosted in over a dozen cities around the world. This year, Kigali was the first city in Africa to host the event.

Hosted by Illume Creative Studio, in partnership with Events Africa, Dîner en Blanc® -Kigali boasted over 375 guests all dining under the stars in the Vision 2020 estates in Gaculiro.

Guests for Dîner en Blanc® were specifically invited by the organizers to attend this unique event, and they recommended their friends to be invited as well.

Guests were required to follow the Dîner en Blanc® rules in order to ensure a seamless and wonderful evening and all participants were required to wear all white and bring their own table settings and table décor.

Participants were told to meet at one of six different pick-up points around the city and were taken by KBS buses to the main venue. The location remained a secret to ensure all guests arrived at the same time.

Once there, guests descended from the buses onto a field of all white where they were greeted with French music and welcoming hosts.

They then went to their selected tables, and immediately began decorating them and laying out their food which they brought themselves or purchased in advance from participating restaurants and food service providers Shokola Lite, Food and Stuff, Sakae, and Lalibela.

On the evening of the event, RDB CEO Clare Akamanzi tweeted “Dîner en Blanc is in line with Rwanda’s tourism strategy of being a city of choice for international events, meetings and conferences.”

Indeed, according to Joan Mazimhaka of Illume Creative Studio: “One of Illume’s goals is to change what the world sees when you Google Rwanda, and we hope this is one of the events that will accomplish that.

We also wanted to put together a fun event for Kigali’s residents, regional guests and tourists and also put Kigali on the map as an events destination.”

The highlights of the evening included a live performance by Mike Kayihura, music by DJ Eric Soul, prizes for best table and best dressed (sponsored by Serena Hotels, Canal Plus, and RDB), dancing, and the opportunity for participants to make new friends Broadcast live online by Radio 10, the event not only entertained the guests present, but members of the Diaspora were also able to tune in to the festivities live.

In addition to Tele10, other major sponsors and partners included KK Security, Positive Productions, SECAM, EABL , and Skol.

The organizers would also like to especially thank the Rwandan National Police, the Kigali City Council , and the Gaculiro Vision 2020 midugudu for their support.

Having your period is hard enough without any complications. Now you have to deal with cramps on top of the hormonal imbalances and the regular side effects.

Cramps are caused by the contraction of your uterus as it sloughs off the particle layer it had prepared for a possible pregnancy.

Here are some of the tips that may help you reduce the cramps.

Exercise: Try to exercise regularly. If you do and continue during your period you may feel less cramping.

Avoid caffeine in excess: Caffeine can upset your digestive systems which can increase the cramping sensation. By all means sip some herbal tea instead of your coffee.

Eat Fruits and Fibers: Fruit is good for you anyway; a banana for instance will help relieve the cramps due to potassium in it.

Fibers like ones found in whole grains food such as breads, pasta, and cereal or even in avocados and beans will help cleanse your body of excess hormones.

Empty your Bowels: It really helps! Most women have to use the restroom more often when their period comes and doing so can significantly decrease the severity of menstrual cramps.

Take deep Breath: This allows you to breathe through the pain. It may seem a little silly but it can really help.

Take a hot bath/shower: The hot water eases cramp pains; it can make your sore muscles feel better and so enables you to relax.

Wear loose clothes: Avoid clothes that are tight on you especially on the abdomen level. They will block the blood flow in your vessels thus accentuate the cramps pain.

Put a little pressure: Put a bottle filled of hot water or a cushion against you abdomen this will make you feel much better.

Distract yourself: Do some window shopping, watch your favorite movie and most of all laugh a lot, this is the best medicine.

Fidel Castro Odinga the Son of Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga tied the knot in an invites-only event held Saturday.

Odinga Junior and Lwam Getachew Bekele, an Ethiopian had their reception party at 6pm at a private club in Loresho, in the presence of their parents.

There had been rumours that the socialite was planning to marry his Ethiopian girlfriend for a while now, after a year and half relationship with her.

For Fidel this will be his second marriage commitment after they parted ways his first fiancée Veronica Wanjiru Ng’ang’a, after a rather public ceremony that attracted the who’s-who in society, on claims that they had irreconcilable differences.

Some had cynically seen the union at the time as a convenient arrangement since the lady came from the central region and there was an impending election.

Fortunately for the lovebirds, who have been together even at public outings together, this time the buzz is subdued.

St. Agnes hall in Rwamagana District was the place to be this Saturday 28 th July 2012. I must say there was plenty to see. The event being held was the Miss Rwanda 2012 pre-selection – Eastern Province.

The stage was beautifully adorned with the Rwandan traditional imigongo combined with a cascading array of commonly used Rwandan traditional wall decorations all cleverly set to give rise to the newly constructed runway and to further cinch the running theme of unifying Rwandan beauty and culture.

To add variety to the décor was the Kigali Live band musical instruments well set on the right side of the stage and a wall projection off to the left side of stage. For a stage that was almost non-existent this transformation was clearly breathtaking.

The event started off with a beautiful inspiring speech from the Guest of Honour: the Director of Good Governance in the Eastern Province and was immediately followed by a performance from a local group Umucyo.

These elderly women graced the stage with their elegant dance executed effortlessly and with the right doses of energy befitting women of that age. Their dance seemed to say welcome to the Eastern Province and get ready to receive our beautiful girls yet to grace the stage.

The moment we were all waiting for soon arrived and the contestants began to walk onto stage as they were called out one by one by the beautiful Anita Pendo the MC of the day.

Their walk was graceful, composed, calm and most importantly their faces were lit up by smiles that seemed to say ‘yes here we are the Eastern Province ladies born and bred and ready to take on the world’.

The catwalk was then followed by the most important part of the show: an insight of what beauty with a purpose truly means.

The contestants were taken through a series of questions by the three judges (Faustin Kagame, Claude Ndayishimiye and Jolie Murenzi) and the audience had a glimpse of how the contestants think, speak and express themselves.

Needless to say that the contestants carried themselves well and gave the judges for the first time since the pre-selections started a hard time deciding who is the fairest of them all.

The event saw five girls chosen to go on to the finals where after the top three were selected. The top five included Akineza Carmen, Umunyana Didine, Muberarugo Diane, Karangwa Tega Fidelis, and Umutesi Mubera Liliane.

The five battled it out to cinch positions in the top three and after a final judges’ deliberation, the verdict was in.

The 2nd runner up was Akineza Carmen, the 1st runner up was Karangwa Tega Fidelis and the Miss Eastern Province was Umutesi Mubera Liliane.

With three provinces done and two more to go, we can only hold our breath and wait excitedly for the final showdown on September 1st 2012.

The Northern Province pre-selections are set for August 5th 2012 in Musanze and thereafter Kigali City on the 12th August 2012.

Former miss Rwanda 2009 Bahati Grace has given birth to a baby.The baby has been named Ethan Jedidiah Muhire.

The beauty queen is currently rumoured to be in the United states where she allegedly gave birth. However, a closer look at the picture above shows more resemblance of a lowkey Rwandan home not USA.

Bahati says the father of the baby is non other than Muhire William—also known as K8 Kavuyo as his stage name.

K8 rose to fame after releasing hits; Game Over, Gasopo, and Isaha ya 8.

K8 is a popular rapper who has been romantically involved with Bahati. The couple has been a subject of gossip that has endured rumours ranging from a failed relationship, denial of responsibility of pregnancy by K8 Kavuyo.

This brings an end to the long time rumours that the couple had split.

In May 2010, gossip had spread like wild fire that Bahati and her lover K8 had married. The rumour began by a post on Bahati’s facebook wall page.

However, then, Bahati said, “It’s crazy. K8 and I aren’t married. I didn’t write that, and I wonder who stole my password (Facebook) and wrote such a thing,” Bahati said.

“I only share my password with K8, because we trust each other. He is not the one who wrote it, it must have been someone else.”

Before the marriage rumour, Bahati had confessed to a local daily tabloid, “K8 is my boyfriend, but that doesn’t mean we’re married.

In any case, we’re both still under the legal age of getting married; K8 is 20, and I’m 19,” Bahati defended.

Even this time, the birth of their baby Ethan Jedidiah Muhire has been marred by online rumours about the gender of the baby some claiming it’s a boy others say it’s a Girl.

The source who refused to be named leaked a photo of K8 Kavuyo holding the baby onto his chest.

A Rwandan National living in Beligum is rumoured to be having an affair with Miss Belgium.

Beyne is currently in China where she is competing for the miss world crown.

Esther Uwingabire, 23, has been selected Miss Western Province-scoring 91%

The selection was held 21st of July in Rubavu,Western Province at the main hall of RTUC, the Rwanda Tourism University College.

After selecting Umutesi Aurore,Isimbi Deborah and Umurerwa Ariane as the three contestants from the Southern Province on 14th July; yesterday 21st of July the same event took place in the Western Province in Rubavu.

The miss Rwanda 2012 being prepared by Minispoc and Mashirika,was hosted by Anita Pendo,and had the minister of Minispoc Protais Mitari as the guest of honor.

Esther Uwingabire was succeeded by Natacha Uwamahoro, 20, from Rubavu but currently studying from SFB, being the first runner up with 89%, she was also selected Miss SFB 2012 and Annick Umwamikazi, 21, from Nyamasheke with a rate of 82%, she studies from RTUC,Kigali.

The three selected contestants were chosen among twelve other girls from different districts of the province, namely, Uwase Mignone,Esther Hakizimana, Laetitia Isimbi,Natacha Uwamahoro, Rachel Uwizera,Assia Niyifasha,Alice Nyirahabimana,Esther Uwingabire,Sandra Teta who was the runner up of miss SFB 2012,Adelphine Uwanyirigira,Gratia Mutabaruka and Annick Umwamikazi.

After the first session of questioning, the number of contestants reduced to five with Teta Sandra’s exclusion being a total surprise to all.
The five contestants were Annick Umwamikazi,Esther Uwingabire,Alice Nyirahabimana,Uwamahoro Natacha and Isimbi Laetitia.

Gisenyi Acrobats and the Kigali Live Music Band featuring Rosette and Jonathan tremendously entertained the crowd with their lively acrobatic schemes and wonderful voices and rhythms in between breaks.

By the time of the second questioning, only three girls selected to participate in Miss Rwanda 2012 had to remain; being, Uwingabire Esther,Uwamahoro Natasha and Annick Umwamikazi titled Miss, first runner up and second runner up of the western province respectively.

“My message to the youth is to encourage them into being confident and having self esteem because I believe that we can achieve all that we put our minds into.

If I become Miss Rwanda 2012,I will focus on women and young girls’ activities and purposes as well as working hand in hand with my country in different departments such as campaigning for the fight against drug consumption and addiction.” Said Miss Western Province Esther Uwingabire.

On 28th July, the very same event of selecting three other contestants will be held in the Easten Province.

Bad breath can spoil your date. You dont wanna be a laughing stock by repelling away people you are talking to. The owful smell from your mouth can be delt with if you follow specific procedures as underlined.

Brush your teeth: Cavities, tooth decay, gum disease and bacteria attack can all be causing bad odors. It is therefore advised to brush twice a day and floss at least once a day to remove the plaque and bacteria that accumulates on your teeth under your gum line. Visit your dentist twice a year for check up and professional cleaning.

Clean your tongue: the fleshy surface of your tongue is a prime breeding ground for harmful bacteria. Most people neglect this crucial area when brushing. Take a regular soft toothbrush and make a few gentle strokes down the tongue from back to front once a day.

Go sugar free: sugary brands such as chewing gums add problem to odor disorders. Bacteria in your mouth ferment sugar which leads to very unpleasant odors. If you like gum, opt for sugar free ones.

Stay hydrated: your saliva contains vital protective enzymes that help kill bad bacteria. Therefore a dry mouth can be contributing to a smelly situation. Staying hydrated will help stimulate the salivary glands and keep your mouth properly moisturized.

Know what you eat: the foods that you eat can exert a lot of influence on smell of your breath. Avoid garlic or onion based meals.

Rinse after eating or drinking: what you drink can cause bad breath too. Acidic beverages, coffee or alcohol will release compounds into your bloodstream that will in turn release odors through your breath.
After drinking or eating, rinse your mouth with plain water.

Use nature’s cures: if you are really eager to combat bad breath,. Chase your meal with green tea or sip it throughout the day. It helps keep your breath fresh. It has antibacterial compounds that fight germs in your mouth.

Eat to smell sweet: fruits rich in Vitamin C; melons, berries and citrus fruits such as oranges are packed with vitamin C.
Raw, crunchy fruits and vegetables can also help, celery, carrots, apples are good options.

Skip the cigarettes: Cigarettes release a cocktail of chemicals into the mouth and they also host other problems.
They dry the mouth and build up plaques on teeth.

Lastly If after doing all the above tips you still have breath odor disorders, visit your dentist for furthermore professional care.