business people in Kigali be funny; you post a product on Instagram, then sb asks for the price and you tell them “inbox”? c’mon, we gatekeeping prices for what? how do you even have time to repetitively reply to all “how much” DMs? oh boy
“If the entire world can mobilize against Rwanda, perhaps we are more extraordinary than we realize.
When you look at our small Rwanda on a map, it is so small that it should even be hard for them to notice; yet the world mobilizes against Rwanda. But still we overcome and move forward.
When facing these challenges, external or internal, you cannot be the kind of leader who makes excuses, telling people that you forgot, that you assumed this or that.
Everything must return to the principles of the RPF. We must ask: what is it that the RPF should stand for?” Chairman Kagame | 17th RPF Congress
Greetings @RSSB_Rwanda,
Hear me out:
You’ve worked for 10 years, consistently contributing to RSSB. Then you get 3 options:
✅ Use part of your pension savings to buy an apartment in an RSSB-built estate,
or
✅ Keep it growing for your retirement.
or
✅ Or hybrid: continue saving while allocating a portion toward a long-term housing loan (RSSB becomes both insurer and developer)
That single policy shift could redefine housing in Rwanda.
If RSSB invested in affordable estates not just Vision City-level, but for everyday contributors, it could solve three major issues at once:
1.Affordable housing: Give middle-income earners a dignified path to ownership.
2.Urban planning: Move citizens from amanegeka to safe, planned communities.
https://t.co/PsDyQEgGxl protection: Turn long-term saving into a visible, life-changing benefit.
After 5 years of consistent contributions, workers could qualify to buy or co-finance a home, part of their pension goes to housing, the rest continues to grow.
This is how we can bridge the gap between today’s hustle and tomorrow’s security.
Housing shouldn’t just be a dream, it should be part of your social protection.
After all, shelter is a basic need.
From a concerned citizen!
Cc: @LouiseKanyonga
i saw a quote that said “everyone loves you when you let everything slide, but the moment you start setting boundaries and holding people accountable, you become the one that’s difficult” and that’s real shit.
As the league heads to Fort Portal,I wrote stories behind the team names that define the Lions..
Check out the @ntare_league website.
https://t.co/PgzrD3tIfs
And these are just what I remember off the top of my head, there have been way more instances:
1990s
1. 1997-2000 – ALiR (FDLR) launched terror attacks in western & northern Rwanda, killing thousands, mainly genocide survivors & those accused of RPF ties.
2. Oct 29, 1996 – Zairean troops in support of the genocidal forces shelled Cyangugu, killing & wounding civilians.
3. Mar 18, 1997 – They slaughtered the Nyange students.
4. Jan 19, 1998 – ALiR/FDLR ambushed a BRALIRWA bus in Nyamyumba and burned the victims alive.
2010s
1. Jul 15, 2012 – Bombs fired from Goma landed in Gisura & Ruhara villages (Rubavu).
2. Aug 29, 2012 – Bombs hit Mbugangari marketplace, killed Vestine Mukagasana & seriously injured her two-month-old baby. More bombs landed near Grand Barriere & Busasamana village.
3. Nov 3, 2012 – FARDC/FDLR fighters conducted armed reconnaissance at Busasamana.
4. And on Nov 27, 2012 – FDLR attacked Muti village (Rubavu) with 150 fighters in FARDC uniforms, using Congolese IDs & FARDC supplied weapons.
5. Dec 2, 2012 – FDLR attacked Kinigi, killing a Karisoke Research Centre employee.
6. May 24, 2013 – FDLR fired into Rwanda at Bisoke, then withdrew back to DRC.
2020s
7. Mar 19 & 23, 2022 – DRC armed forces shelled Kinigi (Musanze), and Gahunga (Burera), causing casualties & property damage.
8. Jun 10, 2022 – DRC forces fired two 122mm rockets from Bunagana into Nyabigoma (Musanze).
9. 2022-2023 - Sukhoi-25 jets from DRC violated Rwandan airspace.
10. Jan 26 2025 - DRC coalition forces shelled and fired into Rubavu, killing 16 and injuring over 160 civilians.
Here are the key messages from President Kagame @CNN interview, before they were edited to fit the predictable editorial line:
◦FDLR are associated and supported by governments in the region. Their aim is not only to fight M23, who are Congolese, but to fight Rwanda and overthrow the government, as they have said publicly. Does anyone think Rwanda will sit back and wait for that to happen? Rwanda will fight back in whatever form, there is no question about it.
◦I subscribe to the idea of respecting sovereignty of countries. That means the sovereignty of Rwanda must also be respected. There is no sovereignty of any country that is more important than the sovereignty of another. That's the standard principle.
◦The same international community blaming Rwanda is the one that has left FDLR in Congo for 30 years. Two and a half decades and close to $40 billion later, what stability is there? Putting the blame on Rwanda is the easiest way of covering up the mess they have been involved with and caused in our region.
◦The problem is simple to understand. People make it sound complex to avoid doing anything about it. Even the most unintelligent people would understand a problem after 30 years.
◦I don't think anybody is interested in war. I don’t even think Tshisekedi is interested in war himself, but he has been encouraged in that direction by people showing up to fight his wars for him. If they were not doing that, maybe he would see reason in the truth and prioritize the efforts to have peace.
◦I am talking about protecting myself, aware of the dangers that are there. I am managing national affairs and situations to obtain peace, and Tshisekedi is talking about humiliation which has to do with his ego. You can't run a country and cause problems in the region just because of ego.
◦The most important thing for Rwanda is that we have to protect ourselves. In our minds, we understand that nobody is going to be there for us. We saw it in 1994. That has resulted into making investments in security, in defense, and the rest will speak for itself.