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  • Police Impounds More Smuggled African Gin

    Police in Nyarugenge District on October 12 impounded a vehicle carrying about 78 (640 bottles) smuggled boxes of African Gin.

    The vehicle registration number RAA 908K and the goods valued at over Rwf1.5 million were seized at about 12:30am in Muhima Sector, Rugenge Cell as they were being off-loaded.

    Police also arrested three people suspected to be behind the act. The trio – Anthere Sinatumwe 45, the driver and Alexis Murengerantwari 48, are currently held at Muhima Police.

    The goods are suspected to have been smuggled into the country from Uganda through illegal entries.

    According to Police in Nyarugenge, the goods were brought in two separate cars.

    “We were informed by some people who were in a nearby bar having a drink. They saw people offloading things taking them behind the nearby toilet and they got suspicious,” one of the police officers who conducted the operation, said.

    “We are going to handover the goods to the Revenue Protection Unit (RPU) so that these people pay taxes they were trying to evade,” he added.

    RPU is a police unit attached to Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) to fight fraud and other related crimes.

  • Kirehe Youth Mark RPF Anniversary

    Youths in Kirehe district are preparing for the 25th anniversary celebrations of Rwanda’s ruling party Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi).

    The youth from various sectors in the district participated in various sporting activities in areas of football, marathon and cycling, and singing completion among others.

    The competitions were organized by the RPF Inkotanyi committee in Kirehe district, as part of the preps for the party jubilee that is slated for October 15, 2012.

    Kirehe district RPF Inkotanyi Chairman, Protais Murayire hailed the youths for their level of discipline and sporting spirit.

    He urged the youths to form a district team that will compete with other districts at the provincial level in the Eastern province of Rwanda.

  • Kirehe Youth Mark RPF Anniversary

    Youths in Kirehe district are preparing for the 25th anniversary celebrations of Rwanda’s ruling party Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi).

    The youth from various sectors in the district participated in various sporting activities in areas of football, marathon and cycling, and singing completion among others.

    The competitions were organized by the RPF Inkotanyi committee in Kirehe district, as part of the preps for the party jubilee that is slated for October 15, 2012.

    Kirehe district RPF Inkotanyi Chairman, Protais Murayire hailed the youths for their level of discipline and sporting spirit.

    He urged the youths to form a district team that will compete with other districts at the provincial level in the Eastern province of Rwanda.

  • Burera Residents Want Ugandan Gin Banned

    Residents in Burera District have urged district authorities to suspend and stop activities of selling African Gin imported from Uganda saying it causes drunkenness among residents.

    African Gin is illegal in Rwandan. Zaraduhaye Joseph, the vice Mayor in charge of Economic development in Burera district revealed that some containers imported are reportedly said to be full of Kanyanga gin which is illegal in Rwanda.

    Residents say when you take more than two bottles of African Gin you get a headache.

    Local Authorities told residents that their wishes are being examined.

  • Burera Residents Want Ugandan Gin Banned

    Residents in Burera District have urged district authorities to suspend and stop activities of selling African Gin imported from Uganda saying it causes drunkenness among residents.

    African Gin is illegal in Rwandan. Zaraduhaye Joseph, the vice Mayor in charge of Economic development in Burera district revealed that some containers imported are reportedly said to be full of Kanyanga gin which is illegal in Rwanda.

    Residents say when you take more than two bottles of African Gin you get a headache.

    Local Authorities told residents that their wishes are being examined.

  • Man Dies After Winning Cocroach-eating Contest

    In USA, a 32-year-old man ate dozens of cocroaches and worms to win a python at a Florida reptile store, then collapsed and died outside minutes later.

    Edward Archbold was among 20 to 30 contestants participating in Friday night’s “Midnight Madness” event at Ben Siegel Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, authorities said.

    The participants’ goal: consume as many insects and worms as they could to take home a $850 python.

    Archbold swallowed cocroach after cocroach, worm after worm. While the store didn’t say exactly how many Archbold consumed, the owner that he was “the life of the party.”

    “He really made our night more fun,” Ben Siegel told the station.
    Soon after the contest was over, Archbold fell ill and began to vomit, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.

    A friend called for medical help. Then, Archbold himself dialed 911, the store said in a Facebook post.

    Eventually, he fell to the ground outside the store, the sheriff’s office said. An ambulance took him to North Broward Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

    The Broward Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and are awaiting test results to determine the cause of his death.

  • Man Dies After Winning Cocroach-eating Contest

    In USA, a 32-year-old man ate dozens of cocroaches and worms to win a python at a Florida reptile store, then collapsed and died outside minutes later.

    Edward Archbold was among 20 to 30 contestants participating in Friday night’s “Midnight Madness” event at Ben Siegel Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, authorities said.

    The participants’ goal: consume as many insects and worms as they could to take home a $850 python.

    Archbold swallowed cocroach after cocroach, worm after worm. While the store didn’t say exactly how many Archbold consumed, the owner that he was “the life of the party.”

    “He really made our night more fun,” Ben Siegel told the station.
    Soon after the contest was over, Archbold fell ill and began to vomit, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.

    A friend called for medical help. Then, Archbold himself dialed 911, the store said in a Facebook post.

    Eventually, he fell to the ground outside the store, the sheriff’s office said. An ambulance took him to North Broward Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

    The Broward Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and are awaiting test results to determine the cause of his death.

  • Kivu Belt Financing Mobilization Sealed

    Rwanda has signed a Financing Agreement with the Saudi Fund For Development to co-finance Lot 6, Rubengera-Gasiza of Kivu Belt Multinational Road.

    The MOU was signed October 12, in Tokyo-Japan as a sideline event to the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings.

    The Government of Rwanda, represented by Honorable John Rwangombwa, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and the Saudi Fund For Development, represented by HE Eng. Yousef Ibn Ibrahim Al-Bassam, the Fund’s Vice Chairman and Managing Director.

    The aforesaid signing ceremony is about the US$ 13,000,000 pledge that Saudi Fund For Development did during the fundraising round table to co-finance Lot 6, Rubengera-Gasiza of Kivu Belt Multinational Road as sidelines of the 9th Government of Rwanda Development Partners Meeting (DPM) November 2010 in Kigali.

    During its meeting in the 2nd quarter of 2012, the Fund’s board of Directors approved the Loan to Rwanda of US$ 13 Million under more good (concessional) terms.

    During the signing ceremony Rwangombwa, on behalf of the Government of Rwanda, and HE Eng. Ibrahim Al-Bassam, expressed their satisfaction on the development partnership between Rwanda and and the Saudi Fund.

    The road will be 23.6 Km long and 7 meters wide at a total cost of US$ 52.7 Million. The other contributors to the funding of the road section are: the Government of Rwanda (USD 4.35 Million), Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development (US$ 13 Million), The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID, US$ 10 Million), Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA, US$11 Million).

    We have signed with all other 3 Arab co-financiers;

    Design studies were completed in 2008 by Saudi International and Construction Works started in 2010 by Lot 3, Rusizi-Mwityazo, 50 Km, under the funding from the African Development Bank, of US$ 63 Million.

    The African Development Bank and Government of Rwanda have also financed Lot 7, Gasiza-Rubavu (US$ 68 Million) of 47,8 Km.

    The Government of Rwanda contracted a US$ 113 Million China Export Import Bank to construct Lot 4 and Lot 5, 66 Km from Mwityazo (Nyamasheke) to Rubengera (Karongi).

    The total length of the multinational (Burundi-Rwanda) Road is 265.7km, with 185 Km on Rwandan side (Kivu Belt Road) to cost Rwanda on designs, construction and supervision of works US$ 350 Million.

    With the Saudi Fund financing, the mobilization of the funding is concluded.

    When completed, the multinational road will have among other benefits such as promoting regional integration, contribute to trade and provide easy access to these land locked countries to the sea ports.

    It additionally will increase the potential for tourism and fisheries on Lake Tanganyika and Lake Kivu.

    As internal benefits, the road will increase trade, reduce transportation time and costs in the western province, as well as the rest of the country. The Western province produces 70% of the nation’s coffee and 40% of the nation’s tea.

    Ongoing projects of the Fund include “Increased Electricity Access in Some Areas in Rwanda” project: US$ 11 .7 Million, the “Rehabilitation of Kitabi-Congo nil Road” Project : US$ 10 Million and the Rehabilitation and the “Extension of King Faisal Hospital” Project: US$ 12 Million.

  • Kivu Belt Financing Mobilization Sealed

    Rwanda has signed a Financing Agreement with the Saudi Fund For Development to co-finance Lot 6, Rubengera-Gasiza of Kivu Belt Multinational Road.

    The MOU was signed October 12, in Tokyo-Japan as a sideline event to the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings.

    The Government of Rwanda, represented by Honorable John Rwangombwa, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and the Saudi Fund For Development, represented by HE Eng. Yousef Ibn Ibrahim Al-Bassam, the Fund’s Vice Chairman and Managing Director.

    The aforesaid signing ceremony is about the US$ 13,000,000 pledge that Saudi Fund For Development did during the fundraising round table to co-finance Lot 6, Rubengera-Gasiza of Kivu Belt Multinational Road as sidelines of the 9th Government of Rwanda Development Partners Meeting (DPM) November 2010 in Kigali.

    During its meeting in the 2nd quarter of 2012, the Fund’s board of Directors approved the Loan to Rwanda of US$ 13 Million under more good (concessional) terms.

    During the signing ceremony Rwangombwa, on behalf of the Government of Rwanda, and HE Eng. Ibrahim Al-Bassam, expressed their satisfaction on the development partnership between Rwanda and and the Saudi Fund.

    The road will be 23.6 Km long and 7 meters wide at a total cost of US$ 52.7 Million. The other contributors to the funding of the road section are: the Government of Rwanda (USD 4.35 Million), Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development (US$ 13 Million), The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID, US$ 10 Million), Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA, US$11 Million).

    We have signed with all other 3 Arab co-financiers;

    Design studies were completed in 2008 by Saudi International and Construction Works started in 2010 by Lot 3, Rusizi-Mwityazo, 50 Km, under the funding from the African Development Bank, of US$ 63 Million.

    The African Development Bank and Government of Rwanda have also financed Lot 7, Gasiza-Rubavu (US$ 68 Million) of 47,8 Km.

    The Government of Rwanda contracted a US$ 113 Million China Export Import Bank to construct Lot 4 and Lot 5, 66 Km from Mwityazo (Nyamasheke) to Rubengera (Karongi).

    The total length of the multinational (Burundi-Rwanda) Road is 265.7km, with 185 Km on Rwandan side (Kivu Belt Road) to cost Rwanda on designs, construction and supervision of works US$ 350 Million.

    With the Saudi Fund financing, the mobilization of the funding is concluded.

    When completed, the multinational road will have among other benefits such as promoting regional integration, contribute to trade and provide easy access to these land locked countries to the sea ports.

    It additionally will increase the potential for tourism and fisheries on Lake Tanganyika and Lake Kivu.

    As internal benefits, the road will increase trade, reduce transportation time and costs in the western province, as well as the rest of the country. The Western province produces 70% of the nation’s coffee and 40% of the nation’s tea.

    Ongoing projects of the Fund include “Increased Electricity Access in Some Areas in Rwanda” project: US$ 11 .7 Million, the “Rehabilitation of Kitabi-Congo nil Road” Project : US$ 10 Million and the Rehabilitation and the “Extension of King Faisal Hospital” Project: US$ 12 Million.

  • Zimbabwe Lion Eats Woman

    In Zimbabwe, game scouts on patrol in the Bumi Hills area of Kariba District last week stumbled upon the lower torso of a woman suspected to have been killed by lions.

    Members of the Bumi Hills anti-poaching unit were on patrol near the Katete Bridge along the Siakobvu-Chalala Road when they saw a brown handbag and blood near a bus stop.

    They also discovered a spoor which they followed leading to Nyanguhwe Mountains where they found the lower half of a woman.

    Acting Mashonaland West police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ian Kohwera confirmed the incident.

    “Investigations are under way to establish the identity of the woman,” he said.

    He said the game scouts found a passport — registration number AN605793 — bearing the name Simbisai Machakwa (37) of Gokwe in the handbag.

    However, the bearer of the passport, Machakwa, advised the police that she was alive.

    “In a puzzling development the woman we thought had been killed by the lions has called the police indicating that she was robbed of her purse with the passport in Gokwe,” he said.

    Asst Insp Kohwera said three men attacked and robbed her of her purse.

    “We have not yet established how that handbag and passport ended up in Chalala and on the scene of a lion attack.

    “We are still to unpack the mystery of the identity of the woman attacked by the lions,” he said.

    The remainder of the body was taken to Bumi Hills Police Post and a Karoi magistrate waived post-mortem.