Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Thursday arrested self-proclaimed YouTube ‘politician’ Rashid Abdou Hakuzimana on charges of denying the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and promoting ethnic divisionism. Hakuzimana was arrested…
National
-
-
National
Goodbye Dear Mayors! Districts Under Interim Leadership Pending Upcoming Elections
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 2:12 pmDuring elections of members of the District Council, a district is temporarily managed by its Executive Secretary. This temporary management commences on the day on which the National Electoral Commission…
-
National
Rwanda National Police Gains New Officers, As Class of 2021 Swells Their Ranks
by Williams Buningwire 10:59 pmA total of 656 police officers, 80 of them women, at the National Police Academy, Gishari, Rwamagana, were commissioned into the Rwanda National Police (RNP) graduating to rank of Assistant…
-
National
Ministry of Labor Pinned over Loopholes in Personnel, Payroll System
by Daniel Sabiiti 7:14 pmThe Rwanda Parliament has pinned the Minister of Public Service and Labour over failure to implement a complete internal operation system which has cost the government over Rwf 2.6 billion…
-
Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Wednesday paraded four people, including one with diplomatic immunity, suspected of smuggling Ivory into the country. RIB says the quadruple were using Rwanda as a…
-
National
Rwanda Inks Deal with BioNTech to Set Up Vaccine Manufacturing Plant Worth Over $116m
by Edmund Kagire 6:10 pmRwanda has inked a deal with Germany biotechnology giant, BioNTech, that will see the East African country host the first mRNA-based vaccines manufacturing plant that is estimated to cost $116m…
-
National
RIB Summons Self-Styled ‘YouTube Politician’ Rashid Hakuzimana Amid Public Outcry
by Edmund Kagire 2:16 pmRwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) will on Wednesday interrogate self-proclaimed YouTube ‘politician’ Rashid Hakuzimana following a series of incendiary and revisionist remarks on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, which have…
-
The Rwanda Parliament has approved a $15million funding agreement from the International Development Agency (IDA) that will enable the country to remain resilient against the COVID19 pandemic. The funding bill…
-
National
Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Dissmisses Two Officials Over “Divisionism”
by Daniel Sabiiti 4:00 pmThe Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) has dismissed two of its top officials who are allegedly accused of laying treacherous moves with intent to divide the party from within.…
-
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and National Agricultural Export Development Board have launched a caregiving program for children whose parents are employed in tea plantations across the…
-
Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS), the national body in charge of prison facilities, has dismissed claims by Paul Rusesabagina’s daughter, Carine Kanimba, that he was denied all basic needs for him…
-
National
Human Right Commission Reports An Issue of Prisons Congestion Again
by Daniel Sabiiti 6:15 pmThe Rwanda Parliament has tasked the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) and government to find a way of dealing with the issue of increasing number of inmates. A commission…