Philbert Mugisha, mayor of Nyamagabe district called upon residents of Kabacuzi village, Nyamugari cell, Gasaka sector has appealed to residents to play an active role in crime prevention and community development.

Mugisha made the call on January 21, during the meeting with Nyamagabe district authorities and residents of Kabacuzi village.

The meeting came after a dead body of one identified as Felicien Habyarimana was found on the road in the morning of 21^st January 2015.

During the meeting, residents were encouraged to play a role in patrolling, sharing information and everything else that can be used by the authorities to ensure security of residents.

Talking to this website, residents of Kabacuzi village revealed that crimes such as murder happen sometimes in this area, saying residents should avoid being outside their homes during late hours of the night.

One Silivani Kayihura said: “It’s not the first time this crime has happened, another person lost his life in the same way. There are thugs that rob and kill people, residents should go home before dark.”

Nyamagabe district administration embarked on strengthening security and sensitising residents to be part of the work such as night patrolling.

“It’s residents’ role to share any information that can help strengthen security. Let’s cooperate with security organs, keep security and prevent crimes,” he added.

President Paul Kagame speaking at World Economic Forum panel on tackling climate change alongside Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President; Paul Polman Chief Executive Officer of Unilever; Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Michael Spence, Professor in Economics and Business.

Fitch’s ratings are analysts’ views of future performance which may be informed by non-disclosable management projections, sector or wider economic cycle at a certain stage in the cycle, or may be based on historical performance.

According to Fitch, Rwanda’s stable economy is due to a drop in donor grants and government pursuing sensible economic policies, strong growth performance and a modest fall in country’s external position.

On Friday Fitch ratings affirmed Rwanda’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘B+ indicating that the Outlooks are Stable.

Kenya is rated with B+ while Tanzania and Uganda are rated B.

Rwanda’s unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at B+. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at ‘B+’ and the Short-term foreign currency IDR at ‘B’.

Fitch estimates Rwanda experienced a 6.8% GDP growth in 2014 and was supported by a recovery in the agriculture sector and accommodative monetary and fiscal policies.

The agency says, GDP growth will gather pace in 2015-16, underpinned by increasing regional trade, rising investment and an expanding services sector.

Rwanda is credited with coherent macroeconomic management, including maintaining moderate inflation (averaging 4.2% in 2010-14) and a sound financial system.

Government successfully improved the business environment especially in terms of reducing bureaucracy and electricity costs, as well as increasing credit accessibility.

The country ranks 3rd in Africa in the World Bank’s 2015 Doing Business.

In the fiscal year 2013/14 (FY14, from July 2013 to June 2014) the central government deficit narrowed to 4% of GDP thanks to lower net lending.

However, Fitch expects higher fiscal deficits in FY15 and FY16, reflecting a shift in the structure of foreign aid from grants to concessionary loans and high capital expenditure.

As a result, public debt is set to rise gradually, to 31.2% of GDP in FY17 from 28.7% of GDP in FY14 although it will remain well below the 48% ‘B’ peer median.

The agency says the Rwandan leadership is committed to expanding the country’s low revenue base to reduce aid vulnerability (grants accounted for an average of 37% of total revenue in FY11-FY14).

Tax revenue increased to 14.8% of GDP in FY14, reflecting strong nominal GDP growth and the effect of a series of fiscal reforms pledged under a Policy Support Instrument with the IMF.

Fitch expects tax revenue to rise further to 17.5% of GDP in FY17, supported by efficiency gains and further fiscal reforms in the mining, agriculture and property sectors.

Strong import spending has led to a widening of the current account deficit (CAD), estimated at 10.8% of GDP in 2014.

As strong consumer and investment growth continue to fuel import demand, CAD are expected to remain high in 2015-16.

The agency forecasts that lower oil imports will be largely offset by limited growth in traditional exports such as minerals (1/3rd of total exports).

Higher debt and foreign direct investment inflows will help finance the CAD but a decline in donor grants will limit the rebuilding of foreign reserves (FX).

SOURCE: KTPress

The United States will this year facilitate Rwanda’s development agenda with Rwf125b ($180m) direct support, new US ambassador to the country, Barks-Ruggles, told KTPress.

Amb. Ruggles was on Monday speaking to KTPress, briefly after she, along with other three ambassadors, presented credentials to President Paul Kagame at his office in Rwanda’s capital Kigali.

“United States is Rwanda’s largest bilateral assistance partner,” she said.

“This year, we will contribute approximately $180million in assistance to support initiatives to improve health, advance economic growth and expand education.”

Part of the funds will also assist in strengthening Rwanda’s democratic institutions and promote good governance, the new envoy said.

Rwanda has seen a revamp of economic growth of 8% for the past decade.

US says it will continue to support Rwanda’s journey to economic transformation.

For Amb. Ruggles, “I told President Kagame and Foreign Minister that I am eager to travel widely throughout Rwanda and to hear from Rwandans how best we can work together on the tough challenges of our day.”

US provides 65% of Rwanda’s budget for improving nutrition, maternal and child health and prevention of  HIV/Aids and Malaria.

“We have heard noticeable successes including quadrupling the number of children sleeping under Malaria preventing bed-nets and seriously reducing transmission of HIV from mothers to new born babies.”

Other noticeable US-Rwanda development projects include US President’s Emergency Plan For HIV/Aids commonly known as PEPFAR.

Between 2009 and 2011, Rwanda received over $300m to support prevention and treatment of Malaria and HIV.

Amb. Ruggles highlighted other bilateral development areas to tackle, including climate change, regional security, among others.

US backs other countries’ efforts to tackle climate change. Rwanda has initiated home-grown initiate to deal with climate change challenges.

Speaking last Friday, January 23, during this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, President Kagame said, “Many developing countries are leapfrogging with new technologies to combat climate change.

Rwanda has initiatives, such as reducing deforestation by providing cooking stoves and involving women and young people in climate change and sustainable development.

Example, “You have to begin at home in terms of land management and use of resources,” he said.

Meanwhile, other ambassadors presented letters of credence to President Kagame including; Zakaria Ansha of Indonesia, Mehmet Raif Karaca of Turkey and Alex Ntukamazina, representing Burundi.

All diplomats expressed their countries’ commitments to working with Rwanda in different areas of development.

Source: KT Press

Itsinda ry’abadepite bari mu bikorwa byo gusuzuma imibereho myiza y’abaturage mu Karere ka Ruhango rirasaba abayobozi b’akarere kujya banonosora imibare ishingirwaho mu kugaragaza ibyagezeweho, mu rwego rwo kureba ibitaragerwaho kugirango nabyo bikorwe.

Ibi babivugiye mu nama yo gutangiza gahunda idasanzwe izamara iminsi 10 yo gusura akarere, gahunda yatangiye tariki  24/  01/2015  bakazayisoza kuwa 03/ 02/ 2015.

Nyuma yo kugaragarizwa isura y’Akarere ka Ruhango muri rusange hibandwa ku bikorwa bizasurwa n’abadepite birimo, gahunda ya Girinka, isuku, ibikorwa bya VUP, indwara ya maraliya, kurwanya icuruzwa ry’abantu n’imirire mibi, abadepite  kandi bagaragajeko hari imwe mu mibare idasobanurwa neza bikaba byateza urujijo mu kumenya ukuri.

Urugero ni aho akarere kagaragaza ko ku bijyanye n’uturima tw’igikoni 79% muri aka Karere bafite uturima tw’igikoni, ariko ntibagaragaze impuzandengo ya buri Murenge, Akagari n’umudugudu ku haba bari ubwiganze kurusha ahandi, cyangwa se Umurenge ufite uturima twishinshi kurusha iyindi.

Honorable Byabarumwanzi François ahereye ku bigaragarira amaso avugako nk’uturima tw’igikoni bigaragara ko mu mibare ko twakozwe kugeza kuri 79%, nyamara wareba ugasanga ntaduhari, agasaboko  hagombye kugaragazwa imibare nyayo yatwo kuva ku rwego rw’Akarere kugera ku mudugudu.

Ibi ngo byatuma byoroha kumenya impamvu hamwe duhari, ahandi tukaba ntaduhari, ndetse hakanafatwa ingamba zishingiye ku mbogamizi ziba zagaragajwe, agira ati, “iyi gahunda igitangira wasangaga uturima tw’igikoni duhari ku muharuro ariko ubu siko bikimeze, turasaba ko ibyo byagaragazwa mu mibare, kuko iyo imibare ivangavanze, ntiwamenya ikibazo, hagombye kubaho imibare igaragaza utwo turima mu Karere, mu Mirenge, Utugari n’Imidugudu kugirango tumenye aho bitabiriye n’aho batitabiriye bityo hafatwe ingamba hakurikijwe ahari ikibazo”.

Ahandi havugwa urujijo mu mibare ni ku kibazo cy’amavunja, ubu gihangayikishije abayobozi b’inzego z’ibanze nyuma y’uko umukuru w’igihugu abanenze kuba bayobora abantu bakirwaye amavunja, Akarere ka Ruhango kavuga ko imibare igikusanywa kugirango abayarwaye boherezwe kwa muganga bavurwe.

Abadepite bifuza ko byaba byiza hagaragajwe Imirenge ifite iki kibazo kurusha iyindi, abayarwaye, ndetse n’uko bakurikiranwa, cyakora abadepite bashimye uburyo Akarere kagaragaje neza uko katanze inka muri gahunda ya girinka, aho nta bayobozi bazigurishije cyangwa ngo bazihe abaturage nk’indagizo nk’uko hari tumwe mu turere twagaragayemo iki kibazo.

Gusa ku kibazo cy’inka zigera muri 53 zagurishijwe ngo ntibigaragara neza niba zaragurishijwe mu buryo bwemewe n’amategeko cyangwa ari nko kuzisahura.

Ubuyobozi bw’Akarere busobanura ko imibare ihari kuko buri mwaka nko kuri gahunda ya girinka, hagaragazwa inka zatanzwe, kuremera abantu, kwitura ndetse no kumenya niba umuntu akiri mu cyiciro runaka nyuma y’uko ayihabwa akennye, naho ku kijyanye no kugurisha inka, ngo hari aho byagaragaye ariko bikaba bidakabije.

Cyakora ngo umuntu n’ubundi ashobora kugurisha inka yahawe muri gahunda ya girinka, nyuma y’uko bisuzumwe n’ubuyobozi, nk’igihe inka yaba ifite ikibazo cyo kutororoka, cyangwa se igihe yamaze kwitura, bikaba bibujijwe gusa kuyigurisha igihe ukiyihabwa.

Ku kibazo cy’inka 53 zivugwa ko zagurishijwe, ngo byakozwe mu buryo budakurikije amategeko ariko 10 muri zo zimaze kugaruzwa, naho kuba nta mibare igaragazwa ku karima k’igikoni, Umurenge ku wundi, ubuyobozi buvuga ko bufite imibare hakurikijwe ibarura ryo mu mwaka ushize.

Umuyobozi w’Akarere wungirije ushinzwe imibereho myiza y’abaturage Mme Mugeni Jolie Germaine avuga ko mu mwaka ushize hakozwe icyo yita umwitozo wo kubarura ingo zidafite uturima tw’igikoni, biza kugaragara ko imiryango ibihumbi bigera muri 71, izibarirwa  hafi mu bihumbi 57 bingana na 79%  ari zo zidufite.

Cyakora ngo hari uturima tw’igikoni tudafashwe neza ku buryo tudatanga umusaruro ari nayo mpamvu uyu mwitozo uzakorwa muri uku kwezi, hakagaragazwa utudafashwe neza tugasanwa, uyu muyobozi ariko nawe ntagaragaza umubare muri buri Murenge kugera mu Mudugudu, aho utu turima twiganje, n’aho tutari ku buryo bushimishije.

Young people in rural areas are the most targeted in human trafficking

Although human trafficking is often a hidden crime and accurate statistics are hard to obtain, researchers estimate that this growing phenomenon is a lucrative $32 Billion industry. The most common forms of human trafficking are sex exploitation, involuntary labor and extractions of organs.

As the economic crisis deepens, the number of victims of human trafficking is expected to increase.

Victims of this delusive trade suffer devastating physical and psychological harm. Language barriers, unawareness of the existence of this phenomenon and the frequency with which traffickers move them make it hard for them to escape.

It’s shocking but true; in this century, human beings are being smuggled and sold like commodities. Surprisingly, there are more human slaves in the world today than ever before in history (Kinney, 2008). Human trafficking today ranks among the top three highest grossing criminal industries along with illicit drugs and illegal arms.

Human trafficking is a global phenomenon fueled by poverty and gender discrimination. Perpetrators often recruit children because children are more unsuspecting and vulnerable than adults. In addition, the market demand for younger victims is higher.

Traffickers target victims through telephones, internet and friends. It is easy for a naïve and desperate young person to be tricked at the mall or after school.

Human trafficking agents are not only convincing but also very deceptive. Brazil and Thailand are generally considered to have the worst child trafficking records (Shelley & Louise 2010) but African children are at risk due to the rapid expansion of trafficking networks and the increase in the number of orphans as a result of the AIDS epidemic and conflicts.

Traffickers prey on people who are poor, isolated and weak. Issues such as disempowerment, social exclusion and economic vulnerability are the result of policies and practices that marginalize groups of people and put them at risk.

Natural disasters, conflicts and political turmoil weaken already tenuous social protection measures.  Individuals are at risk of being trafficked because of conditions in their countries of origin and an allure of opportunities elsewhere.

The relentless thirst for greener pastures and expectations of reliable income drive people into potentially dangerous situations.

Victims of human trafficking suffer physical damages caused by drugs and alcohol addictions, contracting STDs (in full), sterility, miscarriages, forced abortions and a wide range of trauma. Psychological effects include developing Clinical Depression, Personality and Dissociative Disorders, suicidal tendencies, Post Trauma Stress Syndrome and Complex Post Trauma Stress Syndrome.

Human trafficking effects range from physical abuse and torture of victims as well as psychological and emotional trauma to economic and political implications.

The widespread contemporary exploitation of human beings is unacceptable to people of conscience the world over.

Traditional approaches to prevent, protect and assist victims and bringing criminals to justice have had little impact which calls for us to renew both our resolve and our initiatives to protect those who are vulnerable.

The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UNGIFT) was born out of a renewed commitment by world leaders to engage in the battle against this crime, one of the most egregious violations of human rights in the world today.

Prevention of human trafficking must include a broad community of stakeholders, empowerment of vulnerable people and the reduction of risk factors. Public awareness campaign should be directed to potential victims. Increased awareness of possible harm will help a person at risk to choose a different path.

There have been cases of human trafficking in Rwanda or involving Rwandans and measures have been taken by the government and stakeholders to combat these atrocities. Last year, seven Rwandan girls who had been trafficked to Uganda were emancipated.

They were tricked into believing that their trafficker had job offers in neighboring Uganda only to end up into forced prostitution. According to the police, 153 cases of human trafficking have been registered since 2009, with the majority of the victims being young females below the age of 35.

Speaking to Reuters in October, last year, Criminal Investigation Department’s deputy commissioner, Tony Kuramba said that 153 victims were rescued between 2009 and 2013. Rwanda is still one of the least affected countries in the world but prevention needs to be done and community involvement is important.

While addressing the parliament, HE, President Paul Kagame stressed that this issue cannot be left solely to the police and added that it was the responsibility of all Rwandans to combat the problem.

Both prevention and reduction of vulnerability are valid approaches to combating human trafficking. Each calls for different dynamics in policy and program planning. A focus on vulnerability will enhance the human rights component of trafficking prevention policies.

Traditional preventions of crime can contribute to the enhancement of anti-trafficking policies by focusing on reducing elements of risk in the environment. Theoretically, prevention should aim at eliminating trafficking before it occurs. This can be done by reducing the factors that make individuals vulnerable to be trafficked.

By Pascal Habimana

Amagambo  yo mu ndimi z’amahanga nka P.F, ( Planification Familial cyangwa Family Planning) ni amwe mu magambo ashyirwa mu majwi n’abadepite mu nteko ishinga amategeko ko bimaze kugaragara ko asobanurwa nabi bigatuma gahunda z’ubuzima zihura n’ikibazo.

Nk’uko bisobanurwa na Honorable Izabiriza Médiatrice, ngo iyo uvuze ijambo PF abantu bahita bumva kuboneza urubyaro, ibi ngo bikaba byaranagaragaye ku bajyanama b’ubuzima yahuriye nabo mu Karere ka Nyaruguru mu Ntara y’amajyepfo.

Abo bajyana b’ubuzima ngo bita cyane ku bagore batwite kurusha izindi gahunda mu gihe nyamara bagombye no kwita ku buzima bakanagira ubumenyi bwabibafashamo kumenya imibereho y’abatugare, aribyo byagombye gusobanura PF.

Mu bisobanura Planification Familial, cyangwase Family Planning mu ndimi z’amahanga, bisobanura igenamigambi ry’umuryango mu magambo y’ikinyarwanda, ibi ngo bikaba binyuranye cyane n’uko bimeze mu bashyira mu bikorwa PF, cyangwase ibiyikubiyemo.

Kudasobanukirwa na PF ngo bituma abajyanama b’ubuzima batamenya aho bahuriye n’ibindi bikorwa bashinzwe, “usanga iyo ubajije abantu gahunda za PF abantu barimo n’abayobozi bavugango kuboneza bageze ku gipimo runaka, nyamara bakaba bashaka kuvuga kuboneza urubyaro, arikose dusobanuye neza niko bimeze koko? Kuboneza urubyaro ni kimwe mu bigomba gukorwa mu igenamigambi ry’umuryango”!

Kuba PF isobanurwa nabi kandi ngo bituma ikibazo cy’imirire mibi kidakurikiranwa kuko ngo usanga abajyanama b’ubuzima basa nkaho mu nshingano bafite ikicyo kitarimo ibi bigaterwa n’uko igenamigambi ry’umuryango baryita kuboneza urubyaro.

Depite izabiriza avugako imire abajyana b’ubuzima mu Karere ka Nyaruguru bavugako batigeze bahugurwa cyangwa ngo bahabwe inshingano zo kuboneza imirire kuko ngo icyp bashyize imbere ari ugukurikirana abagore batwite, mu gihe nyamara aba bagore nabo bari mu bakunze kugaragarwaho n’ikibazo cy’imirire mibi.

Abadepite basabako gahunda zose zihuriye ku igenamigambi ry’umuryango zigomba gushyirwa muri PF, ibi ngo byanatuma abayobozi b’urugo umugore n’umugabo basobanukirwa n’ibyo bateganyiriza umuryango wabo kuko ngo usanga ubuken bwinshi bugaragara klu bagabo bahora mu nzoga mu gihe ngo iyo baza gusobanukirwa n’icyo PF bivuga bari bakwiye kujya babanza gutekereza kubyo batagaguza n’ibitunga imiryango yabo.

Kuba abagabo ngo badasobanukiwe n’icyo PF aricyo bituma batibuka ko bafite guteganyiriza abana ahubwo bagateganyiriza utubari kuko ngo byagaragaye ko abakene benshi babyukira mu gacupa.

Christine Lagarde

hristine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who is in Rwanda for a four-day official visit, says the world needs to be tolerant.

After a sixty-minutes tour of the Rwandan genocide memorial, Lagarde wrote a message in the visitors’ book condemning the atrocity.

“Que grâce à l’oeuvre de votre musée triomphe la paix et la tolerance”….loosely translated as “Would peace and tolerance triumph thanks to the work of your museum.”

Lagarde, who was dressed in black, was accompanied by Finance Minister, Claver Gatete, who escorted her to lay the wreath.

Did not want any journalist in. She also turned down interviews after the tour.

Freddy Mutangana , director of the memorial told KTPress Lagarde was asking quite a lot of questionsduring the tour.

“She was sad…,” Mutangana said.

Lagarde arrived in Rwanda on Sunday for a four-day visit to bolster her institution’s ties with Rwanda.

France and Rwanda have had strained diplomatic relations which result from France’s role in the 1994 genocide against Tutsi. France has not apologized to Rwanda.

Lagarde has previously held various ministerial posts in the French government.

She was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment and before that Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin.

Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy, and is the first woman to head the IMF July 2011.

Source: K T Press

The Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has said that Rwanda is a positive example of global countries striving to come out of fragility and improve their economies.

“Rwanda is a positive example for countries striving to exit fragility. It offers valuable lessons from homegrown initiatives,” said IMF chief.

Lagarde was addressing Rwanda’s local and central government officials, members of the Private sector as well as civil society organisations at the Parliamentary building in Rwanda’s capital Kigali.

She is on a four-day working visit to the country, which started yesterday, on an invitation from President Paul Kagame.

She commended Rwanda’s policy of inclusive economy, saying “Rwanda is building an inclusive economy and having 64% of women in parliament is one example of this.”

“To achieve the goal of becoming a middle income country, Rwanda must continue this policy,” advised Lagarde.

On the country’s fastest growing economy that currently stands at an average of 8% for the last decade, Lagarde said: “Rwanda has grown at an average that is well above the regional average and on par with emerging Asia.”

She sees Rwanda as a dynamic economy with good governance standards today.

Finance Minister, Claver Gatete said, that “the economic stability you see in Rwanda is due in part to our partnership with the International Monetary Fund.”

Having visited the country for the first time, IMF chief said “It is a special privilege to be here. And being the first IMF MD to visit Rwanda is another special first one I’m very proud of…”

Abahoze ari ingabo z’igihugu bakaza gusubizwa mu buzima busanzwe bagahurizwa mu mutwe w’ inkeragutabara (Reserved Force) bo mu karere ka Gakenke,  n’ubwo bashimirwa uruhare bagize kugirango umutekano urusheho kuba wose mu bice bitandukanye bigize akarere ngo bagomba no kurushaho kuba urumuri rw’abaturage mu bikorwa bitandukanye by’umwihariko umutekano nk’abantu b’inararibonye.

NI Ubutumwa Bwagarutsweho ubwo uyu mutwe w’inkeragutabara wahuraga n’umuyobozi wabo ku rwego rw’intara Col Andre Habyarimana kuri uyu wa 26/01/2015 bakagirana ibiganiro kuri gahunda zinyuranye zirimo n’iterambere ryabo.

Col Habyarimana yabwiye abagize umutwe w’inkeragutabara ko bakwiye gushimirwa kuko kuva uyu mutwe wajyaho byagize uruhare runini mu guhindura imyumvire y’abaturage mu kwitandukanya n’abacengezi ariko kandi ngo banakwiye kuba urumuri rw’abaturage.

Ati “ndagirango rero aho muri mu bikorwa tugumye tubikore mugumye mube umunyu cyangwa mube urumuri rw’abaturage mukubumbatira umutekano, muri inzobere mukubumbatira umutekano kuko uko batera gerenade (grenade) umuturage akirukanka ntabwo wowe n’inkeragutabara ariko uziruka”

Uretse kurebera hamwe ibijyanye n’umutekano inkregutabara zaneretswe ko zigomba kudaharira gahunda za leta zitandukanye abakuru b’imidugudu hamwe n’abanyamabanga nshingwabikorwa kuko nabo bagomba kujya bifatanya nabo by’umwihariko mugufasha abaturage kumenya kwigirira isuku abadashoboye bagafashwa

Nyuma y’umutekano ngo inkeragutabara zo mu karere ka Gakenke zigomba no kumenya uburyo zibyazamo umusaruro amahirwe agaragara mubice batuyemo bakabikora bakurikije uko amikoro yabo angana kuko hari uburyo bwinshi kandi bushoboka burimo kworora inkwavu cyangwa gukora umutiba bakazana inzuki zikababyarira ubuki

Francois Nyakagabo ahagarariye inkeragutabara zo mu murenge wa Muhondo, asobanura koubusanzwe akazi kabo bagakora muburyo bw’amarondo gusa ariko bakaba basobanukiwe ko bagomba kuba urumuri kuko bafite ubunararibonye

Agira ati “umutekano uratureba twese n’igihe icyo aricyo cyose sukuvuga ngo ureba uriya shefu (chief) w’umudugudu cyangwa se uriya mukuru w’akagari cyangwa umunyamabanga nshingabikorwa w’umurenge n’ukuvuga ngo jyewe nk’umutu wize iby’umutekano mugisirikare nijye jisho kandi nijyewe uzi uburyoki uwo mutekano nawucunga nkawigisha nabo baturage mudugudu nturanye nabo”

Pierre Celestin Ushimiyimana n’inkeragutabara yo mu murenge wa Minazi, avuga ko kuba urumuri bisaba kwegera abaturage bagakorana nabo kuko kubafata neza aribyo bishobora gutuma hejuru haboneka umusaruro mwiza

Mu magambo ye ati “kuba urumuri mubintu byo kubumbatira umutekano tugomba gufata neza abaturage kuko nibo dukorera umunsi ku munsi, tukegera abaturage tukabana nabo kuko nibo bagomba kuguha amakuru buri munsi kandi mubyukuri ukanabahugura burya nubwo aba ari abantu baciriritse bo murwego rwo hasi ariko ubafashe neza niho hejuru hashobora kubona umusaruro ushimishije”

Mu karere ka Gakenke habarirwa inkeragutabara 739 wakwongeramo abasaza n’abandi bafite ubumuga butandukanye bakaba  900.

Nkunzurwanda John yarari kubaha ikiganiro ku mateka yaranze urugamba rwo kubohoza u Rwanda

Mu gihe hasigaye iminsi micye ngo abanyarwanda bose bizihize umunsi w’Intwari uba tariki ya 1/2/2015, urubyiruko rwo mu karere ka Ngoma rwagiriye uruzinduko mu karere ka Gicumbi tariki ya 24/1/2015 ahitwa ku Mulindi w’intwari mu rwego rwo kwiga amateka yaranze urugamba rwo kubohoza igihugu cy’u Rwanda.

Byamukama Emmy, ukuriye urubyiruko rwibumbiye mu muryango  wa RPF mu karere ka Ngomba avuga ko intego y’urugendo rwabo ari ukujya kureba amateka yaranze ingabo z’u Rwanda mu gihe cyo kubohora igihugu cy’u Rwanda.

Ngo mu masomo bahakuye nk’urubyiruko ngo ni isomo ryo gukoresha imbaraga no kwitanga baharanira icyateza imbere u Rwanda.

Babanje gusobanurirwa uko urugamba rwatangiye

Kamuyumbo Sany umwe mu urubyiruko rwaje kwiga amateka yaranze urugamba rwo kubohoza igihugu, ngo nyuma yo gusobanurirwa uburyo hari abagore bagize uruhare rwo kubohoza igihugu byamuremyemo ubutwari bwo kumva ko nawe bibaye ngombwa yajya ku rugamba.

Yumva ko abagore nabo bashoboye ibyo abagabo bakora ndetse rimwe na rimwe bakajyira ubutwari burenze ubw’abagabo.

Rutagengwa Bosco ashinzwe Urubyiruko Umuco na Siporo mu karere ka Ngoma akaba nawe yarari kumwe n’uru rubyiruko rwaje gusura Umulindi w’Intwari ngo benshi murubyiruko rwagiye kureba ayo mateka ngo mugihe cy’urugamba rwo kubohoza igihugu ngo bari bakiri bato akaba ariyo mpamvu bifuje kumenya byinshi no gusobanukirwa byimazeyo amateka y’urugamba rwo kubohoza igihugu.

Yagize ati “ nk’uko insanganyaatsiko y’uyu mwaka igira iti “ubutwari bw’abanyarwanda agaciro kacu” ni nako ntwe tugomba guhesha agaciro ibyamazwe kugerwaho.”

Basuye Ubuvumo bwo ku Mulindi mu karere ka Gicumbi ingabo za FPR zakoreshaga mu ntambara yo kubohora igihugu

We asanga amasomo bahakuye ari ugukomeza gusigasira ibyagezweho ndetse nk’urubyiruko bakihangira imirimo bityo bagakora bakiteza imbere kuko ubu urugamba rusigaye ari urwiterambere.

Ngo nyuma yo kumenya ayo mateka bagiye kubisangiza urundi rubyiruko banarushishikariza kwihangira imirimo bagakora bakiteza imbere.

Abadepite babanje kugirana inama nyunguranabitekerezo n’abayobozi batandukanye

Mu uruzinduko rw’iminsi 10 itsinda ry’abadepite ryagiriye mu karere ka Gicumbi ngo rije kureba ko hari impinduka mu mibereho y’abaturage kuri gahunda leta ibagenera zo kubafasha mu buzima bwabo zibaganisha ku iterambere.

Depite Gatabazi Jean Marie Vianny  atangaza ko hari gahunda leta igenera umuturage kugirango agire impinduka z’ubuzima bwe akaba arizo bazibandaho ndetse aho bitashyizwe mubikorwa bakabagira inama banabasaba kubikosora.

Ngo zimwe muri gahunda bazibandaho harimo gahunda ya VUP imaze kugera mu mirenge 14, barebe niba yarateje imbere abaturage batuye mu mirenge iyo gahunda yagezemo.

Ikindi ngo bazareba gahunda y’Ubudehe uko yakozwe niba hari izindi mpinduka yagize kubuzima bw’abaturage.

Ngo bazanareba kandi uko gahunda ya Girinka Munyarwanda yagiye ishyirwa mu bikorwa niba koko hari icyo imariye abaturage yagezeho, no kureba uburyo izo nka zatanzwe.

Abayobozi batandukanye bari bitabiriye inama

Depite Gatabazi avuga ko ngo mu karere ka Gicumbi hari hagenwe ko abaturage bagomba kugerwaho na gahunda ya Girinka ari bihumbi 14, abamaze kugerwaho niyo gahunda ni ibihumbi 12, bakazagenzura niba abo zari zigenewe barazihawe.

Ku makosa bazasanga yarakozwe bazabagira inama ndetse na bimwe mubibazo batakemuye kuko bisaba ubundi bushobzi babikorere ubuvugizi.

Ngo n’ubwo abadepite bazinduwe no kureba impinduka y’imibereho y’abaturage, bazaganiriza abaturage kuri gahunda y’umutekano w’u Rwanda ubu ruhagaze neza, ariko ngo abanyarwanda ntibakwiye guterwa ubwoba na FDLR kuko nta mbaraga ifite.

Yagize ati “ abanyarwanda ntibakwiye guterwa ubwoba na FDLR kuko nta mbaraga ifite, ni abicanyi bavuye mu Rwanda bakoze jenoside ninayo mpamvu tudakwiye guta umutwe n’umwanya kuri FDLR.”

Yasabye abanyarwanda bose gusigasira ibyagezweho ndetse bakamenya ko bagomba kurwanya umuntu wese ushaka gusenya ibyagezweho.

Kuruhande rw’ubuyobozi bw’akarere bwo bwishimiye ko nyuma y’ibibazo bizagaragara abadepite bazabafasha kubakorera ubuvugizi bityo bakabibonera ibisubizo nk’uko byagrutsweho n’umuyobozi w’akarere ka Gicumbi Mvuyekure Alexandre.

Ngo bizeye ko uru ruzinduko ruzagira impinduka nyinshi rusigira akarere ndetse bikabaha umurongo wo gukosora ibitarakozwe neza hagamijwe gushyira imbere inyungu z’umuturage .

Gahunda yo gusura urugo ku rundi izafasha kandi abadepite kumenya neza ishusho y’umuturage w’akarere ka Gicumbi uko ihagaze, izanatuma bafata ingamba no  kugira inama ubuyobozi bw’akarere kugira ibyo bukosora bitagenze neza bityo bagakora bashyize imbere inyungu z’umuturage.

La Patronne du FMI, déposant une gerbe de fleurs sur les tombes des victimes du Génocide

La Française Christine Lagarde, Directeur Général du Fonds Monétaire International (FMI), en visite officielle de quatre jours au Rwanda affirme que le monde doit être tolérant. Lagarde a fait cette déclaration après avoir effectué une visite de près d’une heure au Site Mémorial du Génocide de Gisozi, dans la Ville de Kigali.

Elle a écrit dans le livre d’or un message condamnant les atrocités qu’elle venait d’y découvrir ; « Que grâce à l’œuvre de votre musée, triomphe la paix et la tolérance. »

Toute vêtue de noir, elle était accompagnée par le Ministre des Finances, l’Amb. Claver Gatete, avec qui elle a déposé une gerbe de fleurs sur les tombes des victimes du Génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi en 1994.

Elle n’a pas voulu que les journalistes la suivent tout au long de la visite, de même qu’elle a décliné toutes les demandes d’interviews à la sortie du site.

Freddy Mutangana, Directeur du Mémorial a déclaré à KTPRESS que Lagarde posait pas mal de questions durant la visite ; « elle était … triste. » a-t-il dit.

Christine Lagarde est arrivé au Rwanda dimanche le 26 Janvier pour une visite de quatre jours avec pour but de renforcer les liens de son institution avec le Rwanda.

La France et le Rwanda entretiennent des relations diplomatiques plutôt tendues; résultat du rôle présumé de la France dans le Génocide, dont elle n’a pas encore présenté d’excuses officielles.

Lagarde a successivement occupé différents postes de responsabilité au sein du gouvernement français. Elle a été Ministre des Affaires Economiques, Ministre des Finances et de l’Emploi et avait été auparavant Ministre de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche ainsi que Ministre du Commerce dans le gouvernement de Dominique de Villepin.

Christine Lagarde est la première femme à devenir Ministre des Finances et de l’Economie du G8. Elle a aussi été la toute première dame à la tête du FMI, poste qu’elle occupe depuis juillet 2011.

Col Andre Habyarimana, Director of Reserved Force in Northern Province

Col Andre Habyarimana, head of reserved force in Northern Province urged reserved forces in Gakenke district to be exemplary to the residents in various activities.

This was said on January 26^, during the meeting of reserved force and Col Andre Habyarimana.

Col. Habyarimana commended reserved force for their role in sensitizing residents to maintain security, saying they should become exemplary and cooperate with residents to keep security.

“I urge you to become exemplary to the residents in maintaining security. You have the experience in security keeping and you cannot behave in the same way as non-experienced in case of a bombing,” he explained.

Francois Nyakagabo, head of Reserved Force in Muhondo sector explained that normally they carry out night patrols, explaining they will now be exemplary since they are experienced.

 “Security concerns us all not only the village leader or cell leader. So as a person with army experience, I must be exemplary in keeping security and educate other residents on how to maintain it,” he said.

Pierre Celestin Ushimiyimana, one of the reserved forces in Minazi sector added that being exemplary of the residents requires them to be near residents and work with them for better results.

“We must be exemplary in maintaining security, cooperate with residents since they are the ones to give us useful information every day. Residents can be of great help when leaders teach and work with them,” he said.

Reserved forces were told to make use of available opportunities and set up small projects such as bee-keeping and livestock farming for sustainable development.

Les 142 soldats à l’arrivée au tarmac de l’Aéroport International de Kigali à a bord de l’appareil de RwandAir

Le contingent rwandais de 142 soldats en mission onusienne de maintien de la paix en République Centrafricaine a quitté Bangui en direction de Kigali. Ce retour marque la fin de la  mission pour 850 soldats au total pour une période d’une année sous le mandat de l’ONU.   Cette mission a été accomplie avec succès selon l’Etat-major d’armée rwandaise (RDF, sigle en anglais), qui a félicité ces militaires.

Cela a été déclaré le 28/1/2015, lors de la réception de la dernière phase du contingent composé de 142 soldats. Ces derniers étaient en mission de maintien de la paix. Ils ont été accueillis par le Chef d’Etat-major de l’armée de terre (infanterie), le Gen. Major Frank Mushyo.

Le succès de ces militaires a été renforcé par le Brig. Gen. Joseph Nzabamwita, Porte-parole de l’armée rwandaise. Nzabamwita a affirmé que ces militaire ont bien accompli leur mission d’intervenir auprès des Forces Armées Centrafricaines, afin de remettre les choses à l’ordre en Centrafrique., sous le Mandat de « MISCA » et  ensuite l’ONU ». La mission était de « maintenir l’ordre et la sécurité ».

Même les militaires au retour de leur mission se félicitent de ce qu’ils ont fait

Selon le Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Paul Karangwa, qui était à tête de cette mission avec le contingent de 850 hommes, a dit que malgré les difficultés rencontrées dans leur mission, ils ont effectué d’autres activités qui visent le bien-être et le développement de la population centrafricaine.

« Nous avons construit les ponts, nous avons assisté les enfants qui n’avaient pas de quoi manger, nous avons ouvert une route de 700km, de Bangui jusqu’à la frontière de la RCA avec le Cameroun. Je crois qu’ils vont garder en mémoire tous ces activités », s’est félicité le Lieutenant-Colonel Karangwa.

Le Rwanda est un pays contributeur de soldats et de policiers dans les missions de maintien de la paix partout dans le monde.

On her first visit to Rwanda, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), had a planed secret visit to the country’s touristic hot-spot, the Virunga Mountain, Northern Rwanda, home to the world’s rare mountain gorillas.

She arrived in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, on Sunday night, January 25. Early morning, she hit the road, a three hour ride on a neatly paved road, meandering through Rwanda’s Rocky Mountains covered with thick green vegetation and a heavy fog.

She has traveled to many memorable attractions around the world, but this time, she was about to be taken away by a rather lifetime emotional experience.

After four-hours hike to the top of the Volcano Park, in the middle of a bamboo forest, where the mountain gorillas snack on the bamboo buds, Lagarde was now standing on top of the 15,000 feet chain of volcanoes in East Africa, along the northern border of Rwanda, overseeing DR Congo and Uganda.

Prosper Uwingeli, the volcano national park chief warden and a tour guide, watched her with intent as she took a deep breath, gulping a lot of it. “The volcano’s fresh air,” says Uwingeli , “was the best she ever enjoyed.”

A Family of Rwanda Mountain Gorillas in misty Volcanoes National Park. Christine Lagarde Privately Hiked to meet them.

Suddenly, came the primates. “She was caught by emotions…like anyone who visits,” says Uwingeli. “You would not remain in the same mood if you saw mountain gorillas.”

Lagarde was even luckier; she had the opportunity to see the Sabyinyo gorilla family, a well organised family that is breeding so fast.

Sabyinyo is an easily accessible group led by the mighty Guhonda, the largest silverback of all the 10 groups. The Sabyinyo silverback is well known for his massive appearance.

Christine Lagarde, The IMF Managing Director hikes to meet Rwanda’s Mountain Gorillas.

In 2006, Microsoft Chairman, billionaire Bill Gates, was given the honour to name a baby Gorilla. Gates could not look further than the Sabyinyo group, giving the baby the name Keza, meaning cute.

Before she ended the tour, 60 tourists, many from France and Singapore, all craved forselfies with the world’s most influential economist.

After adoring the gorillas as well as the country’s beautiful scenery seen from the mountains, Lagarde was she was awarded a certificate of appreciation and accomplishment, which also calls upon her to advocate for these endangered gorillas.

“She is already attached to Rwanda, we hope her advocacy will earn us more tourists,” says Uwingeli.

Lagarde was then driven to the country’s ecological lodges, made from traditional materials, where most say, nature meets beauty.

One of them is Sabyinyo silverback lodge, established by a local cooperative meant to promote tourism, and develop the community in the park’s vicinity.

The hotel’s nine rooms, $1200 a night, are always fully booked, until the end of the year.

Lagarde enjoyed a lunch at Virunga Lodge, where tourists get to experience the traditional lifestyle of the neighboring local communities.

The lodge offers a panoramic view of Burera and Ruhondo twin lakes with traditional canoes and fresh air, an exceptional hangout spot.

She did not want to leave without a feel of an ordinary Rwandan lifestyle. She visited potato farmers, at the foot of Virunga Mountain, experiencing firsthand the use of traditional farming tools.

The heavily guarded Largarde, and her three day experience of Rwanda, was not about the presidential protocol and motorcades accorded to her and the beautiful wildlife, but something else unusual about Africa.

Despite a long lecture on development and growth to Rwanda’s lawmakers and top bureaucrats, Lagarde had something to say before she said ‘au revoir’ to the land of a thousand hills.

“What struck me most about Rwanda, is the unrelenting focus on homegrown interventions to make growth more inclusive,” she said.

Tourists wouldn’t miss a photo opportunity with Christine Lagarde.

Source : KT Press

Les éléments des FARDC et ceux de la Monusco mènent des opérations conjointes

Après l’expiration de l’ultimatum lancé par les pays de la région envers les FDLR pour qu’ils déposent les armes au plus tard le 2 janvier 2015 mais en vain, le feu vert tant attendu est accordé aux FARDC de mener des opérations militaires « Sokola2 », avec l’appui de la MONUSCO, pour les désarmer par force.

Cette annonce du feu vert a été donnée dans l’après-midi du 29/01/2015 par le biais de l’état-major de l’armée congolaise (FARD) dans la ville de Beni, au Nord-Kivu au cours d’un point de presse conjoint FARDC-MONUSCO.

Le problème que se posent beaucoup de gens est de savoir si réellement après des années en RDC, ces FDLR seront désarmés et rapatriés au Rwanda. Car d’autres groupes n’ont jamais été consultés et avertis avant de les traquer. Mais les FDLR sont consultés et avertis…certaines sources affirment même que les FARDC tout comme la population congolaise les aident à se cacher et à se déguiser en population civile.

Le problème des FDLR préoccupe aussi les USA comme l’avait évoqué la nouvelle Ambassadrice des USA au Rwanda, Erica Barks Ruggles, après la remise de la lettre d’accréditation au Président Paul Kagame lundi le 26/01/2015 au Village Urugwiro. « Le problème des FDLR nous préoccupe sérieusement. Nous suivons de près son évolution à travers les rapports du Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies. Même l’Envoyé Spécial du gouvernement américain dans la Région des Grands Lacs va prochainement se rendre au Rwanda pour en débattre avec les autorités rwandaises ».

Un peu avant, le patron de la MONUSCO avait annoncé que ces hommessont  prêts et n’attendaient que l’accord du Présidente Joseph Kabila pour traquer les FDLR. C’est le chef d’Etat-major général des FARDC, le Général Didier Etumba qui l’a affirmé en compagnie du Général Santos Cruz, Commandant de la MONUSCO.

« Aujourd’hui donc, nous lançons en tant que Forces armées de la RDC des nouvelles opérations contre les FDLR pour les contraindre à déposer les armes. Et nous avons reçu encore une fois le soutien de la Monusco pour ces opérations », a déclaré le général Didier Etumba, avant d’ajouter que les FDLR sont actuellement estimés à plus de mille combattants, tout en assurant qu’ils seront désarmés par les FARDC avec le soutien de la Monusco.

« Nous nous sommes mis d’accord également avec la Monusco sur le fait que régulièrement, nous aurons à faire des évaluations conjointes au niveau tactique et opérationnel mais également au niveau stratégique. Cette opération contre les FDLR s’inscrit dans le cadre des opérations sokola2 », a révélé le chef d’Etat-major des FARDC.

Selon le Commandant de la Monusco, le Général Santos Cruz «  la Monusco mettra à contribution tous les moyens à sa disposition et conformément à son mandat pour appuyer les FARDC dans le désarmement des FDLR ». Selon Didier Etumba,il y a 7 ans, les FDLR étaient dans les 7,500 combattants. Mais aujourd’hui, dit-il, ils ne sont plus que 1,400 combattants.  Les FDLR opèrent dans le Nord et le sud Kivu en RD Congo où ils commettent des exactions sur les populations civiles dans les territoires qu’ils occupent. Ils sont composés des combattants hutus rwandais issues de du régime de Habyarimana et des ex-FAR qui ont fait le génocide contre les Tutsis en 1994.

Moins de 200 combattants des FDLR seulement s’étaient rendus fin 2014 dans les camps de cantonnement apprêtés par la Monusco à Kisangani, dans le nord-est de la RDC, après l’ultimatum de six mois donné par la Conférence internationale pour la région des grands lacs (CIRGL) et la Communauté des Etats de l’Afrique australe.

Abayobozi mu nzego zitandukanye z’akarere ka Nyamagabe, bagiriwe inama yo gukora cyane kandi bakagira umuco wo kunyurwa, nyuma y’uko hagaragaye bamwe mu bayobozi batitwara neza ndetse n’abakoresha nabi umutungo wa leta, bikaba byagira ingaruka ku iterambere ry’igihugu.

Kuri uyu wa 28 Mutarama 2015, mu karere ka Nyamagabe mu imurikabikorwa ry’akarere ka Nyamagabe, rigamije kugaragaza ibyagezweho, abayobozi basabwe gukorana neza n’abaturage, buzuza inshingano bahawe kandi bakarangwa n’umuco wo kunyurwa

Guverineri w’intara y’amajyepfo, Bwana Alphonse Munyantwali yabwiye abitabiriye ko iby’ibanze nk’abakozi bakorera leta babifite bakwiye kunyurwa nibyo bafite, bakareka bikagwira iterambere rikagerwaho kugira ngo buri wese bizamugere ho mu gihe gikwiye

Yagize ati: “ibyibanze turabifite rwose, nagira ngo mbasabe, cyane cyane twebwe abakorera leta, abokora umurimo wo gukorera igihugu, wo gukorera abanyarwanda, kandi natwe turikorera kuko biduteza imbere nimureke tunyurwe, mureke ahubwo dukore cyane uko byiyongera bizatugeraho twese.”

Guverineri w’intara y’amajyepfo yashimiye abafatanyabikorwa b’akarere ka Nyamagabe baturutse mu miryango itandukanye itegamiye kuri leta, ubufasha bageza ku karere mu bikorwa by’iterambere.

Yagize ati: “icyo twashima n’uko ibikorwa bikorwa n’abafatanyabikorwa birajya muri gahunda za leta nyirizina ntago dusobanya, ikindi urwego bafasha umuturage guterimbere mu rwego rurambye bumuherekeza mu kwigira, biragaragara ko ari ibikorwa bifatika.”

Iki gikorwa kandi cyari cyitabiriwe n’abahagarariye amadini n’amatorero, kubera uruhare bagira mu bikorwa by’iterambere ry’akarere ka Nyamagabe

Aho niyitegeka felicite avuka

Abaturanyi b’iwabo w’intwari Félicité Niyitegeka, bakaba ari n’abavandimwe be kuko abenshi bagira icyo bapfana mu miryango ya hafi cyangwa ya kure, bavuga ko n’ubwo abantu bamuzi nk’intwari yagaragaye mu gihe cya jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu 1994,ngo n’ubundi yakuranye ubupfura.

Abavandimwe n’abaturanyi batuye ahitwa i Vumbi ho mu kagari ka Ryakibogo, umurenge wa Gishamvu, akarere ka Huye, bavuga ko Niyitegeka yakundaga abana. Ngo iyo yazaga iwabo, yiga mu “mashuri makuru” yazaniraga abana impano, na bo bakamukunda, hanyuma akabigisha gusenga.

Ngo aho arangirije kwiga, yabazaniraga imyenda yo kwambara.

Claudine Nyiraneza, umwe mubamuzi twaganiriye avuga ko Félicité yari kuba amubereye nyirabukwe kuko ngo ari nyirasenge w’umugabo we mu muryango wagutse, agira ati “yari inkumi njyewe ndi umwana mutoya, yaba yaje twese abana tugahindira kwa Simoni kumuramutsa.”

Akomeza agira ati “Twabaga twambaye ibicabari, ariko nta wageragayo yambaye umwenda mubi ngo atahe atambaye umwenda mwiza … Akaduha amasabune, akaduha amavuta, ababyeyi akabasaba kuzajya basiga abana babo…”

Yerekana ingutiya ahingana yanduye, Nyiraneza ati “nturuzi nk’ikingiki, umuntu yagendaga ari cyo yambaye  akazamukana igitenge gishyashya. Rwose Felisita, ubutwari bwe, ntabwo yabugize muri jenoside, yarabuvukanye, ni ubwo yari asanganywe.”

Ibi kandi ngo yari afite aho abikomora kuko n’ababyeyi be bakundaga gusenga kandi bakabanira neza abaturanyi. Harerimana Mukamana, mubyara we ubu uba mu nzu y’iwabo wa Felisita ati “se na nyina ndabazi gutya. Bari abantu bakunda abantu. Bakundaga abakene, bakamenya ubabaye, ukennye bakamuha icyo kwabara bakamufungurira bakamuha ibyo kurya.”

Na none ati “abo basize nabo ni abantu beza, ni abakirisitu bakunda abandi rwose. Nta bukene tubagiranamo, uje abagana baramwakira, baba bafite ibyo bamufungurira bakamufungurira. Nta wubasonzera mu maso yabageze imbere. Na bo ni abantu beza .”

Uwabaha urwibutso rw’intwari ikomoka iwabo

Abavandimwe ba Felisita banatekereza ko bagize icyo bahabwa na Leta nk’urwibutso rw’intwari ikomoka iwabo byabashimisha.

Fabiyani Ntegeye, mwene se wabo ati “n’iyo baduha inka tukamenya ko ari iy’umuryango wavuyemo intwari.”

Yozafina Nyiraneza ati “byibura nibamenye n’uwo muryango wavutsemo intwari, bamenye n’abakene, n’abo Girinka itagezeho, natwe itugereho.”

Nyandwi Siperansiya wakabaye muramukazi wa Felisita ati “Leta iramutse ibishatse natwe yareba icyo itumarira, ikadushimisha natwe nyine nk’uko twababaye. Yareba akantu yadukorera itwibutsa iyo ntwari yacu.”

Yozafina Mukamabano na we ati “nk’umuryango yasize n’abaturanyi twari duturanye, ibyo ari byo byose yaraturengeraga. Nk’ubungubu nta nka abenshi dufite, habe n’ingurube…  na Girinka ntiyigeze itugeraho. Tuzi ko yari intwari, ariko nta kitugeraho ngo twumve yuko twari dufite intwari.”

The Rwanda Defense forces peacekeeping missions have been hailed for doing a great job in Central African Republic.

The remarks were made during the reception of the last group of 142 Rwanda defense forces who managed to return home safely and were received by Gen. Major Frank KamanziMushyoon January 28, at Kigali international airport.

The RDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Joseph Nzabamwita said that Rwanda’s mission in CAR was succefully accomplished and the RDF soldiers did their part of bringing a sense of calm and peace during the Mission.

The head of the contingent, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Paul Karangwa said that the Rwandans troops were able to do more than peacekeeping.

He revealed that the forces were able to construct a 700km road, conduct community cleaning activities among other extra humanitarian activities of reaching out to the community needs.

Among the achievements is that Rwandan troops succeeded in bringing calm in areas they control in Bangui and the AU Mission entrusted them with guarding strategic points in the city

Last week, President Samba-Panza awarded medals and certificates to the peacekeepers upon completion of their year-long tour of duty in the country.

Several residents of CAR have given testimony of how the Rwandan troops have left a legacy and foundation of peace that will be used as an example for unity efforts between Muslims and Christians in the future.

In a related development, the first entourage of 142 Rwanda defense forces (RDF) peacekeepers returned to Rwanda last Wednesday January 22 led by Major IssaSenono, and received by Brigadier General AloysMuganga, the commander of the Mechanized division.

The team was also replaced by at least 135 soldiers from RDF, under the rotation program.

The cooperation between Rwanda, Uganda and KenyaInterpol is bearing substantial fruits in the wake of the regional forces coming up with measures to curb crime in the region.

The Rwanda Interpol spokesman CSP Celestin Twahirwa says that this year has seen two ground breaking initiatives that have seen a crackdown on two cases of trans-border thefts; one conducted of money theft done Uganda and vehicle robbery in Kenya.

Twahirwa and his Ugandan counterpart, ACP Patrick Lawot says that this cooperation is going to grow stronger and there will not be any window for criminals escaping from one country to another without being tracked down.

This mid-January, 2015 Ugandan Interpol security officials have handed over another Rwandan Genocide suspect, Jean Paul Birindabagabo, alias Pastor Daniel Bagabo, who had been living in Uganda since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

This January 29, Interpol Police paraded persons who have been arrested for thefts crimes across the border and arrested in Rwanda. They also paraded two vehicles that were stolen from Kenya and tracked in Rwanda by Interpol.