Tag: HomeNews

By Thursday Leo Mugesera a Rwandan living in Canada would have arrived in Rwanda to face criminal charges related to the 1994 Tutsi Genocide.
Mugesera had filed a case in a Canadian court requesting to halt his deportation to Rwanda.

He claimed that he would be tortured once in the hands of Rwandan authorities.
However, the Canadian federal government disputed the warnings of possible torture,saying it has taken all necessary steps to ensure Mugesera would be treated fairly in Rwanda.

Eventually United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) intervened in the matter requesting that Canadian government should not deport Mugesera to allow it investigate his claims that he would be tortured in Rwanda.

It’s upon this background that a concerned Rwandan, Kalisa Innocent has written to the UN secretary General Ban ki-Moon expressing his dissatisfaction against intervention by UN (CAT) in the deportation of Mugesera and asking the UN Boss to exercise his powers to reverse the CAT decision.

Below is Kalisa’s letter

Dear Secretary-General

Kind regards,

Kalisa Innocent

Government should consider urgently extending ambulances to save lives of Ngororero District residents who trek tens of miles seeking medical services while carrying patients on outdated traditional stretchers.

In some of the schools,students health seem to be in danger for they still use traditional stretchers to transport their sick colleague to the nearby Health center.

IGIHE.com can report that students of EAV Kivumu school in Nyange sector, Ngororero District in Western Province carry their colleagues on traditional stretcher on their shoulders.

According to the student, it is a common behaviour that when their colleague is sick they get the traditional stretcher and carry him/her on their shoulders walking over 3kms to the hospital.

Therefore one of them said, “As journalists be our ambassadors so that we can be rescued by the ministry like other students elsewhere in the country otherwise our health and studies is at high risk.”

Denise Mukarukundo senior six student studying History, English and Georgraphy combination will be taking care of the patient.

He said, “she is my colleague though I am a candidate but I have no option because i have to take care of her, there is nothing to do since we don’t have a sickbay at school.”

Timothy Mutuyimana Ntawumenyumunsi a teacher at the school said that the issue of having sick bays in schools has been discussed by the ministry of Education but conclusion has not been reached upon and it is acted upon differently in schools.

He added, “If the top leaders could help us and provide infrastructure, it can also help our students concentrate on their studies.”

Over ten students are forced by the circumustance to leave their classes any time a student gets sick.

ENDS

Veterinary doctors want motorcycles to enable them execute their duties. The demand was made during the ceremony to conclude Vet’s training at Mulindi in Gasabo distrct organised by the Rwanda Agriculture Board.

Emerita Murekatete, a vet from Nyange sector in Ngororero district, said if given a motorcycle it would reduce on delays in reaching farmers,“sometimes we reach farmers late thus motorcycles should be one of the facilities in our job.”

Christine Kanyandekwe, the Assistant Director of Rwanda Agriculture Board said that vets without motorcycles will get them very soon.

Prof. Shema Martin Ndabikunze, the Director General of RAB urged the vets to fulfill their responsibilities by giving a good image of the institution and promised them to solve many of the challenges faced in their job.

Among the 31 trained vets from 12 districts, 30% are women.

The battle to reduce the emerging and increasing abuse of drugs is intensifying as the general public begin to feel involved and understanding their role in the fight.

Countrywide campaign against drug abuse was launched recently by the first lady Jeannette Kagame who said it was a big challenge in today’s Rwandan youth calling upon relevant authorities and population to be vigilant.

Passengers aboard a minibus from Kirehe to Kayonza have arrested one john Nzamuye, a fellow passenger who was found carrying five Kilograms of marijuana.

The incident took place after the passenger sat next to Nzamuye smelling marijuana and confronted him.

He asked the driver to stop and with the help of other passengers searched him and found that he had wrapped the drug on his body. They immediately took him to Kabarondo Police station.

Steven Irambona the passenger who sat close to the arrested man told police officers in Kabarondo Police Station that he became suspicious of Nzamuye due to a strange smell from him.

“I immediately asked the driver to stop the bus in order to check up this man who was later found in possession of approximately five kilograms of marijuana,” Irambona explained.

It is not the first time that citizens apprehend a criminal. Recently James Habimana, a conman, was arrested by passengers on Virunga bus from Rubavu to Kigali and delivered him at Nyabugogo Police post.

Police Spokesperson Superintendent Theos Badege commended the passengers for taking the initiative to deliver criminals to police.

“This shows that Rwandans understand their role in community policing”, Badege said. He urged citizens to emulate the good example shown by the passengers.

He asked citizens to own security and consequently share information with security organs in order to ensure a secure and peaceful nation.

ENDS

Ten of 30 Grenade attack suspects have been sentence to life for their role in connection to series of Grenade attacks in the country.

Kigali based High Court presided over by Judge Pie Mugabo ruled that seven of the suspects also be imprisoned for 20 years, while one of them ordered to be detained for 15 years.

Others sentences included two of them getting ten years of prison while 8 of the suspects acquitted.

They were all accused of distabilising countries security. Security is one of the Rwanda’s sensitive areas that government don’t want comprise.

The Court established that they were guilty of different grenade attacks that claimed lives and injured several others and conniving with DR Congo based terrorist group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) terrorist group.

However the presiding Judge announced that whoever was not satisfied, had legal rights to appeal the court decision within the time frame of 30 days provided by law.

ENDS

Rwamagana hospital director Jean Claude Ndagijimana was sacked yesterday on spot by health minister Agnes Binagwaho due to what she termed as negligence in ensuring cleanliness and tidiness at the district hospital.

During a tour at the hospital, Binagwaho argued that the dirt was unbelievable given that the hospital’s cleaners were recently given special training on hygiene.

She condemned litter seen at various units including pediatric, maternity and theater rooms.

“This is a district hospital and it should serve as a good example to the rest but the dirt is unbearable,” Binagwaho argued.

The health minister has given the hospital’s management two weeks to ensure the rooms are sparkling clean. This activity will also be supervised by Rwamagana district health officials.

Police has arrested 34 people suspected of selling and consuming illicit drugs in Nyarugenge district.

According to the police website, the operation conducted during the whole week seized 10 kilograms of illicit drugs and suspects have been taken to Nyamirambo police station.

Supt. Theos Badege said that everybody’s contribution is needed in the fight against consuming and selling illicit drugs especially among the youth.

A government based entrepreneurship program has been launched aimed at creating more job opportunities to boost the country’s economy.

The program discourages job seekers but rather encouraging innovation in developmental areas such as industries, ICT and agriculture.

Through the campaign it is projected that job creations will improve from 400,000 to 1,400,000 jobs in the next five years.

During the program launch in Southern province, Emannuel Hategeka the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) noted that those with good projects will be supported.

“We want projects that are sustainable and are able to employ a big number of people, the project should also contribute effectively to the betterment of society,” he said.

One of the innovative entities in the province is owned by Francois Nshimyimana who bakes biscuits from maize flour in Rubengera sector. He disclosed that he had a humble beginning.

“I started with a capital of Frw 50,000 a few months ago but now I make a profit of Frw 400,000 monthly employ more than eight people,” he remarked.

In the same sector is a maize milling factory owned by a former primary teacher Alice Mushiyimana, she says that her life changed after acquiring a loan worth Frw 1.3 million to start the mill.

“I now make a profit of Frw 600,000 monthly and I’ve assets worth Frw 20 million, my factory has been beneficial to farmers who supply us maize, I also employ more than 15 people,” she explained.

The governor of southern province Celestin Kabahizi commended the innovative spirit urging lower learning institutions to dedicate as special lesson on entrepreneurship to motivate young ones.