Bizimana was seconded by John Muftimukiza, district councilor representing Nyarusiiza sub county and James Agaba, councilor representing Southern division, Innocent Kwizera , councilors representing Bunagana town council and Dianah Naakato, female councilor representing Nyakinama sub county among others.
David Kwesiga Bahati, Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and also Ndorwa County west Member of Parliament in Kabale district says that Kigezi region has lost a very hard-working and loyal cadre of National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.
This was after the DR Congo government, a section of civilians and political activists accused the troops failure to launch an assault against the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. The DR Congo government is not in a move of deploying troops from countries under the South African Development Community (SADC).
The mission officially concluded on December 8, 2023, amid allegations from certain quarters, including civilians and political activists, regarding their alleged failure to engage the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. The DR Congo government plans to redeploy troops from countries under the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The troops, under the East African Community (EAC) Regional Force, are to be deployed in Rutshuru territory in accordance with recommendations made during a mini-summit of heads of state held in Angola’s capital, Luanda, on November 25th, 2022. The area is currently under the conquest of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels.
Amos Hakizimana, the Kisoro District speaker, says that the continued detention of Kibyeye in Rwanda is a testimony of how Ugandans are mistreated by shooting, arrest, and whipping whenever they cross to trade in Rwanda.
Private Hamis Walimbwa is alleged to have shot and killed one Zepherine Nizeyimana, 18, after a disagreement at an entertainment centre in Nyarubande Village, Rukundo Town Council, in June last year.
The soldier identified as Hamis Walimbwa is accused of shooting 18-year-old Zepherine Nizeyimana from an entertainment centre in Nyarubande Village, Kisoro District in June last year. The two reportedly had a disagreement whose spark remains unknown.
In a joint statement released on Friday by the European Union Humanitarian aid department, the funds will facilitate UNHCR to support the reception and registration of 60,000 Congolese refugees in Transit and Reception Centres before their relocation to the settlements.
Robert Tukamuhweeba, the Kisoro Deputy Resident District Commissioner told our reporter on Tuesday afternoon that more than 3,000 refugees have so far crossed to Buganana town council. Our reporter also saw many Congolese refugees occupying the verandahs of residents.
Thousands of refugees have on Saturday trekked back to the war-troubled territory of Rutshuru in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after the official shutdown of Nyakabande refugees holding centre in Kisoro district.
The capture of the border happened hours after FARDC soldiers abandoned it and fled to the bush in the morning following heavy fighting in the nearby hills. Rebels also captured neighboring areas of Mutabo, Nyalutemba, Kabingo, and, Musezero.
The officer, identified as Eliod Gumizamu, attached to the Nyakabande Refugee Transit Centre is alleged to have shot and injured Patel Kunjaj, a 24-year-old Indian national who operates a Hardware shop in Kisoro municipality on Thursday afternoon. Kunjaj died moments later.
The victims currently admitted at Kisoro hospital in Kisoro district were carried to the Ugandan side of Bunagana by locals on Wednesday evening and handed over to Uganda Red Cross Society officials.
Daniel Kisamo, the settlement commandant of refugees at Nyakabande transit centre in the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed to our reporter that they have received communication to re-open the holding centre and start re-accommodating new asylum seekers.
Kisoro Resident District Commissioner Hajji Shafique Ssekandi Ssengoba says that the new groups of refugees are fleeing South Kivu province due to inter-tribal clashes mostly by militia groups of Mai Mai, Nyatura, Twirwaneho, Interahamwe and Lendu among others.
