Rusizi district official asked local leaders to assist in preaching peace building, conflict resolution initiatives and development related messages to the people they lead.

The call was made by the vice mayor for social affairs in Rusizi district Basile Bayihiki during a training organized by Rwanda Peace Education Program (RPEP), a multi-organisation partnership led by the Aegis Trust.

“Educate the youth about the history of Rwanda. It’s one of the ways we can learn so that as Rwandans can build lasting peace,” said Bayihiki

She urged them to seize every opportunity, such as meetings at village level and the monthly community work, Umuganda, to make interventions and encourage local residents to embrace developmental programmes.

The Rwanda Peace Education Programme is a multi-organisation partnership led by the Aegis Trust in collaboration with USC Shoah Foundation, Radio la Benevolencija and the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP).

The program aims at restoring lasting peace in Rwanda after the 1994 Tutsi Genocide that left wounds on the hearts of Rwandans.

 “This program encourages harmony and promotes Rwandan values among the residents,” said Anitha Kayirangwa; Director of Rwanda Peace Education Program.

 ‘The training was crucial because it provided us with means to building lasting peace through living with others in harmony and personally I believe this lead us to lasting peace’ said one participant

During the training trainers used videos from Gisozi memorial site describe the tarnished history of Rwanda to the participants and how Rwanda is progressing 20 years after the tragedy.

Kuri uyu wa 13 Kanama 2014, Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe Ibaruramibari (NISR) cyagejeje ku nzego z’ubuyobozi, iz’umutekano, abikorera ndetse na sosiyete sivile mu Ntara y’Uburengerazuba ibyavuye mu ibarura rusange ry’abaturage n’imiturire ryo mu 2012 maze kubera amakuru akubiyemo bagaragaza inyota nyinshi yo gushaka kubisobanukirwa kurushaho no kumenya uburyo bakoresha bakoresha iryarivuyemo.

Umuyobozi Mukuru w’Ikigo cy’igihugu cy’Ibaruramibare (NISR) Yusufu Murangwa avuga ko iri barura ryabahenze cyane kugira ngo rikorwe nyamara ariko akavuga iyo ridakorwa byari kuzahenda igihugu kurushaho. Yagize ati “Ryaraduhenze ariko kutarikora byari kuduhenda kurushaho.” Ibi akabivugira ko igenabikorwa ryose by’ubuzima bw’igihugu rishingira ku mibare kuko ngo utakubaka amashuri utazi umubare w’abazayigamo cyangwa ngo upfe kubaka amavuriro utitaye ku baturage ufite ngo umenye niba azaba ahagije cyangwa ngo abe make. Uyu Muyobozi wa NISR ashingira ku kiguzi cy’amakuru n’agaciro k’ibyavuye muri iryo barura yagize ati “Amakuru arahenda ariko kutayagira bigahenda kurushaho.”

Ibarura rusange ry’abaturage n’imiturire ryo muri 2012 ngo rikaba ryaratwaye amafaranga agera ku miliyoni mirongo itatu z’amadolari y’Amerika (30,000,000 $). Uretse kuba ryarabahenze kandi ngo ryatwaye igihe kirekire kuko ngo kugira ngo barangize kurikora byabasabye igihe kingana n’imyaka ine n’igice. Gusa ariko ngo ntibabyicuza kuko havuyemo imibare yizewe kandi izafasha mu gutegura imbere h’u Rwanda n’iterambere ryarwo. Ndetse ngo kuba ibyavuye muri iryo barura bifitiwe icyizere ngo bikaba byaratumye mu minsi ishize NISR ihererwa igikombe mu Busuwisi nk’igihugu cyakoze ibarura neza kandi mu gihe bo bita gito.

Iryo barura rigaragaza ko Akarere ka Rubavu ariko gafite ubucucike bw’abaturage bukabije ugereranyije n’utundi turere two mu ntara kuko gafite abaturage 1039/km². Ibi bigatuma Intara y’uburengerazuba iza ku mwanya wa kabiri mu bucucike n’abaturage 420/ km² nyuma y’Amajyaruguru afite abagera kuri 527/ km². Naho Umujyi wa Kigali wo ukaba ufite ubucucike bw’abaturage 1552/ km², Iri barura rikaba rigaragaza ko Akarere ka Kayonza ariko kadatuwe cyane kuko gafite abaturage 178/ km².

Kubera uburyo iri barura rikora ku bice byose by’ubuzima bw’igihugu kandi rikaba rigenda rigaragaza imibare ifatika haba mu bukungu, mu burezi, mu buzima ndetse no mu mibereho myiza y’abaturage muri rusange, abenshi mu bari bitabiriye iyo nama bakaba basabaga NISR kuzagera iwabo mu turere kubisobanurira abandi bakozi kugira ngo batangire bakoreshe ibyarivuyemo mu rwego rwo kwihutisha iterambere.

Mu gihe abayobozi b’uturere basabaga Ikigo cy’Igihugu cy’ibaruramibare kuzohereza intumwa mu turere zikabisobanurira abakozi babo (abatechniciens) kugira ngo bajye babishingiraho mu gutegura imihigo, Ubuyobozi bw’Intara y’Uburengerazuba bwo bwasabye by’umwihariko Ikigo cy’igihugu cy’Ibaruramibare kuzaza habaye inama y’umutekano yaguye ku Ntara bakamurikiramo ubwo bushakashatsi dore ko n’abayobozi b’imirenge baba bayitabiriye.

Umunyamabanga Nshingwabikorwa w’Intara y’Uburengerazuba, Jabo Paul, akaba yashimye uburyo iri barura ryakozwemo ariko asaba ubuyobozi bwa NISR kuzakora ubundi bushakashatsi bwo kureba uburyo ikibazo cy’ubwiyongere bw’abaturage butajyanye n’ubukungu cyakemuka. Yagize ati “Ubu turi igihugu cya mbere cyakoze agashya ko gukuba inshuro ebyiri icyizere cyo kubaho ariko na none taracyafite ikibazo cy’ubwiyongere bukabije bw’abaturage bigatuma iterambere ridindira.”  Kugaragaza neza mu mibare uburyo bwo guhangana n’iki kibazo byaba imwe mu nzira yo kugikemura.

Twababwira ko mu gihe ubwiyongere bw’abaturage mu Rwanda buhagaze kuri 2,4% buri mwaka bikomeje gutya hafi ya buri myaka mirongo itatu abaturage b’u Rwanda bazajya baba bikubye inshuro ebyiri. Mu gihe mu myaka ya za mirongo icyenda icyizere cyo kubaho ku Munyarwanda cyari mu myaka 37 ubu Umunyarwanda afite icyizere cy’ubuzima kiri hejuru y’imyaka 64 nk’uko iri barura ribigaragaza.

Nyuma yo gusezererwa mu mutwe wa local defense, abari bawugize 450 mu karere ka Ngororero baratangaza ko batazatezuka ku nshingano zo gukorera igihugu no kubungabunga umutekano muri rusange.

Abasore 450 bari bagize umutwe wa lokodifensi batangaje ibi mu muhango wo kubasubiza mu buzima busanzwe wabaye kuwa 22/07/2014, bavuga ko mu myaka umunani bamaze muri aka kazi ngo bigiyemo byinshi kandi bubaka byinshi badashobora kuzarebera uwo ariwe wese wazashaka kubisubiza inyuma.

Ibi ngo babishingira ko bagize uruhare mu gufatanya n’ingabo na polisi y’u Rwanda n’ubuyobozi bwa leta mu kurwana intambara y’abacengezi yibasiye cyane akarere kabo ka Ngororero.

Abari ba lokodifensi ngo bazakomeza kwiyubakira igihugu

Rukimirana Ladislas bita Mashine kubera ubwitange yakoranaga muri lokodifensi avuga ko n’ubwo basubiye mu buzima busanzwe ngo bafite ishema ry’ibyo bagezeho mu kubaka igihugu kandi ngo abaturage bagiye kubana mu buzima busanzwe bari basanzwe babanye neza.

Uyu musaza ufite imyaka 66 we ngo yishimiye ko basezerewe mu cyubahiro, akaba asanga ari ishema rizabafasha gukomeza kwitwara neza. Hamwe na bagenzi be bagaya abitwaye nabi mu gihe bari mu kazi kabo ubu ngo bafite ipfunwe ryo gusubira mu buzima busanzwe.

Musabyimana Jean Bosco nawe wasezerewe avuga ko kuba bari basanzwe bafite indi mirimo ibatunze ngo bazakomerezaho bayihe umwanya ukwiye, biteze imbere kugira ngo batazasebya icyubahiro bari bafitiwe.

Bahawe ibyemezo by’ishimwe

Lokodifensi barifuza ko leta ibafasha mu mishanga yabateza imbere

Bamwe muri aba ba lokodifensi bagaragaje ko leta yari ikwiye kubagenera igihembo n’ishimwe batahana, bakajya gutangira ubuzima bushya. Habineza Emmanuel bita Kibonke we avuga ko n’ubundi basanzwe bakorera ubwitange, bityo leta ikaba ariyo yabatekerezaho ikamenya icyo bakwiye.

Aha avuga nko mu kubafasha kwibumbira mu makoperative cyangwa kubishyurira ubwisungane mu kwivuza, dore ko ngo muri bo harimo abakene ariko bakaba bataragiye bahabwa ubufasha kubera ko batanditswe ku rutonde rw’ubudehe.

Uyu kimwe na bagenzi ngo barifuza ko abafite ibibazo by’ubukene nabo bashyirwa kuri urwo rutonde, bagafashwa kwivuza ndetse na gahunda ya Girinka Munyarwanda ikabageraho. Ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Ngororero bwabijeje ko buzakora ubuvugizi kandi bukazabafasha mu kwiteza imbere.

Bahawe ibyemezo by’ishimwe

Muri ba lokodifensi 450 bakoreraga mu karere ka Ngororero basezerewe nta mugore urimo. Batanu bahoze aribo muri ako karere batatu barapfuye naho babiri bajya kubaka urugo mu tundi turere. Abasezerewe bahawe ibyemezo by’ishimwe by’umurimo bakoze neza.

KIGALI, Rwanda, July 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has told African youth that their role in fighting corruption is not to give or receive. He made the remarks during an interactive session July 21 with youth from various African countries who are participating at the two-day Youth Dialogues conference organized by the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) in Kigali, Rwanda.

Responding to various questions from young men and women from different parts ofAfrica, President Kagame said young people should be assertive and resist injustice in whatever form it manifests itself:

“Sometimes you need to be stubborn. As they stay on course of causing you problems, you stay on the course of pushing back. At the end you are the ones who pay the price if it goes wrong and benefit if it goes right.”

President Kagame pointed out that Africans should endeavor to find solutions to their own problems and resist the urge to look around for assistance and blame for their predicaments.

“The tragedy Rwanda has experienced should be a lesson to us. We cannot go looking for solutions elsewhere,” said the President. “We have accepted a sense of mediocrity and a tendency to look at others and not to ourselves for solutions.”

He added: “The blame for what is wrong goes around but we also need responsibility to go around otherwise we may wait for another 100 years if we keep thinking Western taxpayers are responsible for our development. The more we accept responsibility for our problems and the more we look for solutions within, the faster we will develop.”

The annual youth dialogue is the second conference organized by the Mandela institute for Development Studies, following the 2013 Ghana youth dialogue. The youth dialogue provides a platform for young Africans from across the continent to interrogate current levels of African youth’s involvement in electoral and governance processes.

The Kigali dialogue has attracted about 100 participants from 43 African countries drawn from Community leaders, students, journalists and political parties within the age bracket of 15-45 years.

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Fitch Ratings has upgraded Rwanda’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to ‘B+’ from’B’.

The Outlooks are Stable. The issue ratings on Rwanda’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been upgraded to ‘B+’ from ‘B’. The Country Ceiling has been upgraded to ‘B+’ from ‘B’ and the Short-term foreigncurrency IDR affirmed at ‘B’.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

The upgrade of Rwanda’s IDRs reflects the following key rating drivers and their relative weights: High Economic growth prospects are strong. GDP growth averaged 6.9%in 2009-2014 in a stable macro environment, supported by structural reforms.

In 2014, Fitch expects real GDP growth to be 6.5% and to increase to 7%-8% in the medium term, in line with performance during the past decade. Growth will benefit from stronger regional integration within the East African Community and rapid gains in agriculture, mines, tourism and services.

The business environment is the second best in Africa according to the World Bank. Rwanda has a track record of prudent and coherent fiscal and monetary policy management evident in moderate inflation (average 4.6% in2010-2013) and limited depreciation of the exchange rate (-2% in 2012 against the US dollar and -5% in 2013) and successfully steering the economy through the testing donor crisis in 2012/13 when aid disbursements were frozen.

Medium Prudent fiscal policy following external debt cancellation under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative has ensured public debtremains moderate (at 30% of GDP vs. 43% for the ‘B’ peers median). Fitch expects the budget deficit to narrow from 5.1% of GDP in fiscal year 2013/14 (FY14) to 3.5%by FY16 thanks to lower net lending (after the proceeds of the 2023 Eurobond have been lent on to public companies) and capital spending, control of current expenditure and higher taxes. Lessons have been learnt from the donor crisis in 2012/13 to minimise the risk of cuts in aid.

The main focus of the new Policy Support Instrument with the IMF is to raise government revenues. Tax receipts were 13.7% of GDP in FY12, 15.2% in FY14 and Fitch expects it could be 15.9% in FY16, thanks to efficiency gains, reforms (notably in agriculture) and GDP growth. The structure of aid inflows is also changing with less general budget support and more project/sectoral loans, which are less sensitive to political pressure.

Rwanda’s ‘B+’ IDRs also reflect the following key rating drivers:The current account deficit (CAD) is structurally high at anexpected 9.5% of GDP in 2014, reflecting the large trade imbalance. It will remain high in the medium term given continuing high imports for building infrastructure.

The CAD will be financed by aid inflows and FDI (about 3% of GDP every year). Fitch expects the rebuilding of foreign reserves, after the depletion related to the donor crisis, will be slow as a result. Reserves are expected to cover 3.8 months of current account payments in 2015 (from 3.7 in 2014).

Dependence on international aid is high albeit declining. Grants accounted for 44% of budget revenues in FY11, 35% in FY14 and are forecast tobe 29% of budget revenues in FY16. Rwanda’s GDP per capita (USD693) and Human Development Index are low.

Political uncertainty is the main risk to stability. The key political date is the 2017 presidential election. It is uncertain whether President Kagame will stand down or change the constitution to enable him to run for a third term. Although that event would likely trigger an adverse reaction from parts of the international community, we do not believe it would necessarily precipitate a permanent halt to donor inflows or major domestic upheaval.

RATING SENSITIVITIES

The Stable Outlook reflects Fitch’s assessment that upside and downside risks to the rating a recurrently well-balanced. The main factors that could lead topositive rating action are:

- Strong GDP growth leading to an increase in GDP per capita over time, closer to peer medians.

- Continued expansion and diversification of the limited export base that would support the narrowing of the CAD and help accumulation offoreign reserves.

- A significant rise in the tax take, reduction in dependence on international donor support and increased financing flexibility.

The main factors that could lead to negative rating action are:

- A material threat to political stability.

- A material cut in donor aid that would affect foreign exchange inflows and trigger macro instability.

- A sharp drop in Rwanda’s export receipts (including mining, tea and coffee exports).

KEY ASSUMPTIONS

Although there may well be some increase in political uncertainty around the 2017 presidential elections, Fitch assumes no major domestic unrest and that broad political stability will prevail. Fitch assumes Rwanda will continue to successfully implement structural reforms and prudent economic policies with the support of the International Monetary Fund.

Fitch expects Rwanda will continue to benefit from high aid inflows to support its development. Fitch forecasts demand for Rwanda’s exports (including minerals, tea and coffee) will benefit from a gradual recovery in the global economy, with world GDP growth forecast to increase to 2.9% in 2014 and 3.2% in 2015 from 2.4% in 2013.

Les drapeaux des pays qui ont participé dans cette 7e Edition de l’Expo 2014

C’est dans le District de Kicukiro, à Kagarama que sera construit un nouveau site pour les Foires Internationales des années à venir. La raison n’est autre que le présent site de Gikondo ne satisfait plus les demandes dont le nombre ne cesse d’augmenter.

C’est François Kanimba, Ministre du Commerce et de l’Industrie (Minicom), qui a procédé à l’ouverture officielle de cette expo. « L’Exposition a amélioré ses standards pour atteindre un niveau international afin de marquer les réalisations vingt ans après le génocide », a indiqué Kanimba. Avant de terminer, il a promis que le Gouvernement et la FSP (Fédération du Secteur Privé) vont renforcer leur partenariat pour aménager un site plus élargi et plus convenable à Kagarama/ Kicukiro pour accueillir l’Expo 2017.

Le Gouvernement du Rwanda en collaboration avec PSF affirment que les travaux d’études de faisabilité pour le nouveau site de l’expo ont déjà commencé. Hannington Namara de la PSF estime que d’ici 2017 les travaux de construction de ce site qui abritera les foires  seront terminés. C’est dans le District de Kicukiro où seront érigées les installations modernes de normes internationales  pour l’Expo.

A l’intérieur du site de Gikondo Show Ground

Visiblement, cette foire internationale a toujours connu une croissance considérable. Les sites change avec le temps depuis 1995. Il s’agit du site du Collège Notre Dame de Cîteaux, Collège Saint André de Nyamirambo, le Stade Amahoro le Park Industriel de Gikondo. Avec tout ce déménagement successif, c’était pour régler les problèmes d’espace, d’infrastructures… mais en vain.

« Les gens viennent visiter et acheter jusque tard dans la nuit car la sécurité est très bien assurée. En plus il fait beau à Kigali, le climat n’est pas chaud comme chez nous, il y a même la pluie alors que c’est pendant la saison sèche, c’est vraiment super » se réjouit un Kenyan venu pour vendre les habits.

Le parking de Gikondo Show Ground est spacieux pour permette beaucoup de véhicules

Cette grande exposition est organisée chaque année par la Fédération du secteur privé (PSF). Celle de cette année qui est à sa 17e Edition (Expo 2014/Rwanda International Trade Fair) a lieu à partir du 23 Juillet au 06, Août 2014.

Cette 17e Edition a connu 340 participants dont 251 venus du Rwanda et le reste venu de l’étranger comme l’Ouganda, le Kenya, la Tanzanie, le Ghana, l’Egypt, le Nigeria, la Côte d’Ivoire les Emirats Arabes Unis, le Pakistan, l’Iran, l’Inde, la Malaisie, le Singapour et la Pologne.

La maquette de Kigali Convention Center

Le nouvel hôtel 5 étoiles en construction dans la Ville de Kigali depuis quatre ans sera bientôt  terminé. Ce qui va renforcer le secteur de l’hospitalité au Rwanda comme le dit l’Amb. Claver Gatete, Ministre des Finances et de la planification économique. Cet Hôtel 5 Etoiles sera en mesure d’accueillir de grands évènements internationaux comme le dit Rick Warren, le Pasteur américain qui est au Rwanda pour le festival annuel de « Thanksgiving », ou « Rwanda Shima Imana ».

A partir du 06 au 10  Aout 2015, plus de 2000 participants venus de 54 pays africains seront au Kigali Convention Center pour ce congrès de cinq jours. Le Pasteur Rick Warren, membre du « President’s Advisory Council », du Président Kagame et Fondateur du Saddleback Ministries basée en Californie aux Etats-Unis, affirme que le Rwanda sera l’hôte du premier congrès « All-Africa Purpose-Driven Leadership Congress » avec comme objectif « purpose driven church leadership congress ».

Le Pasteur Rick Warren, l’Apôtre Paul Gitwaza et d’autres leaders des églises chrétiennes

Le Pasteur Warren, aussi auteur de nombreux livres chrétiens y compris celui le plus vendu, « The Purpose Driven Life », vendu à plus de 30 millions d’exemplaires et traduit dans de nombreuses langues, y compris le kinyarwanda.

Selon Warren, le choix du Rwanda comme hôte de ce congrès n’est pas un hazard : « Plus de cinq présidents africains m’ont demandé d’apporter le modèle du Plan de Paix du Rwanda dans leur pays. J’ai été invité aussi par les dirigeants chrétiens à faire de même dans leur pays pour promouvoir la paix. Au lieu de parcourir tout le continent africain, nous avons décidé d’amener tous les leaders chrétiens africains à Kigali pour voir eux-mêmes ce qui se passe là-bas».

Le Président Paul Kagame échangeant avec son Conseiller, le Pasteur Rick Warren

Comme les héros de ce « Plan de Paix » sont les églises locales, plus de 3000 églises ont pris part à la formation de « purpose-driven training ». Ainsi cette conférence de l’année prochaine est une chance pour le Rwanda de devenir un modèle pour le reste du continent. Les leaders des églises ont toujours souhaité que Warren fasse le tour du continent pour prêcher le modèle rwandais.

Warren a répondu qu’il va envoyer les Rwandais, car dit-il : « ils savent mieux comment le modèle fonctionne, ce sont eux les initiateurs. Ils l’ont fait de leurs chefs, je n’ai aidé qu’à le lancer ».

Rick Warren se félicite de l’image du Rwanda en pleine mutation

Warren salue le progrès du Rwanda dans plusieurs domaines de la vie sociale et le développement. Bref, l’image du pays a changé. « La création d’emplois dans les villes, l’utilisation de meilleures méthodes agropastorales dans les zones rurales, plus d’un millions de Rwandais sorti du seuil de pauvreté, la réputation du Rwanda en pleine mutation, l’ancien  Rwanda était seulement connu pour le génocide tandis que le nouveau Rwanda est surtout connu pour le travail assidu, la croissance, l’ordre, la prospérité, la liberté, la sécurité,… ».

Dans cette campagne annuelle de « Thanksgiving », Warren a fait venir au Rwanda les dirigeants de 31 pays africains, de la Russie, des Etats-Unis, de la Chine et de l’Inde. « L’une des choses  dont ils sont tous d’accord est que le pays est le plus propre par rapport aux autres pays qu’ils ont visités dans le monde ».

Quelle est l’importance du Kigali Convention Center quand il sera terminé ?

La construction du Kigali Convention Center, situé au grand rond-point de Kacyiru, Boulevard de l’Aéroport International de Kigali, est exécutée par la Beijing Construction Engineering Group. Sa construction aura coûté plus de 128 milliards de francs Rwandais.

Ce grand hôtel 5 Etoiles, dont l’un des immeubles a une touche d’une maison traditionnelle rwandaise aura 292 chambres, des bureaux, un espace pour le commerce, un centre de conférence de plus de 2,500 personnes, des piscines, des jardins, les terrains de jeux, un musée, etc.

Le Rwanda compte actuellement plus 258 Hôtels ayant plus de 6,000 chambres  dont 3,000 sont à Kigali, la capitale du Rwanda. Radisson Blu, qui est une compagnie internationale ayant plus de 420 hôtels dans 73 pays à travers le mode va assurer la gestion de cet hôtel.

Akagari ka Muganza yo mu murenge wa Runda, n’aka Muganza yo mu murenge wa Karama twombi two mu karere ka Kamonyi dufitanye umubano kuva mu mwaka wa 2013. Abayobozi b’utu tugari  bemeza ko bigiye byinshi muri uwo mubano, dore ko kamwe kabarizwa mu mujyi akandi mu cyaro.

Mutesa ernest, umuyobozi w’akagali ka muganza, i Runda

Ngo igitekerezo cyo kugirana umubano wihariye “Jumelage”, cyazanywe n’abanyamabanga nshingwabikorwa b’utu tugari kuko guhuza amazina byatumaga ababakuriye babitiranya. Igitekerezo bakigejeje ku Nama njyanama z’utugari twa bo, ziragishyikirira maze batangira kugenderana no kungurana ibitekerezo

Uwizeye vestine, umuyobozi w’akagali ka muganza i karama

Akagari ka Muganza ko mu murenge wa Karama gaherereye mu majyaruguru y’uburengerazuba bw’akarere ka Kamonyi. Isoko y’ubukungu bw’abaturage baho, akaba ari Ubuhinzi nk’utundi duce tw’icyaro tw’akarere. Gafite ahantu nyaburanga nk’Ibitare bya Mashyiga n’ishyamba rya kimeza rya Bunyonga.

Umunyamabanga Nshingwabikorwa w’aka kagari, Uwizeye Vestine, avuga ko umubano bafitanye n’akagari ka Muganza ko mu murenge wa Runda gaherereye mu mujyi wa Kamonyi, ubafasha kumenya ibijyanye n’iterambere ry’imyubakire, no kujya inama ku bitekerezo by’imishinga ibyara inyungu yakunganira ubuhinzi kuzana amafaranga.

Naho umunyamabanga Nshingwabikorwa w’akagari ka Muganza , ho muri Runda, Mutesa Erneste, avuga ko mu mubano n’abaturage b’akagari ka Muganza wa Karama, bahungukiye imibanire myiza n’abo bayobora, ndetse ngo babigiyeho imikoranire iboneye n’inzego bafatanyije kuyobora.

Ngo ubwo babasuraga, basanze Abunzi baho bafite Ikimina bahanahanamo amafaranga, bagarutse i Runda  ababo nabo bahita bakora nkacyo. Ngo bafatiye urugero ku gikoni cy’umudugudu cyo mu kagari ka muganza wa Karama, baboneraho gukangurira ababyeyi kwigishanya guteka.

Mu gihe abaturage b’akagari ka Muganza wa Runda, bari mu gikorwa cyo kubaka ibiro byo gukoreramo, bagenzi ba bo bo muri Muganza wa Karama baje kubaha umuganda, no kumenyana n’abandi baturage batabashije kujyana na Komite z’ubuyobozi kubasura.

Ubwo batahaga ibiro by’akagari ka Muganza wa Runda tariki 1/8/2014, umuyobozi w’akarere ka Kamonyi Rutsinga Jacques, yashimye umubano w’utu tugari twombi, asaba abaturage baho kungukiramo byinshi kuko bombi bafite ibyiza bitandukanye.

Rwanda Bureau of Standards-RBS says that dealers in substandard products are using porous borders to import the products into the country, warning the public to be vigilant of the products on the market.

Due to strict measures the standard body has set up to monitor the market mainly imports, the dealers are now using some of the porous borders to re-import products to the country.

“The dealers in counterfeit products are taking advantage of the weak market monitoring in some of neighboring countries to re-import the products into our market, so the public must be vigilant,” Mark Bagabe Cyubahiro, Director General of Rwanda Bureau of Standards said.

Bagabe said that the body has set up efforts to monitor the market and impound all substandard products that may have infiltrated into the market, something that has helped consumers to be safe from the substandard products.

“porous borders is an issue especially when  all countries do not  put much efforts  in monitoring  substandard products, but  once a single country  strengthens market surveillance like Rwanda has done , then I believe the products will always be found and impounded,” Davis Mukiza, Business consultant said

Recently, Rwanda stepped up its market surveillance where counterfeit Television sets, substandard electrical wires among others were impounded while it also saw manufacturers of milk products such as yoghurt were asked to close until they rectified the challenge of poor hygiene.

Bagabe notes that ensuring quality products will help the public to keep healthy thus contribute to a strong working force for the country.

“There are some hazardous elements in these products that are dangerous to human body, for example, aflatoxins that are found in Maize and other cereals. This is why ensuring standards for products need to be emphasized,” Job Opar, Consumer protection expert said.

Under the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines, some of the prohibited elements and which are common in most manufactured products include, Mercury Compounds, Ethylene Dichloride, Aldrin, Chlordane and Heptachlor.

Others are Hexachlorobenzene (ISO) and DDT (ISO), 1, 2 Dibromoethane (EDB), Dinitro-Ortho-Cresol (DNOC) and its salts (such as Ammonium Salt,Potassium Salt and Sodium Salt, distilled beverages containing essential oils or chemical products,  among others.

Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) want the United Nations to assist in removing members of the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) militia being sheltered in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The call is a bleeper in the face of Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete who a few months back called for the Rwandan government to negotiate with the militia whose members are responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Tanzania is a member of SADC.

The 15-member bloc made the appeal at the end of a two-day summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on Monday.

They said the region was “generally peaceful and stable,” but appealed to the United Nations to help address the situation in the Great Lakes region.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, a Southern African Development Community member, is hoping to rid its eastern provinces of rebel groups that have kept the region in the grips of chaos and violence for years.

On the Democratic Republic of Congo, [the] summit also called upon the United Nations in co-operation with the African Union, to play its role in repatriating the FDLR elements that have voluntarily surrendered and disarmed or provide them with temporary resettlement in third countries outside the Great Lakes Region,” said Stergomena Lawrence-Tax, SADC executive secretary.

The region’s leaders noted “humanitarian assistance and malnutrition still remain a challenge” and they endorsed a 10-year regional food and nutrition security strategy to improve food security.

Rwandan refugees in the Walikare region of North Kivu province of DR Congo

A confidential report sent by MONUSCO to New York shows there is a total of 153,000 Rwandan refugees in DR Congo – contrary to figures released by the UN refugee agency UNHCR to the media. The secret document has been obtained exclusively by News of Rwanda.

According French radio RFI today, a census conducted by the DRC national commission for refugees (CNR) assisted by UNHCR found 245,000 Rwandan refugees. The count found 199,000 refugees in North Kivu and 42,000 in South Kivu. RFI reports that the census was conducted recently.

However, a confidential report MONUSCO sent to New York on 14^th July gives a different number. The document titled: ‘FDLR Incorporated? The movement’s business model at a crossroads’ reports that in 2011, the DRC commission for refugees conducted a census of the Rwandan refugees.

The CNR handed the figures to UNHCR showing there were 120,000 Rwandans in North Kivu and 33,000 in South Kivu.

“…figures by the Commission Nationale des Refugiés (CNR), in 2011, recorded a population of 120,000 Rwandan refugees, of which 80% lived under partial or complete control of the FDLR apparatus,” says the MONUSCO document prepared by the ‘Joint Mission Analysis Cell’ (JMAC).

In South Kivu, “figures for the CNR’s recent pre-enregistrement put the Rwandan refugee population at 33,000 to 34,000″, says the document classified at the top in red as “STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL”.

According to information UNHCR provided to RFI, most of the refugees were born in Congo. In 1994, nearly two million Rwandans crossed into Zaire. The UN has said, until this week, that there were not more than 150,000 Rwandan refugees still in DRC, as most had repatriated back to Rwanda.

Since the 1994 refugee influx out of Rwanda, there have not been any recorded Rwandan refugees going to DRC. The number of Rwandan refugees is suddenly becoming an issue as the international community demands that DRC and MONUSCO launch military operations on the FDLR militia group or the democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda.

The FDLR, whose leaders and rank-and-file executed the genocide in Rwanda and fled to DRC forests, says if it is attacked, Rwandan refugee civilians will suffer. In December last year, the group said it would begin voluntarily disarming in June this year.

Combatants that have returned to Rwanda say refugees are held against their will. Those who are found to have intentions of running away are punished – often with death. Those that remain under FDLR command are intoxicated with sustained propaganda that Rwanda is inhabited by only Tutsis.

Repatriated combatants have often walked for weeks with their wives and babies to reach the nearest UN bases – hoping to be repatriated back to Rwanda. A World Bank funded program helps resettle them. The government of Rwanda provides them with land, money and opportunities to return to school.

However, after the FDLR gave up only about 200 rebels in June and July. It has since been releasing press statements demanding for political negotiations with the government in Kigali, which has out rightly dismissed. The United States and European Union have also made it clear the FDLR have one option; to disarm, or face military force.

Analysts say the tactic of inflating refugee numbers by whichever quarter is meant to convince the international community that there indeed a large number of Rwandan refugees who need the protection of the FDLR. The UN wants to the world that there is a refugee problem, and therefore the FDLR should be left untouched, say analysts.

Umuyobozi w’intara y’uburengerazuba

Abayobozi b’inzego z’ibanze mu karere ka Rusizi barasabwa gushyira imbaraga  mu gukemura ibibazo by’abaturage badasiragiye igihe kirekire dore ko n’ibyo bibazo baba barabigejejweho na banyirabyo hakiri kare, ibyo ni ibyasabwe na Guverineri w’intara y’UBurengerazuba Mukandasira Caritas mu nama yamuhuje n’abayobozi batandukanye b’inzego z’ibanze barimo Komite Nyobozi.

Guverineri Mukandasira  yavuze ko iyi nama nyungurana bitekerezo ihoraho, ibaho igamije gukurikirana ikemurwa ry’ibibazo by’abaturage , kubaka ubushobozi bw’abakozi hagamijwe gutanga serivisi nziza ndetse no kurebera hamwe uko gahunda zitandukanye zigezwa ku baturage n’impinduka zibageraho ahanini akaba ari muri urwo rwego iyi nama yibanze kuri serivisi abayobozi baha abaturage zitaranoga neza  aho guverineri yasabye abayobozi kwirinda guheza abaturage mu nzira baje gukemuza ibibazo buri munsi kuko hari aho usanga abaturage baza inshuro gukemuza ikibazo kimwe bagahora mu nzira kandi nyamara abayobozi bazi ikibazo cyabo

Guverineri w’intara y’uburengerazuba Mukandasira Caritas muri iyi nama yongeye kugaruka ku mikorere mibi yagiye igaragara muri VUP nka gahunda yashyizweho igamije gukura abatishoboye mu bukene ariko muri aka karere ka Rusizi bikaba byaragaragaye ko amafaranga ya VUP yagiye ahabwa abishoboye kandi nyamara abatishoboye bagihari , aha umuyobozi w’intara akaba yasabye ko abayahawe bishoboye bagomba kuyagarura vuba agahabwa abatishoboye.

Iki kibazo cy’imikoreshereze idahwitse y’amafaranga ya VUP guverineri w’intara y’uburengerazuba ubwo yaherukaka muri aka karere ka Rusizi mubyumweru bibiri bishize mu murenge wa Bweyeye yasabye ubuyobozi bw’akarere gukurikirana abayobozi bagaragajwe n’abaturage bavuga ko bikubiye umutungo wa VUP bakawigabagabanya ni muri urwo rwego twifuje kumubaza aho icyo kibazo kigeze adutangariza ko mubugenzuzi bwakozwe bwagararaje ko habayeho uburangare kumicungire yayo mafaranga avugako ababikoze bazashyikirizwa inzego zibishinzwe

Guverineri w’intara y’uburengerazuba yavuze ko Kugirango igihugu gitere imbere ari uko kigomba kurangwa n’imiyoborere myiza akaba ari muri urwo rwego guverineri w’intara y’uburengerazuba yasabye buri muyobozi gushyira imbaraga munshingano ze yubahiriza gushyira mubikorwa gahunda zimureba.

Rwanda’s economy has maintained a steady growth of 7.4% thanks to a booming service industry which rose by 22.4% from 12.6% in the first quarter.

Central Bank Governor, John Rwangombwa said private sector financing grew by 47.8% from 12.4% of 2013 in the same period.

Central bank Chief Economist, Dr. Thomas Kagabo, attributes said liquidity into commercial banks was a major tool that allowed them to lend more and remain stable.

Meanwhile all construction projects that had been put on complete hold at the end of 2013, have contributed 8%. Manufacturing made a turnover of 13.1%.

Rwanda is experiencing growth while recovering from a meltdown that dragged the economy to 4.7% in 2013 due to earlier financial aid cuts.

Governor Rwangombwa said the growth trend is expected continue despite his earlier projection of a 6% growth.

However, despite the positive growth, Rwanda faces a staggering trade imbalance due to increased imports; valued at 75.4% from 72.5% in the same period in 2013.

Revenues from minerals dropped sharply as a result of a fall in global prices and international blockade of African minerals to global markets.

Revenues from major minerals Coltan, Cassiterite and Wolfram drop by 18.6%. Coltan was slapped the sharpest decline of 30.5%, fetching only $41.7m.

Inflation, despite the 1.9% depreciation of local currency against the dollar remained below 5%.

Agriculture that employs 70% of the population, remains an untapped. Rwangombwa said the sector continues to suffer from minimal financing due to its risky nature.  “There is money but agriculture projects are risky…banks are only interested in bankable projects.”

He said efforts to revamp cooperatives (SACCOs) will help increase financing in the sector, especially in mechanized farming.

Rwanda’s coffee export volumes declined by 31.2% blamed on bad weather in the fourth quarter of 2013 coupled with low levels of stock, 2,560T at the end of 2013 compared to 3,262T during the end of 2012. Tea prices this year dropped from $2.85/Kg in January to $2.12/Kg in June leading to contraction of value of tea exports by 10.2% despite a rise of 5.1% in volume.

The decline in tea prices was attributed to a surge in tea supply at the Mombasa auction in Kenya, where 71% of Rwanda’s tea competed with tens of other tea growing countries.

Source: KT Press

A partir du 18/8/2014, la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) a supprimé exigé de visa aux ressortissants rwandais, en vigueur depuis le 21/04/2014. Désormais, la circulation entre les deux pays membres de la CEPGL est libre à la frontière de la Rusizi, qui sépare  la ville de Bukavu, Capitale du Sud Kivu au District de Rusizi du côté du Rwanda. Ce visa imposé par la RDC était contraire aux accords et à l’esprit d’intégration économique auxquels les deux pays se sont engagés à travers la Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL).

Les Rwandais qui traversent quotidiennement cette frontière de la Rusizi pour différentes activités, se félicitent de la suppression du visa car ils ne vont plus payer les frais du visa pour se rendre en RDC. Malgré cela, le Rwanda n’avait pas emboité le pas de son voisin, il est resté fidèle aux lois de la CEPGL dont il est membre, les ressortissants congolais ne payaient pas le visa pour entrer au Rwanda.

« Avec l’imposition de ce visa par la RDC, beaucoup d’entre nous n’avaient pas les moyens pour payer le visa. Ce qui nous limitait dans nos affaires car ça exigeait des déplacements quotidiens de l’autre côté de la frontière », déclare Nshimiyimana Fabien, qui fait ses affaires en RDC.

Tous les commerçants, les fonctionnaires et autres personnes travaillant en RDC, doivent regagner leur  pays à la tombée de la nuit. Mais ils devraient payer 55 dollars, les élèves et les étudiants qui font leurs études à Bukavu payaient 35 dollars. Au départ, ce visa couvrait 3 mois avant que le droit de séjour ne soit augmenté jusqu’à  un an.

La RDC a pris cette décision après une longue discussion

La suppression du visa intervient après que les Directeurs et le Commissaires Généraux des services d’émigration et d’immigration des pays de la CEPGL se sont réunis du 05 au 07 Août à Bujumbura, la capitale du Burundi, pour proposer aux Etats membres de supprimer l’imposition des visas au sein de cette communauté.

Le Maire du District de Rusizi, Oscar Nzeyimana, a révélé que « même après cette réunion, les négociations ont continué entre les autorités de la ville de Bukavu et celles du District de Rusizi ». Les Congolais traversent quotidiennement la frontière principalement pour s’approvisionner en vivres au Rwanda tandis que les Rwandais qui se rendent en RD Congo pour les études et les services.

Taliki ya 25 kanama, Leta izashyira ku isoko impapuro nyemezamwenda cyangwa mvunjwafaranga, zifite agaciro ka Miliyali cumi n’eshanu z’amafaranga y’ u Rwanda.

Ni muri urwo rwego ihagarariwe na banki nkuru y’u Rwanda BNR hakomeje gutangwa ibiganiro hirya no hino, bashishikariza abanyarwanda kuza kugura izi mpapuro.

Kuba leta ishishikariza abaturage kugura izi mpapuro ngo ni ukugirango abanyarwanda ubwabo babashe kwifashiriza leta mu iterambere, gushyigikira abanyarwanda baciriritse mu gushora imali no kwizigamira, ndetse no kubasha guha abaguze izi mpapuro uburyo bwo kubona inyungu ubundi zigiraga hamwe kuko igihugu cyakaga amadeni hanze.

Abitabiriye ibi biganiro bibaza uko byagenda mu gihe uwaguze izi mpapuro yakenera amafaranga mbere y’igihe giteganyijwe mu gihe yaba agize ikibazo.

Nk’uko bitangazwa n’umusesenguzi mu gashami k’isoko ry’amafaranga muri banki nkuru y’igihugu BNR Ngirimana David, ngo biteganyijwe ko uwaguze izi mpapuro z’agaciro ashobora kugana Banki abitsamo akazitangayo akabona inguzanyo cyangwa se akaba yajya ku rwego rwa kabiri ruri ku isoko ry’imali n’imigabane akagursha impapuro ze, ku giciro cyazo kiri ku isoko.

Ngirimana avuga ko izi mpapuro zihindurirwa amazina zikandikwa ku uzihguze, agira ati, “izi mpapuro zandikwa ku uziguze muri bikandikwa muri cya gitabo cy’ikoranabuhanga kibikwamo amazina ya nyir’impapuro nyemezamwenda muri BNR”

Iyi gahunda ya Leta yo kuguza amafaranga imbere mu gihugu ngo yegerejwe abaturage aho umuntu ashobora kugura kuva ku rupapuro rumwe ku bihumbi 100frw, kugeza ku zo yifuza zose bitewe n’ubushobozi afite.

Izi mpapuro zikazajya zibikwa kuri konti y’uwaziguze muri banki uwaguze yifuza, ari nayo mpamvu abadasanganywe amakonti basabwa kuba bayafunguje nibura mbere ya 25 uku kwezi, kuko isoko rizamara umunsi umwe gusa.

Ku bijynanye n’urwunguko rukiri hasi ugereranyije n’urutangwa muri za banki aho Leta izungukira abaguze izi mpapuro 11,5% mu gihe usanga amabanki ageza hejuru ya 15% Ngirimana avuga ko uko abagura bitabira ari nako haganirwa uburyo bwo kuzamura urwunguko kandi Leta ikaba yaragabanyije umusoro kugeza kuri 5% ku baguze hejuru y’impapuro z’agaciro ka miliyoni ashatu mu gihe ubundi umusoro wari 15%.

Ibi ngo bikaba bizatuma abafite amafaranga bitabira kugura izi mpapuro, kuko ngo harimo na gahunda yo kwigira, aho umunyarwanda azaba yagize uruhare mu kuzamura ubukungu bw’igihugu cye.

Ikindi ngo ni uko leta yo itajya yambura umukiriya wayigurije mu gihe usanga hari amabanki ahura n’ibibazo byo kwamburwa.

Equipping women   with employable skills is vital to leapfrog the economy and foster for improved livelihoods for all citizens, Carolyn Turk the World Bank country representative for Rwanda has said

Accordingly,  women have been  key in  the production sector  mainly in agriculture as well as in small and  micro businesses  which are seen  as  source of incomes for most  households thus  providing  them with skills  will further strengthen  the sector.

“ promoting skills among adolescent  girls and young women who are the mothers of the future  generation  plays  an important role in the  economic  development  of the  country, develops confidence in them and take control of their lives as well of their children,”  she said during the  graduation of  over 500 adolescent girls and young women trained in Culinary Art, Agri-Business, Food Processing, Art and Crafts.

The  graduates are part  are  the first cohort of the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI), a component operating under Work Force Development Authority-WDA supported by a Multi-Donor Trust Fund from the World Bank.

“This program   aims at promoting skills among adolescent girls and young women to generate income to ensure that they can be self-reliant,” Henrietta Umulisa, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion stressed

Liberata Uwera who completed in Food processing from one of the AGI centers in Gicumbi district testified how she earns Rwf60, 000 per month out of selling milk products.

Accordingly, project is a real transformation for many vulnerable adolescent girls and young women who lacked employable skills. The next two cohorts of 1400 students will graduate in December 2014.

Jerome Gasana the Director General  at WDA notes that  promoting skills  among the vulnerable groups will help spearhead  equitable growth  and development which will result into better livelihoods  as they would be able to  produce quality products that would  compete both  on local and international markets.

“We believe that TVET skills is the only way we can  reach our targets  of transforming  our  country to  a middle income economy, once we have our own skills, we expect   our workforce to  increase production, add value to  our products for export,”   he said.

He said that the Authority is planning to extend the training to other districts so that it covers the vulnerable young women and adolescent girls in rural areas who have been facing challenges of earning an income.

Rwanda has been ranked in the first position in logistics performance according to the east African logistics performance surveys with a score of 3.52, followed by Uganda in second place with a score of 3.07.

Tanzania comes in third with an average score of 2.89 while Kenya and Burundi are ranked at position 4and 5, with scores of 2.82 and 2.78 respectively.

Some of the indicators on which Rwanda ranks best include timely delivery of shipments, competence and quality of logistics services, percentage of shipment physically inspected, transparency in conducting customs valuations, manner in which trade disputes are handled and incidence of corruption and rent-seeking.

Rwanda also performed very well in areas such as security of cargo while in transit, communicating information when trade regulations change and quality of transport and ICT infrastructure.

“For a country to improve its ranking in logistics performance, measures have to be put in place to increase investments in infrastructure, improve services delivered by both private sector entities and State agencies involved in the goods clearance process and an attitude change in the level of preparedness of shippers to effectively fulfill their obligations in international trade transactions,” the report says.

The logistics performance of individual EAC Partner States is rated using 11 key indicators and individual country scores aggregated across all respondents, resulting in a single average score for each indicator.

For the region to become competitive, the report recommends development of regulations that facilitate and encourage private-public partnerships, especially for large regional infrastructure projects such ports and railroads. Global economy

There is need for a well-functioning specialized logistics infrastructure to ease freight handling, streamline inspection processes, and provide value-added services in areas closer to ports, airports and border crossings.

This report advances some recommendations that are critical to the improvement of the logistics performance of EAC Partner States and their related ability to promote international trade and spur economic growth.

The findings of this logistics performance survey for East Africa focuses on logistics drawn on a set of data collected over a period of four months beginning February to May 2014 from freight forwarding and Shippers companies in East Africa.

The survey tracks specific quantitative indicators of logistics performance in terms of cost, time and complexity of executing trade transactions which EAC countries can use to target policy actions to improve logistics and monitor their progress.

Kuva mu mwaka wa 2008, mu karere ka Ngororero bagaragaza uko besheje imihigo akarere kaba karagiranye na perezida wa Repubulika, igahera ku nzego zo hasi mu midugudu, utugari n’imirenge aho abaturage n’abayobozi kuri izo nzego nabo bahiga imbere y’ababakuriye.

Nkuko bigaragara akarere ka Ngororero kagenda kazamuka mu manota uko umwaka utashye, kuko mu mwaka wa mbere akarere kagize amanota 69% ariko ubu kakaba kageze aho kagira 93%. Uku ni nako ibikorwa remezo nk’imihanda, amasoko, amazi meza, amashuri n’ibindi byinshi bikomeza kwiyongera buri mwaka.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Ngororero avuga ko bagize amahirwe yo gukorera ku mihigo kuko bituma bagira intego zifatika. Aka karere kandi kagize amahirwe ko Perezida wa repubulika akongerera buri mwaka ingengo y’imari yihariye igamije kukihutisha mu iterambere. Hari ibikorwa neza byinshi hakaba n’ibitaragerwaho.

Abo bikorerwa bafite uko babona gukorera ku mihigo.

Niytonsenga Jean Damascene, avuga ko imihigo ituma babona ibikorwa remezo ku buryo bwihuse, we atekereza ko iyo imihigo itabaho bitari kugenda nk’uko bimeze ubu. Uyu muturage avuga ko ashingira ku mbaraga we yita nyinshi abayobozi bashyira mu kurangiza ibikorwa cyane cyane iyo igihe cyo guhigura cyegereje.

Undi muturage utarashatse ko amazina ye avugwa, avuga ko abayobozi bita ku bikorwa gusa maze rimwe na rimwe bagahutaza abaturage bashaka ko babafasha kubona amanota. Urugero rutangwa ahanini ngo ni mu kwakwa amafaranga y’umusanzu w’ubwisungane mu kwivuza ndetse n’ayinyubako z’amashuri, ahari abaturage bagiye bahutazwa nko mu murenge wa Ngororero mu kagari ka torero n’ahandi.

Ibi ariko, umuyobozi w’akarere wungirije ushinzwe ubukungu aherutse gutangaza ko ntabyo bazi, kandi ko niba bibaho ari amakosa akorwa n’abayobozi kandi ngo iyo bamenyekanye barakurikiranwa.

Ngo hari abayobozi biha umuhigo muto bagamije kuzabona amanota menshi?

Rimwe na rimwe, hari abibaza impamvu hari abayobozi usanga besa imihigo ku kigereranyo gikubye inshuro nyinshi icyo bari bategereje . Urugero rutangwa ni nk’aho muri uyu mwaka ushize hari umuhigo wo mu murenge wa Kageyo washyizwe mu bikorwa ku kigereranyo cya 600%. Hari n’indi mihigo usanga igera kuri 300%. Ndagijimana Gaston asanga hari abayobozi bashobora kuba biha umuhigo muto kandi hari ubushobozi bwo kugera kuri byinshi.

Ikindi kivugwa ku birebana no guhigura ni umubare muto w’ingo zigira amakayi y’imihigo ndetse izindi ntiziyikorereho. Muri gashyantare 2014, ubuyobozi bw’akarere bwiyambaje abafatanyabikorwa bako batandukanye mu gufasha mu kuzamura uru rwego rw’imihigo yo mu ngo.

Imihigo yatumye havuka udushya hanongerwa imirimo

Uretse imirimo mishya igenda ivuka kubera ibikorwa bitandukanye muri aka karere, hanagaragara udushya twinshi twagiye dukorwa n’abaturage mu guhanga imirimo tugashyigikirwa n’imirenge ndetse n’akarere. Utwo dushya turebana ahanini no kwihangira imirimo ariko itari isanzwe ikorerwa muri aka karere, ku buryo bishimisha abaturage bikanabagirira akamaro.

Ubwo yasuraga akarere ka Ngororero kuwa 14 Kanama 2014, Depite Ngabo Amiel yavuze ko ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Ngororero nibukomeza gukorera ku mihigo uko bimeze ubu, aka karere kazaca ku tundi twinshi kubera gukorera hamwe kuranga abakozi bako. Ndetse minisiteri y’ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu nayo iherutse kubwira abagatuye ko inkunga bahabwa na Perezida yiteguye kuyikomeza kuko bayikoresha neza.

Hamwe n’ibintu byabo,bahise bafashwa n’akarere kugera mu duce bakomokamo

Indi miryango 5 igizwe n’abantu 9 yatahutse yiyongera  ku bantu 17 baherutse gutaha muri uku kwezi kwa Kanama. Iyi miryango 5 yatahutse iva muri  Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo. Kuri uyu wa 25 Kanama, 2014 igisesekara ku butaka bw’akarere ka Nyabihu ari naho ikomoka, bamwe mu bayigize batangaje ko muri Congo bari babayeho nabi kandi ko aho babaga uvuga ikinyarwanda wese yatotezwaga bikomeye.

Nyuma yo kugezwa mu karere bakomokamo,bishimiye ko ntawe uzongera kubabwira ko aho bari atari iwabo ngo abe yabatoteza cyangwa ngo abahohotere

Nyuma yo kurambirwa umutekano muke uboneka muri Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, guhiga Abanyarwanda ndetse n’ubuzima bubi babagamo, bamwe mu bagize imiryango 5 yafashe icyemezo cyo gutahuka mu mpera z’iki cyumweru dusoje ikaza no kubigeraho, bavuze ko izo mpamvu byabateye guhita bafata icyemezo cyo gutaha mu gihugu cyabo.

Mukanoheri ndetse na Ntabahwana bamwe mu batahutse, bavuga ko muri Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo bari babayeho mu buzima bugoye,buvanze n’umutekano muke. Bongeraho ko uwitwa Umunyarwanda,uvuga “Ikinyarwanda” yahigwaga mu buryo bukomeye ku buryo hari abanicwaga,abandi bakirukanwa.

Mukanoheli ndetse n’umukecuru Ntibahwana,badutangariza ubuzima bari babayemo muri Congo, wabonaga ari ibintu byabababaje ku buryo babivuganaga umubabaro ugaragara ku maso

Ubwo buzima buteye butya bwatumye bafata icyemezo cyo gutaha. Ubwo basesekaraga ku butaka bw’akarere ka Nyabihu ,ari naho bavuga ko bavuka, biruhukije bavuga ko batandukanye n’umutekano muke ndetse bishimira ko batazongera kumva ijwi ribabwira ko aho bari atari mu gihugu cyabo.

Nyuma yo kubona uko mu Rwanda hameze n’umutekano uhari,bishimiye kuba bageze mu rwababyaye. Bongeyeho ko hari n’abandi basigaye muri ayo mashamba ya Congo bashishikariza gutaha,kuko mu Rwanda bahigereye bagasanga ari amahoro.

Nyuma yo kugezwa ku karere ka Nyabihu,umuyobozi w’akarere wungirije ushinzwe imibereho myiza y’abaturage Sahunkuye Alexandre,yavuze ko icyo bihutira kubakorera ari ukubageza aho bakomoka dore ko banafite iby’ibanze bizaba bibatunga. Yongeraho ko bazakomeza gukurikirana imibereho yabo,haboneka n’ubufasha bagafashwa bityo bakarushaho kubaho neza no kwizamura.

Imiryango 5 yatahutse kuri uyu wa 25 Kanama,igizwe n’abana 4 n’abakuze 5, ikaba yiyongera ku bandi bantu 17 baherutse gutahuka kuwa 11 Kanama 2014. Abahungutse bakaba ahanini ari abagore n’abana.

SylvestreMudacumura, the reclusive FDLR military commander. This is the only photo available to the ICC which has indicted him on dozens of charges

With sales of Hemp, charcoal, ivory and taxation – Rwandan FDLR rebels are making millions of dollars annually with help from Congolese army units in the east of the massive country, says a classified MONUSCO document sent to New York.

The militia group calling itself the democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda or FDLR maintains a large business empire managed by ICC fugitive SylvestreMudacumura and Defence Commissioner, AugustinNsengimana.

To operate without any problems, Congolese army officers provide safe passage for goods which have been supplied to wives of the Congolese officers by FDLR contacts. The Congolese military officers are on the battle-front, but their wives are managing booming businesses.

These never-before details have been compiled in a classified investigation sent to New York last month by the UN mission in DR Congo – or MONUSCO.The MONUSCO document was prepared by the ‘Joint Mission Analysis Cell’ (JMAC) and titled at top in red as “STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL”.

For North Kivu, the FDLR team in charge of making money is called “Miroir” – now based in the Kasugho area (approx. 70 km West of Lubero-Centre), where gold mining is pursued. For South Kivu, unit in charge of money generation, previously known as “Lunette”, was dissolved and was replaced by three liaison offices.

These are called Antennas, says the report.Apart from liaison functions, according to the MONUSCO document, those antennas also play a role in trafficking. The FDLR men responsible for these operations are Col Bonheur in Burhinyi (Mwenga), Lt Maurice in Mulenge (Uvira), and Adjutant Kidumu in Kanyantende (Mwenga).

In North Kivu province alone, the militia – whose members executed the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda and fled to Congo, has a group in charge of business totalling about 200 combatants.

“A general estimate (of FDLR revenues) arrives at several millions of US dollars. Much of the income is generated through taxation,” says the report.

“Profits are shared between FDLR, FARDC, and local Mayi-Mayi groups. ICCN estimates that illegal fishing and charcoal production annually generate around U$$32million and US$35 million respectively.”

The ICCN is the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature – which is a government agency – also managing the virunga national park, whose director Emmanuel de Merode was ambushed in April by suspected FDLR rebels.

According to the MONUSCO document, an estimated 92% of charcoal used in North Kivu comes from the Virunga National Park supplied by the FDLR. Approximately two FUSO trucks drive down the Kikuku – Sake axis every day, carrying 300 charcoal bags per truck on average.

FDLR sells each bag at around US $15 to businessmen, who, once in Goma, sell them at US $25 to US $30 each. The gross selling price could be around US $9,000 per day. The detail price could be up to US $18,000. Two other trucks are also supplying the Rutshuru – Goma axis each day, generating between US $8 to US $10 for each bag on the FDLR side. The gross selling price could be around US $4,800 to US $9,600 per day.

The FDLR illicit trade involves timber, hemp, illegal fishing, poaching and gold mining.When combined with illegal taxation, the total revenue from these sectorstotals at least $71million annually.

Regarding the hemp (urumogi in Kinyarwanda) production, in the border area of Lubero-Walikaleand in Ruthsuru, enormous amounts of ‘chanvre’ – the local variety of cannabis – are cultivated.The FDLR rebels controls most of the production. The most important fields are situated in the villages of Ikobo, Lusamambo, Bukumbirwa, Buleusa, Miriki, LuofuLusoghaKanandavuko,Lueshe, Mirangi and Kateku.

Every harvest period approximately 10 tons of hemp is being produced. In a year, there are four production seasons. The biggest trade center is located in Miriki on the border of the Luberoand Walikale territories – eastern DRC.

“The principal buyers are wives of FARDC officers. (The FARDC controls the route to Goma via Rutshuru),” says the classified report obtained by News of Rwanda.

“The officers’ wives are the ‘négociants’ (traders) who buy the drugs; their husbands facilitate the transport. The FARDC has been involved in the drugs traffic for a long time.”

The document adds: “The transport is organized during the night. Youngsters, escorted by FDLR elements, carry bags of 60 kilos of hemp on their backs from the villages to the road. The drugs are loaded on trucks and hidden beneath layers of manioc bags. The trucks leave from the towns of Kayna, Kanyabayonga or Kirumba.”

FDLR resource mobilization also focuses on illegal taxation in some mining sites in Itombwe, Burhinyi, and Mukungwe, as well as on small-scale gold trade, the taxation of trade, charcoal, and the culture/exportation of hemp to Uvira – on to Burundi, and Tanzania through Mulenge, and Sange.

FDLR commanders in charge of business operations have reportedly established links with Butembo gold traders, which export their products through Kasindi border post, the third border post in North Kivu. FDLR money-making teams work with officers within FARDC 85^th Military Sector hierarchy for obtaining weapons and ammunition supply.

Since November 2013, the ICCN has recorded the killing of five elephants in the general area of Kapopi (North West of Kiwanja) – several kilometres from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Poaching networks are involving local poachers, FDLR and FARDC officers.

The classified brief says: “For instance in Kagando area (12 km N of Tongo), the wife of a local FDLR officer receives weapons from FARDC Lt Col Zaire Ndarihoranya (ethnic Hutu from Tongo, ex RCD-G, 1003^rd Regt Cmdr in Beni up to January 2014, then called to Kinshasa). Weapons are handed over to a poacher group. When this group has collected enough ivory, the product is sent to Tongo, then Sake, where it is secured and later exported.”