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Police in Ruhango district has detained a man identified as Ndahayo Patrick suspected of stealing a door. The suspect confirmed to Police that he had stolen the metalic door.

Ndahayo 17 was nabbed on Monday night by reservists that were on patrol in the area. A metalic door costs between Frw50,000 and Frw100,000 depending on the size and materials used.

Ndahayo alleged that he had been sent by another accomplice he only identified as innocent a resident of Rugarama at Nyamabuye sector in the same district.

The theft incident took place at a residence of Mutijima where Ndahayo had been working fixing doors and windows.

Ndahayo pleaded for mercy saying it was the first time he had stolen but immidiately got nabbed. He said he will never steal again. He hails from Karongi district.

In Ruhango distrct a man identified as Andre Munyeshyaka 30 was killed by another man after the two fought over a woman they both had been romantically involved with.

On Sunday night Felicien Mbazumutima 40 confronted Munyeshyaka at Beatrice Uwingabire’s house at Mwendo sector. They both had sexual relationship with her.

Munyeshyaka was killed in the bedroom while sleeping in bed with Uwingabire. After a thorough search by security organs, they realized that he was dragged and hid in the farm close by Beatrice’s house.

The murder suspect and Uwingabire are detained at Nyamagana Police station while the body was taken to the hospital for postmortem.

Police investigations say Uwingabire had been in a relationship with Mbazumutima and had a child together. They both separated. Later Uwingabire met Munyeshyaka and started a relationship.

Mbazumutima had warned Uwingabire that if any man is found at the house there would be serious consequences.

According to Uwingabire, she did not know how to deal with the problem. She however, admitted to have been with Munyeshyaka during the night he was killed.

However, the Police Commander in Ruhango district explained that such incidents were not common but efforts to sensitize the community were ongoing.

“It is inhuman to see people fighting to the extent of killing one another because of a prostitute, integrity aspects need to be emphasized so that people avoid criminal cases.”

“Self respect is very important when it comes to relationships sudden reactions are very bad and affect the community.” Police Spokesperson, Superintendent Theos Badege said.

The special evidence hearing of the case of former Rwandan Minister of Defence Augustin Bizimana was concluded Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania.

Bizimana is until now still on the run. The hearing was the third and last special evidence hearing with the case.

The Tribunal’s Spokesperson, Roland Amoussouga said, “Kindly be informed that the Bizimana special deposition resumed this morning with the hearing of the last remaining witness which was completed today. Consequently, the Bizimana special deposition has come to an end.”

Bizimana is charged with conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide or complicity in genocide, as alternative count, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The other two cases whose special evidence hearings have already been completed include; Felicien Kabuga and Protais Mpiranya, former Commander of the Presidential Guard.

The special deposition hearings are being conducted to preserve evidence for future use if the fugitives in question were to be arrested.

Rwanda has received the seventh case from International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTR to be heard before the country’s Judiciary.

The case involves Aloys Ndimbati, the former mayor of Gisovu commune, Kibuye préfecture.

Ndimbati is charged with genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity for murder, extermination, rape and persecution.

On Monday, the (ICTR) granted prosecution’s application for transfer to Rwanda of Ndimbati’s case.

In its decision, a Referral Chamber presided by Judge Vagn Joensen ordered the prosecution to hand over to the Prosecutor General of Rwanda, material supporting the indictment against the fugitive as soon as possible and no later than thirty days after the decision has become final.

The Chamber expressed its solemn hope that “the Republic of Rwanda, in accepting referrals from this Tribunal, will actualize in practice the commitments it has made about its good faith, capacity, and willingness to enforce the highest standards of international justice”.

Rwandans will celebrate their 50th independence annivassary on July 1,2012 but this time also merged with the 18th liberation usually commemorated on July 4 when the Rwanda patriotic Front rebels captured Kigali.

Prof Wole Soyinka a Nigerian academic is scheduled to speak at an international conference organised as part of independence celebrations.

Deliberations of the conference will commence under the theme; Governance and Democracy: an African Perspective.

The Rwanda Governance Board (RGD) said in a statement, “the 1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature will be among speakers including AfDB president, Dr. Donald Kaberuka.

Also Several other speaks have been lined up for the event including; former US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Affairs, Dr. Jendai Frazer, Prof.

Margee Ensign – President of American University of Nigeria and Kenya’s trade minister, Moses Wetangula among others.

The conference scheduled for June 30 has been co-organised by Government of Rwanda in partnership with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Workers of United Nations base at Entebbe, Uganda have organized a protest accusing the global institution of enslaving and exploiting them in their own country.

“We are not working today until the UN chief comes to address this issue,” one of the protesting workers said bitterly.

More than 120 protesting workers are attached to the cleaning department at the UN base. They are protesting the organisations’ decision to tender out cleaning services at the base to a Ugandan private company, which then cut their pay.

The workers told local press, “They told us they would tender cleaning services to a private company but it won’t affect our work. We were surprised when Safi Cleaners Limited, the new company reduced our pay from $283 per month to $48.”

The cleaning company is accused of not giving workers appointment letters, or medical insurance, saying that makes them slaves in their own country.