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  • Mutangana, former Prosecutor General arrested over forgery #rwanda #RwOT

    RIB spokesman Dr Murangira B. Thierry, confirmed the arrest of the man who was still working as a lawyer.

    In an interview with IGIHE, he said: 'On October 26, 2020, RIB arrested Mutangana Jean Bosco on suspicion of using forged documents. He is being held at RIB Remera Station. '

    He said that the investigation is ongoing while the case is being processed for submission to the Prosecution.

    Mutangana’s criminal offense is provided for in Article 276 of the General Criminal Code; provides that if convicted by a court, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment not less than five years but not exceeding seven years and a fine of not less than three million but not more than five million.

    In July this year, Mutangana joined the Bar Association and launched a law firm called Mutangana & Partners.

    Mutangana has experience of more than 20 years, served as the Prosecutor General for four years, beginning in 2016, and was replaced in November 2019.

    He was also the President of the East African Prosecutors’ Association between 2016 and 2018.

    Before that, he served as Prosecutor in the former prefecture of Cyangugu and Kigali City. He holds a Masters Degree in Criminal Law and Criminology from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands between 2010 and 2011.

    Between 2015 and 2019 he continued his studies at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands seeking a bachelor’s degree in law.

    He has also served as Spokesperson for the Prosecution and has been appointed to head the Department in charge of tracking suspects of the genocide against the Tutsi hiding in foreign countries.

    In 2004 Mutangana was appointed National Prosecutor, where he represented the Prosecution in various cases both in the High Court and in the Supreme Court.

    RIB has arrested Mutangana Jean Bosco on charges of using forged documents.

    Nicole Kamanzi M.

    Source : https://en.igihe.com/news/article/mutangana-former-prosecutor-general-arrested-over-forgery

  • Polisi irakangurira abaturarwanda kwitwararika ibiza muri ibi bihe by’imvura nyinshi #rwanda #RwOT

    Yagize ati 'Abaturwarwanda bakangurirwa kwirinda kugama munsi y’ibiraro by’umuhanda igihe imvura irimo kugwa kuko imivu ishobora kubatembana, bakangurirwa kwirinda kugenda mu mivu y’amazi igihe imvura irimo kugwa cyangwa ihise. Tubasaba gukurikiza amabwiriza yose atangwa n’ikigo gishinzwe iteganyagihe (Meteo Rwanda) ndetse n’atangwa na Polisi y’u Rwanda.'

    CP Kabera yakomeje agira inama abamotari kwirinda kujya bakoresha imihanda idashoboka kunyurwamo bitewe n’impanuka bishobora guteza kubera imyuzure cyangwa iyo mihanda yafunzwe n’ibiti byahanutse bikagwamo.

    Umuvugizi wa Polisi y’u Rwanda yongeye kuburira bamwe mu bantu babona imvura iguye bari ku rugendo bagahitamo kujya kuyugama munsi y’ibiraro. Yabibukije ko inshuro nyinshi abantu bagiye batembanwa n’imivu y’amazi ibasanze muri ibyo biraro.

    Yagize ati 'Abantu bajye bashaka aho bugama ariko hari umutekano batagiye kugama munsi y’ibiraro cyangwa munsi y’ibiti. Hari abantu cyane cyane abamotari bajya bugama mu biraro imvura yagwa ikabatembana ndetse na moto zabo, nicyo kimwe n’abantu bakunda kugama munsi y’ibiti by’inganzamarumbu, aba bashobora gukubitwa n’inkuba cyangwa umuyaga ugahuha cya giti kikabagwira.'

    CP Kabera yakomeje akangurira abaturarwanda kujya bihutira gutanga amakuru hakiri kare igihe cyose hari ahagaragaye ibiza nk’imyuzure, inkangu, ibiti byaguye bigafunga umuhanda cyangwa se ahandi hashobora kubangamira urujya n’uruza.

    Abantu bakangurirwa kujya bitabaza imirongo ya Telefoni ikurikira ya Polisi y’u Rwanda kugira ngo batabarwe.112(ubutabazi bwihuse), 111(inkongi y’umuriro),113(impanuka zo mu muhanda),110(umutekano wo mu mazi) ndetse bakaba bahamagara kuri: 0788380953, 0788311224 na 0788311155.

    Ubutumwa bugenewe abatwara ibinyabiziga

    Turi mu bihe by’imvura, ku bahinzi ni ibihe byiza ariko bishobora kuba ibihe bibi ku bakoresha umuhanda cyane cyane abatwara ibinyabiziga. Niyo mpamvu bo by’umwihariko bagomba kwitwararika cyane.

    Abatwara ibinyabiziga barakangurirwa kwitwararika cyane igihe imvura irimo kugwa cyangwa ihise. Baributswa ko muri ibi bihe by’imvura hakunze kugaragara imvura irimo umuyaga mwinshi, niyo mpamvu bakangurirwa kwitwararika cyane igihe batwaye muri ibyo bihe by’imvura nyinshi.

    Abatwara ibinyabiziga bagirwa inama y’uko bakwitwara igihe hari imvura nyinshi ituma batabasha kureba imbere mu muhanda bitewe n’imvura nyinshi. Bagirwa inama yo kubanza kugenzura ko ikinyabiziga batwaye kimeze neza, bakareba ko amatara yaka neza, amaferi akora neza, utwuma duhanagura mu kirahure cy’imbere ya shoferi dukora neza ndetse bakamenya niba amapine y’ikinyabiziga atanyerera.

    Abashoferi bagirwa inama yo kugendera mu gisate cy’iburyo bw’umuhanda kandi bakagenda bitonze bahana umwanya. Bakangurirwa na none kutajyana ikinyabiziga ahantu hari imyuzure kandi bakitonda cyane igihe bagiye kunyuranaho kuko mu bihe by’imvura nyinshi mu muhanda ntihaba hagaragara neza.

    Abashoferi bagirwa inama yo kutagendera ku umuvuduko wa kilometero 40 cyangwa 60 mu isaha gusa kuko aribyo biri kucyapa, ahubwo bakaba banagendera ku wo hasi bitewe n’ikirere uko giteye muri uwo mwanya, mu rwego rwo kwirinda impanuka. Buri muntu aragirwa inama yo gufata ubu butumwa nk’ubwe ku giti cye ndetse buri muntu agasabwa kwifatira ingamba z’umutekano wo mu muhanda igihe arimo kuwukoresha.

    Source : https://www.imirasire.rw/?Polisi-irakangurira-abaturarwanda-kwitwararika-ibiza-muri-ibi-bihe-by-imvura

  • Perezida w’Afrika y’Epfo Ramaphosa yishyize mu kato kubera COVID-19 #rwanda #RwOT

    Itangazo ryavuye mu biro bya Perezida, rivuga ko Ramaphosa yishyize mu kato kubera umuntu bahuriye mu musangiro ku wa Gatandatu ushize, nyuma uwo muntu bakamusangamo coronavirus.

    Uwo musangiro wari wateguwe n’umuryango Adopt-a-School Foundation ugamije gushakisha inkunga. Witabiriwe n’abantu 35, ubera muri hoteli mu mujyi wa Johannesburg nk’uko BBC yabitangaje.

    Ibiro bya Perezida byatangaje ko nta kimenyetso na kimwe cya coronavirus Ramaphosa agaragaza, icyakora ko agomba kwipimisha kugira ngo amenye uko ahagaze nk’uko amabwiriza y’ubuzima abiteganya.

    Iryo tangazo rikomeza rivuga ko mu kubahiriza amabwiriza yo kwirinda no kurinda abandi, Perezida Rampahosa agomba kujya mu kato ariko agakomeza inshingano ze nk’umukuru w’igihugu.

    Uwanduye coronavirus wahuye na Ramaphosa yagaragaje ibimenyetso ku cyumweru, apimwa kuwa mbere basanga ararwaye.

    Muri uwo musangiro, Perezidansi itangaza ko hari hubahirijwe amabwiriza yo kwirinda ndetse Ramaphosa ngo yakuyemo agapfukamunwa agiye kurya, agiye no kuvuga ijambo.

    Source : https://www.imirasire.rw/?Perezida-w-Afrika-y-Epfo-Ramaphosa-yishyize-mu-kato-kubera-COVID-19

  • Every story has an end, but in life every ending is just a new beginning….#rwanda #visitrwanda #rwanda

    Every story has an end, but in life every ending is just a new beginning. . . . #rwanda #visitrwanda #rwanda🇷🇼 #rwandan #kigalirwanda #rwandanbeauty #rwandaupdates #rwandaful #congo #kinshasa #remarkablerwanda #kenya #nairobi #rwandalicious #rwandagirls #girls #burundi #tanzania #uganda #kampala #rwandabeauty #missrwanda #rwandangirl #rwandalight #africa #kigali #quotes

    Source : https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1dhnvhL_C

  • Amakipe y’Igihugu y’ingimbi yamenye amatsinda aherereyemo. #rwanda #RwOT

    Amakipe y’Igihugu y’ingimbi mu batarengeje imyaka 17 na 20 yamenye amatsinda azaba aherereyemo mu mikino ya CECAFA.

    Ikipe y’Igihugu y’abatarengeje imyaka 20 iri mu itsinda A Hamwe na Tanzania izaba yakiriye amarushanwa, Somalia ndetse na Djibouti.

    Uko amatsinda muri iyi mikino y'abatarengeje imyaka 20 ahagaze,

    Itsinda A: Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti
    Itsinda B: Burundi, Eritrea, South Sudan, Uganda
    Itsinda C: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan

    Iyi mikino ya CECAFA y’abatarengeje imyaka 20 izaba guhera ku itariki 22 Ugushyingo kugeza ku itariki 05 Ukuboza 2020 muri Tanzania.

    Ikipe y’igihugu y’abatarengeje imyaka 17 izaba ikinira mu rugo iri mu itsinda A hamwe na Eritrea ndetse na South Sudan.

    Amatsinda mu mikino ya CECAFA y’abatarengeje imyaka 17 ahagaze mu buryo bukurikira:

    Itsinda A: Rwanda, Eritrea, South Sudan
    Itsinda B: Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya
    Itsinda C: Sudan, Djibouti, Tanzania

    Imikino ya CECAFA y’abatarengeje imyaka 17 izabera mu Rwanda biteganijwe ko izabera mu turere twa Rubavu na Huye guhera itariki 13 Ukuboza kugeza ku itariki 23 Ukuboza 2020.

    Iyi mikino ya CECAFA mu batarengeje imyaka 17 na 20 niyo izagena ibihugu bizahagararira akarere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba mu mikino y’igikombe cya Afurika muri ibyo byiciro.

    Source : http://ferwafa.rw/spip.php?article2748

  • Imbuto Foundation yizihije imyaka 15 y’Inkubito z’Icyeza #Rwanda #RwOT via @kigalitoday #rwanda #RwOT

    Ubwo Madame Jeannette Kagame yahembaga Inkubito z
    Ubwo Madame Jeannette Kagame yahembaga Inkubito z’Icyeza

    Kwita kuri abo bana ni uko kera batahabwaga umwanya nka basaza babo ngo berekane icyo bashoboye, ari yo mpamvu Imbuto Foundation yakoze ubukangurambaga bwo kubakundisha ishuri, bakiga siyansi bityo abatsinda mu byiciro bitandukanye by’amashuri bagahembwa.

    Ku rubuga rwe rwa Twitter, Madame Jeannette Kagame ari na we washinze umuryango Imbuto Foundation, yakeje abakobwa bashya binjiye mu Nkubito z’Icyeza kuri iyo sabukuru.

    Yagise ati “Dukeje abakobwa 25 twakiriye mu muryango w’Inkubito z’Icyeza! Ibyiza bakuru banyu bagezeho muri iyi myaka 15, biduteye ishema n’umunezero kuri uyu munsi twizihiza urugendo rw’imyaka 15 yo guteza imbere uburezi bw’Umukobwa”.

    Kwizihiza iyo sabukuru byaranzwe n’ikiganiro cyakozwe mu buryo bw’ikoranabuhanga, hakaba hagaragajwe urugendo rw’ubwo bukangurambaga muri iyo myaka 15, ibyagezweho, cyane ko hibandwaga ku bana b’abakobwa bakomoka mu miryango itifashije bagafashwa kwiga bahabwa ibikenerwa kugira ngo badasigara inyuma.

    Umuyobozi mukuru wungirije wa Imbuto Foundation, Umutesi Géraldine, yagarutse kuri ubwo bukangurambaga ndetse n’icyo bwagezeho.

    Ati “Dutangira ubu bukangurambaga, icyerekezo twahawe kwari ugutekereza kuri buri mwana wese, kugera ku bana bose 100% tukamenya ko bari mu ishuri, bakarigumamo kandi bagatsinda ari indashyikirwa. Ibi byarebaga abana bose ariko by’umwihariko umwana w’umukobwa kubera imbogamizi zamuzitiraga”.

    Umutesi Géraldine, Umuyobozi mukuru wungirije w
    Umutesi Géraldine, Umuyobozi mukuru wungirije w’Umuryango Imbuto Foundation

    Ati “Muri uko gushakisha icyaha imbaraga umwana w’umukobwa, ni bwo hatekerejwe guha ishimwe abatsinze neza amashuri abanza n’ayisumbuye. Kuri ubu abakobwa bagera ku 5,088 ni bo bamaze kubona iryo shimwe twitwa ‘Ishimwe ryo gukeza Inkubito z’Icyeza’ rya Nyakubahwa Madame Jeannette Kagame, rikanajyana n’amahugurwa mu ikoranabuhanga”.

    Yongeyeho ko abo bose ubu bafite ihuriro ribafasha kujya mu mashuri na bo gutanga ubutumwa bw’ikizere kuri barumuna babo, agashimira Leta y’u Rwanda kuko yabafashije muri icyo gikorwa ndetse n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa.

    Umwe mu Nkubito z’Icyeza wahembwe inshuro eshatu zose, Uwimbabazi Bonifride, avuga ko byamuteye imbaraga arushaho kwigirira icyizere.

    Ati “Mpembwa bwa mbere nari ndangije amashuri abanza muri 2011, numva ngo nzahembwa na Imbuto Foundation nubwo ntari nyizi. Kuva icyo gihe byanteye imbaraga zo gukora cyane, kuko ari na bwo niswe Inkubo y’Icyeza, bityo bituma niga cyane kugira ngo ntazatakaza iryo shema, ari byo byamviriyemo no kuba uwa mbere no mu gusoza icyiciro cya mbere cy’ayisumbuye”.

    Ati “Icyo gihe na bwo narahembwe, ni bwo niyemeje noneho kujya niga nihaye intego y’amanota ngomba kugeraho. Nahisemo rero kwiga siyansi kuko numvaga nshaka kuba umuganga (Dr), icyo kizere niremyemo, inama bampaga no gukora cyane ni byo byatumye ndangiza umwaka wa gatandatu ndi uwa mbere, icyo gihe igihembo nagihawe na Mme Jeannette Kagame, ndishima”.

    Uwimbabazi avuga ko arangije umwaka wa gatandu w’abanza, Imbuto Foundation anashimira cyane, yamufashe mu bo igomba kwishyurira, ari byo byatumye yiga neza kuko nta mbogamizi z’ibikenerwa yari agifite.

    Umutesi avuga ko muri ubwo bukangurambaga bagiye babona imbogamizi abana b’abakobwa bagihura na zo zirimo gukora imirimo myinshi bavuye ku ishuri ku biga bataha, abo mu miryango ihoramo amakimbirane kuko yashinzwe nta kwitegura, ubukene, bikadindiza umwana mu myigire.

    Aho ngo ni ho haturutse igitekerezo cyo gufasha abana b’abahanga ariko badafite ubushobozi bwo kubona ibikenerwa ngo bige neza.

    Ikigo cy’igihugu cyita ku burezi (REB) kivuga ko umubare w’abana b’abakobwa mu mashuri wagiye uzamuka, nko muri 2008 abakobwa bakoze ikizamini cya Leta cy’amashuri abanza bari 40% ariko ubu bageze kuri 55% na ho abahungu ni 45%, abakobwa bakomereza mu kwiga za siyanzi ubu ngo bakaba bari hagati ya 53% na 55%, ubukangurambaga bwa Imbuto Foundation ngo bukaba bwarabigizemo uruhare runini.


    source https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/article/imbuto-foundation-yizihije-imyaka-15-y-inkubito-z-icyeza

  • Abanya Tanzaniya bafite ubwoba bw'ihohoterwa rishobora gukurikira amatora #rwanda #RwOT

    Abasesenguzi bavuga ko Perezida John Pombe Magufuli ashobora kongera gutorerwa kuyobora abanya Tanzaniya nyuma y'uko abatavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi bagaragaje ko hari ibitagenda.

    Kuri uyu wa Gatatu tariki ya 28 Ukwakira 2020 nibwo Abantu barenga miliyoni 29 biyandikishije gutora kugira ngo bahitemo ushobora gusimbura Perezida Magufuli, amatora akorwa kugeza sayine z'ijoro.

    Ishyaka riri ku butegetsi Chama Cha Mapinduzi riri ku butegetsi kuva iki gihugu cyakwigenga kuva mu 1961.

    Kuri uyu wa gatatu, umuyobozi w'amashyaka atavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi muri Tanzaniya Freeman Mbowe wa CHADEMA, yavuze ko 'ubuzima bwe bwari mu kaga', avuga ko hoteri ye yagabweho igitero maze hafatwa babiri mu bashinzwe umutekano we.

    Magufuli, w'imyaka 60, arashaka manda ya kabiri Mu gihe amatora arikuba imbuga zose zavanyweho, ku buryo bigoye kumenya ibizavamo, abasesenguzi benshi babona Magufuli afite amahirwe menshi yo kongera gutorerwa kuyibora Tanzaniya.

    Akaba yarahanganye bikomeye na Tundu Lissu utavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi warokotse igitero cy'ubwicanyi mu 2017, wagarutse avuye mu buhungiro mu ntangiriro z'uyu mwaka ashaka kwiyamamaza ariko ibikorwa bye biza kuburizwamo bamushinja gutanga ibitekerezo byo kwigomeka.

    Lissu yahamagariye abaturage gukora imyigaragambyo mu mihanda nyuma y'uko ibyavuye mu matora bizaba byatangajwe ku munsi wo kuwa kane mu gihe amajwi azaba atabaruwe neza, aha uzabona amajwi menshi akaba ariwe uzahita arahirira kuyobora Tanzaniya kuko ntakiciro cyakabiri kizabaho.

    Abatavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi bagiye bahura n'imbogamizi mu kugerageza guhangana n'ishyaka rya Chama Cha Mapinduzi, riri kubutegtsi mu gihe abakandida 15 aribo bashaka uyu mwanya perezida.
    Source:Aljazeera

    Venuste Habineza/Intyoza.com

    Source : http://www.intyoza.com/abanya-tanzaniya-bafite-ubwoba-bwihohoterwa-rishobora-gukurikira-amatora/

  • MU MAFOTO : Irebere ibintu bitangaje n’ibisekeje Barack Obama yakoze mu gihe yari Perezida #rwanda #RwOT

    Barack Obama, yagaragayeho cyane urukundo rudasanzwe akunda abana. Ni kenshi yagiye agaragara akina n’abana, yirukankana nabo, asekana nabo ubona ko bishimye, kuburyo atari buri wese wapfa gutekereza ko ibi yabikora. Abana b’abakobwa babiri afite bamaze gukura, ariko ntibyamubujije kugaragaza ko yikundira n’utwana duto cyane tw’impinja.

    Perezida Obama kandi, yagiye agaragara yishimana n’abantu batandukanye, akinana nabo umukino wa Basket, anakora ibindi bintu bitandukanye birimo ibitangaje ku muntu nk’uyu ariko hakabamo n’ibisekeje cyane.

    REBA AMAFOTO MENSHI MU BIHE BITANDUKANYE HANO :

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    Source : http://www.ukwezi.rw/Mu-mahanga/Politiki/MU-MAFOTO-Irebere-ibintu-bitangaje-n-ibisekeje-Barack-Obama-yakoze-mu-gihe-yari-Perezida

  • Gishwati-Mukura Landscape Designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve #rwanda #RwOT

    The Gishwati-Mukura landscape in Rwanda's Western Province was today named among the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

    The regionally significant biosphere reserve was named alongside 23 other reserves from around the world during a Session of the International Co-coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Programme held on Wednesday October 28, 2020. 

    The Gishwati-Mukura landscape joins the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve in north-west Rwanda, which was inducted into the network in 1983.

    Biosphere reserves help to better understand and manage changes and interactions between social and ecological systems, as well as protect biodiversity.

    They also provide local solutions to global challenges and promote innovations in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

    The designation will enable Rwanda to identify and assess the changes resulting from human and natural activities in the Gishwati-Mukura landscape.

    The country will also be better placed to understand the effects of these changes on people and the environment, especially in the context of the climate crisis and global biodiversity loss.

    In 2016, Gishwati-Mukura National Park was gazetted as the country's fourth national park and last year, the Rwanda Development Board took over its management.

    The park is made up of two separate forests — the larger Mukura and smaller Gishwati — which are located within the landscape.

    The forests sit on the ridge which divides the Congo and Nile water catchment areas, along the biodiverse Albertine Rift.

    The rehabilitation of the Gishwati-Mukura landscape and the creation of the national park was made possible with the support of the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank through the Landscape Approach to Forest Restoration and Conservation (LAFREC) project implemented by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority.

    The five-year project rehabilitated Gishwati-Mukura using a landscape approach to bring the forest ecosystems into better management and realise a range of benefits for local communities.

    Speaking on the UNESCO designation, Belise Kariza, Chief Tourism Officer, Rwanda Development Board said that as Rwanda's newest national park, the Gishwati-Mukura landscape is incredibly beautiful and rich in unique and valuable biodiversity.

    Rwanda has been working to protect and restore the area by investing in nature based solutions and forest landscape restoration.

    'I commend the efforts of all partners whose tireless work has led to the biosphere reserve status we celebrate today. Conservation not only preserves our natural heritage for future generations, but also plays an important role in fostering ecotourism as a pillar of economic development,' she said.

    Rwanda Development Board is working on a multi-phased conservation and tourism management programme for Gishwati-Mukura focused on ecology and conservation initiatives including ranger presence, law enforcement, science, engagement with community cooperatives, human-wildlife conflict resolution, research, environmental monitoring and responsible tourism promotion.

    The programme is being developed in partnership with the local government and Imizi, a subsidiary of Wilderness Safaris.

    The post Gishwati-Mukura Landscape Designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve appeared first on Taarifa Rwanda.

    Source : https://taarifa.rw/gishwati-mukura-landscape-designated-unesco-biosphere-reserve/