Juin 2020

jeudi 18 juin 2020

Some members of parliament recently suggested the idea of government rolling out special incentives for teachers to help uplift their welfare, which, they say will go a long way in boosting the quality of education in the country. The suggested incentives include a special duty free shop where teachers can buy groceries at subsidized prices, and providing their children with free education. The MPs’ proposals last week, on Friday, June 12, during the approval of an assessment report on issues affecting quality education, follow a request of a monthly minimum salary Rwf80,000 for a primary school teacher by the National Union of Teachers in Rwanda (SNER) in 2016. The union argued that minimum pay can somehow help a teacher meet their basic needs such as meals, transport, and accommodation.Currently, a freshly recruited primary school teacher earns less than Rwf50,000 a month. The argument is that teachers are financially constrained to afford even the basic needs of life, being among the least paid civil servants in the country. MP Frank Habineza suggested that there should be a special shop for teachers just like there is a shop for the army, police and correction service, as well as similar incentives that go towards community patrol officers (abanyerondo), so that they are able to buy commodities at affordable prices. “Because a teacher gets a low salary, we should probably think of something like Umwalimu Shop to help them easily access basic groceries for their families which whelp to improve the quality of education,” he said. Techers have welcomed the idea. Laurent Habuhazi, a teacher at Groupe Scolaire Karama in Karama Sector, in Huye District, Southern Province. He has been a primary school teacher since 2016, and he gets Rwf50,000 salary per month, which he describes as meager. “I have to pay for accommodation and meals. Such salary cannot even cover subsistence expenses,” he said adding that personal development initiative like building a house remains a mirage. Though there is Umwalimu SACCO, a teachers’ Savings and Credits Cooperative, Habuhazi said that small salary is a hindrance for him to benefit from the cooperative. Umwalimu SACCO offers loans to teachers based on their salary at relatively lower interest rate of 11 percent compared to loans from other commercial banks whose interest rate is between 14 per cent and 20 per cent “If I get a loan, and say Rwf25,000 is deducted from my monthly salary to pay back the loan, I will be getting Rwf25,000 per month, which cannot cover my basic needs such as accommodation and meals,” he said. He said that the recommendation to set up shops where they can get groceries cheaply. “If a person was spending Rwf20,000 on meals, and the expense drops to Rwf10,000 [a month], then they can save the Rwf10,000 for development purposes,” he said. The General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers in Rwanda (SNER), Stephanié Mukangango said special shops for teachers would be helpful. She however acknowledges the government’s interventions already in place such as Umwalimu SACCO in which she said government injects Rwf5 billion per year to support teachers get much needed credit. She said that in 2019, there were 66,401 teachers in primary and secondary public schools, indicating that the former accounted for 42,062, while the latter were 24,339 teachers. ‘A teacher deserves more’ For MP Jeanne d’Arc Uwimanimpaye, a teacher has a great role to play in achieving quality education, and should be motivated to do their work. “There should be incentives to teachers such as guaranteeing them that their children will study up to university free of charge, That can motivate a teacher to like that [teaching] job, as well as commit to ensuring that a student gets quality education,” she said. MP Christine Mukabunani said that motivation for teachers is vital to the attainment of quality education. “A teacher is at the core of education. As long as they are not provided with adequate means to provide for their families, quality education will not be achieved,” Mukabunani said, underscoring the need for raising teacher’ remuneration. Source: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/why-mps-want-more-incentives-teachers

jeudi 18 juin 2020

Ishyaka riharanira Demokarasi no kurengera Ibidukikije mu Rwanda (Democratic Green Party of Rwanda: DGPR), riravuga ko Guverinoma iri kureba ku nyungu gusa ntirebe ingaruka kubaka Ikigo cy’Ubumenyi n’Ikoranabuhanga mu bya Nucléaire, bizateza abanyarwanda. Ku wa Mbere tariki 15 nibwo Inteko rusange y’Umutwe w’Abadepite mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko y’u Rwanda, yatoye umushinga w’itegeko ryemera kwemeza burundu amasezerano hagati ya Guverinoma y’u Rwanda n’iy’u Burusiya y’ubufatanye mu kubaka Ikigo cy’Ubumenyi n’Ikoranabuhanga mu bya Nucléaire ku butaka bw’u Rwanda. Abadepite babiri bo muri DGPR nibo batoye ‘oya’ kuri iryo tegeko ryemeje ko amasezerano u Rwanda n’u Burusiya byasinyiye i Sochi ku wa 24 Ukwakira 2019, yemezwa burundu. Dr Frank Habineza yavuze ko ingufu za Nucléaire zizateza ibyago byinshi kurusha ibyiza zazana. Yavuze ko guturana n’izo ngufu ari nko guturana n’igisasu cya Nucléaire n’ubundi gishobora guturika kigatwara ubuzima kikangiza umutungo w’igihugu n’ibihugu bituranyi. Yavuze kandi ko uburyo abantu batuyemo nta hantu uruganda rwazo rwakubakwa hatanga umutekano ku banyarwanda. Ati “Nk’uko tubizi ahantu hari za Nucléaire hapfa abantu bari muri za miliyoni. Dore n’ubu ukuntu Abanyarwanda dutuye n’uko ubucucike bwacu bumeze, ahantu yaba hose nta ho wavuga ngo hariherereye honyine wayishyira ngo ntizagire ikibazo ku Banyarwanda kandi ingaruka zayo zimara igihe kirekire cyane. Si akantu koroshye nka sitasiyo ya lisansi cyangwa guturana n’umunara wa telefoni, oya rwose ni uguturana n’igisasu, noneho n’igisasu cya Nucléaire ntabwo ari n’igisasu kiri aho wavuga ngo icya Katyusha, oya ni icya kirimbuzi.” Mugenzi we Jean Claude Ntezimana yakomeje avuga ko ibisigazwa n’ibindi bizajya biva muri icyo kigo bizateza ikibazo gikomeye ku banyarwanda. Muri rusange ishyaka rya Green Party ryatangaje ko “babajije ibyo bibazo kubera ko byaragaraga neza ko Komisiyo yasesenguye uwo mushinga mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko na Guverinoma bari kugaragaza gusa uruhande rw’inyungu zo kuzana Ikigo cy’Ubumenyi n’Ikoranabuhanga mu bya Nucléaire, ariko ntibagaragaze ibibazo bizateza, bagamije ko abadepite batora babyemeza”. Dr.Frank Habineza, yashimangiye ibyago icyo kigo kizazana birimo n’ikiguzi gihambaye cyo guhangana n’ingaruka kirimbuzi, atanga ingero ku kigo cya Fukushima mu Buyapani, cyatangaje ko bizagisaba miliyari 365 z’amadolari ya Amerika. Yavuze ko izi ari ingufu za kera zitakigezweho kandi zemejwe ko zifite ingaruka ku bidukikije bityo ko zitazanwa mu Rwanda nk’agashya mu gihe ibihugu bimwe na bimwe biri kuzamagana kubera ububi bwazo. Ibisigazwa n’amazi yanduye biva muri icyo kigo nabyo ngo bizateza ikibazo gikomeye ku bidukikije mu gihugu, mu baturanyi ndetse n’Isi muri rusange. Ikirenze kuri ibyo, ibikoresho by’ibanze bikenerwa nka Uranium bisohora imirase yangiza, ibyo bikaba ari ibibazo bikomeye ku baturage no ku bidukikije. Iri shyaka ntabwo ryigeze rishyigikira uwo mushinga kuva mu 2018 u Rwanda rutangira kwemeranya n’u Burusiya ko byawufatanyamo. Muri Werurwe umwaka ushize iri shyaka ryatangaje ko uwo mushinga ari ikiza ku Rwanda n’ibihugu birukikije. Minisitiri w’Ibikorwaremezo, Amb Claver Gatete, yavuze ko hagendewe ku cyerekezo 2050 u Rwanda rwiteze ko siyansi izaba ifite uruhare runini mu nzego zitandukanye z’ubuzima byaba ari ikibazo hadakoreshejwe ingufu za Nucléaire. Ati “Tutabikoze na gato tukabyihorera twagira ikibazo ahubwo gikomeye cyane kubera ko ari ibyo kurya dukura hanze y’igihugu biba birimo Nucléaire ntabwo tuzi icyo twabikoraho tudafite nubwo bumenyi. Iyo muza hano cyangwa ugiye aho ariho hose bya byuma byo gusaka banyuzamo hasi biba bifitemo Nucléaire none ntituzi uko tugomba kubishyingura.’’ “Ibyo dukoresha hano yaba mu buzima, mu buhinzi, mu bucukuzi bw’amabuye, mu nganda, tudafite ubwo bumenyi twaba dufite ikibazo gikomeye cyane kuko ntituzi uko twabigenza. icyo dushyiriraho iki kigo ni ukugira ngo kiduhe bwa bumenyi tudafite.” U Rwanda ubu rufite abanyeshuri 50 biga mu Burusiya, rugiye kohereza abandi 20 ndetse rushaka kohereza n’abandi muri Amerika, mu Burayi, muri Aziya kugira ngo rugire itsinda rifite ubumenyi butandukanye. Source: https://www.igihe.com/amakuru/u-rwanda/article/ishyaka-rya-green-party-ryamaganye-iyubakwa-ry-ikigo-cy-ubumenyi-mu-bya

mardi 16 juin 2020

On Monday, 15th June, during a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies-Rwanda Parliament, two Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, MPs, voted against the law approving the ratification of the agreement between Rwanda and Russia on cooperation in the construction of the Centre of Nuclear Science and Technology on the territory of Rwanda, which was signed in Sochi, on 24th October 2019. Why did Green Party MPs Vote Against the Nuclear Center law: Hon.Dr Frank Habineza said that nuclear energy would cause more harm than good. He continued that “Living near a nuclear energy plant is like living near a nuclear bomb which can explode and cause destruction of life and property to the nation and its neighboring countries. Considering the high population density of Rwanda, there is no place where the plant can be built and the safety of Rwandans and neighbors will be at great risk,” he said. Hon.Jean Claude Ntezimana said that “nuclear waste management would pose a serious challenge for Rwanda. He queried whether the possible benefits and side-effects of the nuclear Centre were weighed to ascertain whether the Nuclear Centre is important or not important for Rwandans”. This question was posed because it was clear the Parliamentary commission and the Government only focused on the advantages of having the nuclear center in Rwanda and never mentioned any disadvantage so that MPs could make an informed judgement. Hon. Dr.Frank Habineza, highlighted several dangers of having the nuclear center in Rwanda, which included: High risk to exposure of radiation to the population in case of an accident and high costs involved to deal with the impacts of nuclear damage and leaks, giving examples of Fukushima in Japan and Chernobyl in Ukraine He also mentioned that, nuclear energy is an old technology with proven risks to the environment and the planet which should not be thought of as an innovation to the Republic of Rwanda, since many of developed nations like Germany, Sweden are all de-nuclearizing, because of so many dangers involved. Furthermore, he stated that, nuclear waste and water pollution from the nuclear plant would cause a serious environmental challenge to the country, its neighbors and the world at large. More to that, raw materials needed to operate the nuclear Center, such as Uranium emit harmful levels of radiation, which is a great risk to the population and the environment. -End -

samedi 13 juin 2020

This Friday 12th June 2020 during a plenary session in Rwanda Parliament, Dr.Frank Habineza pleaded for teachers to get a specialised market, as it is the case for those working in the security sector and an increament in thier salary, since the past increament did little to change thier livelihood, this would help in the improvement of quality education. Below are the submisions: Government is requested to establish a special market for teachers (Umwarimu ISOKO), whereby teachers could be able to purchase necessities on a subsidized price, as it’s the case for Policemen, Soldiers and local security personnel (Abanyerondo) Ensure that all pupils and students get something to eat while at school. I have proposed to at least take porridge at break-time (10:00 AM) and at Lunch time (12:00-13:00), since providing food has become difficult. Parents are encouraged to contribute something in order to make this a success. I have renewed the call to increase teacher’s salary, since the past increment made no significant changes to their income and livelihood. -End

samedi 13 juin 2020

Kuri uyu wa Gatanu tariki ya 12 Kamena 2020, Depite Frank Habineza, mu Nteko Nshinga Mategeko, yasabiye abakora umwuga w ubwarimu ko bashyirirwaho isoko ryihariye (Umwarimu ISOKO) bahahiramo ndetse bakanongerezwa umushahara kuko uwo baherutse kongezwa ntacyo wigeze uzamura kumibereho yabo. Ibi bikozwe byafasha kuzamura Ireme ry’uburezi mu Rwanda. Ibintu bitatu twasabye: Ko Leta yafasha hakajyaho Isoko ryihariye rya mwarimu (Umwarimu ISOKO). Umwarimu nawe akazajya ahaha kuri macye nkuko bimeze ku bashinzwe umutekano (abapolice, abasirikare, n’abenyerondo). Kugaburira abana biga bataha, bakababwa n’ibura igikoma cy’ibigori cyangwa ikivanze, saa yine na saa sita (10:00 na 12:00) mbere y’ukwo bataha, ababyeyi nabo bakibigiramo uruhare. Twongeye gusaba ko umushahara wa mwarimu wa kwiyongera, kuberako ayongerewo ubushize atigeze yongera ubushobozi bwabo. -End

vendredi 12 juin 2020

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda would like to inform the public that it neither owns nor supports a new online Newspaper in the names of Rwanda Tribune. It has come to our attention that Rwanda Tribune and its social media platforms have published some articles attacking other politicians. We hereby disassociate ourselves from those publications. Whomsoever that contributed to those articles did so on their own capacity and not in the names of the party. Facts about ownership of this Newspaper can be retrieved from the office of the Registrar General, at Rwanda Development Board and from the Rwandan Association of Media Professional (ARJ). We take on this opportunity to caution all party members who occupy positions in the party structures but are at the same time working as journalists to either resign from the party leadership portfolios with immediate effect or stop working as journalists, since the Rwandan media Law, does not allow active politicians to work as journalists. Done at Kigali, 12th June 2020 Dr. Frank Habineza [MP] President, DGPR