Amakayi azwi nka ‘Nkunda Amahoro’ ariho iki gishushanyo cy’umwana w’umuhungu urimo guseka yamamaye cyane muri za 2000.
Iki gishushanyo cyagaragaye ku makayi yakorwaga na Imprimerie Scolaire.
Iki gishushanyo cy’uyu mwana cyahanzwe n’umunyabugeni wo ku rwego rwo hejuru Frère Julio Parada warambitse ibiganza ku bishushanyo bikomeye biri mu bihugu yagiye akoreramo.
Frère Julio Parada ni uwihaye Imana wo mu muryango w’aba Frères des Ecoles Chétiennes (De La Salle Brothers), akomoka mu gihugu cya Columbia, aho yaboneye izuba ku wa 19 Mata 1938.
Frère Jean Bosco Bigirimana wabanaga na Frère Julio Parada muri uyu muryango yahamije aya makuru y’urupfu rwa Frère Julio Parada.
Yavuze ko yitabye Imana ku wa kane w’iki Cyumweru tariki 20 Kanama 2020 ko hatarangazwa itariki yo kumusezeraho bwa nyuma. Frère Julio Parada yitabye Imana azize uburwayi
Frère Jean Bosco yavuze ko Frère Julio Parada yazize uburwayi butunguranye bwaba bufitanye isano na AVC (Accident vasculaire cerebral).
Frère Julio Parada yahanze ibishushanyo bitandukanye byiza birimo n’ibyo yakoreye mu Mujyi wa Abidjan muri Côte d’Ivoire, aho yakoreye igihe kirekire nyuma yo kuva mu Rwanda.
Frère Julio Parada yayoboye ikigo cya Groupe Scolaire de La Salle kugeza mu 1994. Amakayi yamamaye nka ‘Nkunda Amahoro’ mu myaka ya za 2000
Abateguye ubu bukangurambaga bukorerwa ku rubuga rwa ‘Go Fund Me’ barimo Peter Mutabaruka, Patrick Habamenshi ndetse n’uwitwa Chaste Isabane.
Ubu bukangurambaga bwo gushakira inkunga Karasira bwatangiye nyuma gato y’uko Karasira yirukanwa aho kuri ubu hamaze gukusanywa agera kuri £6,488, ni ukuvuga asaga 8,209,590 mu mafaranga akoreshwa mu Rwanda.
Karasira Aimable yari umwarimu muri Kaminuza y’u Rwanda, ishami ry’Ikoranabuhanga, aho yari amaze imyaka 14 yigisha ibijyanye na mudasobwa.
Ibaruwa yanditswe n’Umuyobozi wa Kaminuza y’u Rwanda, Prof Philip Cotton, ku wa Gatanu tariki 14 Kanama 2020, yavugaga ko azize amakosa atandukanye amaze iminsi akora ahabanye n’amategeko agenga abakozi ba Leta.
Mu byo Karasira yirukaniwe harimo kuba yari amaze iminsi anyuza ku mbuga nkoranyambaga amagambo yateza imyivumbagatanyo muri rubanda kandi atesha agaciro urwego akorera n’inzego za Leta muri rusange.
Yashinjwaga n’amakosa y’imyitwarire mibi arimo kudakurikiza ingamba Kaminuza iba yarashyizeho mu kunoza imyigishirize, guhabwa amahirwe yo kuzamura impamyabumenyi ye akabyanga n’ibindi.
Nyuma y’umunsi umwe yirukanywe, Karasira yasubiye mu itangazamakuru, yemera ko hari abantu baba hanze y’u Rwanda bamushukaga kugira ngo atangaze ibibi ku Rwanda, anabavuganire.
Karasira wavukiye mu ntara y’amajyepfo mu yahoze ari Butare mu 1977, mu mwaka wa 1980, umuryango we wimukiye mu mujyi wa Kigali, yiga amashuri ye abanza ku ishuri ribanza rya EPA rihereye ku Gitega. Yakomereje muri Lycée de Kigali.
The suspects are Pastor Munyankindi Landouard who was arrested on August 16, 2020, Deacon Mugabarigira Narcisse arrested on August 18, and Nzabonimpa Crysostome arrested on August 19, 2020, all detained at Nyamabuye RIB Station.
RIB spokesperson, Dr. Thierry Murangira confirmed the arrest.
“They face prosecution for hiding evidence and and information about the Genocide. The arrests are related to the bodies of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi found during the construction of a water reservoir at the ADEPR / Gahogo church.”
“Before they built the church they found the bodies, removed and hid them. The bodies were however recently found as technicians were repairing the tank.”
Iyi manda yaje nyuma y’uko abaturage bagera kuri miliyoni enye bandikiye Inteko Ishinga Amategeko basaba ko ingingo ya 101 yabuzaga Perezida Kagame kongera kwiyamamaza yavugururwa biza no kurangira abagera kuri 98% bemeje ko Itegeko Nshinga rivugururwa binyuze mu matora ya Referandumu.
Ibi byashimangiwe n’amatora yabaye ku wa 3-4 Kanama 2017, aho Perezida Kagame abanyarwanda bamuhundagajeho amajwi 98, 79 % bamutorera gukomeza kubayobora mu myaka irindwi.
Abahanga n’impuguke mu bijyanye n’imiyoborere na Politiki muri rusange bagaragaza ko imbere mu gihugu iyi myaka itatu yabaye umwanya wo gushimangira kubaza abantu inshingano no guteza imbere imiyoborere ishyira umuturage ku isonga.
Impuguke muri Politiki, Dr Ndushabandi Eric aherutse kubwira RBA, ko iyi myaka itatu Perezida Kagame amaze ayobora abanyarwanda umuntu yayirebera mu buryo butatu aribwo Politiki Mpuzamahanga, mu Karere ndetse na Politiki y’imbere mu gihugu.
Muri iyi myaka itatu nibwo u Rwanda rwayoboye Umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe, nibwo kandi umunyarwandakazi Louise Mushikiwabo yatorewe kuyobora Umuryango w’Ibihugu bikoresha ururimi rw’Igifaransa, OIF, ndetse u Rwanda rwayoboye Umuryango wa Afurika y’I Burasirazuba, EAC.
Dr Ndushabandi avuga ko “Aho u Rwanda rwari rugeze wabonaga harabaye ubushake bukomeye n’umurongo mugari wa politiki bwo kubaka imibanire n’ibindi bihugu ndetse n’imiryango mpuzamahanga.”
Imitwe yitwaje intwaro igamije guhungabanya umutekano w’u Rwanda yiganjemo ikorera mu mashyamba ya Repubulika Iharanira Demukarasi ya Congo, RDC irimo FDRL, P5 ya Kayumba Nyamwasa, Rud-Urunana, FLN, MRCD n’indi myinshi.
Muri iyi myaka itatu ishize habayeho kuyica intege bikomeye hashingiwe ku mubano mwiza n’imikoranire ya Leta y’u Rwanda n’ibihugu nka RDC.
Hari amazina akomeye y’abari abayobozi b’iyi mitwe kuri ubu bari mu Rwanda ndetse bakurikiranywe n’ubutabera bw’u Rwanda nka Laforge Fils Bazeye wari umuvugizi wa FDLR na Lieutenant-Colonel Abega wari ushinzwe iperereza muri uwo mutwe.
Tukiri muri uyu mujyo w’Ubutabera , iyi myaka itatu yaranzwe no guha imbabazi abafungwa barimo abana, abagore ndetse n’abavugaga ko bafungiye Politiki nka Ingabire Victoire n’abandi.
Umunyarwanda ku isonga…
Mu myaka itatu ishize ya Manda ya Gatatu ya Perezida Kagame yaranzwe cyane no kubaka imiyiborere ishyira imbere umuturage, wa muturage ufite ubushobozi ndetse na bwa bukungu bw’igihugu busangiwe.
Dr Ndushabandi avuga ko “Ibindi byagaragaye ni ukubaza abantu inshingano zabo ndetse no kurwanya ruswa byose bijyanye no kubungabunga umutungo w’igihugu no kugira ngo uwo mutungo w’igihugu ugere ku baturage bose muri rusange.”
Ibi byose byakomeje gushyikirwa na gahunda yo guteza imbere uburezi ndetse n’ubuhinzi.
Kugirana umubano mwiza n’ibindi bihugu byatumye u Rwanda ruza imbere mu bihugu abanyamahanga bifuza gusura no gukoreramo inama cyangwa ibindi bikorwa byabo bitandukanye.
Nko mu buryo bw’inama, Ikigo gishinzwe kumenyekanisha ubukerarugendo bushingiye ku nama, RCB, uyu mwaka hari hateganyijwe inama 147 zagombaga kuzatwinjiriza miliyoni $88 (asaga miliyari 83 Frw) aturuka mu bijyanye n’inama ndetse n’amahuriro mpuzamahanga.
Ibi kandi byagiye bijyana no kubaka ibikorwaremezo birimo ayo ma hoteli, imihanda ndetse n’ibindi bikorwa bijyanye n’ubukerarugendo.
Dr Ndushabandi avuga ko “Intambwe yo kugirana umubano mwiza n’ibindi bihugu byatumye tugira iterambere ry’ibikorwaremezio, binajyana no guteza imbere n’imijyi yunganira Kigali.”
COVID19 yabaye rwivanga……
Mu myaka itatu ishize Perezida Kagame ayoboye abanyarwanda hari byinshi umuntu yavuga nk’imbogamizi byagiye bishaka gukoma mu nkokora wa murongo washyizweho wo guteza imbere u Rwanda n’abanyarwanda.
Muri Werurwe 2020, nibwo icyorezo cya COVID19 cyateze mu Rwanda, mu gihe ubukungu bw’u Rwanda byari biteganyijwe ko buzazamuka ku muvuduko wa 8.1% mu 2020, ibintu bishobora kutagerwaho kubera iki cyorezo cya koronavirusi.
Igihombo giterwa na COVID-19 kigera mu bice byose by’imibereho ya muntu, nko mu bukungu, Ishami ry’umuryango w’Abibumbye rishinzwe Iterambere rigaragaza ko igihombo ku bihugu biri mu nzira y’amajyambere kizazamuka kikagera kuri miliyari 220 z’amadorali ya Amerika ndetse ko mu bihugu bikennye 75% by’ababituye bazaba nta bushobozi bwo kubona isabune cyangwa amazi bafite.
Amafoto agaragaza bimwe mu bikorwa bya Perezida Kagame mu myaka itatu ishize
Perezida Kagame yarahiye ku wa 18 Kanama 2017Ku wa 31 Kanama 2017, Perezida Kagame yakiriye indahiro z’abagize guverinoma bashyaKu wa 1 Nzeri 2017, Perezida Kagame yitabiriye umuhango wo Kwita izina, wari ubaye ku nshuro ya 13 Ku wa 6 Ukwakira 2017, Perezida Kagame yasinyanye imihigo n’abayobozi b’uturereKu wa 7 Ukwakira 2017, Perezida Kagame yitabiriye yubile y’imyaka 100 y’ubupadiri mu RwandaKu wa 18 Ugushyingo 2017, Perezida Kagame yambitse imidali y’igihango abarimo Hezi Bezalel, Howard G. Buffet, Linda Melvern, Joseph Ritchie, John W. Dick na Gilbert R. ChagouryKu wa 13 Ukuboza 2017, Perezida Kagame yafunguye ku mugaragaro Ingoro y’Urugamba rwo kubohora igihugu
Ku wa 18 Ukuboza 2017, Perezida Kagame yafunguye ku mugaragaro uruganda rwa Afriprecast LtdKu wa 28 Mutarama 2018, Perezida wa Repubulika Paul Kagame ahabwa k’umugaragaro inshingano zo kuyobora umuryango w’Africa yunze ubumwe mu mwaka wa 2018Perezida Kagame ku wa 24 Mutarama 2018, yitabiriye inama ya World Economic Forum i Davos, ahura n’abayobozi batandukanye barimo Minisitiri w’Intebe wa Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu Ku wa 1 Werurwe 2018, Perezida Kagame yayoboye umwiherero w’abayoboziKu wa 25 Werurwe 2018, Perezida Kagame yagiriye uruzinduko muri UgandaPerezida Kagame yagiriye uruzinduko mu Bufaransa ku wa 23 Gicurasi 2018 Perezida Kagame yagiranye inama na Perezida Vladmir Putin w’u Burusiya, ku wa 13 Kamena 2018, mbere y’ibirori byo gufungura Igikombe cy’IsiKu wa 25 Kamena 2018, Perezida Kagame yakiriye itsinda bafatanya mu mavugurura ya AU, mu nama yabereye muri MauritaniaKu wa 27 Kamena 2018, Perezida Kagame yatashye ibikorwa bya Volkswagen Mobility SolutionKu wa 4 Nyakanga 2018, Perezida Kagame yasuye abaturage b’i Muhanga, ku munsi wo Kwibohora Ku wa 23 – 24 Nyakanga 2018, Perezida Kagame yakiriye Minisitiri w’Intebe w’u Buhinde, Narendra Modi, wari mu ruzinduko mu RwandaKu wa 9 Kanama 2018, Perezida Kagame yasinyanye Imihigo n’abayobozi, y’umwaka wa 2018-2019Ku wa 19 Nzeri 2018, Perezida Kagame yakiriye indahiro z’abadepite bashya
Impundu zifite uturango tujya gusa n’umuntu kuko yo ihuza ‘DNA’ n’umuntu kigero cya 98, 2%., igira ibiro biri hagati ya 30 na 40, uburebure bwa sentimetero 78, abahanga bayita ‘Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii’.
Umuryango BIOCOOR [Biodiversity Conservation Organization], wita ku rusobe rw’ibinyabuzima utangaza ko impundu ari inyamaswa izi ubwenge kandi bishoboka ko mu minsi iri imbere zishobora kuzatobora zikavuga.
Umuyobozi w’uyu muryango akaba n’inzobere mu bijyanye n’inyamanswa, Dr Imanishimwe Ange, avuga ko Impundu ari inyamaswa zishimishije, kuko iyo urebye imiterere yazo usanga 98, 2% by’akarango k’impundu bisa neza n’iby’abantu.
Impundu mu mikorere yazo ya buri munsi hari ibyo zihurizaho n’abantu, mu mikorere, mu migirire, no mu mibereho ya buri munsi.
Dr Imanishimwe ati “Iyo impundu zapfushije zirashyingura. Niyo mpamvu bitakorohera umuntu kuba yabona umurambo w’impundu kubera ko iyo zibonye iyagize impanuka ikagwa ahantu zirayijyana zikayishyira ahantu zikarenzaho ibyatsi”.
Ikindi kigaragaza isano hagati y’umuntu n’impundu ni uko iyo impundu yabyaye ngenzi zayo ziyitindira ikiriri.
Dr Imanishimwe ati “Kugira ngo umubyeyi wabyaye agire ubuzima bwiza, zimuba hafi zikajya zijya gushaka ibyo kurya zikamuzanira, kandi nazo ubwazo zigasimburana kujya gushaka ibyo zirya”. Impundu ni imwe mu nyamanswa zifite imiterere ijya kuba nk’iy’abantu
Impundu igira gahunda mu kubyara ntabwo ishobora kubyara undi mwana uwa mbere ataragira imyaka itanu.
Dr Imanishimwe avuga ko nk’abashakashatsi batarabona impundu yakoze ikosa ngo ibyare undi mwana uwa mbere ataragira imyaka 5.
Dr Imanishimwe ati “Ikindi ntareka kuvuga ku mpundu ni uko iyo ikiri akana iba ifite mu maso hasa n’inzobe, mu mason ta bwoya buhaba, impundu ntabwo igira umurizo kandi nanone rimwe na rimwe hari igihe ihagaragara ku maguru abiri”.
Iyi nyamaswa iyo igiye guhakura ubuki igasanga igiti ni kigufi, ishaka ikirekire kugira ngo kize gushyikira ubuki. Iyo impundu ishaje mu maso yayo haba igikara ariko n’ubundi nta bwoya buba buhari. Mu ntoki z’impundu ntabwoya bubamo kandi igira amano atanu n’intoki eshanu.
Dr Imanishimwe avuga ko impundu ari ibinyabuzima bishimije, ati “Ni ngombwa kubibungabunga kubera ziri mu nyamaswa zinjiza amafaranga menshi hano mu gihugu cyacu ndetse no mu bindi bihugu by’Afurika aho bazifite ba mukerarugendo bakunda kuza kuzisura”.
Umuryango BIOCOOR, ukora ibikorwa bitandukanye byo kwita ku rusoze rw’ibinyabuzima by’umwihariko muri Pariki y’Igihugu ya Nyungwe. Iyi parike impundu zirenga 500.
Shema Divine Ni umunyarwandakazi uba mu gihugu cy’ubushinwa kurubu yatangiye gushyira hanze filime y’uruhererekane yise ‘Regretting’ mu rurimi rw’icyongereza bisobanuye ‘Kwicuza’ mu kinyarwanda.
Ni filime ikubiyemo ubutumwa bw’urukundo no kumvira inama umuntu agirwa cyane cyane n’ababyeyi.
Divine avugako filime ye y’uruhererekane izaba irimo inyigisho nyinshi ariko cyane cyane iziganisha ku rukundo,
ati “Iyi filime igamije kwereka abakobwa cyangwa se n’abahungu ko mu gihe babuze uwo bakundanye nta mpamvu yo kwiyicira ubuzima.”
Iyi filime inahanura urubyiruko ruri koherezwa mu bihugu byateye imbere guhaha ubumenyi, usanga iyo rugezeyo ruri kure y’ababyeyi rwikora ibyo rushatse bigatuma rwibagirwa indangagaciro za Kinyarwanda.
Ibi yabitekereje kubera ko nawe aba mu Bushinwa bityo akaba akunda kubona benshi byabayeho.
Ati “Rero muri iyi filime tubereka ingaruka zo kutumvira ndetse no kwisanisha n’abanyamahanga ku buryo byaba isomo urubyiruko ruri mu mahanga ndetse n’abateganya kujyayo.”
Shema ashimangira ko akenshi iyo umukobwa cyangwa umuhungu ari mu rukundo ni kenshi yirengagiza inama ababyeyi bamuha ugasanga birangiye arimo yicuza kandi bitari bikwiriye, ibi nabyo akabigaragaza muri iyi filime ye.
Avuga ko umwihariko wayo ari uko yakiniwe mu bihugu bitari u Rwanda gusa. Iyi filime ikinwamo n’abakinnyi batandukanye abenshi babarizwa muri studio yitwa Petit Parole iyobowe na Shema Divine.
Pasiteri Agaba Fred n’umugore we Mutoni Fiona Agaba bose bahagaritswe ku buyobozi bw’Itorero Canaan Revival Temple nk’uko bigaragara mu myanzuro yafatiwe mu nama iherutse guhuza abareberera iri torero.
Amakuru agera ku UKWEZI avuga ko Mutoni Agaba Phiona ariwe wifatiye umugabo we amuca inyuma n’undi mukobwa usengera muri iri torero ndetse ibyo bikorwa by’urukozasoni babikoreraga mu rusengero.
Inama yabaye ku wa 17 Kanama 2020, hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga ry’imbuga nkoranyambaga, igaragaza imyanzuro itandatu yafashwe irimo guhagarika Pasiteri Agaba Fred ndetse n’umugorewe.
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Umwe mu myanzuro wafatiwe muri iyo nama wagiraga uti “Inama yasabye ko abayobozi b’amatsinda, [Head of Families] bakomeza gukurikirana ubuzima bw’abakristo umunsi ku munsi, kubumva no kubasana imitima.”
Undi mwanzuro ni uko inama yemeje ko guhera uwo munsi “Pasiteri Agaba Fred ntiyemerewe guhamagara abakirisitu ba Canaan nk’ umushumba kandi nta mukirisitu wemerewe kumuhamagara nk’umushumba.”
Iyi nama yemeje ko mu gihe cy’inzibacyuho, ahakenewe ubujyanama ku bakristu bazajya bifashisha Apôtre Nzamwita nk’inshuti y’itorero cyangwa abashumba baryo bakorera mu ntara.
Uyu muvugabutumwa yabwiye UKWEZI koko ko yahawe izi nshingano zo kuba areberera iri torero ariko avuga ko nta makuru menshi yavuga ku bijyanye no guhagarikwa kwa Pasiteri Agaba Fred n’umugore we Ev Mutoni Fiona.
The Ministry of Sports has closed Cali Fitness club in Nyarutarama, Gasabo District for violating the directives on the prevention of further spread of novel Coronavirus.
In a letter dated August 20, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Shema-Maboko Didier noted that Cali Fitness club was not observing the safety instructions despite the previous warning, and ordered the immediate closure of their fitness activities.
“In reference to the letter Ref.036/PS/Sports/2020 of August 9, 2020 that the Ministry of Sports wrote to you warning you against violating the directives meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after an inspection done at your training ground on August 4, 2020;
In reference to the second inspection done on August 19, where it was again observed that Cali Fitness was not following the guidelines as instructed;
The Ministry of Sports informs you that after these inspections, it has suspended all your sports activities effective August 20, 2020, until you provide a new programme to be followed in compliance with COVID-19 directives,” the letter reads in part.
In an interview with the PS on Friday, August 21, he said that Cali Fitness was exposing their clients to the risk of being infected with COVID-19.
“As per the directives and guidelines, all indoor fitness exercises are prohibited, only outdoor exercises are allowed but also putting into consideration the recommended safety practices like social distancing, wearing facemask, sanitizing or washing hands and avoiding any body contacts,” Maboko said.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Shema-Maboko Didier
He added: “It is in this context that owners of fitness facilities relocated their businesses outdoor but their operations are only allowed after inspection to assess their preparedness to ensure compliance in line with the issued safety guidelines.”
As per the instructions by the Ministry of Sports, fitness facilities are prohibited from using their weight-lifting services or giving their weight-lifting equipment to their clients to prevent any likely sharing of the tools, which can lead to further spread of the pandemic.
However, Cali Fitness had shifted its body-building equipment outside in the parking lot, where their physical fitness exercises were being conducted, and their trainers were also found not wearing facemask.
The PS observed that such violations can lead to the spread of the virus thus calling for the closure of all sports activities that were allowed to resume.
“All safety guidelines, either issued by the Ministry of Sports, Ministry of Health and the government in general, must be respected. Any health and fitness facility found violating these prevention measures will be closed and they risk facing further penalties,” Maboko warned.
Yvan Munyengango, the managing director and head coach at Cali Fitness, acknowledged that they have received the Ministry’s letter suspending their sports activities.
“Yes, we have received the letter halting our outdoor training that was being conducted at Cali Fitness parking lot. COVID-19 prevention guidelines were observed except the use of weight-lifting equipment, but we made sure they were not shared,” Munyengango claimed.
Rwanda National Police (RNP) spokesperson, CP John Bosco Kabera warned against undermining the prevention directives.
“We are working with all relevant entities to ensure that all the directives are adhered to and violators penalised accordingly,” CP Kabera said.
Be it directives and guidelines issued by the government or particular institutions like the Ministries of Health, Local Government and Sports as well as RURA, CP Kabera reminded the public that maximum compliance is the only option either at work or in any public place.
As RNP continues to educate the public on these prevention practices as one of the methods it applies in enforcement, the spokesperson urged the public to be defined by safety behaviours and actions instead of being forced, adding that “safety starts with an individual and is a personal responsibility.”
Reports from Kenya indicate that a former Nakumatt CEO Atul Shah fleeced banks in a manner that has left the business community wondering how daring he was.
Mr. Atul Shah is alleged to have used one property to borrow from multiple lenders in a scheme that risks leaving some banks holding onto non-existent security.
Bank of Africa won the claim to the Sh2 billion property in court and will auction the asset on Monday to recover Sh700 million advanced to the collapsed retailer.
But evidence produced before High Court judge Mary Kasango indicates that the property was used as security to tap loans from other banks.
“The charged property is also charged to other banks and if the plaintiff does sell the same all other creditors stand a chance of losing their security and that the defendant bank is well secured by the charge over the charged property,” Mr Shah said in court papers.
This means that the banks offered Nakumatt billions of shillings on the strength of the retail chain’s cash flow.
Shah used his company Collogne Investments, which owned the Sh2 billion property in Nairobi’s Nakumatt’s guarantor to the multiple bank loans.
This ensured that the banks did not hold the property title as security because the main charge to the loans was the collapsed retailer.
The High Court was told that some banks will lose the security once Bank of Africa auctions the property on August 24.
Nakumatt closed shop in January with debts estimated at Sh30 billion — including Sh18 billion to suppliers, Sh4 billion to commercial paper holders and the rest to banks, who are more aggressive in pursuing their unpaid loans.
The court was not told the specific banks that could lay claim to the Sh2 billion property.
But regulatory filings indicate that Nakumatt owed DTB Bank Sh3.6 billion, Standard Chartered Sh900 million, KCB Sh1.9 billion, Bank of Africa Sh328 million, UBA Sh126 million and GT Bank Sh104 million.
Mr Shah says in court papers that some lenders offered Nakumatt loans with an eye on his properties, arguing that the banks were reluctant to support its rescue plan.
“That I believe that if the facilities were not disbursed with the singular agenda of deliberately burdening the borrower beyond the point of return (sic) and therefore appropriating the applicant’s subject property then the respondent ought to have committed to the rejuvenating of the borrower’s operations,” Mr Shah said in a court affidavit.
Creditors of the supermarket chain on January 7 voted to wind it up after it failed to repay debts following a failed rescue attempt.
After the vote, banks owed billions of shillings by Nakumatt started to identify properties and bank accounts linked to Mr Shah, especially outside Kenya, with a view to seizing and recovering billions of shillings owed to them.
The local assets include shopping malls, office blocks and prime land in Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru — where Atul’s father started Nakumatt as a retail shop.
The properties are owned by third parties linked to the Shah family, which holds the bulk of Nakumatt shares, according to a document prepared by the retail chain’s court-appointed administrator.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ Anti-Banking Fraud Unit is also investigating Nakumatt over alleged theft and money laundering.
In its heyday, the company, which began life as Nakuru Mattresses, had more than 60 outlets across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, before it was brought down by poor management and Debt-fuelled rapid expansion.
However, its financial problems led to empty shelves and store closures that eventually culminated in the demise of the once leading supermarket chain.
Foreign investors could have helped overhaul management and injected cash, but despite a swarm of suitors, no deal was made in the end.
Passengers using public transport buses within the capital Kigali have been fleeced billions of francs worth of internet they pay for but cannot connect to and doesn’t exist in these buses.
In a one-year-long investigation, Taarifa team has boarded nearly all city buses belonging to three transport companies and the findings indicate a carefully woven massive and powerful financial fraud cartel.
In November 2015, Rwanda public transport system introduced an innovation that leaped the country into a digital era- passengers started using a contactless smart card to pay for their trips across Kigali city.
The country has been fast-tracking its adoption of a cashless economy.
AC Group, a local technology company specializing in smart transport solutions partnered with the government and city bus operators and introduced a cashless payment solution for city commuters. This service was named Tap & Go.
For the past five years since the introduction of Tap&Go, the AC Group has so far managed to connect 2 million customers into its database and works with three bus operating agencies.
According to the group, Tap&Go cards are used on all public buses in Kigali to pay for transport fare.
Commuters buy the cards from agents, load it with money, tap it on the card reader at the bus entrance, and are allowed into the bus.
Meanwhile, under this new innovation, all three bus agencies were required to be fitted with WiFi that passengers would connect to with their smartphones and laptops or any other gadgets that require the internet as they enjoy their ride.
AC Group statistics indicate they started with a deal of connecting 450 buses by fitting them with routers that would ensure the sharing of the internet within the buses.
Vianney Mugabo, the acting mayor of City of Kigali in 2016 (L), Former ICT Minister Philbert Nsengimana (C) and Patrick Yoon, the Olleh Rwanda Network chief executive, cut a ribbon at Kigali City Park to launch the Smart Kigali 4G Internet connectivity for public buses in February 2016
The company’s CEO, Patrick Buchana told Taarifa in an exclusive interview that currently, they connect “over 100,000 passengers with some routes are having more and others less,” although AC Group’s website says 300,000.
For the past one year, Taarifa has been investigating this Tap&Go and Bus WiFi connectivity services.
During this period, our team has commuted on nearly all routes of the city road network but the findings are very mind-boggling.
Both Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) and AC Group confirmed to Taarifa that every time a passenger taps their at least Rwf10 is deducted from their total journey fare to pay for the internet.
For example, if a passenger is boarding from Kimironko heading to downtown Nyabugogo and pays Rwf270, it should be noted that the internet fee is included.
With 300,000 daily connections, the AC Group fetches Rwf3 million daily from passengers in about 450 buses. This means the company can rake in a monthly Rwf90, 000,000, and annual Rwf 1,080,000,000.
This service has been part of the passengers’ expected package for over three years. That means according to AC Group’s numbers, Kigali commuters have paid about Rwf3.24 billion in three years.
However, during this year-long investigation, Taarifa has also discovered that not all 450 buses are connected to the internet daily.
Notably, not all passengers use smartphones. In Rwanda, only 20% of the population own smartphones. The largest majority of the commuters don’t spend the Rwf10 deducted from their fare.
Only about 80 buses have been at most supplying internet to passengers. As of today, there is no bus that is connected to any form of internet.
Holders of Tap&Go cards are candidates of an unavoidable yet mysterious technical trap. To acquire this card, you go to any agent mostly found within bus terminals or bus stops.
The card costs Rwf500 but you have to pay an extra Rwf500 to be added on the card, a minimum although a card can have about Rwf2000 balance at one point.
There are those passengers that load more money probably to take them through the whole month.
However, when you lose this card, there is no way you can claim the balance on it because the card is not registered to the owner.
Over hundreds of millions of unclaimed cash is lost annually in this manner because there is no proof of card ownership (look out for Taarifa’s investigation into this matter next week).
Last year, RURA said it had recorded a large number of complaints from people who had lost the card or stolen – and the cash as well.
Patrick Buchana the CEO AC Group told Taarifa in an exclusive interview on August 1, “Balance on Tap&Go cards doesn’t belong to bus companies.
Bus companies don’t care if the internet is provided or not because the revenues belong to AC Group.
Money is kept in an escrow account and there are rules governing escrow accounts which we follow.”
Taarifa asked Buchana; who has oversight on this money? He said; “No one [based on] escrow rules, only when a client taps at any payment point does claim their share. There is a technology system for that.”
About the controversial availability of internet on buses, the group CEO says the internet is working at 85% uptime [as of last week…that was in July] which is good for a mobile router serving in a harsh environment.
“Please go test it for yourself and if it is below, this can be a need to us to address,” he challenged Taarifa.
We have asked passengers and bus drivers. “Zero, no internet,” says Annet Mutesi from Kimironko.
“We have been telling our bosses that the buses are not connected, but they don’t tell us why,” says one of the drivers on the Kicukiro-Nyarugenge route.
This is a screenshot of the status of one of the buses taken by our journalist on board a few days ago.
“There is no internet, it is a scam,” says one Muhire, a passenger from Remera.
However, one passenger from Masaka told us that there was some internet in the first months when the service introduced, but she says the internet was too slow and couldn’t even send a WhatsApp message.
“After a few months, there was no more internet at all since then. Never,” she says, laughing sarcastically.
Who is responsible for helping commuters to recover these billions of francs that were taken? Will these billions be returned to the public who received no service?
Editor’s note: RURA’s Director General told Taarifa later today afternoon that he has no knowledge of this matter. “I am not aware,” he said. “There seems to be some misinformation; my team met AC Group last week to review the status and RURA inspectors are constantly checking, so far no issue of the internet in buses.”
He added that “the population is used to the internet and they complain when it’s not there! I have not seen any complaints.” “I would suggest that you send people to check status on buses, rather than have a story that is inaccurate.”
After RURA’s doubts, our team boarded another bus in the evening and here are the results of our tests.This bus commutes the Remera Masaka route. It did not have internet as indicated in the screenshot of a test above.
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