Journalist Stanly Gatera names Human Rights Watch researcher Lewis Mudge (Right) as one of his contacts in Kampala

A rights campaign group and Rwandan exiles are on the spot after they lured a journalist to flee Rwanda with promises of good life in the west – in an attempt to undermine the government of President Paul Kagame.

Editor of UMUSINGI newspaper Stanley Gatera surfaced back in Rwanda last week after six months when he fled the country claiming his life was in danger. In local media interviews, Gatera narrates that he was made to believe he would be targeted by government following an incident where he is alleged to have taken a bribe from a bar owner.

Gatera says Rwandan exiled politicians convinced him that the bribe was a plot to pin him due to his critical reporting. In particular, Gatera names Rwandan academic Charles Kambanda with whom they exchanged Facebook messages advising him on how to leave Rwanda, and eventually obtain residence documents in the United States or European country.

Washington-based group Human Rights Watch also provided advice to Gatera, and promised to support his request for residence in the United States. Human Rights Watch researcher Lewis Mudge helped Gatera to leave Rwanda to Kampala, Uganda, where he gave him 2100 Euros cash (Rwf 1.2million) for upkeep.

According to Gatera, Human Rights Watch suggested to him that he travels to South Africa where he would join up with the members of the Rwandan National Congress (RNC), which was ready to provide him with protection. RNC is an opposition outfit of exiled Rwandan politicians led by former army chief Kayumba Nyamwasa.

However, Gatera narrates that contrary to constant pressure from his hosts to leave Kampala immediately, he stayed there and was never trailed by anybody or receive any message which suggested his life was in danger.

Gatera singles out Charles Kambanda, a former lecturer at the Rwanda National University. Kambanda left Rwanda abruptly following a confidential note filed by female students at the university complaining about his conduct. Gatera for his part says Kambanda provided him with a detailed methodology of how he could leave Uganda, on to South Africa via Kenya, then Tanzania and Mozambique.

Kambanda reportedly linked Gatera with a network of gangs who would clandestinely transport him to South Africa in a journey that would last ten days. Kambanda also provided $1000 (Rwf704,000) which Gatera was to use along the way for food and payment to the gang.

According to Kambanda’s instructions detailed via Facebook direct messages, Gatera would be welcomed by members of the Rwanda National Congress. Gatera was also in contact via Facebook with an account named “RNC Pretoria”. News of Rwanda has verified this account.

Facebook message of correspondence between Stanly Gatera and Charles Kambanda as reported by UMUSEKE, a local news website in Rwanda

Goods being offloaded from Turkish Cargo Plane. Rwanda targets to export much to Turkey as traders continue to seek deeper connections to the new Turkish market

Rwandan traders are increasingly turning to Turkey for its quality products, KT Press has exclusively learnt.

“Turkey has high quality products compared to Dubai and China, which have been our markets for decades,” says ldephonse Niyonsenga, a trader from Kigali.

Due to the restrictive nature of producing mashrooms in Congo Brazzaville, Niyonsenga could only get the appropriate incubation machine from Turkey.

George Gatari, who runs a hardware supply shop in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, Quincallerie Beta, imports Turkish power transformers that are on high demand in Rwanda.

Gatari says some markets produce ‘fake products’, which Rwandans are sensitive to, “but Turkey has a clean name. Their products are of European standard mostly appreciated here.”

In Turkey, Gatari was given an opportunity to assist in fabrication process of electrical equipment.

He says, “Buying something which you assisted in production is very assuring. It’s a chance we never stand in other markets.”

Other products imported from Turkey include; textile products, construction materials, medical products and electronics.

Recently there is new demand for fertilizers, irrigation machines and other agricultural machinery.

Imports have reached about $ 150M since 2012 when Turkey and Rwanda signed bilateral ties.

The signing was followed by both heads of states paying each a visit.

Eventually, Turkish Airlines, Europe’s premier airline, established a direct route to Rwanda.

Burcin Isler, the carrier’s General Manager in Kigali, says Kigali-Istanbul flights have increased to 7/week last year up from three, in May 2012.

The carrier will cut fare to $700 in 2015 from $900 to squeeze competition and maintain growing revenues.

Isler said he will resume cargo flights which he had earlier suspended due to low volumes of cargo from Rwanda.

Rwanda is yet to export much to Turkey as traders continue to seek deeper connections to the Turkish market.

Rwandan exporters say there is a niche for tropical fruits in Turkey as well as coffee, tea and other raw material products such as skins and hides.

Meanwhile, Rwanda Active Businessmen Association (Rwaba), the business umbrella for Turkish business community in Rwanda is facilitating trade links.

Rwaba has helped 13 investors, worth $360M in total to set shop in Rwanda in construction, education, mining and manufacturing subsectors.

For example, Hakan, an investor in energy, was contracted to set up a $335.1M peat extracting plant. The plant will generate 100 MW in Gisagara, Southern Rwanda.

Source: KT Press

An FDLR suspect linked to terrorist acts has accused Northern Province Governor, Aime Bosenibamwe, of supporting groups linked to the militia group plotting to overthrow the Rwandan government.

The Genocidal Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) operates in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

While appearing in court alongside 13 other suspects today in Musanze District, Jonathan Nsengiyumva accused governor Bosenibamwe of clandestinely funding groups that threw grenades across the country.   

Reacting to prosecutors’ accusations, Jonathan Nsengiyumva pleaded guilty of having a hand in the formation of a terror group, and revealed how he directly worked with the Governor.

He said that they used chair meetings while driving from Musanze to Kigali in a vehicle that belonged to Alfred Nsengimana- a former executive secretary of Cyuve sector in Musanze District.

Nsengimana had also been arrested over terror crimes, but was later shot dead by a prison warden as he tried to flee.

Without providing credible evidence though, Nsengiyumva told court that the three held three meetings together. He cited one Sadiki Habimana whom they conducted terror operations together, as an eyewitness.

According to the suspect, the trio’s meeting had promised former Cyuve sector executive secretary, Nsengimana, to become a mayor once they killed the serving Musanze district Mayor, Winfrida Mpembyemungu.

Le Grand Auditorium de l’UR était plein pour écouter les discussions sur la mauvaise intension de ce documentaire

Les professeurs de l’Université du Rwanda ont condamnéle négationnisme contre le Génocide de ce documentaire. « Rwanda’sUntold Story ». C’était lors d’un séminaire pour la célébration des 66ans depuis la création de l’Accord International de Lutte contre le Génocide. Ce séminaire du  09/12/2014 à l‘Université du Rwanda, Campus de Huye, s’est focalisé sur la critique de ce documentaire de Jane Corbin diffusé par la BBC.

Dans cet atelier académique, à partir des discussions des professeurs de l’UR, il a été démontré que le contenu de ce film n’est que le négationnisme, l’occupation habituelle des opposants politiques rwandais, le plus souvent en exil. L’objectif de ce film n’était autre que la défiguration du Génocideperpétré contre les Tutsi et porter atteinte aux autorités rwandaises.

Les académiciens de l’Université du Rwanda débattant sur le négationnisme de ce film

« Ce film s’est focalisé sur lenégatif et a rabaisséle positif. Il est clair que ceux qui l’ont réalisévoulaient s’en prendre au Président de la République, au FPR et a l’Etat Rwandais. », adéclaré le Dr. KabweteMurinda Charles, Professeur d’histoire à l’UR et Doyen de la Faculté des Sciences Politiques.

Selon le Dr Kabwete, ce film contient beaucoup d’erreurs intentionnelles : « Dans ce documentaire, c’est seulement 200 milles personnes qui ont péri pendant le Génocide. Cela est archifaux car les récentes statiques du recensement prouvent le contraire. Les statistiques du Ministère de la Fonction Publique en 2004 faisaientétat de près de 900 milles personnes tuées. Mais les rescapés affirment que les victimes dépassent de loin ce nombre ».

Il est dit dans ce fil, comme l’a expliqué Kabwete que « le FPR n’a sauvé personne puisque les massacres étaient déjà fini à chaque fois que ses soldats libéraient une région. C’est vrai pour certains endroits, ce qui explique d’ailleurs le grand nombre de victimes, mais la plupart des rescapés doivent bien la vie au FPR ». Il poursuit en disant que dans ce documentaire, l’interview était biaisée, on n’a interrogé qu’un seul côté parmi les Rwandais.

« Il parle du Génocide et pourtant aucun rescapé n’a été interviewé. Les Rwandais qui vivent au Rwanda aujourd’hui n’apparaissent nulle part, les autorités locales non plus », a-t-il ajouté.

Mais les étudiants de l’UR/Huyeont retenu quoi de ce séminaire ?

« Il y a une chose qui m’a particulièrement secoué. Est-ce que garder le silence pendant que des mensonges sont en train d’êtrerépanduesà notre sujet serait la meilleure façon de les démentir et de faire éclater la vérité ? J’ai réalisé que quand bien même une fausse version de notre histoire serait écrite par des étrangers, nous pouvons toujours en débattrenous-mêmes car nous connaissons mieux notre propre histoire. C’est bien pour cela que j’exhorte tout Rwandais à suivre de près la politique nationale, à appliquer les programmes du gouvernement et à participer à ce genre de séminaires car c’est de là qu’on apprend d’où l’on vient, où l’on est et où l’on va », a suggéré ByukusengeKarerangaboShadrak, un étudiant en Médecine, Doc1.

L’Accord International pour la Lutte contre le Génocide est-il utile ?

Ces échanges ont eu lieu dans le cadre de la commémoration des 66ans depuis l’entrée en vigueur de l’Accord International de Lutte contre le Génocide. Il y a lieu de se demander si cet accord sert vraiment à quelque chose dans la mesure où les génocides ont été commis après sa signature, dont celui perpétré contre les Tutsi en 1994.

« En termes de droit, il est stipulé qu’une  personne ne peut êtrecondamnée pour un crime tant que celui-ci n’est pas reconnu comme tel. Cet accord est donc très important. Si en 1994 les Tutsi avaient été tuésalors qu’on n’était pas encore signataire de cet accord ou s’il n’avait pas existé, ces massacres n’auraient pas été considérés comme un acte de génocide », a conclu UstaKayitesi, qui dirige la branche de l’UR/Huye.

Umutahira w’Intore mu karere ka Gatsibo Umfuyisoni Bernadette

Abatoza b’intore bo mu karere ka Gatsibo, barasabwa kwita ku ndangagaciro yo kubahiriza igihe nk’imwe mu ndangagaciro yatuma igihugu kigera ku iterambere ryihuse. Ibi abatoza babyibukijwe tariki 10 Ukuboza 2014 mu gikorwa cyo gutegura gahunda y’ibizakorwa mu Itorero icyiciro cyo gutumwa.

Umutahira w’Intore mu karere ka Gatsibo Umfuyisoni Bernadette, avuga ko nyuma yo kurangiza icyiciro cyo gutoza Intore ku itariki 7 Mutarama 2015 hazahita hakurikiraho igikorwa cyo gutuma Intore zizaba zirangije icyiciro cyo gutozwa.

Yagize ati:” Mu karere ka Gatsibo Itorero ririmo riragenda neza, Intore nazo ziri gutegurwa bihagije kuri site zose zigize Akarere uko ari 14, ku buryo biteguye gutangira ibikorwa by’urugerero mu mwaka utaha, ari nayo mpamvu dusaba abatoza bose kurushaho kwita ku ndangagaciro yo kubahiriza igihe kugira ngo ibyo bikorwa byose turimo duteganya bizarusheho kugenda neza.”

Agaruka ku nshingano z’Itorero ry’Igihugu, Umfuyisoni yavuze ko icya mbere ari uguhindura imyumvire y’Abanyarwanda mu rwego rwo kurushaho kubaka Umunyarwanda ukunda igihugu cye kandi ushobora kukitangira mu buryo bwose.

Ubusanzwe biba biteganyijwe ko Intore zirangije urugerero zitumwa mu bikorwa bitandukanye byo guteza imbere Igihugu birimo; gukangurira abaturage kwitabira gahunda za Leta, kubakira abatishoboye n’ibindi.

Intore ziri hafi kurangiza icyiciro cyo gutozwa mu karere ka Gatsibo zose hamwe zigera ku 1914, uru rubyiruko rukaba rwose ari ururangije amashuli yisumbuye.

Rwandan Doctor displays Prepex–a non-surgical device for male circumcision

Emille Nzabahimana, a bar tender in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, is obsessed with spontaneous sexual adventures and over-drinking.

To arrest the cold from the chilly winds of Kigali night, Nzabahimana takes unlimited alcohol, many a time ending up in bed with a random woman.

One day, one of his encounters, whom he had kept contact with, developed a rare facial rush. She spent a week in doors and neighbors who knew she was a sex worker, speculated she was HIV positive.

Nzabahimana learnt about it and froze. His mind convinced him he was probably a dead man already. “I was enslaved in thoughts of how I could break the news to my family,” he says.

He then decided to go for the HIV test which turned out to be negative.

Nzabahimana’s close friends advised him get circumcised. That it would reduce his chances of getting infected.  But Nzabahimana was not willing to face the pain from surgical circumcision.

He was told the Rwanda Military Hospital conducts non-surgical circumcision. On arrival at the Military Hospital. The operation had just been launched. Nzabahimana was going to be among the first males to undergo a non-surgical circumcision.

Rwanda was then testing a circumcision device called ‘Prepex‘, which was later approved by the World Health Organization.

“I was a little skeptical, but the doctor re-assured me it was not going to hurt,” Nzabahimana says.

After the operation, Nzabahimana spread the word. Today, Dr. Leon Ngeruka, a Prepexexpert at the military hospital, says about 200 men get circumcised per day.

Where did the Prepex come from?

It has always been Rwanda’s dream to achieve an AIDS free generation and Prepex came in handy.

In collaboration with Rwanda, Circ MedTech, an Israel firm, developed the Prepex device which the two partners believed would help roll out male circumcision to minimize HIV spread in Rwanda and possibly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2011, Rwanda successfully tested the device. The Ministry of Health chose to partner with the military hospital because of its expertise in surgical operations.

The Ministry of Health chose to partner with the military hospital because of its expertise in surgical operations.

“Because we offer advanced clinical services, that surpass general surgeries to internal medicine and emergencies, the ministry was convinced we would start off well with thePrepex adventure,” says Dr  Leon Ngeruka, Prepex Master at the Rwanda Military Hospital.

“We started with only 5 people, who we admitted to the hospital for monitoring,” says Dr. Jean Paul Bitega, another Prepex expert at the hospital.

The number rose to 50, then to 500 and in twelve months, the number had hit 10,000.

In 2013, Rwanda launched a nationwide campaign, targeting to circumcise over 700,000 men by 2016.

How does the device work?

According to Doctor Leon Ngeruka, the Prepex is a device composed of elastic rings. During the operation, a doctor needs no injections or cutting. There is no need for anesthesia too.

The operations take three minutes compared to 30 minutes of the surgical method which also requires a complete theater and at least a doctor. Prepex operation requires only a clean room and a nurse.

After 7 days, the device is removed and doctors bloodlessly cut off the dry fore skin with scissors.

A study conducted by the Rwanda Military Hospital, which awaits WHO’s approval, says male babies can have the ring placed at birth. Out of 100 males only 7 may not be eligible to use the device.

Taking Prepex to the villages

Hundreds of medics in all health centers in Rwanda have been trained how to operate the device, says Dr. Placidie Mugwaneza, Director of HIV Prevention Unit/HIV Division at Rwanda Biomedical Centre.

Over 180 medics, including doctors and nurses at district hospitals have been trained how to operate a Prepex.

The trainings include practical sessions. This approach has seen hundreds of men in the villages circumcised.

The success of the device in Rwanda is attracting other countries. Several doctors have traveled to Rwanda to learn about the device and how it functions.

“International trainings range from 3 days to two weeks,” says Dr. Leon Ngeruka.

Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho, Indonesia and Botswana have sent medics to Rwanda for training and have successfully initiated the program.

South Africa has discussed the use of the device after hundreds of young males reportedly died in botched initiation ceremonies where surgical circumcision is poorly done.

According to WHO, HIV/Aids has killed about 40 million people since 1981, with 2/3 of the deaths reported in Sub-Saharan Africa, where about 25 million live with the virus today.

Rwanda, which is among the countries in Sub-Saharan region, has about 3% of its population living with the virus.

Numerically, this is one of the lowest, but Rwanda says it wants to achieve an Aids-free generation. And the question has been, how?

In 2007 WHO said male circumcision could reduce the risk of catching HIV by approximately 60%. Eventually, Prepex was the best approach.

Despite the project being effective, Dr. Bitega says it is too costly considering Rwanda is a developing country and offering such a service at no cost is a huge task for the government to undertake.

The industrial cost for one ring is about $20. Rwanda is currently negotiating a lower price to at least $12. If successful, more men will be circumcised.

Meanwhile, Nzabahimana is happy to have been circumcised; however, this has not taken away the fear of catching the HIV virus.

Source: KT Press

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame (seated) in Nairobi for the Northern Corridor summit December 11, 2014

Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and  South Sudan have signed a landmark airspace deal that will slash down flight fares by 40% starting 2015.

Travelers have continuously complained of high flight tariffs, and the agreement is meant to open up competition and force airlines to lower prices.

Joseph Ntambara, a Kigali businessman told KTPress he is delighted with the development.

He  flies from Juba to Nairobi in economy class and pays $700 for return ticket or $1000 for a first class ticket.

This, Ntambara said, “is very expensive.” “This amount can make one fly from Nairobi to London.”

Rwanda’s State Minister for Transport, Alexis Nzahabwanimana said the deal is timely. For example, he said, a flight to Nairobi from Kampala has to first go through Kigali.

“Once this is removed, transport fares will reduce to even 40% and beyond depending on competition,” said Nzahabwanimana.

Rwanda’s carrier, Rwandair, which was this week awarded a certificate of safety worthiness after passing the IATA operational safety audit (IOSA), flies to Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and S. Sudan.

However, without the agreement, the carrier is restricted from flying to one destination to another within the region, unless directly from Rwanda alone.

The airline’s CEO, John Mirenge toldKTPress the development will boost his growth efforts and “open up for competition to destination he had no access to.”

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyata, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and S. Sudan’s Vice President James Wani Igga signed the agreement in Nairobi December 10 at the 8^th Northern Corridor Integration Projects summit.

According to the details of the deal, partners will also maintain a high level air safety and air services as well as establishing technical friendship.

Before the treaty was signed, a technical committee charged with Northern Corridor Airspace Management met in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, in July this year to design ways of cutting flight charges.

The terms and conditions signed by the presidents were drawn from the technical committee’s expertise.

After the signing, Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, James Musoni was tasked to convene an immediate meeting of Airline Industry stakeholders in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, to finalise negotiations on the 5th Freedom Traffic Rights on Entebbe-Nairobi-Juba-Nairobi by December 31.

Presidents Yoweri Museveni, Uhuru Kenyatta, Paul Kagame and South Sudan Vice President James Wani Igga during the Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi, Kenya

Meanwhile during the summit, the heads of state reviewed the progress to build a $13.5b railway, expected to change the region’s economic landscape, by providing efficient and cost effective rail transport for both freight and passengers.

The country’s national reference Laboratory can now make reliable medical tests internationally thus allowing local patients to receive effective treatment, thanks to the recent five star accreditation.

The accreditation that saw the laboratory move from three- star to five- star is awarded by East Africa Public Health Laboratory Network (EAPHLN) which aims at improving the quality of laboratory systems in the East African region.

“This rating proves that our laboratories have the ability to offer better services to our patients, to provide specialized diagnostic services and conduct drug resistance monitoring at international level,” said Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of health

The national  reference  laboratory was recognised  for  its higher quality of diagnosis, efficiency in records management and state-of-the-art equipment, something  that    gave  the country  health  sector a  new  look.

Recently, the   government embarked on improving health systems mainly in improving   laboratory services as well as ensuring that   there is quality and accuracy in   medical examinations through training and equipping laboratory personnel.

Accordingly, the Laboratory has achieved a score of 98.7 per cent above the standard gauge of 95% or higher for a laboratory to achieve the five star rating.

“This also means that some exams that need the intervention of other laboratories can be realized locally with reliability,” remarked Dr. Jean Baptiste Mazerati, Deputy Director General of Biomedical Services

Experts say that the rating   increases the performance and efficiency of the public laboratories, thus   providing accurate laboratory results that help in prevention or cure of diseases and minimise errors.

With the ranking, public health laboratories are ranked upon quality, efficiency and accessibility standards in order to gauge their ability to diagnose and survey TB and other communicable diseases, he added

Again, through the Step-wise approach, the accreditation provides laboratories with an accurate assessment of current performance; facilitating monitoring and evaluation in order to demonstrate areas of improvement and to reward progress.

The country’s economic performance is remarkable, strong policies have played a key role in maintaining annual GDP growth at around 8 percent since 2000; IMF staff said in a regular review of the Rwanda’s economy.

The same review pointed out that the poorest have benefited strongly from the growth performance over this period, with per capita consumption growing faster at the lower end of the distribution of consumption.

IMF staff noted that the Rwandan economy is recovering from a weak agricultural performance and delays in project implementation, with growth bouncing back to 6 percent in 2014 from 4 ½ percent in 2013, and inflation well contained at 3 percent in 2014.

The IMF staff report also projected growth of about 6 percent in 2015, while inflation is expected to converge next year to the authorities’ target of 5 percent.

The government has been successful in lowering poverty, with the poverty headcount ratio the number of people below a basic needs poverty line as a proportion of the population falling from 60 percent to 45 percent between 2000 and 2011.

The government has targeted the agricultural sector, employment, and gender in its goal of sharing the fruits of its sustained high growth performance more widely.

Policies that have contributed to improved agricultural productivity and output can be grouped into four categories, and many of these are ongoing.

The ongoing shifting in jobs market by the government is targeting the strengthening of the labor market to harness the potential provided by Rwanda’s shifting employment demographics.

The transformation of the Rwandan economy has been more rapid than many others on the continent with a larger decline in the share of agriculture in employment.

However, most of the shift in employment has gone into low value–added services with the change in the employment share of industry barely positive.

With a large demographic surge ahead, the government is developing policies to promote the growth of household enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses. These include

There is a strong gender component to the government’s policies. The labor participation rate is similar for men and women, while Rwanda has the world’s highest female participation in the two chambers of parliament, at 53 percent in 2013. Moreover, net attendance rates and completion rates in primary education are higher for girls than for boys.

These outcomes reflect an approach that involves affirmative action to correct gender-related imbalances, gender mainstreaming, and the integration of a gender perspective in policies, activities, and budgets in all sectors.

Bamwe mu baturage  bo mu karere ka Nyabihu basanga inama y’umushyikirano ari ingenzi cyane kandi ifitiye abaturage akamaro kuko ari urubuga rwo kumva ibitekerezo no gukemura   ibibazo byabo byinshi bitakemutse hirya no hino mu turere tugize igihugu.

Abaturage bongeraho ko n’ibyemezo bifatiwemo bishyirwa mu bikorwa vuba kandi neza. Kayisire Anastase wo mu karere ka Nyabihu avuga ko binyuze mu nama y’umushyikirano inzu nka Nyakatsi zacitse burundu mu  karere ka Nyabihu. Avuga ko ugatembereye nta hantu na hamwe wayibona.

Yongeraho ko gahunda ya Girinka igenda ikorwa neza kandi ikarushaho guteza imbere abaturage b’abakene,ikabafasha kwikura mu bukene. Nayo ikaba ari imwe mu zijya zigarukwaho mu nama z’umushyikirano. Ikindi agarukaho ni gahunda ya mitiweli ubu yorohereje abanyarwanda benshi kwivuza ndetse n’abatishoboye bakaba bayitangirwa.

Ibi bitekerezo bigarukwaho mu nama y’umushyikirano, bikaba bigirira akamaro benshi mu baturage kandi bigakora ku buzima rusange. Iyi akaba ariyo mpamvu kimwe na bagenzi be bo mu karere ka Nyabihu, Kayisire avuga ko yishimira gutanga igitekerezo cyazaganirwaho mu nama y’umushyikirano kigafatirwa umwanzuro kuko cyafasha benshi mu karere atuyemo.

Kayisire avuga ko mu karere ka Nyabihu habaye Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu buryo ndengakamere,ihitana abatutsi benshi isiga imfubyi n’abapfakazi na n’ubu bagifite intimba ku mutima z’ibyababayeho.

Agira ati “ nk’uko Leta y’ubumwe yabitangiye,ikora ibiganiro by’ubumwe n’ubwiyunge muri aka karere,ndifuza ko mu nama y’umushyikirano hazigwa uburyo byakongerwa kuko hari abagifite ibikomere ku mutima by’ibyababayeho kandi bifuza gukira”.

Yongeraho ko ibi abisaba cyane cyane ku karere atuyemo bitewe n’amateka yakaranze mu gihe cya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi.

Ndayisaba Felix nawe agira ati “ Inama y’umushyikirano ni urubuga rwashyizweho abaturage bageza ibitekerezo byabo ku bayobozi batandukanye kandi bakanabagezaho ibibazo byabo bitakemutse bityo bigashakirwa umuti kandi vuba, bigafasha abaturage n’igihugu kurushaho gutera imbere”.

Iyi akaba ariyo mpamvu Ndayisaba avuga ko igitekerezo atanga yifuza ko cyazigwaho,ari ikijyanye n’umurimo. Avuga ko hari urubyiruko rwinshi mu Rwanda rurangiza amashuri  ndetse n’urusanzwe rudafite imirimo.

Akaba asanga mu nama y’umushyikirano haganiriwe ku buryo urubyiruko rwarushaho koroherezwa kwihangira imirimo ,rukabona uburyo rwakwikorera rukibeshaho rudahanze amaso Leta, byagirira akamaro benshi mu rubyiruko n’igihugu muri rusange bityo rukarushaho kwigira no kwiteza imbere.

Undi muturage witwa Mugabo Jonson,we avuga ko yifuza ko bazaganira cyane ku kirebana n’umutekano kuko ariwo shingiro rya byose mu Rwanda. Avuga ko hari umutekano ku buryo buhagije,ariko kandi asaba ko mu nama y’umushyikirano barushaho kongera kubigarukaho bashishikariza buri wese kuwusegasira.

Yifuza ko babishimangira, ko buri wese aba ijisho rya mugenzi we kandi  guhanahana amakuru mu buryo bwo kuwucunga bikarushaho kwitabirwa.  Igihe umutekano uzakomeza kuba mwiza n’ibindi bikazarushaho kugerwaho kuko Mugabo asanga ari wo shingiro rya byose.

Ibi bitekerezo,bamwe mu baturage bo mu karere ka Nyabihu bakaba babidutangarije mu gihe habura iminsi 2 gusa ngo inama y’umushyikirano iteganijwe kuwa 18-19 Ukuboza 2014,itangire mu Rwanda.

Inama y’umushyikirano ,bamwe mu baturage bayibona nk’ifitiye akamaro abaturage bose kandi  ikaba  irembo ryo gutanga ibitekerezo no gukemura ibibazo byinshi  bikora ku buzima mu nzego zose yaba ubukungu,iterambere n’imibereho myiza y’abaturage n’ibindi. Iyi akaba ariyo mpamvu bamwe mu baturage bayifata nk’igikorwa gikomeye mu guharanira iterambere n’imibereho myiza y’abanyarwanda.

Investigators review the wreckage of the Habyarimana’s plane outside what was then the presidential residence before 1994

A new Rwandan witness Émile Gafirita who was expected to appear before a French judges conducting an investigation into the plane crash of April 06 1994 which killed two presidents, has been declared missing since November 13. But as a French magazine Jeune Afrique reported last week, there are grave contradictions between his testimony and those of others who preceded him with what were billed as damning revelations.

The mysterious disappearance of Emile Gafirita in Nairobi, Kenya, a month before his audition, by French magistrates Nathalie Poux and Marc Trévidic, sparked the some of the most disturbing suspicions. The magistrates are probing the plane crash that killed former Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian counterpart.

The first problem – neither French judges nor Gafirita’s supposed lawyer knew where he stayed before his disappearance. The name of Émile Gafirita and details about his alleged testimony were passed on to the French judges by controversial French intelligence agent Pierre Péan. Publicly, he presents himself as a journalist.

According to Jeune Afrique, no part of Gafirita’s written submission to the magistrates gives any new information about the plane shooting incident. The submission also contradicts similar testimony given previously by RPF defectors.

Gafirita writes: “we packed the missiles, as we used to do for other types of arms”.

He added: “The vehicle which transported the missiles from Mulindi [the headquarters of RPF, at that time, in North of country] to Kigali, was a Mercedes Benz truck, driven by Sergeant Eugène Safari, alias Karakonje. I was in the vehicle, as well as Sergeant Emmanuel. We were escorted by two vehicles of “Minuar”, one in front, and another one behind us.”

This seems like an explosive testimony, until you review what previous so called witnesses have narrated. Several questions also emerge.

Did he see the surface-to-air missiles? Which type of weapons were they exactly? How did he know that the same cargo had been used later in plane crash? The former sergeant did not give any clues in his submission.

According to Gafirita, the two missiles were clandestinely transferred to custody of a 600-troop battalion of RPF which was then quartered in Kigali “about two weeks before the plane crash”.

However, another RPF witness Aloys Ruyenzi gives different dates. When he was heard by controversial judge Jean Louis Bruguière on May 25 2004, he claimed to have “personally supervised the packing of these two missiles in a truck that contained firewood “, and but then dated the same convoy on “February 1994″.

Abdul Ruzibiza, considered a main witness in the dossier of Bruguière, also gave a timeline completely different from that of the latest witness Gafirita. “The missiles arrived in Kigali at the end January 1994,” wrote Ruzibiza in his much-publicized book – “Rwanda: The Secret History”. That was not the end of the contradictions. Ruzibiza, while appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2006, affirmed: “the missiles were brought to Kigali in February – If I recall well”.

The contradicting timelines are only a fraction of the distortions among various witness accounts.

Back in 2000, judge Bruguière heard another witness Christophe Hakizabera, who spoke about a cargo of “six missiles”. Bruguière witiness, Jean-Pierre Mugabe, told the controversial investigating judge of how “four SAM-16 missiles arrived in separated spare parts, hidden in truck carrying food”.

Gafirita, Ruyenzi and Ruzibiza, for them counted a cargo with “two missiles”. If they were agreeing  on the fact that the “SAM-16” were hidden in food – for one  – or firewood – for others  – in a Mercedes truck, nothing converges , in their stories.

Concerning names of soldiers who would have participated in loading the surface-to-air missiles convoy, Abdul Ruzibiza – the most prolific in details – provided six names. But he did neither mention Aloys Ruyenzi nor Eugène Gafirita, and yet they are supposed to have been present.

Ruyenzi who claimed, have participated in the operation, mentions two names totally different from those given by Ruzibiza. And both of them deliver a scenario that is incompatible with testimonies of Mugabe and Hakizabera.

Otherwise, no one, among these witnesses makes any reference to Gafirita, who could have been, according to his own testimony – one of three members of the convoy. Finally, the names given by the missing Nairobi witness, are also contradicting to all the other testimonies.

President Paul Kagame addressing over 500 youths during the Imbuto Foundation – Beyond this Moment Youth Forum – Kigali, 14 December 2014

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has hit back at France President Francois Holland’s statement during the recent Francophonie Summit in Darkar, Senegal.

On November 30, speaking at the 15^thbiennial summit of the International Organisation of Francophonie, Hollande lectured African leaders on democratic values and warned some not to seek power beyond constitutional term limits.

Holland spent nearly half an hour lecturing over 20 African leaders on democracy and civil liberties; admonishing and praising the Burkinabés for overthrowing former president, Blaise Compaore, in a popular uprising.

Holland’s statements, including threatening to support any African upraising, angered many African leaders, including President Kagame, who had not attended the event, but represented by Foreign Affairs Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, who also snapped at Holland via press interviews shortly after the summit.

“Something happened in a meeting I was supposed to attend, but I didn’t attend, of people who speak the same language.” Kagame said, inferring to the Francophonie countries, of which Rwanda is a member.

He said ‘one of the leaders’ (Holland), “was very scaving about majority of the African leaders there, wagging a finger at them, and so sadly, they were applauding.”

Kagame who was addressing over 500 youths at a gala in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, organised by Imbuto Foundation Young Professionals Forum; a philanthropy run by the First Lady, Jeanette Kagame, said “I felt some sickness to my stomach.”

Kagame wondered why Africans accept to be patronized. “How can we be the people to have a finger wagged at us?…think about it.”

Joseph Rwagatare, a local political critic, told KTPress that Kagame spoke for many Africans, and insinuated that if any African leader made similar remarks to Holland in a Western country, “You would be run out of town right away.”

Kagame took the advantage to criticize Africans for continued dependence on foreign aid. “It’s absurd,” he said. “How can we accept that our countrymen…live at the whims of others, not just once, but on a permanent basis?”

He said the buzz word for Africa today is ‘Africa’s moment’, but he wondered, “When was it not Africa’s moment?”, triggering applause from the hundreds of youths.  “We were just absent,” he said.

Kagame encouraged young Rwandans to work hard and seek self-reliance. “No one else will do the hard work for you. Understand from the beginning that you are the one to carry this burden,” he said. “Do the hard work that needs to be done. You can’t avoid it.”

The First Lady asked youths to become professionals and ambassadors of change.

“We need to cultivate the spirit of connecting, the good work we do at different levels, building confidence based on knowledge and sharing our knowledge with others,” she said.

Imbuto foundation has in the past seven years, engaged youths in discussions that help them navigate pathways of life.

The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, advised youth to seize opportunities and become entrepreneurial.

Source: KT Press

Tariki ya 12/12/2014, mu murenge wa Bushoki ho mu karere ka Rulindo,mu  ntara y’amajyaruguru habereye inama yahuje abayobozi mu ntara y’amajyaruguru ,inama yari igamije kurebera hamwe uko igenzura ry’imihigo ryakozwe n’urwego rw’intara mu cyumweru gishize yagenze n’ibyavuye muri iyo mihigo y’uturere.

Nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuyobozi w’intara y’amajyaruguru Bosenibamwe Aimee,yavuze ko agereranije n’ibyo uturere tumaze kugeraho mu mezi atandatu ashize, ngo asanga imihigo hafi ya yose ihagaze neza mu ntara y’amajyaruguru ,akaba avuga ko bafite icyizere cy’uko intara y’amajyaruguru izaza mu myamya myiza .

Muri iyi nama kandi umukuru w’intara y’amajyaruguru Bosenibamwe yashimiye abayobozi bakoze neza kurusha abandi muri iyi ntara  ,abashimira umurava n’ubwitange bakorana muri gahunda zo gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo bahize ,no gushyira mu bikorwa gahunda za leta ku bw’inyungu z’abaturage.

Yagize ati ”Ndashimira abayobozi bakomeje kugaragaza ubwitange mu kazi kabo,baharanira guhigura neza imihigo bahize. Ikindi nabashimira ni umurava mugira mu gushyira gahunda za leta mu bikorwa hagamijwe cyane cyane inyungu rusange z’umuturage”

Bosenibamwe akomeza avuga ko imihigo itarashyirwa mu bikorwa nta kibazo iteye, ngo ahubwo birasaba ubufatanye haba ku bayobozi n’abaturage ubwabo.

Umuyobozi w’intara y’amajyaruguru akaba asaba abaturage batuye iyi ntara gushyira imbaraga mu bikorwa bimwe na bimwe, mu rwego rwo gufasha abayobozi babo kugera ku mihigo biyemeje nta mbogamizi.

Bosenibamwe Yagize ”Icyo nasaba abatuye iyi ntara ni ubufatanye n’abayobozi mu gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo biyemeje Kugeza mu kwezi kwa kane umwaka utaha hazaba hasigaye kunogereza gusa no kureba ibyo iyo mihigo yahizwe izakemura mu bijyanye n’ibyifuzo by’abaturage.”

Bimwe mu byo uyu muyobozi w’intara y’amajyaruguru asanga abaturage bakwiye kwibandaho bafasha abayobozi babo gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo biyemeje birimo, kwitabira umuganda, kugira isuku, gutanga ubwisungane mu kwivuza, gutangira imisoro ku gihe, kimwe no kwirinda ko abana babo bata ishuri, ngo kuko byagaragaye ko iyi mihigo ari yo ikiri inyuma ugereranije n’iyindi mihigo yahizwe  mu ntara yose.

Officials from Rwanda National Police (RNP) joined their counterparts from Uganda in a bid to discuss initiatives on how to increase their surveillance and awareness campaigns against terrorist activities along border posts.

Intelligence officers from both countries met in Kagitumba town, a border town in Nyagatare District, on December 15, where they engaged in a high level discussion about the activities of terrorist groups like FDLR, and also reminded migration officers to be vigilant against any suspicious individuals.

The head of the Rwandan delegation, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), John Baptiste Murangwa, the Director of Counter Terrorism Unit, reminded the participants that terrorism is a major threat to the world’s development, as was witnessed in the 2001 attacks on the American World Trade Center Twin Towers, embassy bombings, the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi, the 2010 attacks on Uganda by Al Shabaab and the most recent West Gate Mall attack in Nairobi by Al Shabaab in 2013.

“Terror attacks and networks across the region are creating a shift in the security system. No single state in the region can claim that it is exonerated from such attacks. Therefore, there is need for deliberate renewed commitment of the partner states between governments, private sector and security institutions in fighting the vice,” CSP Murangwa said.

“Our region is infested with terror groups such as FLDR in Eastern DRC, LRA, Al Shabaab and Boko Haram among others. Most of them are driven by political ideologies like genocide, or reactionary myths or radicalism. They are the agents of destruction – but we are the agents of peace and we should ensure that we win this war.”

The Ugandan Chief Technical Officer for Counter Terrorism, Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Wasswa, warned that terrorists always mingle with the public like harmless people and usually hit when it is least expected, which is reason enough to always be on the lookout even when there seems to be peace.

“Terrorists always seek for targets that are symbolic such as government heads or national landmarks. They also target places with many people such as markets, hospitals or hotels, or important infrastructure. No single nation can defeat terrorists alone and that is why we must work together,” he said.

“The most important effective solution requires a holistic government approach and unity amongst all agencies. We should remind our people that they have a huge role against these terrorists and should report any suspicious objects or individuals before it is too late.”

It is said that terrorist cells are heavily funded through money laundering, an illegal act that should be curbed in order to cut terrorists from their life source.

In his presentation, the acting Director of the Financial Investigation Unit, Chief Inspector of Police, David Bwimba, warned that money laundering has enabled to illegally fund terrorism – and is connected to other international crimes such as tax evasion and drugs trafficking.

“There still exists a lack of awareness by all institutions involved about the linkage between money laundering and terrorism and we need to do more awareness, both in government and private business organizations,” he said.

“Financial institutions should ensure that business is conducted in the conformity with high ethical standards.”

The meeting, which is part of other series that happened in the past, and others that will follow, is in line with the memorandum of understanding signed between the two forces in April 2012 to enhance bilateral cooperation.

The cooperation also includes collaboration in management of disasters, sharing of experiences, mutual assistance in tracking, arrest and repatriation of suspects and conducting joint operations.

It is also in line with the April 2014 decision by the East African Community member states which resolved to implement a common anti-terrorism strategy to combat terror and other transnational crimes. They then reached a decision to adopt the Regional Counter Terrorism Strategy at the 12th East African Community Extraordinary Heads of State Summit held in Arusha, Tanzania.

President Paul Kagame meets Angola’s Leader José Eduardo dos Santos in the Capital Luanda Wednesday.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met Angola’s leader José Eduardo dos Santos Wednesday afternoon and held talks in the capital Luanda.

Kagame traveled to Angola for a one-day working visit, accompanied by foreign affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo.

Kagame’s office tweeted shortly before the meeting that President Dos Santos and President Kagame were “holding a bilateral meeting”.

However, Kagame’s visit comes at a time when Rwandan FDLR rebels operating in DR Congo have only until January 2, 2015 to disarm or else be forcefully disarmed.

Do Santos is the current chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), set up in 2002 to seek solutions for regional conflicts, including the disarmement of Rwandan rebels.

DRC has said upon the expiry of the ultimatum, there will be no more time to talks with the rebels.

DRC Spokesman Lambert Mende said on Tuesday that, “Our armed forces [FARDC] and partners (MONUSCO) will launch a military offensive to forcefully disarm the FDLR [(Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda].”

MONUSCO’s publicist, Lt-Col Felix Prosper Basse, said, “We reiterate our calls to the FDLR to peacefully surrender to MONUSCO, FARDC, DRC Police and engage themselves in the DDRRR (Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement) process in order to avoid being disarmed by force and unnecessary losses of lives.”

The ICGLR was established after the conflicts that erupted in the Great Lakes Region in 1994, whose impact led to the recognition of its dimension and the need for a combined effort toward the promotion of peace and development in the region.

FDLR is largely made of former government forces (EX-FAR) and Hutu militia, Interahamwe, who fled to DRC jungles evading responsibility for  their genocide crimes in Rwanda.

Relationship between Rwanda and DR Congo have been unstable due DR Congo and UN’s failure to disarm the rebels.

As chairman, Dos Santos made promise to ensure peace, stability and economic and social development in the region.

ICGLR binds 12 countries including; Rwanda, Angola, Burundi, Central Africa Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.

SOURCE : KT PRESS

KIGALI, Rwanda, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Eight years ago, Claude Ndayisenga a frustrated resident of Nyagatare district,Rwanda, had had enough of dark nights and limited public services due to lack of access to electricity.

One day, he was offered an opportunity to complain directly to his President.

In December 2007 the 5th National Dialogue Council, chaired by President Paul Kagame and attended by over 900 delegates, was taking place. As usual, it brought together politicians, businesspeople and Rwandans from the diaspora.

While following the debate from his Mimuri village on national radio, Ndayisenga composed a text message and sent to an open line that had been provided to those not at the venue in Kigali.

It read: “Mr. President, I…request you to give us electricity in our village…why have we remained in darkness?” As always, the minister responsible was put to task to explain. It was decided in the forum that this village and others would have power. Mimuri village was immediately connected to the grid.

Ndayisenga’s experience tells a story of Rwanda’s initiative that has become a source of several policies. The dialogue, locally known as “Umushyikirano” created in 2003 shortly after President Kagame’s first election, is a platform to participate in discussions on national development.

Countless policies have emerged. For example local officials have to put contacts on the door for anyone to report bad service delivery. The free-milk program in schools was initiated from the dialogue too.

The clock is ticking for this year’s edition, taking place December 18-19, with the theme “Common vision; new momentum.” Like last year, more than 2000 youths will gather at set locations in all the districts to follow the nationally televised event and ask questions.

Citizens also participate via sms, social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and video conferencing.

In 2009, to address the biting poverty in the country, it was agreed that every poor family be given a free cow. Manure from cow waste would improve soil fertility and increase crop yields. Revenues from milk sold would increase household income. Over 400,000 families have so far benefited.

In 2012, as a result of the desire to become a self-reliant nation, off from foreign aid, a sovereign fund, known as Agaciro Development Fund, was created. Contributions have already hit Rwf24b ($34m).

SOURCE :KT Press

Kuru uyu wa 15 Ukuboboza 2014, mu Karere ka Karongi habaye inama y’umutekano yaguye itegura uburyo abaturage bakwizihiza iminsi mikuru mu mudendezo ndetse yiga no ku bindi bibazo by’umutekano no gushyira mu bikorwa izindi gahunda za Leta maze inzego z’umutekano ziburira abayitabiriye gukurikirana kuko hari bamwe mu Banyarwanda bahungiye muri Congo bashobora kuza kubahungabanyiriza umutekano muri iyi minsi mikuru.

Umuyobozi w’Ingabo mu Karere ka Karongi, Rutsiro na Ngororero, Col Kayumba, akaba avuga ko kandi ikibazo cy’umutekano muke ahanini gikururwa na bamwe mu Banyarwanda bari imbere mu gihugu babuza bene wabo gutaha kubera ko bigwijeho imitungo yabo. Agira ati “Hari ingero zagiye zigaragara aho umuntu atinya gutaha kubera ko mwene wabo yibarujeho isambu ye cyangwa inzu ye akajya ambubwira ngo nataha inyenzi zizahita zimwica.” Abantu nk’aba ngo bakaba ari bo ahanini ba nyirabayazana b’umutekano muke kuko ari bo baheza Abanyarwanda bari hanze mu buhunzi.

Uyu Muyobozi w’Ingabo mu turere twa Karongi, Rutsiro na Ngororero akaba yakomeje asaba abashinzwe umutekano n’abayobozi mu nzego z’ibanze gukanguka bagashishikariza abaturage kurara amarondo cyane cyane ko ngo bigaragara muri iyi minsi yadohotse.

Mu gihe iyi nama yaje isanga umutekano muri rusange ngo wifashe neza mu Karere ka Karongi Umuyobozi wa Polisi y’Igihugu muri ako karere Spt Dieudonné Rwangombwa avuga ibyaha byagaragaye ari ibikunze n’ubundi kugaragara muri buri nama y’umutekano. Yagize ati “Hari ibyaha bikunda kugaruka muri buri nama y’ubutekano ndetse no mu mirenge ariko ugasanga ntagikorwa ngo bikumirwe kandi bishoboka.” Muri ibyo byaha yavuzemo  icyaha cyo gukubita no gukomeretsa n’ibigishamikiyeho birimo urugomo ruva ku businzi n’urugombo ruva ku bantu ku giti cyabo.

Uyu muyobozi wa Polisi mu Karere ka Karongi avuga ko nk’icyaha cyo gukubita no gukomeretsa inshuro nkeya kiboneka buri kwezi ari incuro nibura cumi n’eshanu. Akomeza avuga ko usanga giteye inkeke kandi kugikumira bishoboka. Agira ati “Impamvu ni twa tubari tudakinga tuvuga buri munsi. Iki abayobozi b’utugari bagombye kugira icyabo.” Iki cyaha ngo ni na cyo kivamo impfu zigaragaza buri munsi ndetse ngo kikaba kinashamikiye ku makimbirane yo mu ngo. Asaba abayobozi b’inzego z’ibanze gukora ibishoboka imanza zishingiye ku makimbirane yo mu ngo bakazirangiza kugira ngo Abanyarwanda bashobore kubana mu mahoro.

Uretse iki cyaha cyo gukubita no gukomeretsa ndetse n’ibigishamikiyeho, Spt Dieudonné Rwangombwa avuga ko ibindi byaha bigaragara cyane mu nama zose z’umutekano mu Karere ka Karongi ari ibyaha by’ubujura no gufata ku ngufu abana n’abagore. Ibi byaha na byo ariko akavuga ko usanga bikorwa ahanini n’ababa basanzwe barananiranye. Aha akaba ari ho yahereye asaba abayobozi mu nzego z’ibanze gukora urutonde rw’utubari tudafunga mu masaha yagennwe ndetse anasaba ko hakorwa urutonde rw’abananiranye bigize intakoreka kugira ngo bashobore kubakurikirana bagororwe aho kugira ngo bakomeze kwangiza umudendezo w’abandi.

Spt Dieudonné Rwangombwa ariko na none akaba asaba ababyeyi kwita ku burere bw’abana babo kuko ngo uburangare bw’ababyeyi na bwo bushobora guha icyuho iki cyaha cyo gufata ku ngufu. Uyu Muyobozi wa Polisi mu Karere ka Karongi akaba yongeye kwibutsa inzego z’ibanze amaboko zifite ku buryo ziramutse ziyakoresheje neza ibi byaha byose byahagarara. Aha akaba yavugaga Community Policing, inkeragutabara ndetse n’abahoze ari ba local defense. Abibutsa uruhare rwabo ndetse n’urw’abaturage mu kwicungira umutekano yagize ati “Ingabo ntizijya hose, Polisi ntijya hose ariko mu midugudu hari abantu bagomba kudufasha. Ntabwo twakogombye kuba dupfusha abantu biturutse ku businzi. Ntabwo twakagombye kuba buri munsi dusanga imirambo hari mu kivu inzego z’imidugudu zibaye zikurikirana.”

Umuyobozi w’Akarere ka Karongi, Kayumba Bernard, akaba yibukije abayobozi b’inzego z’ibanze ko bagomba gushyira umuturage imbere mu byo bakora byose. Yagize ati “Uriya muturage atariho ntatwe ntitwabaho.” Agaruka ku kudohoka mu kurara amarondo hagamijwe kwicungira umutekano, Kayumba Bernard, akaba yababwiye bigaragaza ukunanirana kwa bamwe mu bayobozi mu nzego z’ibanze badakurikirana neza ngo bamenye ko gahunda za Leta zishyirwa mu bikorwa. Yagize ati “Nta muturage unanirana habaho umuyobozi wananiranye.”

Mu myanzuro yafatiwe muri iyi nama hari higanjemo iyo gufasha abaturage kwizihiza iminsi mikuru neza mu mahoro n’umutekano aho Umuyobozi w’Akarere ka Karongi yasabye abari bayitabiriye gukora ibishoboka byose umuturage akazishima ntawe umubangamiye. Ku bw’izo mpamvu bakaba bategetse ko abanyamabanga nshingwabikorwa baba bugufi cyane y’abaturage bakifatanya n’inzego z’umutekano mu kubungabunga umutekano muri iki gihe cy’iminsi mikuru. Ibi bikaba byatumye basaba n’abari bari muri konji kugaruka mu kazi iminsi bari basigaje bakazayiyishyura mu Mutarama 2015.

President Paul Kagame has said the government will invest heavily in agriculture to boost the economy and increase household income.

While officially opening the 12^thNational Dialogue Council (Umushyikirano), Kagame said agriculture proved that it was the backbone of Rwanda’s economy, citing the 3^rd quarter economic outlook report indicating that agriculture contributed 34% ($680m) to the GDP ($2b) after services with 47%. Current total GDP is $7.5b.

Agriculture grew by 6% mainly resulting from increased food and cash crop production, such as vegetables, cassava, coffee, tea, livestock and fishing.

Individual farmers’ productivity increased and created an expanded aggregated productivity of the thus reducing food prices.

Kagame acknowledged the hard work done by local farmers to improve productivity and utilising government investments in various projects across the country, especially subsidies in irrigation and fertilizers.

“I want to thank Rwandan farmers for working hard to serve domestic and foreign markets,”

“But we can produce more,” Kagame said pledging more support to improve the sector.

Against the backdrop that the largest portion of the population, 85%, depends on agriculture, Kagame outlined three main areas of concern that will receive increased funding.

He said more investments in irrigation will improve productivity even during dry seasons and help “our farmers not to depend on rain.”

Currently, the government alone invests Rwf5b on irrigation every year.

Last year, World Bank approved $35msupport from the International Development Association (IDA) for Rwanda’s Hillside Irrigation

Secondly, the President said farmers will be helped access funds to invest in modern farming and improve productivity.

He did not announce a special fund, but he pointed out that farmers will be allowed to use their land tittles as collateral to access financing.

The third area he mentioned is research. He said more funding will be directed into research to find solutions to diseases and pests affecting farmers especially banana mosaic and Cassava Brown Streak.

Mid this year, a lethal virus tormented thousands of cassava growers in the districts of Ruhango, Kamonyi, Muhanga, and Nyanza – a half of Rwanda’s southern province.

Agronomists say the virus, which has no cure yet, is spreading so fast across the region and has already affected large portions of cassava plantations.

Epimaque Twagirimana, Ruhango district’s Vice Mayor, told KTPress that 90% of his district’s 319,885 population depends on growing cassava.

He estimates the disease is affecting over 70% of all cassava plantations in the district.

Source :KT Press

Bamwe mu baturage bo mu karere ka Nyabihu bavuga ko mu gihe cy’iminsi mikuru hakunze kugaragara ibyaha bitandukanye bishingiye akanini ku businzi n’urugomo. Iyi akaba ariyo mpamvu basaba abashinzwe umutekano kurushaho kuwukaza muri ibi bihe bagiye kwinjiramo by’iminsi mikuru hakumirwa ibyaha.

Ildephonse avuga ko usanga ahanini hari abanywa bakarenza urugero mu gihe cy’iminsi mikuru bitwaje ko ngo mu gihe cy’iminsi mikuru bagomba kwishimisha.Ugasanga uwanywaga nk’amacupa abiri akaba ahagije, anyweye nk’amacupa atandatu agasinda,yagenda mu nzira ugasanga ateje ibibazo by’urugomo cyangwa ibindi kubo bahuye.

Naho Kayisire Anastase we avuga ko ashimira Leta y’ubumwe kuko usanga ibyaha by’urugomo byakorwaga mu minsi mikuru n’ikindi gihe byaragabanutse bitewe n’uko usanga umutekano ubungabunzwe. Nyamara akomeza avuga ko usanga mu bihe by’iminsi mikuru hakunze kuboneka ibyaha bishingiye ku rugomo n’ubusinzi.

Ibi akaba asanga biterwa no kunywa bakarenza urugero,abo banyweye muri ubwo buryo bagakurura ibibazo ku bandi baturage. Yongeraho ko usanga hari n’abashumba bakunze guteza ibibazo by’urugomo muri ibi bihe by’iminsi mikuru aho asaba ko umutekano ukwiriye gukazwa hakumirwa ko ibi bibazo byazagaragara.

Ndayisaba nawe avuga ko hari abizihiza iminsi mikuru mu buryo butari bwo ugasanga bibakururiye umurengwe,aribo usanga banyweye bagasinda,abandi bakishora mu ngeso zitandukanye mbi z’ubusambanyi n’ibindi ndetse ugasanga hari n’abashoferi batwara banyweye bikaba byakongera impanuka.

Izi mbogamizi zose,abaturage bakaba basaba abashinzwe umutekano ko bazazikumira muri iyi minsi mikuru isoza umwaka bityo ikazarushaho kwizihizwa mu mahoro.

Kuri iki kibazo, ushinzwe umutekano mu karere ka Nyabihu Mugabo Jonson akaba avuga ko hari ingamba zafashwe hagamijwe gukumira bene ibi byaha bikunze kuboneka mu minsi mikuru.

Mu rwego rwo guca urugomo,ubusinzi n’amakimbirane,kuri ubu hakozwe ubukangurambaga ku baturage bakangurirwa kwirinda ibiyoga by’ibikorano kuko byakwangiza ubuzima bwabo. Hakozwe kandi igenzura rikinakomeje ku buryo ahazajya haboneka hose inzoga z’inkorano zitemewe zizajya zimenwa.

Yongeraho ko uretse n’ibyo kugira ngo urugomo rugabanuke,hakozwe igenzura bamenya abateza urugomo bose n’aho babarizwa,ku buryo bamwe bajyanwa ahabugenewe “transit center” aho bigishirizwa amasomo y’ indangagaciro z’umuco nyarwanda n’imitwarire myiza.

Ikindi  cyakozwe n’uko utubari yavuze ko dukunze kwitwa muri“Ndagaswi” tutizewe neza umutekano watwo,hashyizweho amasaha tuzajya dufungira,ariko utubari dusanzwe dufite umutekano kandi  tuzwi neza turi “standard” tutazajya tubuzwa gukora.

Akomeza avuga ko ikindi cyafatiwe ingamba ari ukurushaho gukaza amarondo hirinda ibindi byateza umutekano muke nk’ubujura n’ibindi. Hakaba harashyizweho uburyo bwo kugenzura uko amarondo akorwa mu mirenge yose mu buryo budasanzwe,nubwo yari asanzwe akorwa. Byose bikaba bikorwa hagamijwe kubungabunga umutekano muri ibi bihe by’iminsi mikuru.

Buri wese akaba asabwa kwicungira umutekano ,gutanga amakuru ku gihe kucyo abona cyawuhungabanya kandi buri wese akaba ijisho rya mugenzi mu guharanira kuwusegasira.

Bamwe mu baturage bo mu karere ka Nyabihu bavuga ko mu gihe cy’iminsi mikuru hakunze kugaragara ibyaha bitandukanye bishingiye ahanini ku businzi n’urugomo. akaba ariyo mpamvu basaba abashinzwe umutekano kurushaho kuwukaza muri ibi bihe bagiye kwinjiramo by’iminsi mikuru hakumirwa ibyaha.

Ildephonse avuga ko usanga ahanini hari abanywa bakarenza urugero mu gihe cy’iminsi mikuru bitwaje ko ngo mu gihe cy’iminsi mikuru bagomba kwishimisha.Ugasanga uwanywaga nk’amacupa abiri akaba ahagije, anyweye nk’amacupa atandatu agasinda,yagenda mu nzira ugasanga ateje ibibazo by’urugomo cyangwa ibindi kubo bahuye.

Naho Kayisire Anastase we avuga ko ashimira Leta y’ubumwe kuko usanga ibyaha by’urugomo byakorwaga mu minsi mikuru n’ikindi gihe byaragabanutse bitewe n’uko usanga umutekano ubungabunzwe. Nyamara akomeza avuga ko usanga mu bihe by’iminsi mikuru hakunze kuboneka ibyaha bishingiye ku rugomo n’ubusinzi.

Ibi akaba asanga biterwa no kunywa bakarenza urugero,abo banyweye muri ubwo buryo bagakurura ibibazo ku bandi baturage. Yongeraho ko usanga hari n’abashumba bakunze guteza ibibazo by’urugomo muri ibi bihe by’iminsi mikuru aho asaba ko umutekano ukwiriye gukazwa hakumirwa ko ibi bibazo byazagaragara.

Ndayisaba nawe avuga ko hari abizihiza iminsi mikuru mu buryo butari bwo ugasanga bibakururiye umurengwe,aribo usanga banyweye bagasinda,abandi bakishora mu ngeso zitandukanye mbi z’ubusambanyi n’ibindi ndetse ugasanga hari n’abashoferi batwara banyweye bikaba byakongera impanuka.

Izi mbogamizi zose,abaturage bakaba basaba abashinzwe umutekano ko bazazikumira muri iyi minsi mikuru isoza umwaka bityo ikazarushaho kwizihizwa mu mahoro.

Kuri iki kibazo, ushinzwe umutekano mu karere ka Nyabihu Mugabo Jonson akaba avuga ko hari ingamba zafashwe hagamijwe gukumira bene ibi byaha bikunze kuboneka mu minsi mikuru.

Mu rwego rwo guca urugomo,ubusinzi n’amakimbirane,kuri ubu hakozwe ubukangurambaga ku baturage bakangurirwa kwirinda ibiyoga by’ibikorano kuko byakwangiza ubuzima bwabo. Hakozwe kandi igenzura rikinakomeje ku buryo ahazajya haboneka hose inzoga z’inkorano zitemewe zizajya zimenwa.

Yongeraho ko uretse n’ibyo kugira ngo urugomo rugabanuke,hakozwe igenzura bamenya abateza urugomo bose n’aho babarizwa,ku buryo bamwe bajyanwa ahabugenewe “transit center” aho bigishirizwa amasomo y’ indangagaciro z’umuco nyarwanda n’imitwarire myiza.

Ikindi  cyakozwe n’uko utubari yavuze ko dukunze kwitwa muri“Ndagaswi” tutizewe neza umutekano watwo,hashyizweho amasaha tuzajya dufungira,ariko utubari dusanzwe dufite umutekano kandi  tuzwi neza turi “standard” tutazajya tubuzwa gukora.

Akomeza avuga ko ikindi cyafatiwe ingamba ari ukurushaho gukaza amarondo hirinda ibindi byateza umutekano muke nk’ubujura n’ibindi. Hakaba harashyizweho uburyo bwo kugenzura uko amarondo akorwa mu mirenge yose mu buryo budasanzwe,nubwo yari asanzwe akorwa. Byose bikaba bikorwa hagamijwe kubungabunga umutekano muri ibi bihe by’iminsi mikuru.

Buri wese akaba asabwa kwicungira umutekano ,gutanga amakuru ku gihe kucyo abona cyawuhungabanya kandi buri wese akaba ijisho rya mugenzi mu guharanira kuwusegasira.