Gossip: On the grapevine

Miss Kigali lectures soldiers The recently crowned Miss Kigali Cynthia Akazuba, is quickly attracting the attention of various people and institutions. Latest on the list of institutions to enlist the services of the 18-year-old beauty queen are the army and the national police. Our snoops recently spotted the beauty queen at Gako, one of the country’s military training centers. According to our scouts, she had been invited by the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF), to sensitize the men and women in uniform on the issue of gender based violence in the army. Since she was crowned Miss Kigali, she has been participating in various social activities, like visiting the poor and orphanage centers. And we hear she is also planning to travel to Bugesera to visit child- headed families. Guard for Miss Chanelle Last Friday, the local female vocalist, Miss Chanelle was spotted at Prime Holdings guarded by a huge guy wearing very dark shades, with a blue-tooth. Miss Chanelle looked so apprehensive, trying to avoid the paparazzi. Probably more than she could protect herself from the heavy rainfall. Former don jailed for 19 years Latest on grapevine is the news that a former university lecturer has been sentenced to 19-years behind bars for her role in the murder of a colleague’s wife during the 1994 Genocide. Marie-Thérèse Kampire, who taught politics at the National University of Rwanda, was last week found guilty, by a traditional “Gacaca” court. Kampire is guilty of complicity in the murder of the wife of Pierre Claver Gasana, a former professor of physics at the same university, who was also killed during the 1994 slaughter by interahamwe militias. Gacaca court judges are elected from within the community to sit on a nine-member panel. During the court sessions, they hear and record testimonies from community members who saw and witnessed what happened during the genocide, and preside over trials of the suspects in their own villages. The struggle to get noticed at Izuba Launch It was drama during the party to launch Izuba Rirashe, a vernacular sister paper to The New Times, latest Friday.A smartly dressed young lady grabbed Vampos’s sunglasses as the Uganda rapper entertained guests. Vampos had nothing to do, but to continue doing his thing as if nothing had happened. Dressed in white suit and white shoes, the dreaded rapper was spotted staring at the sea of people, hoping to identify the chic, and probably recover his expensive shades. Certainly, God was on his side, shortly after his show, the chic followed him and gave him back his pair of shades. He was overheard screaming, “Halleluiah, Rwandans are Godly people”. Changes at Cadillac The talk of the city is that Cadillac’s Cobra is doing his best to improve the standards of his night club. Perhaps, the mogul has already smelled the competition in the corner. Ngo, he has now changed the interior designer of the club and has also imported bigger and better air conditioners. We also hear that Cobra has vowed to raise the standards of his night club to international levels. He has also increased the days the club opens in a week, from three to four beginning December 1st. He has also introduced special days: “Ladies’ night”, on Wednesday with a red carpet, “Reggae’s night, on Thursday and Oldies’ night on Sunday. Here we go…at Cadillac!!! Ends