KCC responds to Focus story
The following is a response from Kigali City Council to our main story in our last issue; a response that we are obliged by law to publish on the front page where the story KCC responds to was published.
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Sitting through exams, but without a desk
Concerned student speaks out about appalling situation at SFB What is happening to me at SFB (School of Finance and Banking) is exactly the opposite of what I expected when I registered as a private part time student (BBA) program. Students on their way to the SFB examination hall. They should not expect desks. (photo Timothy Kisambira) First [...]
Parking chaos drives Coaster drivers mad
When last year there was a marked increase in Coaster busses, commuters hoped their transport worries would be over. Yet the utter chaos at Rubangura has made them even more desperate. And the bus drivers too.
Nine years to forgiveness
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a permanent attitude.” Jean Paul Samputu, the acclaimed singer and UN peace activist, is well placed to make the claim, having struggled himself for years before being able to forgive the murderer of his family. Both of them were recently on a tour in Rwanda to preach [...]
Can we truly cure ourselves of the dependency syndrome?
Rwanda wants to cure itself of the dependency syndrome that blights so many African societies. Good for us.
Long way to go for districts
The common development fund (CDF) has warned districts against exceeding their budgets since they have already been given all the funds for the year 2008 as well as their share of the 2009 minibudget, 97% of which has already been allocated.
Getting youth involved
Focus, Pressure, Action. That is the three-phase program used by the organization Never Again to get youth talk about human rights, democracy and good governance.
Burundians learn lessons from Bureau of Standards
Even though Burundi’s bureau of standards is older than the RBS, its growth has been hampered by many problems. For this reason, a delegation of the Burundian bureau is currently in Rwanda for training at the RBS.
Corruption to be fought on continental scale
The United Nations Economic Commission on Africa (UNECA) recently organized a meeting of experts to explore ways of strengthening the capacity of national anti-corruption institutions in Africa.
Parliament wants Umoja Wetu operation extended
Amid the joint operation between Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwandan defense forces aimed at uprooting the FDLR/Interahamwe from the jungles of the Eastern DRC, the Minister of Defense General Marcel Gatsinzi together with the representative of the high command of the Rwanda defense forces (RDF) Major General Jacques Musemakweli were summoned by the [...]
