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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Some parents with their children with autism at Kigali Autism Centre at Kagugu in Gasabo District on December 23, 2022. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Education
Activists push for subsidised education for autistic children
Students have  meal through schoolfeeding program at Groupe Scolaire Ayabaraya in Kicukiro district  on Monday, February 28. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Education
Inside Rwf760 billion education budget
A scientist sorting some  medical marijuna leaves in a plantation farm. More than Rwf759 million has been allocated for the implementation of a high-value therapeutic crop (HVTC) off-site infrastructure project. (internet)
Health
Budget: Medical cannabis project, Rwanda Innovation Fund to be financed
Judges during the launch of  Judicial year. The Supreme Court has said the judiciary needs more than Rwf9.7 billion to ably increase salaries for judicial personnel.Courtesy
Rwanda
Retention: Rwf9.7bn needed to raise judicial personnel salaries
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Education
Govt to recruit 8,000 teachers next academic year
Some of over 6000 houses that were extremely damaged by landslides and floods in Rwanda on May 3. According to the newly launched assessment  a total of 19,179 families are in very high risk zones, which can endanger their lives in case of disasters. Courtesy
Rwanda
Govt needs Rwf13bn to relocate 19,000 families from high risk zones
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Health
King Faisal Hospital to conduct four kidney transplants this month
A voter talks to the electoral commission's volunteers before casting his vote during parliamentary elections in 2018. MPs adopted some revisions like the synchronization of presidential and parliamentary elections.
Rwanda
Lower House adopts constitutional revision with minor adjustments
SACCO teller serves a customer at Kacyiru Umurenge SACCO. Government, by the end of June 2024. will start  the long-awaited automation of the 416 Umurenge Savings and Credit Cooperatives. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Over Rwf2bn allocated for full automation of Umurenge SACCOs
A landscape view of Karongi port on the shore of Lake Kivu in Karongi District. The government allocated Rwf17.8 billion for this project of the construction of ports at Lake Kivu . Sam Ngendahimana
Infrastructure
Infrastructure: Eight major projects in Rwf630bn budget
Potato farmers weed their plantation in Muko Sector ,Musanze District. According to Minister of Agriculture in order to  address concerns such as food security and high inflation, the agriculture sector has been allocated  Rwf154.8 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Agriculture budget shrinks, raising concerns over food security
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente with other officials interact with a resident of Shyira Sector in Nyabihu District on May 4, following the floods that ravaged the area last week. On his left are; Francois Habitegeko, the Governor of Western
Province, Jean Claude Musabyimana, the Minister of Local Government, Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Defence Staff Gen Jean Bosco Kazura and the Inspector General of Police Felix Namuhoranye. Photo: Cyril Ndegeya.
Rwanda
Rwanda needs Rwf30bn to resettle families affected by disasters
Rubavu residents wade through a flooded residential area in Nyundo sector on May 3.The Cabinet  meeting on Monday, May 8, approved an emergency response plan aimed at reinforcing efforts to provide urgent relief. Germain Nsanzimana
Rwanda
Rwanda endorses urgent relief to disaster-affected communities
One of thousands of houses that were damaged by the recent disasters Rubavu District.Overall, Nsanzineza said that 3,006 houses were completely destroyed, while 3,200 were damaged by the disasters -- bringing the total to 6,206 houses. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Housing
Disasters: Housing Authority needs Rwf30bn to build 3,000 destroyed houses
Auditor General (AG) Alexis Kamuhire presenting the annual audit report for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to a joint session of Parliament on Tuesday, May 2. Courtesy
Rwanda
10 key highlights from Auditor General’s report
Mountain gorillas of Susa group at Karisimbi in Volcanoes National Park. Rwanda has extended promotional rates for gorilla trekking fees to ensure continued domestic and foreign tourism recovery. Sam Ngendahimana
Tourism
Rwanda tourism revenue more than doubled to $445m in 2022
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Economy
Kigali lost 40 per cent of public buses in 10 years - official
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Infrastructure
Budget: MPs push for Kacyiru ‘ultra-modern’ hospital construction

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