StephensNUWAGABA

Adviser/ Ministry of Local Government

I am guided by the principle that Leadership is not about Position but Actions accomplished by a Leader.

[StephensNUWAGABA @SNuwagaba]

@OsloFF We are sorry to see OsloFF honoring this faked hero & criminal who killed 9 innocent civilians in Rwanda in pursuit of power & selfish interests. Rwandans know H.E #Kagame Paul who stopped genocide, led them well & are still with him to transform Rwanda. So dine with a criminal.

[Tito Hare @harerimana_tito]

@PaulKagame @imfuraluc01 @SuluhuSamia 🇷🇼 ❤️🇹🇿

[Paul Kagame @PaulKagame]

Thank you to my sister President @SuluhuSamia for the warm welcome to Tanzania and for the productive discussions.

Rwanda and Tanzania are not only neighbors but brotherly countries bound by history and a shared goal of prosperity for our people. Rwanda remains committed to building on this strong foundation by deepening our bilateral cooperation across trade, investment, infrastructure, logistics, energy, and regional integration.

I look forward to continuing our collaboration to achieve tangible results for our citizens and advance the East African Community.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Kuri uyu wa Kane, haribukwa abakozi bakoreraga Minisiteri zitwaga MININTER, MINIFOP na MINITRASO bazize Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi.

Igikorwa cyatangiriye ku Kacyiru ku rwibutso rwa Jenoside ruri ahari ibiro bikoreramo Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu (MINALOC), @RwandaInterior, @RwandaLabour, @Rwandamigration, @IntwarizuRwanda, ari na ho aba bakozi bibukwa bakoreraga; igikorwa kigakomereza ku rwibutso rwa Jenoside rwa Kigali, ku Gisozi.

Kugeza ubu hibukwa abakozi 26 bishwe muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi bakoreraga izi minisiteri ku buryo bukurikira: MININTER (abakozi 7), MINIFOP (abakozi 8) na MINITRASO (abakozi 11). #Kwibuka32

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Minisitiri @Dominiquehab yifatanyije n'abaturage ba @Kamonyi mu #Kwibuka32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, igikorwa kirimo kubera ku rwibutso rwa Jenoside rwa Mugina.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Today, Minister @Dominiquehab held talks with H.E. @AmbEinatWeiss, Ambassador of @IsraelinRwanda, accompanied by Deputy Chief of Mission Ron Margalit. The meeting discussed and explored opportunities to further advance strategic partnerships.

They  reiterated  commitment to deepening cooperation, particularly in e-governance and service digitalization, capacity building, institutional twinning, municipal partnerships, and targeted technical assistance and knowledge exchange.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Hirya no hino mu gihugu, abaturage bitabiriye umuganda wa Mata, Minisitiri @Dominiquehab yifatanyije n'abo mu Murenge wa Kaniga muri @GicumbiDistrict mu gukora uturima tw'igikoni no gutera imboga mu rwego rwo guharanira imirire iboneye.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“We find these powers who want to impress upon us that we really don’t have much, we don’t mean much, we can only survive because of them. This notion has to be challenged, and has to be challenged by all of us.” President Kagame #WPC2026

[Rwanda In Kenya @RwandaInKenya]

JUST IN: More than 300 people are gathered at the University of Nairobi for the Symposium on Genocide Prevention.

You can follow the event live using the link below:
https://t.co/oIY8T5KxF5
#Kwibuka32

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Komisiyo y'Imiyoborere n'Uburenganzira bwa Muntu muri Sena yatangiye gusuzuma ingingo zigize umushinga w'itegeko ngenga rigenga amatora. Minisitiri @Dominiquehab yagaragaje ko impinduka zigamije:

-Kunoza imigendekere y’amatora;

-Koroshya imitegurire imikoreshereze y’amatora;

-Guhuriza hamwe ingingo zose z’itegeko ngenga rigenga amatora;

-Guhuza itegeko ngenga rigenga amatora n’andi mategeko;

-Kunoza imyandikire y’itegeko ngenga rigenga amatora.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Kuri uyu wa Kabiri Minisitiri @Dominiquehab yagendereye @GakenkeDistrict aho yasuye ibikorwa by’iterambere birimo imirimo yo kuvugurura ikigo nderabuzima cya Muhondo, Koperative Dukundekawa Musasa ihinga ikanatunganya kawa na Koperative COMIKAGI icukura ikanatunganya amabuye y’agaciro.

Nka Dukundekawa Musasa itunganya kawa nziza yoherezwa ku isoko mpuzamahanga, igizwe n'abanyamuryango barenga 1100, ikoresha abakozi bahoraho 55, ikawa yaba yeze hagakora abagera kuri 550.

Iyi koperative inafite ikusanyirizo ry'amata ritunganya litiro 5000 ku munsi, irerero ryigisha abana b’ababyeyi bahakora n'ibindi bikorwa biteza imbere abaturage nko kuboroza inka muri Girinka, ikigo cy’ubukorikori n'ibindi.

Minisitiri Habimana Dominique yashimiye uruhare rw'izi koperative mu guteza imbere imibereho y'abaturage n'iterambere ry'igihugu, abasaba kongera umusaruro  n'ubuziranenge bw'ibyo bakora.

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Uganda 🇺🇬 @UgandaMFA]

The 12th Uganda–Rwanda Joint Permanent Commission opened today at Mestil Hotel, Kampala, with the Senior Officials’ Meeting. The Ugandan delegation is led by Amb. @richardkabonero , Head of REC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who welcomed the Rwandan delegation led by Ms. Teta Gisa, Director General for Africa Department, @RwandaMFA . The JPC reaffirms both Sister Republics’ commitment to deepen cooperation in defense, trade, infrastructure, migration, and human capital for mutual prosperity.

[Dr. Jean Damascene BIZIMANA @DrDamascene]

April 20, 2026, is a specific day of remembrance for the last queen of Rwanda Rosalie Gicanda, of blessed memory, assassinated in Butare during the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi.

The date commemorates her and recalls the particularly horrific three days from April 20 to 23, 1994, which were the deadliest during the genocide. On April 21, 1994 alone, more than 250,000 Tutsi were killed in various locations, including Kinazi, the city of Butare, Karama, Cyanika, Murambi, and Kaduha, to name just a few. Starting on April 18, 1994, the expansion of the genocide into prefectures in the south and west of the country was a deliberate strategy of the genocidal government to eliminate ongoing resistance in Gitarama, Butare, Gikongoro, and Kibuye.

Cyangugu was among the prefectures which quickly started the genocide on April 7, 1994 in Kamembe, Mururu, Kibogora, Nyamasheke, Mwezi, Hanika, Gihundwe, Bugarama, Mushaka, Nyabitimbo, Nkanka, Shagasha, Gisakura, Bushenge, Ntendezi, etc. Almost all of the Tutsi were exterminated from April 7 to 12 1994, with the exception of very rare sites of Mibilizi and Nyarushishi.

Strategy used:

Starting on April 18, 1994, a vast mobilization of the genocidal government led by Dr. Théodore Sindikubwabo and Prime Minister Jean Kambanda took place. They traveled to Butare and Gikongoro to issue a general call for genocide. President Sindikubwabo dismissed the prefect of Butare, Dr. Jean Baptiste Habyarimana, on April 19, 1994, who was doing his best to prevent the genocide. He then installed the Hutu extremist Sylvain Nsabimana, who actively oversaw the widespread and systematic killing of Tutsis. President Sindikubwabo dispatched his close associates from Butare to support Prefect Nsabimana. These included the Minister of Family Affairs, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko; the Chief of Staff at the Ministry of the Interior, Callixte Kalimanzira; the Minister of Agriculture, Straton Nsabumukunzi; Members of Parliament Laurent Baravuga and Bernadette Mukarurangwa; and other prominent figures involved in the genocide. This clique of criminal politicians mobilized all the mayors, who answered the call to genocide, with the exception of the courageous Jean Marie Vianney Gisagara of Nyabisindu and Narcisse Nyagasaza of Ntyazo, who were punished with immediate and atrocious public executions. Also playing a leading role were sub-prefects Dominique Ntawukuriryayo (Gisagara), Assiel Simbalikure (Busoro) and Gaëtan Kayitana (Nyabisindu).

Military officers and gendarmes, including Colonel Alphonse Nteziryayo, Lieutenant Colonel Tharcisse Muvunyi and Captain Ildephonse Nizeyimana, both in charge of the Non-Commissioned Officers' School, Lieutenant Ildephonse Hategekimana, commander of Camp Ngoma, Majors Alfred Rusigariye and Cyriaque Habyarabatuma of the Butare Gendarmerie Brigade, and Captain François Xavier Bilikunzira of the Nyanza Territorial Brigade, assisted the genocidal politicians in the extermination of the Tutsi in Butare. Kambanda, Nyiramasuhuko, Kalimanzira, Nsabimana, Nizeyimana, Muvunyi, Nteziryayo and Hategekimana were tried and found guilty of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Habyarabatuma was found guilty of genocide by the Rwandan justice system. Bilikunzira and Rusigariye are fugitives.

The prefecture of Gitarama was entrusted to the sinister Callixte Nzabonimana, Minister of Youth, supported by Major Jean Damascène Ukurikiyeyezu, both from the same prefecture. Shingiro Mbonyumutwa, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Kambanda, set up a checkpoint for sorting and massacres in front of his house in Gitarama. Shingiro Mbonyumutwa, a prominent member of the MDR Power party, also relentlessly waged a media campaign inciting genocide, using extremist media outlets including Radio Rwanda, which had ceased to be a public radio station serving the public interest and had clearly chosen the side of genocide. The Hutu prefect, Fidèle Uwizeye, who had been maintaining peace, was in turn dismissed but was fortunate enough to escape death. For the accomplishment of the genocide, Fidèle Uwizeye will be replaced by the Major Jean Damascène Ukulikiyeyezu who excelled in the extermination of the Tutsi.

The prefecture of Kibuye will also receive special attention from this genocidal government. Four ministers from the region will be dispatched to assist the sinister prefect, Dr. Clément Kayishema. These are Edouard Karemera, Minister of the Interior; Agnès Ntamabyaliro, Minister of Justice; Emmanuel Ndindabahizi, Minister of Finance; and Eliézer Niyitegeka, Minister of Information. Karemera, Ndindabahizi, Kayishema, and Niyitegeka were all sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and all died in prison while serving their sentences. Ntamabyaliro was tried and sentenced to the same term by Rwandan courts. This band of murderers is at the head of the genocide in their home prefecture, particularly in Bisesero, Mugonero, and Stade Gatwaro. Nyamishaba, Hôme Saint Jean, Crête Congo Nil, Birambo, Mubuga, and others.

The Gikongoro prefecture will suffer the same fate, with Colonel Aloys Simba being dispatched to support Prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta and Gendarmerie Captain Faustin Sebuhura. Bucyibaruta and Simba are natives of this prefecture. Sebuhura is from Ruhengeri. This trio, surrounded by other extremists including sub-prefects Joseph Ntegeyintwali of Karaba, Damien Biniga of Munini, and Joachim Hategekimana of Kaduha, as well as heads of departments in prefectural institutions such as Justin Ayurugari, director of Electrogaz (the public electricity and gas company), Celse Semigabo, the public prosecutor, Venuste Nyombayire, director of the NGO SOS, and directors of tea factories including Denis Kamodoka of Kitabi, Juvénal Ndabarinze of Mata, Célestin Mutabaruka of the Crête Zaïre Nil Agricultural Project, and others, formed a formidable group for organizing and perpetrating the genocide in Gikongoro. Simba was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Bucyibaruta by the French courts. Ntegeyintwali and Hategekimana by the Rwandan courts. The others are fugitives.

In short, the genocide committed against the Tutsi was a state crime, planned by the Habyarimana regime and meticulously executed by his successor, Dr. Théodore Sindikubwabo, his government, his army, and his militias. The genocide was stopped only by the Rwandan Patriotic Front.
Never again.
Plus jamais ça.
Ntibizongera. Harabaye ntihakabe.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Ku rwibutso rwa Jenoside rwa Mukarange muri @KayonzaDistrict habereye igikorwa cyo #Kwibuka32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, cyitabiriwe na Minisitiri @Dominiquehab, Umunyamabanga wa Leta @mskayisire, abayobozi batandukanye n'abaturage baturutse hirya no hino. Hibutswe abasaga 5000 biciwe kuri Kiliziya ya Mukarange ku itariki ya 12 Mata 1994.

Muri iki gikorwa, hanashyinguwe mu cyubahiro imibiri 27 iherutse kuboneka.

Minisitiri Habimana yihanganishije abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, abashimira ko bakomeje gutwaza.

Ati: “Nk’igihugu dushimira cyane abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ku mpano ikomeye y’imbabazi mwatanze, kwihangana no kudaheranwa n’agahinda, ndetse no guharanira kubaho kandi neza. Turabashimira kandi uruhare rwanyu mu kubaka ubumwe n’ubudaheranwa bwacu nk’Abanyarwanda.”

Minisitiri Habimana yavuze ko amateka ya Jenoside agomba gusigasirwa nubwo ashaririye.

Ati: “Abanyarwanda tuzi aho twavuye. Mu mateka mabi y’ubuyobozi bubi bwimakaje ivangura, buca Abanyarwanda mo ibice, bwimakaza urwango, butegura kandi bushyira mu bikorwa umugambi mubisha wo kwica Abatutsi, bubaziza gusa ko ari Abatutsi. Nubwo ari amateka mabi, ni ayacu tugomba kuyibuka.”

Yasabye kandi abaturage by'umwihariko urubyiruko, kunyomoza abagoreka amateka, ndetse no kwamagana abakwirakwiza ingengabitekerezo ya Jenoside haba ku mbuga nkoranyambaga ndetse n'ababyeyi bakibaswe n'amacakubiri.

[ACP B Rutikanga @RNPSpokesperson]

Twiganirire ku mategeko y’umuhanda. Izi modoka (A, B na C) zigomba guhana inzira (priority) gute? Unatange impamvu.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Video: Uko byari byifashe mu birori byo kwizihiza imyaka 25 ishize ubwisungane mu kwivuza (Mituweli) butangijwe.

#Mituweli25

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Today, Minister @Dominiquehab received a delegation from @village_ent led by CEO Sazini Mojapelo.

Discussions centered on collaborative efforts in implementing the Government’s Strategy for Sustainable Graduation out of poverty and leveraging lessons learned to enhance the graduation programme.

Village Enterprise reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with the Government of Rwanda to advance sustainable graduation outcomes.

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Umuganda w’ukwezi kwa Gashyantare 2026

[Ministry of Local Government | Rwanda @RwandaLocalGov]

Kuri uyu Kabiri, Inteko z’Abaturage zateranye hirya no hino mu gihugu. Minisitiri @Dominiquehab yifatanyije n'abo mu Murenge wa Ngeruka mu Karere ka @BugeseraDistr.

Mu butumwa yabahaye, yihanganishije abaherutse gupfusha ababo kubera ibinyobwa bitujuje ubuziranenge; yashishikarije abaturage muri rusange gufatanya kubirwanya no kubyirinda kugira ngo bicike burundu.

Yabasobanuriye uburyo ibyo binyobwa bibangiriza ubuzima bikanabakerereza mu rugendo rw’iterambere, abasaba kutabihishira aho babibonye.

Minisitiri Habimana kandi yabashishikarije kwimakaza isuku hose kandi muri byose, gukora bakazamura umusaruro babyaza amahirwe ibikorwa remezo bafite nk’imihanda, amazi, amashanyarazi n'ibindi begerejwe.

[Rwanda Convention Bureau @RCBrwanda]

Today, we welcomed @unicefrw representative Ms. Lieke Van de Wiel and her team to discuss how hosting global meetings in Rwanda can leave a lasting, positive impact on our community, and explored opportunities for collaboration.

#MeetInRwanda

[Rwanda Mission in UAE @RwandaInUAE]

Today, Rwanda was recognized with the Best Government Service in the World award at the GovTech Prize 2026 Awards for @IremboGov, developed by IREMBO. The award was received on behalf of @RwandaGov by Amb. @JohnMirenge and Estelle Kayitesi, Head of Policy and Partnerships @TeamIrembo during the World Government Summit in Dubai.
The GovTech Prize 2026 recognizes global government entities for pioneering technology-driven solutions that enhance public services.