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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
The East African Legislative Assembly Speaker Martin Ngoga during a plenary session in Kigali on October 25. Courtesy
Africa
EALA Plenary to consider increase in EAC budget
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente (R) shakes hands with His Beatitude Theodoros II, the Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, in Kigali, October 29, 2022 (Photo credit,Office of Prime Minister)
Rwanda
Orthodox Church leader lauds Rwanda’s post-Genocide renewal
Fitch Ratings has maintained Rwanda’s debt repayment capacity to a ‘low’ level. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Fitch Ratings affirms Rwanda's debt payment ability
Barnabé Muhire Sebagabo, Acting Chairperson of the Council of Commissioners at the National Public Service Commission presenting the report to the parliament. Courtesy
Rwanda
Public entities lose billions in legal battles
Food stalls at Kimisagara market in Kigali. Rwanda has seen a significant improvement in its food
security status, with statistics from a 2018 report showing that 81.3 per cent of its population was
food secure. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda
World Food Day: How Rwanda keeps focus on food security
A farmer sorts her beans plantation.Rwanda is offering free fertilisers to its farmer as it responds to high food prices, and drought that is threatening to cause crop production failure
Agriculture
Rwanda offers free fertilisers, irrigation as drought bites
Chief Ombudsman, Madeleine Nirere presenting the Annual Report 2021-2022 of Office of the Ombudsman and Action Plan of 2022-2023 to the Parliament of Rwanda on Wednesday, October 26.Courtesy
Law
Ombudsman deplores heavy bailiff fees for minor cases
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly during a plenary session in Kigali on Tuesday, October 25
Africa
Regional MPs push for ‘adequate’ funding for EAC
Farmers weeding their potato plantation in Muko Sector Musanze District. Potato farmers will from now start paying only RwfRwf603 a kilogramme for the NPK 17-17-17, a commonly used fertiliser in potato production.Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Govt increases fertiliser subsidies
Martin Ngoga, Speaker of the East African
Legislative Assembly, chairs a plenary session in
Kigali on Tuesday, October 25. Photo: Courtesy.
EAC monetary union on agenda as regional parliament convenes in Kigali
Medics during a surgical operation at Kacyiru Hospital. The Chamber of Deputies adopted the relevance of the draft
law regulating the use of human organs, tissues and cells on Wednesday, October 19. Photo: File.
Health
Ten things to know about new human organ use bill
Medics during  surgical operations at Masaka Hospital in Kigali on October 15, 2021. Dan Nsengiyumva
Health
Rwanda ready for kidney transplants, says Ngamije
A technician checks an electricity Pole in Gicumbi District. Minister Erneste Nsanzimana, has disclosed that the Government will use Rwf500 billion to support its universal electrification efforts. File
Infrastructure
Rwanda earmarks Rwf500bn for major electrification drive
Minister of Health Dr Daniel Ngamije presents to the parliament the relevance of the draft law regulating the use of human organs, tissues and cells on October 19. Courtesy
Health
Rwanda seeks to offer kidney, liver transplants in new bill
Minister for Infrastructure Erneste Nsanzimana presents to the Chamber of Deputies the responses to issues related to water and electricity access across the country on Tuesday, October 18. Courtesy
Infrastructure
80% expropriation arrears cleared - minister
Dr. Aflodis Kagaba, the Executive Director of HDI, Cheikh Mbarushimana Suleiman, the advisor to the Mufti of Rwanda and  Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop of Anglican Church of Rwanda. Courtesy
Rwanda
Mixed reactions over proposal for teens’ access to contraceptives
The Plenary Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday rejected the relevance of the proposed bill that sought to provide for access to contraceptive services for children (girls) aged from 15. Craish Bahizi
Health
Parliament rejects bill on contraceptives for 15-year olds
Workers sort sweet potatoes at a greenhouse in Musanze District. The centre has become a solution to the farmers who struggled to get good seeds. / Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Expert makes case for agric biotechnology

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