Last week marked a milestone for the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi survivors and the country, where on April 1, the government of Sweden gave a green light for the extradition of Jean-Paul Micomyiza, 49, to Rwanda where he is accused of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Micomyiza is accused of leading a militia and mutilating, murdering and raping during the genocide in 1994. On the other hand, Rwanda’s largest tea factory, Mulindi Tea Factory was handed over to five thousand smallholder farmers in Gicumbi district on March 28, a move expected to help farmers get more profits from tea sales. A day later, the admission of DR Congo into the East African Community, making it the seventh partner state, was announced by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, as Chairperson of the East African Community Heads of State Summit. On March 31, President Kagame presided over the launch of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), a result of a partnership of the Ministry of ICT and Innovation and the World Economic Forum (WEF). It is the first of its kind to be launched in Africa. On April 2, The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and Partners In Health (PIH) in Rwanda held a joint requiem mass in honour of the Late Dr Paul Farmer, at the St. Michel’s Cathedral in Kigali. The memorial mass was attended by the First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, and over six hundred friends and colleagues of the late Dr Paul Farmer, a global health champion whom most referred to as ‘Muganga Mwiza’. We chronicle the past week in pictures... A top Swedish Court found no reason why Micomyiza should not be extradited to Kigali. A partial view of the Gicumbi tea factory which is now fully owned by smallholder farmers. / Photo: Courtesy Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente flanked by other officials tour the Mulindi tea factory during the handover ceremony in Gicumbi District on March 28. / Photo: Courtesy The virtual 19th Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community Heads of State, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, during which the Heads of State all agreed to admit the Democratic Republic of Congo into the EAC. President Kagame and other officials pose for a picture at Kigali Convention Centre where the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution was launched. Among other things, C4IR shapes new policies and strategies in areas such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and digital assets, and enables agile implementation and iteration through its network of national and sub-national centres. Madame Jeannette Kagame at the requiem mass in honour of the Late Dr Paul Farmer at Saint Michel’s Cathedral in Kigali.
