✓ 18-Oct-2021 to 24-Oct-2021 » This Week performance table [ktpress.rw]

[caption id="attachment_71306" align="alignnone" width="716"] Ombudsman Nirere Madeleine[/caption] Rwanda Parliament has pinned the Ombudsman following several complaints arising from affected occupants ever since started a plan to shift industrial companies from Gikondo wetland to the special economic zone as provided in the Kigali city master plan. The law that was published in 2018 doesn’t permit any…

[caption id="attachment_71272" align="alignnone" width="2048"] The summit taking place at Kigali Convention Centre in the heart of the capital Kigali convened more than 600 participants. It is probably one of if not biggest gathering in Rwanda since COVID-19 spread in Rwanda in March 2020[/caption] The first African Microfinance Week (referred to as 'SAM', the French acronym)…

A new World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of Climate in Africa report has shown that climate change is hitting Africa harder than the global average, triggering mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement on the continent. The report said changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and more extreme weather contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement…

  [caption id="attachment_71234" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Nyabihu Potato processing factory[/caption] The ministry of trade and industry (Minicom) and its partners have been blamed for the failures in implementing the Community Processing Center (CPC), which were supposed to spur Rwanda’s industrial growth at district level. The CPC program was initiated in 2013, with over Rwf4.1 billion invested…

[caption id="attachment_56302" align="alignnone" width="680"] Construction of classrooms. one of the project that sends officials to parliament to explain[/caption] The parliament is working on a organic bill that will enable the House to exercise the duty of government oversight properly. The organic bill tabled on Monday October 18, 2021 was proposed by MPs Edda Mukabagwiza, Valens…

[caption id="attachment_71188" align="alignnone" width="804"] Nyabarongo water today[/caption] The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda has launched research findings that show unusual  high levels of water pollution for the Nile Basin Area in Rwanda, especially in the Nyabarongo and Akagera rivers. The study unveiled this Sunday, was conducted from April-October 2021 by several scientists headed by Dr. Jean…

District Security Officials (DASSO) are tasked with a responsibility of ensuring order in public places like markets, streets and local administrative offices. This role comes with, among others, ensuring that no street vendors and children are on the streets of districts or even in Kigali city. This sometimes has come with controversy especially when the…