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We need our own Kagame
Date: 5th-September 2005
By James Munyaneza & Edwin Musoni
The New Times
Leaders and the general public should bear with the governments decisions to auction government cars and to retrench some civil servants, President Paul Kagame said last Friday.
The President noted that the two policies were taken in the interest of all citizens, adding that the moves are expected to expedite the countrys economic development. Kagame was speaking shortly after the swearing-in of State Ministers Rose Mary Museminali (Cooperation) and Joseph Murekeraho (Primary and Secondary Education), and the newly-elected Kibuye woman MP Marie Rose Mureshyankwano at the Parliamentary Building in Kimihurura.
Some of these decisions might not attract applause but certainly people have to understand that in the end, we shall all benefit, Kagame told the fully-packed Parliament .
The President noted the retrenchment exercise which has been going on for nearly half a year now was intended to retain quality and well remunerated civil servants and urged Rwandans to support the policies that are taken for the good of the nation.
His remarks came barely two days after the Ministry of Infrastructure seized close to 1,000 government vehicles. The cars, which are due for auction, are packed at the Amahoro National Stadium.
The seizure last week, in which thousands of government drivers have lost their jobs, followed a similar one earlier this year, which particularly targeted luxurious government cars.
The government says the policy seeks to eliminate unnecessary costs from its expenditure portfolio and, almost all public services have been affected.
Recently, the Cabinet resolved that the labour ministry works out modalities under which the government will be hiring private cars to carry out most of its business. Meanwhile, Marie Rose Mureshyankwano was last Friday sworn-in as a Member of Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies, replacing Julian Kabanyana, who stepped down months ago amid Genocide charges.
Mureshyankwano was until her election to the August House a teacher at Rutsiro Secondary School in Rutsiro district in Kibuye province.
Last Wednesday, she swept the by-election with an overwhelming support of 77.2 per cent. The other candidates Marceline Nikuze and Therese Nyiragirimana polled 19.2 per cent and 3.6 per cent, respectively, while Florida Nyirahabimana withdrew her candidature at the eleventh hour. According to the Executive Secretary for National Electoral Commission Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, the exercise was free and fair.
The Kibuye Electoral College has 1265 members, among these the considered ballots that came up were 1069 and there were no appeals raised after the election, he said. Mureshyankwano joins Solange Tuyisenge in the House of Deputies, as the second woman representative from Kibuye province.
Date: 5th-September 2005
By James Munyaneza & Edwin Musoni
The New Times
Leaders and the general public should bear with the governments decisions to auction government cars and to retrench some civil servants, President Paul Kagame said last Friday.
The President noted that the two policies were taken in the interest of all citizens, adding that the moves are expected to expedite the countrys economic development. Kagame was speaking shortly after the swearing-in of State Ministers Rose Mary Museminali (Cooperation) and Joseph Murekeraho (Primary and Secondary Education), and the newly-elected Kibuye woman MP Marie Rose Mureshyankwano at the Parliamentary Building in Kimihurura.
Some of these decisions might not attract applause but certainly people have to understand that in the end, we shall all benefit, Kagame told the fully-packed Parliament .
The President noted the retrenchment exercise which has been going on for nearly half a year now was intended to retain quality and well remunerated civil servants and urged Rwandans to support the policies that are taken for the good of the nation.
His remarks came barely two days after the Ministry of Infrastructure seized close to 1,000 government vehicles. The cars, which are due for auction, are packed at the Amahoro National Stadium.
The seizure last week, in which thousands of government drivers have lost their jobs, followed a similar one earlier this year, which particularly targeted luxurious government cars.
The government says the policy seeks to eliminate unnecessary costs from its expenditure portfolio and, almost all public services have been affected.
Recently, the Cabinet resolved that the labour ministry works out modalities under which the government will be hiring private cars to carry out most of its business. Meanwhile, Marie Rose Mureshyankwano was last Friday sworn-in as a Member of Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies, replacing Julian Kabanyana, who stepped down months ago amid Genocide charges.
Mureshyankwano was until her election to the August House a teacher at Rutsiro Secondary School in Rutsiro district in Kibuye province.
Last Wednesday, she swept the by-election with an overwhelming support of 77.2 per cent. The other candidates Marceline Nikuze and Therese Nyiragirimana polled 19.2 per cent and 3.6 per cent, respectively, while Florida Nyirahabimana withdrew her candidature at the eleventh hour. According to the Executive Secretary for National Electoral Commission Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, the exercise was free and fair.
The Kibuye Electoral College has 1265 members, among these the considered ballots that came up were 1069 and there were no appeals raised after the election, he said. Mureshyankwano joins Solange Tuyisenge in the House of Deputies, as the second woman representative from Kibuye province.