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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
People representing entities that were awarded for their efforts to address plastic pollution through plastic waste management pose for a photo with Environment Minister Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya (C), and the Director General, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), Juliet Kabera, on June 5, 2023, in Kigali. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Environment
PHOTOS: Inside Rwanda’s revised green growth blueprint
A resident is served by Irembo agent as  they unveiled the BYIKORERE Campaign, that aims at revolutionizing how citizens access and engage with government services in Burera in May. Courtesy
Technology
Digitisation: 400 more services to be accessed via Irembo
ICT and Innovation Minister, Paula Ingabire addresses Senators during a consultative session on actions in line with developing ICT in Rwanda on June 1. Courtesy
Technology
ICT Minister on why making smartphones in Africa is not competitive
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Donatille Mukabalisa (C), UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative, Rabab Fatima (fourth right), and other officials pose for a group photo at Parliamentary Buildings in Kigali, on Friday, June 2, 2023 (courtesy).
Rwanda
Rwanda to host UN landlocked developing countries conference
Minister Paula Ingabire addresses MPs during a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies  . Courtesy
Technology
Telecos excited about end of 4G internet monopoly
Senators unanimously adopted the revision of the Constitution on Friday, June 2. Courtesy
Rwanda
Senate adopts revision of Rwanda's constitution
Doctors conduct a screening exam where internet is mostly needed during the services at Legacy Clinic in Kigali. Dan Nsengiyumva
Technology
Rwanda set to pilot 5G internet
Prisoners arrive at the Supreme Court for a hearing session. The Supreme Court, for instance, operates from a rented building that costs Rwf117 million per month, totaling Rwf1.4 billion annually. Sam Ngendahimana
Finance
How much does govt spend on renting public offices?
Rwanda FDA has banned the use of Gastro-Resistant sodium valproate tablets BP 300mg and Gastro-Resistant sodium valproate tablets BP 500mg. Internet
Health
Rwanda FDA bans drug used for Epilepsy treatment
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Cogebanque Plc, Kirehe District collaborate to provide healthcare support to 1,000 vulnerable people
A new law on the prevention and punishment of money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, was recently promulgated and published in Rwanda’s Official Gaze
Law
Ten changes in money laundering, anti-terrorism law
Delegates during a guided tour of the newly inaugurated French owned Isange Estate at Rebero in Kigali. Canadian investors are among those who have expressed interest in a project to construct 1,250 affordable houses in Ndera Sector. Photo: File.
Housing
Foreign investors eye Rwanda’s affordable housing scheme
EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki (C), and Justice Benjamin Odoki the Chairperson of the Committee of Experts tasked with drafting the Constitution for the proposed EAC Political Confederation (L), among speakers at the press conference on May 28, 2023, in Kenya. (Courtesy)
Politics
Kenyans recommend use of EAC ID in Political Confederation
Medics during an operation at Kacyiru Hospital. The new reforms include producing more healthcare workers and retaining. Craish Bahizi
Health
Health sector reforms to boost retention of medical personnel
MP Omar Munyaneza (2nd left) leads a group of MPs who are in outreach tour in Huye District, captured here during a meeting with district officials on Saturday, May 27. Courtesy
Economy
MPs on tour to assess hospitality, SMEs performance
The plenary sitting of the Chamber of Deputies adopted Parliament’s inputs on the budget framework paper for the fiscal year 2023-2024, on May 26. Courtesy
Economy
Budget: Rwf220bn needed to address urgent financing gaps
Rwanda government will issue digital ID cards within three years. All the 59 MPs who were present at the plenary session that was convened for the adoption of the law, on May 26, unanimously voted for it.Courtesy
Technology
Digital IDs bill gets Parliamentary green light
Rwandan surgeons together with American surgeons carry out a transplant surgery on a patient at King Faisal Hospital (KFH) (courtesy).
Health
First kidney transplant surgeries successfully performed in Rwanda

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