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Ibi babitangaje ku itariki ya 31 Gicurasi 2024, ubwo hatahwaga ibiro by'akagari ka Kagomasi gaherereye mu Murenge wa Gashora, byuzuye bitwaye miliyoni 24 Frw n'iby'akagari ka Rugunga geherereye mu murenge wa Mushenyi, byuzuye bitwaye miliyoni 50 Frw.

Utu tugari twose twagiye twubakwa n'imiganda y'abaturage ahandi bagatanga imisanzu, ubuyobozi bukabunganira ku bintu bimwe na bimwe kugira ngo imirimo igende neza.

Bigirimana Daniel utuye mu kagari ka Kagomasi yavuze ko ibiro byabo byari byarasadutse, ibice bimwe bitarimo sima ku buryo bari bafite ikibazo cy'uko abaturage bajya kuhakira serivisi bizabagwira.

Ati 'Ariko ubu turishimira ko hari inzu y'icyitegererezo, tukaba tubishima ndetse tunabishimira ubuyobozi. Twe twishatsemo amaboko, dukora imiganda kuva dutangiye kubaka kugera dusoje.'

Twagirumukiza Samuel we yavuze ko yishimiye ko akagari kabo ubu kari gukorera mu nzu ijyanye n'igihe ku buryo ngo no kujya kuhakira serivisi biteye ishema.

Mukampazimpaka Leonie utuye mu k agari ka Rugunga yavuze ko kuba baragize uruhare runini mu kwiyubakira ibiro abibatera ishema ryo kuba Abanyarwanda bagira uruhare mu kwishakamo ibisubizo. Yashimiye bagenzi be bitanze mu bikorwa by'umuganda ndetse n'abatanze amafaranga kugira ngo imirimo irangire.

Umunyamabanga w'Inama Njyanama y'Akarere ka Bugesera, Bicamumpaka Ildephonse, yavuze ko ibiro by'akagari gashya ka Kagomasi byubatswe nyuma y'aho mu 2023 abaturage bari bavuze ko akagari kabo ko gakorera mu nzu ishaje cyane, bituma Njyanama ikora ubuvugizi.

Guverineri w'Intara y'Iburasirazuba, Rubingisa Pudence, yizeza aba baturage bagize uruhare mu kwiyubakira ibiro bishya by'utugari ko ubuyobozi nabwo buzashyiramo ibikoresho bishya, bajye bahabonera serivisi nziza.

Ibiro by'akagari ka Kagomasi byubatswe n'abaturage

Ibiro by'akagari ka Rugunga na byo byubatswe n'abaturage

Guverineri Rubingisa yashimiye abaturage ba Bugesera bishatsemo ibisubizo

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Icyo gihe hari hari undi mushinga wo kubaka inyubako nshya wari ukiri gushyirwa mu bikorwa. Intego yari ugukomeza kwagura ibikorwa no gushyiriraho umwanya uhagije abashaka kugira imishinga yabo ibisubizo by'ibibazo bihari bakoreramo.

Mu mpera z'icyumweru gishize nibwo imirimo yatangiye gukorerwa muri iyi nyubako nshya ya Norrsken Kigali House, yarangiye itwaye miliyari 7 Frw. yubatse mu buryo burengera ibidukikije cyane ko itwikirijwe n'ibyatsi n'indabo ku kigero cya 30%.

Ni inyubako yubatse ku buso bwa metero kare 4,000 ikaba ifite ubushobozi bwo kwakira ba rwiyemezamirimo 1,500, aho kuri ubu 80% by'imyanya yayo imaze kuzura.

Iyi nyubako nshya yatangiye kubakwa muri Werurwe 2023, niyo igize igice cya nyuma cy'ishoramari rya miliyoni $20 [Asaga miliyari 25 Frw], rya Norrsken, mu gutangiza urugendo rwo guhindura u Rwanda igicumbi cy'ikoranabuhanga ryahindura ubuzima n'imibereho y'abatuye Afurika.

Mu birori byo gutangiza imirimo muri iyi nyubako, Umuyobozi wa Norrsken East Africa, Elie Habimana, yavuze ko bifuza ko Norrsken iba impamvu abantu bahurira hamwe, kugira ngo bateze imbere gahunda yo guhanga udushya no kwihangira imirimo hagamijwe kurema ibisubizo bizahindura imibereho n'imiterere y'akazi mu minsi iri mbere.

Yagize ati 'Kwaguka kwacu ni ikimenyetso cy'uko ubutumwa bwa Norrsken bwumvikana kandi bugatuma abantu bafata ingamba. Kandi twishimiye gushyigikira ubu buhanga no kwihangira imirimo.'

Iyi nyubako itwikiriwe na za 'panneaux solaires' zitanga ingufu zikomoka ku mirasire y'Izuba, ku buryo zitanga umuriro ungana na 50% ku uwukoreshwa muri iyi nyubako yose.

Norrsken House Kigali muri rusange ifasha ba rwiyemezamirimo bato guhura n'abashoramari bavuye hirya no hino kugira ngo bashore amafaranga mu mishinga yabo.

Mu myubakire ya Norrsken Kigali House, hagenwe ahantu abayikoreramo baba bafite ibiro, aho bashobora kwakirira abashyitsi babo haba mu nyubako cyangwa mu busitani bwatewemo.

Nk'ikigo gikora imishinga y'ikoranabuhanga, umwihariko wacyo ni uko ibikoresho byayo byinshi biryifashisha kuva ku gufungura umuryango ukwinjiza mu nyubako kugera kuri internet yihuta yorohereza abayikoresha kumenya ibigezweho.

Ifite ubushobozi bwo kwakira ba rwiyemezamirimo 1,500

Iyi nyubako nshya ya Norrsken Kigali House, yarangiye itwaye miliyari 7 Frw

Iyi nyubako ikikijwe n’ibiti byinshi

Habaye ibirori byo gutangiza ku mugaragaro imirimo y’iyi nyubako

Iyi nyubako nshya yatangiye kubakwa muri Werurwe 2023, niyo igize igice cya nyuma cy'ishoramari rya Norrsken, rya miliyoni $20 [Asaga miliyari 25 Frw]

Kimwe mu bice by’imbere muri iyi nyubako

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Rwanda is looking to develop its own national Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the next two years, as part of the country's efforts to streamline its financial system and position itself as an important player in the future of the global economy.

The national digital currency, according to the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), would offer Rwandans a safe, free, and easy alternative to physical cash. It would also expand financial inclusion by enabling more unbanked population to participate in the formal economy.

And, as digital currencies enter wider global use, it would enable the government and private companies to participate in international trade more seamlessly.

But to many Rwandans, as is around the world, the concept of a CBDC remains theoretical.

In an exclusive interview, The New Times' Edwin Ashimwe caught up with Soraya Hakuziyaremenye, the Deputy Governor at Rwanda's Central Bank, who unpacked the necessary steps to adopt a national currency, and the potential benefits for the public.

Already, she said that Rwanda's main trading partners like China are testing the digital Yuan, and the European Union (EU) plans to adopt a digital currency in 2025.

Below are excerpts;

The National Bank of Rwanda recently published a feasibility study on the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC). How relevant was the study? And what did you learn from the findings?

First, I will start by going back to what a CBDC is and why we think the Rwandan digital franc is important for the local market.

The CBDC would be a digital form of cash. In the same way, Rwandans use banknotes, coins to buy things, or even electronic payments to send money, the central bank digital currency would do the same.

And it was important because of developments in other countries as well.

We know now that close to 11 countries have issued CBDCs. The first one was the Bahamas, and we have a number of countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa that are either in the piloting phase or issued their CBDC.

With Rwanda positioning as an ICT hub, with the ambition to become a cashless economy, and an international financial hub, we needed to understand whether there would be benefits for Rwanda as well to embark on that technological journey.

 

Rwanda is studying the feasibility of adopting a Central Bank Digital currency, which is a digital form of central bank-issued money. Courtesy

The first step was conducting research (feasibility study) and we didn't do it alone. We worked with the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of ICT and Innovation to form a task force that would look at those developments in other countries and start looking at a CBDC for Rwanda.

That started in 2022, and what we learned is that it was important as a central bank to understand not only the technology behind a CBDC, but also the potential risks that would come if we were to issue a digital currency.

Equally important was the need to consult banks, fintech, payment services providers, as well as other government institutions to collect their feedback on the CBDC.

What do the early findings show?

The findings show that there are multiple opportunities for a national digital currency in Rwanda.

We identified four that we wanted to test. The first one is that a CBDC would be more resilient to the current payment systems and would actually sort of be a better payment tool in case of disasters.

The CBDC would also boost innovation and competition among payment system providers, as well as an accelerator to the cashless agenda that our country has embarked on. Equally beneficial is a CBDC that would improve cross-border payments.

What are the next steps and when does the Central Bank plan on introducing the CBDC? And if you could also speak to the expected outcomes.

Ours is a cautious approach and it would even require a cabinet decision because this is Rwanda's currency.

We have seen that one of the risks of CBDC is lack of adoption. If a central bank issues such a digital currency but the population doesn't see the benefits, then there is no work done. And we don't want to issue a national digital currency for the sake, but rather a CBDC that has benefits for the Rwandan population.

This is why we published the research paper and opened a public consultation process, where we expect to receive feedback from the general population including concerns.

And, from the feedback we have received it is clear that some of the concerns are around data privacy, around resilience, and also around the fact that we need assurance that a CBDC would not destabilize the financial system.

When can we expect it?

We are mindful of our region. For instance, when we look at countries that have undertaken research or piloting, currently we have close to 86 countries that have formally started piloting or are at the same level with us in research.

And secondly, deciding to launch a CBDC is not something you take lightly.

You must work closely with your trading partners, for instance, if you are to validate that cross-border payments will be faster, and cheaper, that our main trading partners also can receive CBDCs that have developed their own.

We still have four weeks until the public consultation process is closed, and then we embark on a proof of concept.

That will allow us to test the technology, the design, and the speed on a small scale. But there is also an aspect of cases where we want to test the technology in other countries, particularly in cross-border payments, this exercise will roughly take six months.

That will be followed by taking a sample of individuals and companies who will be mapped out to test the digital currency, and see whether the technology works seamlessly, if it is resilient, and see that all the risks have been mitigated.

Given that pace, we look to have everything on the table within the next two years.

One of the challenges most central banks face in rolling out a digital currency is the design. What kind of design are the early findings pointing towards?

There are different options. Rwanda's preferred option is to have a retail CBDC. That means a CBDC that is distributed through banks the same way you can make deposits and have accounts with your bank.

Another option is to have an indirect CBDC. There are in, literature, cases where people would have direct accounts with their central banks, but we don't think this would be the right approach because we want to still have banks playing their role of intermediation.

Lastly is to look at should whether we should have a CBDC that is also accessible offline, especially in areas that don't have internet access or even smartphones. That would also play a crucial role in the events where we have power outages in the country.

So, it is going to be a retail form of CBDC?

This is our preference.

You also recently opened up a public consultation, what is the feedback so far?

We have received various positive feedback, but also concerns. But the most important thing is that there is optimism about the CBDC for Rwanda, which is encouraging.

The majority indicate that that this would not only fast-track financial inclusion but also the population having access to digital financial services quicker.

The concerns revolve around privacy and whether the technology will be secure.

Other concerns raised include how the monetary policy is going to work and be transmitted if it's now in digital form. Others are adopted from financial institutions such as Banks.

These are very valid questions that play a crucial role in informing the next steps before the CBDC is launched.

To say that there are no risks would not be true because even the research shows that there are potential risks, especially around the stability of the system, cyber security within the years of the technology, and then of course adoption by the public.

But why not concentrate on improving the existing electronic payment methods? Why is it important for a country like Rwanda to launch a national digital currency?

This is a debate that we also internally had. But one of the main drivers is seeing our major trading partners testing or using the tech.

One example is China, they are now in the pilot phase. But also, international communities like the European Union (EU) are set to launch its CBDC in 2025.

Imagine instances where trading partners adopt a national digital currency and Rwanda fails to trade because we don't have the technology.

This will negatively impact the private sector for both countries.

But there is also an imperative for the Central Bank to make sure that we are ready for innovations that are also experimented in other countries where we have trading relations and partnership, so that we are not at the tail end of that of such developments.

The Central Bank has continuously pursued efforts to promote financial technology services through initiatives such as the NBR fintech sandbox. How has this evolved?

Maybe going back to why BNR introduced a regulatory sandbox, we could see several fintechs coming to the market, thanks in large part to the efforts by the Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC).

We continue to attract major fintech firms including unicorns in Africa such as Flutterwave, and Chipper Cash among others.

The sandbox is a platform that allows such innovations to be able to test their solutions without being licensed, but it's in a controlled environment where they are incubated for 12 months.

During that period, we can assess whether that project doesn't pose a risk to the country's financial stability, but also to work with innovators and entrepreneurs to make them understand all these licensing requirements.

Since it was launched in 2022, we currently have eight fintechs in the sandbox, three are in the payment space, and we have one in crowdfunding solution, others in insurance brokerage, and digital lending.

The sandbox has also been a bridge between the innovators and existing financial institutions, one example is SPENN and I&M bank in the digital payment space.

We are very happy with the progress, and I think it has created trust between startup entrepreneurs and the Central Bank.

For us to also acknowledge that we are not tech experts and of course innovators are always a step ahead.

Similar to this is the proposed regional single currency, is this a development that is still relevant for the EAC market? Who is to blame for the dawdle?

I think we can understand that people are impatient because the East Africa Community (EAC) single currency has been delayed and the 2024 deadline extended.

Last year the Monetary Affairs Committee which is a committee of Central Banks in the region decided to extend the deadline because the prerequisites were not ready.

We still need to harmonise a regulatory framework, we still need conventional criteria because the levels of development of EAC member states is still different.

We also need to create the EAC monetary institute which will work towards having a single currency, it was supposed to start in 2023, but it is still subject to approval at the Heads of State level.

There are several steps that are still needed before we get a single currency.

But I don't think we should despair.

When you look at other international communities, for instance, the European Union, it took more than 40 years to have a Euro.

I think the new deadline which is 2031 is ideal.

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Umukinnyi w’umunyarwanda usoje amasezerano muri Police FC, Nshuti Dominique Savio yamaze kubagwa imvune y’urutugu yari amaranye iminsi.

Savio wari kapiteni wa Police FC, nyuma yo gusoza amasezerano akaba we na Police FC barumvikanye ko batazakomezanya mu mwaka w’imikino utaha ko yajya kwishakira ahandi.

Gusa mu mikino ya nyuma ya shampiyona akaba yaraje kugira ikibazo cy’urutugu rw’ibumoso azi ko ari ibintu byoroshye bizahita birangira.

Nyuma yo kubonana n’abaganga bakaba baramubwiye ko agomba kubagwa kugira ngo iyi mvune ye ikire neza.

Amakuru ISIMBI yamenye ni uko ku wa Gatandatu w’icyumweru gishize tariki ya 1 Kamena 2024 ari bwo uyu mukinnyi ukina asatira anyuze ku mpande yabazwe akaba yarabagiwe Kicukiro mu bitaro bya DMC (Dream Medical Center).

Nyuma yo kubagwa bikaba biteganyijwe ko ashobora kugaruka mu kibuga hagati y’amezi 2 ndetse n’amezi 3.

Akaba agize imvune y’urutugu nyuma y’uko muri 2017 ubwo yari muri AS Kigali yabazwe urutugu rw’iburyo rwari rufite ikibazo cyo gucomoka.

Nshuti Dominique Savio ni umukinnyi wakuriye mu ishuri ryigisha umupira ry’Isonga, yavuyemo ajya muri Rayon Sports yakiniye kugeza 2017 ubwo yajygaga muri AS Kigali atatinzemo kuko yahise ajya muri APR FC batandukana yerekeza muri Police FC yakiniraga kugeza uyu munsi.

Savio yabazwe urutugu

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The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against five Uganda public officials, among them Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and former Deputy Chief of Defence Forces in a crackdown on corruption and human rights violation.

This comes just a month after the United Kingdom announced similar sanctions against the leader of the National Assembly and two ex-ministers.

The US State Department, said in a statement dated May 30, 2024, Ms Among was placed under sanctions due to her involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership of Uganda's parliament.

The Speaker is also battling sanctions announced by the United Kingdom at the end of April for corruption, which has led to the freezing of her property and financial holdings in the UK, the statement said.

The UK sanctions have triggered investigations, with multiple state agencies and officials, including President Yoweri Museveni taking Ms Among to task to give details of the mentioned property and financial assets in the UK and if she declared them as required under the Leadership Code Act.

The US also announced sanctions against former Minister of Karamoja Affairs Mary Goretti Kitutu and her deputy Agnes Nandutu, as well as Minister of State for Finance Amos Lugolobi, over their alleged involvement in significant corruption, misuse of public resources and diverting materials meant for Uganda's needy communities.

'All four officials abused their public positions for their benefit at the expense of Ugandans,' said the statement issued by Matthew Miller, Department of State Spokesperson.

But breaking ranks with the UK, Washington aimed at the military, President Museveni's most trusted state institution, by designating Lt-Gen Peter Elwelu, who, until two months ago, was the Deputy Chief of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). Sanctions against him are pegged on gross violations of human rights.

'Specifically, Peter Elwelu was involved, while commanding UPDF forces, in extrajudicial killings that members of the UPDF committed.

As a result of these actions, the designated Ugandan officials are generally ineligible for entry into the United States,' the statement said.

In 2016, while he was Commander of UPDF's Second Division, Elwelu led the attack on the palace of the Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere, resulting in a massacre that left a chilling air all over the area's main town Kasese, with over 100 people killed, among them children and more than 180 others arrested and detained.

Despite wide condemnation of the raid on the palace by politicians, religious leaders, and local and international human rights groups, Elwelu, then a Brigadier-General, was not held accountable for the massacre but instead was promoted and appointed Chief of Land Forces.

Currently, Elwelu is also a Member of Parliament, representing the army in the National Assembly.

According to the US statement, the sanctions are made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (Div. F, P.L. 118-47).

Washington also places under sanctions Ms Among's spouse Moses Hashim Magogo; Kitutu's spouse, Michael George Kitutu; and Lugolobi's wife, Evelyne Nakimera, who will be ineligible for entry into the United States.

These additional steps to impose visa restrictions on multiple other Ugandan individuals are being taken under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The Department of State said it is also taking steps to impose visa restrictions on multiple other Ugandan officials for undermining the democratic process and repressing members of marginalised or vulnerable populations in Uganda.

'These individuals are responsible for, or complicit in, the repression of Ugandan members of political opposition groups, civil society organisers, and vulnerable communities in Uganda,' the statement said.

Ms Among has repeatedly denied the corruption allegations, saying they are a smokescreen by the West, and the reason she has been targeted and placed under sanctions is due to her role in presiding over Uganda's controversial anti-homosexuality Act, which prescribes a death sentence for aggravated homosexuality.

Human rights and gay activists have attacked the Uganda government for enacting one of the world's harshest laws against same-sex relations, as an obstacle to marginalised groups, especially sexual minorities, to live freely and also access critical services, including healthcare.

But opposition political leaders have also accused the government and security agencies of violating their supporters' rights, including holding them incommunicado, placing them under detention without trial for several years, while others have been forced to flee the country.

National Unity Platform supporters were kidnapped and detained in 2019 for supporting President Yoweri Museveni's main challenger Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine in the 2021 presidential election.

The US said it stands with Ugandans advocating democratic principles, a government that delivers for all its citizens, and accountability for actions committed by those who abuse their position through corruption and gross violations of human rights.

'Impunity allows corrupt officials to stay in power, slows the pace of development, facilitates crime, and causes unequal distribution of resources, which can affect underrepresented and underserved populations disproportionally,' the State Department said.

'Today's actions reaffirm the US commitment to support transparency in Uganda's democratic processes, counter corruption globally, and address the broader culture of impunity that prevents all Ugandans from enjoying their human rights and fundamental freedoms.'

Analysts say that in placing Elwelu under sanctions, the US is yet again sending the Uganda government a message to rein in on its high-ranking military officers who are involved in gross violation of human rights and extrajudicial killings.

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Kenya's Supreme Court has declared that its decisions cannot be subjected to review by the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).

In a blow to opposition leader Martha Karua and Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, the country's apex court said decisions rendered by the regional court over judgments that have been finalised by the Supreme Court have no legal consequences.

'We further hold that domestic courts and regional courts, in this case, the EACJ, do not have a vertical relationship, meaning that decisions of the Supreme Court are not subject to appeal at the EACJ. The EACJ also does not have a merit review jurisdiction over decisions of the Supreme Court,' the bench presided over by Chief Justice Martha Koome ruled.

Attorney-General Justin Muturi had sought the opinion of the court on the legal consequences and effects of decisions of the EACJ on Kenya's sovereignty.

Mr Muturi said whereas there is no express provision in the East African Community (EAC) Treaty conferring upon the EACJ the jurisdiction to interpret the constitutions of partner States, the regional court has, in a number of decisions, interpreted its jurisdiction to include the review of decisions issued by apex courts of partner States.

According to Mr Muturi, the decisions of the EACJ end up conflicting with judgments issued by the Supreme Court.

Mr Muturi added that if this trend continues, he is apprehensive that the purported exercise of an appellate jurisdiction by the EACJ over decisions by national courts might pose a conflict with Kenya's commitment to the rule of law.

'This is because the decisions would end up creating an absurd situation where differing holdings on similar questions based on the same facts are made by Kenyan courts on one hand and the EACJ on other hand, thereby exposing the government and the people of Kenya to a legal dilemma on whether it should comply with contradictory yet binding decisions from the two courts.'

He cited a decision of the regional court awarding the Narc-Kenya party leader Karua Ksh2.7 million ($2,0690) in damages for infringement of her right to fair trial, in 2019.

Ms Karua filed the case in the regional court after the Supreme Court dismissed her 2017 petition challenging the election of Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru.

She and Ugandan lawyer Male Mabirizi also filed another case before the EACJ challenging the outcome of the August 9, 2022, presidential election soon after the Supreme Court dismissed several petitions challenging President William Ruto's win in the contested polls.

Mr Abdullahi has equally moved to the regional court citing various violations after the Supreme Court imposed on him an indefinite ban over persistent attacks on the judges of the apex court.

Ms Karua opposed the application, arguing that Mr Muturi was inviting the Supreme Court to usurp the role reserved to the regional court by the EAC Treaty.

Through lawyer Dudley Ochiel, Ms Karua submitted that Article 27 of the Vienna Convention forbids State parties, like Kenya, from invoking provisions of its internal law as justification for failure to perform a Treaty.

She said Kenya's Attorney-General was abusing the advisory opinion process, to escape complying with lawful court decisions.

Mr Ochiel submitted that the reference by the Attorney-General was instituted with the intention of depriving her of the remedy given to her and affirmed on appeal by the EACJ, which Kenya has failed to comply with since 2019.

He said the issues raised in the case were either concluded or pending litigation before the regional court and are thus either resolved or unripe for the advisory jurisdiction of the court.

The Supreme Court judges said the EAC Treaty has acknowledged that the organs of the EAC shall act only and perform such functions as are conferred on them by or under the provisions of the Treaty.

'Therefore, in accordance with the EAC Treaty, EACJ's mandate is the interpretation and application of the EAC Treaty only and we hold and find that the EACJ does not have appellate jurisdiction or merit review jurisdiction over decisions of the Supreme Court of Kenya in matters concerning the interpretation and application of the Constitution of Kenya or any other matter arising from the latter's decisions,' said CJ Koome, Deputy CJ Philomena Mwilu and Justices Mohamed Ibrahim, Dr Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung'u and Isaac Lenaola.

The judges said the Constitution envisages the Supreme Court as the final judicial authority in asserting the supremacy of the Constitution and the sovereignty of the people of Kenya would be undermined if the converse situation were to apply.

'It should, however, be noted that mere disagreement with the interpretation that domestic courts have made of pertinent legal provisions does not constitute violations of the EAC Treaty. Interpretation of the Constitution or national laws and weighing of evidence is the mandate of domestic courts, which cannot be replaced by the EACJ in that regard,' the judges added.

 

The judges added that the regional and international courts such as the EACJ are, by treaty or convention, granted the mandate to examine how State organs satisfy regional or international obligations of the State to interpret and apply national laws save for matters determined with finality by the Supreme Court.

The court said the EAC Treaty being part of the Kenyan laws must be subservient to the Constitution and if there is any conflict regarding the hierarchy of the Kenyan courts and the courts created by the Treaty, the provisions of the Constitution take precedence over those of the Treaty.

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A Kampala-based NGO has gone to the East African Court of Justice seeking orders to block Kenya and the EAC Secretary-General from implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Nairobi signed with the European Union.

The Centre for Law Economics and Policy on East African Integration (CLEP-EA), a think tank and research centre, says Kenya violated the EAC Treaty by signing the trade agreement.

CLEP-EA also faults the EAC Secretary-General for 'abdicating his responsibilities and functions under the Treaty by failing to warn and/or stop Kenya from entering into the illegal EPA with the EU, and Kenya's failure to share renegotiated EPA with the partner states.'

The agreement builds on negotiations for an EPA with the EAC partner states at the time — Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda — which were finalised in October 2014. Kenya and the EU signed the EPA on December 18, 2023 and Kenya is the only EAC member to ratify the EU-EAC EPA seeking more access to the European market.

The other EAC partner states are least developed countries and, as such, enjoy duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market.

CLEP-EA says 'The EAC Summit via a decision of February 2021 allowed any EAC Partner State to move forward under 'variable geometry' to conclude EPA with the EU, where Kenya proceeded to renegotiate the EPA and concluded an amended EPA with the EU in outright violation of the EAC Treaty and Protocols. In addition, entering the EPA on the basis of variable geometry was unlawful and an abuse of that principle.'

CLEP East Africa alleges that Kenya did not notify the EAC Secretariat and other EAC States about the renegotiated and/or amended EPA with the EU thus breaching the Protocol for EAC Customs Union and the Common Market.

It wants the EPA declared null and void 'as it failed to observe the requirements of the EAC Treaty protocols, the Customs Union, Common Market and African Continental Free Trade Area.'

'As a consequence of Kenya's actions and/or omissions above, the Community's objectives of attaining a Customs Union and a Common Market have been jeopardised, thus hampering the full implementation of the Treaty,' they say.

The NGO wants a declaration the EPA is illegal, null and void.

Among the grounds for suing Kenya, CLEP East Africa says that the EPA will allow cheap imports into Kenya and therefore into the EAC region, thereby distorting trade.

'It is also affecting the common application of the EAC Common External Tariff, thus fusing the EAC to the EU's Free Trade Area. The Kenya and EU Epa will distort trade in goods within the EAC market.'

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi first negotiated the EAC-EU-EPA in 2016, but only Kenya and Rwanda signed.

'Despite the Partner States of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi taking part in the 2016 negotiations, they were entitled to be informed of the re-negotiated and/or the amended EPA between Kenya and the EU pursuant to EAC Customs Union and common market protocols,' the application reads.

'The actions of Kenya allow other trade-related issues in areas where the Community has not had a common position thus negatively affecting the interest of other EAC Partner States.'

CLEP East Africa further contends that by virtue of Kenya implementing the Epa with the EU, it will not implement the CET and by default fusing the entire community to the EU Free Trade Area contrary to the provisions of the EAC Treaty.

They argue that not all EAC partner states have been notified of the EPA, as the DRC and Somalia, who joined the bloc recently, are yet to be informed and yet Kenya's decision is expected to be binding for the region.

Under the Customs Union, goods imported into the East Africa are subjected to CET.

'The Kenya-EU EPA contravenes the EAC Treaty by opening up the Community to illegal trade for endangered wild animal products in the nature of elephant tusks, hippo teeth, rhinoceros horns, and others, imported to Kenya from the EU whose duty will be reduced progressively and will be duty-free in 25 years,' the application says.

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Source : https://thecustomreports.com/ngo-wants-eu-kenya-trade-partnership-annulled/

Kuri uyu munsi tariki ya 2 Kamena 2024 Umutoza w'Amavubi, Frank Spittler Torsten, yasezereye abandi bakinnyi batanu asigarana abo azitwaza ku mikino ya Bénin ndetse na Lesotho.

Muri abo basezerewe harumo uwitwa Hadji Iraguha, Christian Ishimwe, Didier Mugisha, Aimable Nsabimana na Nkundimana Fabio.

Kugeza ubu umutoza yasigaranye abakinnyi yifuzaga kuburyo yiteguye gucakirana n'ikipe y'igihugu ya Benin mu gushaka itike y'igikome cy'Isi.

Source : https://yegob.rw/umutoza-wamavubi-frank-spittler-torsten-yirukanye-abakinnyi-banyuma-asigarana-intwaro-zikomeye-gusa/

Babu yatawe muri yombi ahagana saa Munani z’ijoro ryo kuri iki Cyumweru tariki 2 Kamena 2024 nk’uko Umuvugizi w’Urwego rw’igihugu rwubugenzacyaha ( RIB), Dr Murangira B. Thierry yabibwiye InyaRwanda.

Yavuze ko “Akurikiranyweho icyaha cyo gukubita no gukomeretsa’ kandi ‘Dosiye ye iri gutunganywa kugirango ushyikirizwe Ubushinjacyaha’.

Murangira yasabye abantu kujya boroherana, igihe bagiranye ibibazo cyangwa se bakitabaza inzego zibishinzwe kugirango bafashwe gukemura ikibazo.

Ati “Turasaba abantu kujya boroherana, umuti si ukurwana kugeza ubwo wakomeretsa mugenzi wawe, igihe mugiranye ikibazo egera inzego zibishinzwe zigufashe”.Murangira yavuze ko Babu yakomerekeje uwo barwanaga ku jisho mu buryo bukomeye.

Umuvugizi wa RIB kandi yabwiye InyaRwanda ko Babu atari umunyamakuru wa Isibo kubera ko adafite ikarita y’Urwego rw'Abanyamakuru bigenzura,RMC bityo akaba ari umukozi.

Babu aramutse ahamwe n’iki cyaha cyo gukubita no gukomeretsa yahanishwa igifungo kitari munsi y'imyaka itatu ariko kitarenze imyaka itanu n'ihazabu y'amafaranga y'u Rwanda atari munsi y'ibihumbi 500 ariko atarenze miliyoni imwe.

Babu yatawe muri yombi akurikiranyweho icyaha cyo gukubita no gukomeretsa umugabo bahuriye mu kabari

Source : https://inyarwanda.com/inkuru/143604/babu-ukorera-isibo-tv-arafunze-143604.html

Habimana wiriye akimara, yiyemeje kugurisha umutungo we wose kugira ngo agere kuri iki gikorwa gifitiye benshi akamaro, akavuga ko yabikoze ku bwo kwishakamo ibisubizo, ubufasha bukaza bwunganira.

Ni urugomero yubatse mu bilometero bigera nko ku 10 uvuye mu rugo rwe, ku mugezi wa Nyemporogoma uri ku musozi, uherereye mu Murenge wa Mpanga.

Ni igikorwa kimaze gutangwaho miliyoni 155 Frw, harimo miliyoni 56 Frw, andi ava ku kunga z'ibikoresho yagiye ahabwa n'abaterankunga.

Ni umushinga Habimana w'imyaka 60 yatangiye gushyiramu bikorwa mu 2012, ashaka uburyo aya mazi amanuka ku musozi yabyara amashanyarazi, mu bumenyi bwe yakomoye mu mashuri ye abanza gusa.

Mu kiganiro yagiranye na RBA Habimana yagize ati “Nta mashuri (menshi nize) nize abanza gusa ya kera. Ibi nakoze nta byo nigeze niga. Ni uburyo bwaje gusa nk'impano.'

Uru rugomero rwamutwaye imbaraga zikomeye cyane ndetse ahura n'imbogamizi nyinshi ariko wa mutima ukunze, wihanganira ibigeragezo, urangamiye intsinzi, umufasha kugera ku mushinga nyir'izina.

Uyu mugabo avuga ko kugira ngo ashake igisubizo cy'agace ke kabaga mu kizima ugerageje agacana agatadowa, yiyemeje gutanga umutungo we wose urahashirira, ubu akaba nta n'isambu afite.

Ati 'Mu bigaragara nasubiye inyuma cyane narakennye. Ubu nta n'isambu nkigira. Inzu ndimo na yo ntabwo ifututse, niyo naguze nyuma ngurishije ahandi ngo nishyure imyenda nari mbereyemo abantu. Inzu ndimo nsigaje kuyishyura miliyoni 1 Frw.'

Ubusanzwe tuzi ko ushyiriwe iwe amashanyarazi ahabwa mubazi. Ku bakoresha umuriro uturutse ku rugomero Habimana yubatse bo si ko biri, kuko baracana gusa ukwezi kwarangira bagatanga 1000 Frw.

Sindikubwabo Jean Pierre wahawe umuriro ati “Tukimara kuwubona, twarishimye cyane. Twari mu bwigunge, ducana udutadowa, ibyatsi n'ibindi, nyuma twungukira ku gitekerezo cye.'

Ubu abaturage bo mu tugari twa Nyakabungo na Nasho mu Murenge wa Moanga bose bacanirwa buri munsi, Habimana akaba afite gahunda zo gukomeza kwagura ibi bikorwa agacanira izindi ngo 300, nubwo amikoro akomeje kuba ikibazo.

Ati 'Uyu munsi dukuramo ibihumbi 200 Frw ku kwezi kubera cya 1000 Frw buri rugo dutanga. Ni make bijyanye n'amafaranga duhemba abakozi barinda urugomero ijoro n'amanywa, washyiraho n'amafaranga yo gusana ibikoresho akaba make cyane.'

Icyakora agaragaza ko aramutse abonye ubushobozi agacanira ingo 580 ziri mu midugudu ine, ayo mafaranga yo guhemba abakozi no gusana ibikoresho yajya aboneka bityo, indoto ze zikagerwaho burundu.

Kugeza uyu munsi uru rugomero Habimana yubatse rufite ubushobozi bwo gucanira ingo 300, ariko abaturage 200 gusa ni bo bacanirwa.

Uyu mugabo avuga ko impamvu zijyanye n'amafaranga make yo kubona ibikorwaremezo nk'insinga n'amapoto yo kuwujyanira abaturage.

Mu mikoro make ye n'abaturage bakoresheje insinga nto zimwe zifashwa mu kurahurira abaturage, zitagenewe kujyana umuriro.

Habimana avuga ko 'tubonye izo nsinga zagenewe gutwara umuriro, n'amapoto twafasha na ya miryango yindi idafite amashanyarazi kuyabona kuko ku rugomero ahari.'

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Source : http://igihe.com/amakuru/u-rwanda/article/kirehe-habimana-yiyemeje-gusigara-mu-bukene-yubaka-urugomero-rw-amashanyarazi