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  • Local gov’t Leaders Undergo Management Training

    The Minister of Local Government, James Musoni on October 8, 2012 launched the ‘Management for results’ training for local government leaders at La Palisse Hotel in Gashora.

    The week-long training will see officials in local governments upgrade their management skills to deliver results.

    The training conducted by Korean experts particularly targeted mayors, directors of planning and Vice mayors in charge of Finance and Economic Development and Vice Mayors in charge of Social Affairs as well as Provincial, City of Kigali and District Executive Secretaries.

    The training is a continuation of the leadership development training that was also attended by Local Government Leaders in May and September 2011.

    Other similar trainings are taking place at lower levels of local governments such as the sectors and cells for Executive Secretaries in the context of implementing the local government capacity building plan.

    Through the trainings leaders will be empowered with skills and capacities to improve their performance and expedite realization of the country’s socio-economic transformation.

    “The Government is building capacities for local government officials purposely to promote efficiency, effectiveness and to develop in them self-confidence, patriotism, sacrifice so as to have dignified Society and Nation,” minister Musoni said.

    Such trainings, minister Musoni said, are designed to provide technical skills and develop values such as integrity and clarity of purpose among Local government leaders.

    He added it was important for leaders to exhibit professionalism by providing people-centered services with urgency and responsibility, echoing that one cannot achieve results without such values.

    The training provided chance for participants to inter-relate management for results skills with leadership development skills.

    The Government says the trainings will help Local Government officials understand their crucial roles and responsibilities in Rwanda’s socio-economic transformation and more especially managing for results, which should provide answers to different challenges facing local government leaders, specifically in planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

  • DRC Opposition Leader Calls for MONUSCO Exit

    A DRC opposition leader of the innovative Forces for Union and Solidarity (FONUS), Joseph Olengakoy has called upon the Congolese citizens to rise against what he called ‘Murder of the Republic’.

    Olengakoy was referring to the dominant hand of MONUSCO in the management of DRC saying that the absence of a strong army in the DRC has created an imbalance in the state.

    “There is a problem in the country. We are all involved in the assassination of the Republic. We must realize. Today, we are going to put in an ambulance, and soon it will be conducted to the cemetery. We must refuse it, “he said.

    Olenghankoy said the Congolese must rise to take their own destiny.

    “Our whole strength rests today on MONUSCO, an alien force. So, our country has no secret. All countries in the world are here. They know your languages they have mastered all your dialects. When you notice even the briefings of MONUSCO, “he argued.

    The former Minister of Transport under the “1 +4”, was surprised that even the state information to be given to the national press by MONUSCO.

    “What prevents our army to a press briefing a week? Here, you’ll feel the imbalance state, “he said.

    Olengakoy has pledged to mobilise the opposition against government.

  • DRC Opposition Leader Calls for MONUSCO Exit

    A DRC opposition leader of the innovative Forces for Union and Solidarity (FONUS), Joseph Olengakoy has called upon the Congolese citizens to rise against what he called ‘Murder of the Republic’.

    Olengakoy was referring to the dominant hand of MONUSCO in the management of DRC saying that the absence of a strong army in the DRC has created an imbalance in the state.

    “There is a problem in the country. We are all involved in the assassination of the Republic. We must realize. Today, we are going to put in an ambulance, and soon it will be conducted to the cemetery. We must refuse it, “he said.

    Olenghankoy said the Congolese must rise to take their own destiny.

    “Our whole strength rests today on MONUSCO, an alien force. So, our country has no secret. All countries in the world are here. They know your languages they have mastered all your dialects. When you notice even the briefings of MONUSCO, “he argued.

    The former Minister of Transport under the “1 +4”, was surprised that even the state information to be given to the national press by MONUSCO.

    “What prevents our army to a press briefing a week? Here, you’ll feel the imbalance state, “he said.

    Olengakoy has pledged to mobilise the opposition against government.

  • Letter to Girls of Rwanda

    Abakobwa bacu,

    Today we celebrate the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ a day that the whole world has dedicated to you. A day that will promote your rights as girls, highlight gender inequalities that remain between you and your brothers and look for ways to correct any discrimination and abuse suffered by girls around the globe.

    We in Rwanda for the first time are celebrating ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ and as a nation we honour our young girls and prepare you to become women of integrity in your own right.

    I would like to remind you of the strength that you carry within you. Rwanda continues to do its best to create a level playing field for you and your brothers. Opportunities have been laid forth for you; schools, programs, scholarships to mention a few.

    It is now up to you to step up, claim what you have always had the right to have, join the boys and show that you are also capable. We are behind you all the way. So seize every chance and do so with confidence!

    As I am sure your parents, guardians and mentors have told you, it takes more than a good education and the right opportunities to become a woman of strength.

    I urge you to also cultivate your character by asserting yourselves, recognising the talents and importance of others but most importantly discovering your self-worth – the Rwandan “Agaciro”.

    Learn to love yourself and build yourself both from self evaluation and accepting constructive criticism from others. Maintain your core values of honesty, integrity and loyalty, in order to stay true to yourselves and lead others.

    As they say, great leaders are those that lead by example. So start now. Wisdom will come with age, but you can start to acquire it through open-mindedness and self discipline.

    Young girls, our futures are defined by our choices we make along the way. Believe in yourself and in your dreams, always have hope and your dreams will most certainly come true.

    Most importantly, there is no doubt whatsoever that you are all valuable, so never ever settle for less than what you know you are worth.

    With love.

    Mrs Jeannette Kagame

    First Lady of Rwanda

  • Letter to Girls of Rwanda

    Abakobwa bacu,

    Today we celebrate the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ a day that the whole world has dedicated to you. A day that will promote your rights as girls, highlight gender inequalities that remain between you and your brothers and look for ways to correct any discrimination and abuse suffered by girls around the globe.

    We in Rwanda for the first time are celebrating ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ and as a nation we honour our young girls and prepare you to become women of integrity in your own right.

    I would like to remind you of the strength that you carry within you. Rwanda continues to do its best to create a level playing field for you and your brothers. Opportunities have been laid forth for you; schools, programs, scholarships to mention a few.

    It is now up to you to step up, claim what you have always had the right to have, join the boys and show that you are also capable. We are behind you all the way. So seize every chance and do so with confidence!

    As I am sure your parents, guardians and mentors have told you, it takes more than a good education and the right opportunities to become a woman of strength.

    I urge you to also cultivate your character by asserting yourselves, recognising the talents and importance of others but most importantly discovering your self-worth – the Rwandan “Agaciro”.

    Learn to love yourself and build yourself both from self evaluation and accepting constructive criticism from others. Maintain your core values of honesty, integrity and loyalty, in order to stay true to yourselves and lead others.

    As they say, great leaders are those that lead by example. So start now. Wisdom will come with age, but you can start to acquire it through open-mindedness and self discipline.

    Young girls, our futures are defined by our choices we make along the way. Believe in yourself and in your dreams, always have hope and your dreams will most certainly come true.

    Most importantly, there is no doubt whatsoever that you are all valuable, so never ever settle for less than what you know you are worth.

    With love.

    Mrs Jeannette Kagame

    First Lady of Rwanda

  • Chinese Writer Scoops Nobel Prize

    A Chinese writer Mo Yan has today won the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature for works which the awarding committee said had qualities of “hallucinatory realism”.

    The prize won by the writer is worth 8 million crowns ($1.2 million) and was given by the Swedish Academy.

    The literature prize is the fourth of this year’s crop of prizes, which were established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and awarded for the first time in 1901.

  • Chinese Writer Scoops Nobel Prize

    A Chinese writer Mo Yan has today won the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature for works which the awarding committee said had qualities of “hallucinatory realism”.

    The prize won by the writer is worth 8 million crowns ($1.2 million) and was given by the Swedish Academy.

    The literature prize is the fourth of this year’s crop of prizes, which were established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and awarded for the first time in 1901.

  • Ingabire, Ntaganda & Mushyayidi Deleted From EU Prize List

    The three Rwandan inmates that had been nominated for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2012 have been dropped from the final list, RNA reports.

    Ingabire Victoire, Bernard Ntaganda and Deogratias Mushyayidi did not pass through the EU parliament’s Foreign affairs and Development Committees which voted on Tuesday.

    Ingabire was jailed 14 October 2010, for allegedly collaborating with a terrorist organization, dividing the people of Rwanda and denying the 1994 genocide against Tutsi which claimed a million lives.

    The committees voted to retain only three finalists for the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. They include: Belarusian Ales Bialiatski; Russia’s Pussy Riot trio; and Iranians Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi.

    Reports say backing for the Rwandan nominees came from Spanish organizations which were behind the indictment of 40 Rwandan officials back in 2008 for alleged role in the deaths of Spanish nationals after the genocide.

    In striking off the Rwandan nominees, the EU parliament select committees said those blocks which selected Ingabire, Ntaganda and Mushyayidi, had not taken due diligence to thoroughly review the candidates.

    The final winner from among the finalists (laureate) will be announced on Friday, 26 October following a decision of the EU Parliament’s Conference of Presidents.

    The winner will receive €50,000 and be invited to attend the award ceremony on 12 December in Strasbourg (France).

  • Ingabire, Ntaganda & Mushyayidi Deleted From EU Prize List

    The three Rwandan inmates that had been nominated for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2012 have been dropped from the final list, RNA reports.

    Ingabire Victoire, Bernard Ntaganda and Deogratias Mushyayidi did not pass through the EU parliament’s Foreign affairs and Development Committees which voted on Tuesday.

    Ingabire was jailed 14 October 2010, for allegedly collaborating with a terrorist organization, dividing the people of Rwanda and denying the 1994 genocide against Tutsi which claimed a million lives.

    The committees voted to retain only three finalists for the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. They include: Belarusian Ales Bialiatski; Russia’s Pussy Riot trio; and Iranians Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi.

    Reports say backing for the Rwandan nominees came from Spanish organizations which were behind the indictment of 40 Rwandan officials back in 2008 for alleged role in the deaths of Spanish nationals after the genocide.

    In striking off the Rwandan nominees, the EU parliament select committees said those blocks which selected Ingabire, Ntaganda and Mushyayidi, had not taken due diligence to thoroughly review the candidates.

    The final winner from among the finalists (laureate) will be announced on Friday, 26 October following a decision of the EU Parliament’s Conference of Presidents.

    The winner will receive €50,000 and be invited to attend the award ceremony on 12 December in Strasbourg (France).

  • Nyagatare Local Leaders Warned Against Complacency

    Nyagatare district Local leaders have been cautioned against the culture of complacency in promoting Unity and reconciliation values.

    The warning was made by Xaveline Uwimana the vice president of the National Unity and reconciliation commission (NURC).

    The meeting brought together religious and private sector representatives in the district to discuss the progress made in promoting unity and reconciliation in the district.

    Stakeholders contradicted over failure to speed up unity and reconciliation activities in the district.

    NURC vice president blamed them for not working to the norms and values of true Rwandan leaders adding that this is a blame everyone should take.

    The commission is attached to the office of the president that foresees every step taken in attaining reconciliation of all Rwandans.

    However, Participants attributed changes in leadership positions in the district as the main reason for creepy implementation of reconciliation activities in the district.

    “It doesn’t mean that if a top leader steps down all other functioning departments stops…committed people are those that even perform in transition period,” Xaveline noted