Father & Researcher: Specializing in the Nexus between Media, Democracy & Devt. A Lover of Facts & Evidence. Unapologetic believer in Equality of Humans; Wo/men
Great declaration by
#Kenya
's prez Uhuru Kenyatta. He says citizens from the 6 East African member states will now be treated like
#Kenyans
with freedom to work, reside, do business & marry in Kenya without any restrictions. Only an identity card is needed to visit, no Visa fee
Now, it seems Ethiopia's reformist Prime Minister
#Abiy
Ahmed just gave us a formula to kill claims of vote rigging in
#Africa
! Appoint the opposition to head the electoral commission & vote counting! A politician from another planet! Incredible stuff!
Another woman gets the job: Ethiopia parliament approves Birtukan Mideksa as elections boss – interestingly, she was an opposition leader and critic of PM Abiy’s ruling coalition!
Prez
#Kagame
's record cannot &should never be compared to winners of the Nobel peace prize.He inherited a country in 1994 that many said wouldnt hold, he stopped genocide; reunited the nation through reconciliation& put it back on a development trajectory.Who else has done that?
I'm watching
#UK
Premier League post-matches interviews of coaches &, in the background, there are different advertisements for different companies & one of them reads: "Visit
#Rwanda
"! Whoever imagined this deal should be given a medal! Its super publicity regardless of critics
Dear friends and well-wishers, thank you for your kind words, compassionate welcome for me and humane wishes. As scripture say: "Let love be your guide" (1 Corinthian, 13:1-13).
Shuti zacu mwese mwakoze cyane kutwifuriza ibyiza. Urukundo ruruta byose (1 Abakorinto, 13:1-13)
If I had authority, i would ban asking questions in
#English
in
@MissRwanda
because it adds zero value as both contestants& some judges struggle to speak it!Yet ALL are very articulate in
#Kinyarwanda
.Then winner would be given chance 2 learn it 2 prepare her 4 foreign contests!
As our Dad turned 92 years and Mama 84, this Sunday we held thanksgiving for their 63 years in marriage. We give Glory to God for their eventful life, unfailing love, care, faith and hope, always in a better tomorrow. Thank you Lord for their life and continued blessings.
What a young talent! Its talents like this that the ministry of culture& sports
@MINISPOC
should be tracking & helping to grow across the board.
@MinYouthRwanda
can also help as its through identifying& supporting young talents that innovation can be advanced &more jobs created
DRC president Tshesikedi turning out to be a serious peacemaker. After brokering peace deal btn
#Rwanda
&
#Uganda
with his Angolan counterpart now reports say presidents Nkurunziza&Kagame will both be in Bukavu at his invitation.1st time thy meet in 4 yrs
As we wish him Eternal Peace, Robert Mugabe's death on a
#Singaporean
deathbed summarize
#Africa
's problem: how can liberators who chased away
#colonialists
fail to build hospital in home countries where they can be treated? Many
#African
leaders seek outside treatment; tragic!
Josian Mwiseneza is a 23 year old girl & one of 6 beauties selected to represent
#Western
Province in
#MissRwanda2019
. She walked 10 miles on foot to get to the selection venue in
#Rubavue
town & in the process broke a toe but got her crown! Now this is my definition of ambition
I'm at Kigali I international airport destined to
#Nairobi
& airline lives at 1:10pm &doors are closed?! Police using guns! & keeing you as long as it wants! This coercive power will NEVER bring sustainable power. Beating people or threatening them doesnt yield confidence! Beat!
Being presented with gifts from my noble children, mother, sisters, brothers& family upon arrival at home after a year in prison. I thank ALL my family members &friends for their love, care&looking after me in a very difficult time. Friends in need are friends indeed. Good bless
Grateful 2 meet & interview
#Estonian
President
@KerstiKaljulaid
2day about her country's journey since independence. Amazing that despite being poor at independence in 1991, 2day Estonia is high income, no1 e-governace with 99% of services offered online&1st 2 offer e-residence
Opening a gift I received a while ago from my former students now working men and women who visited me to wish me a happy new year after a forgettable year
The idea that
#Africa
's problems or
#Rwanda
's are externally & not internally generated is diversionary. This narrative denies our agency. Yes, colonialism was terrible& so is imperialism.But how leaders treat citizens&national wealth generate problems. House divided is grabbed!
Dear Hon
@BusingyeJohns
, if you followed well this story, its the individual you now side with who publicly defamed &blackmailed me even after presenting her case to investigators
@RIB_Rw
. As our nation's top legal officer, is that legal?Its punished by article 256 of penal code
@Ckayumba
@RIB_Rw
@Ckayumba
, to attack the character of someone who reports GBV is meant to silence them, make others hesitant to report. It fuels more GBV.
Deal with the allegations of the specific attempted rape incident and leave characters out of it. You also have yours.
Prez
#Kagame
told his countrymen & women yesterday: "Men & women of my country, you should never accept to be brought to your knees. You are much better than that".A great passage; a call for unity of purpose & bravery.Reminded me of great passages from Chinua
#Achebe
's writings
We are please to be part of the new political formation called Rwandese Platform for Democracy (RPD) just announced a few minutes ago. The platform aims to promote and attain a more free, just, democratic, peaceful, developed and united
#Rwanda
. For details, see statement below
PRESS RELEASSE: Announcing the formation of the Rwandese Platform for Democracy (RPD), a political forum that aims to promote and attain a more free, democratic, just, secure, peaceful, developed and united Rwanda. Follow us
@RPDRwanda
. More details to follow in due course
Rwanda tops region in IMF debt relief. As a nation, we must find ways to curb debt rather than endlessly depend on "forgiveness". We must learn to live within our means; invest in knowledge via
@The_EastAfrican
Former Zimbabwean President Mugabe's story summarizes the problem with many of Africa's leaders! But his renewed love-affair with the foreign media also speaks to the kind of media he help build in Zimbabwe! An independent media is great; whether one is in govt or not!
Shut out from the ZBC, which he used as his mouthpiece, Robert Mugabe now turns to the same foreign media that he once banned from Zimbabwe to tell his story.
Here are eight factors that determine whether a nation has sustainable peace or what the Global Peace Index calls "positive peace". They include, among others, well functioning govt, free flow of information, good relations with neighbours, equitable distribution of resources...
By President Kagame not personally receiving Macro on arrival &sending foreign minister to do so is symbolically important. It shows that since he doesnt know exactly what he will say or whether he will fully apologise, he cant accord that privilege before the past is fully owned
#Kagame
also ties businessman
#Rujugiro
with Kayumba Nyamwasa's
#RNC
&
#Museveni
. He says when he told M7 abt Rujugiro M7 claimed didnt know him&when Kagame showed him evidence showing he knew him, he said "problem with you Rwandans you dont differentiate...btn business&politics"
All set! Our mobile studio ready to shoot the "Weekly Show with Christopher Kayumba". Topics for discussion:1) peacemaking in the great lakes region, including Rwanda-Uganda relations (2) media sustainability in Rwanda& (3) the state of
#EAC
amidst conflicts. Guest
@gateteviews
Scandalous! So, in short, for
#Rwanda
to access the
#US
market, the condition is that it MUST accept its citizens to continue buying & wearing second hand clothes from USA? Clothes used by others? Where is respect & human dignity? Talk of imperialism! Its NOT yet freedom!
@Ckayumba
Is free! I couldn’t be happier to talk to my friend again. I hope he gets right back to work
@ChroniclesRW
in anticipation of the CHOGM in 2021.
I want to dispel propagandists' and rumour mongers' claims: I'm still a senior lecturer at
@Uni_Rwanda
school of journalism & communication! Our university & me believe in inalienable freedom of expression. Out of love to teach, I still teach and speak my mind. Sleep well
Requiring
#MissRwanda
contestants 2 answer questions in English looks more as punishment than opportunity to share their knowledge about
#Rwanda
, its policies&culture! Even some judges have to repeat questions ONLY because their knowledge of the language is low! Why punish them?
The main problem in Mr Bamporiki's letter is in the message NOT language! Stripping away the title of Intore (chosen one) from singer Oda Paccy due to her artistic work makes
@Bamporikie
the National Chief-Priest of moral& amoral speech! It violates Paccy's freedom of expression
Assessing how the
#Rwanda
-
#Uganda
conflict should be resolved with Minister of state
@onduhungirehe
on
@flashfmrw
right now. Is diplomacy possible or the two countries might resort to war? Have your say
War is dangerous business &engaged as last resort. Its very surprising that some individuals taken as "journalists" to report
#Rwanda
's support to
#Mozambique
armed forces fight terrorist group take it as some kind of tourism! I even saw some taking photos on armoured vehicles!
Rwanda's decision to welcome 3000 Libyans in distress is truly revolutionary. That's how to be Pan-Africanist. Every African country should have this heart.
Winning Nobel Peace Prize by
#Ethiopia
's PM remind us that for a leader to make an impact, its not about how long they spend in power but their policies. We also learn that pursuing peaceful resolution to conflict pays; its NOT weakness BUT strength
The real question is why
#Rwanda
& other
#African
countries haven't been able to produce companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Moderna, etc. Answer lies in not taking science, knowledge & individual freedom serious! We endlessly fight for political power!
Rwanda's total export earnings in one year (2019) are equivalent to what the online retailer Amazon earns in about one day and four hours of a second working day.
It's high time we took a serious look at the productivity of African economies and societies.
I'm preparing to give a lecture to journalists in
#Lusaka
,
#Zambia
on: international standards of reporting &media erhics:sensationalism v realism. We ask, is there such a thing as "international standards of reporting? If yes, how do they look like & applied? If no, why not?
On President
#Kagame
,
@TheEconomist
wrote:"It is hard to think of another leader who has won so many wars, against such repulsive enemies, on such a tight budget. Mr Kagame is perhaps the most successful general alive, and this is only part of his claim to renown" July 15, 2017
The making of the dress code for
#Rwandan
diplomats: This is how former
@RDBrwanda
CEO Ambasssor Emmanuel Hategeka dressed to present his credentials to Deputy President & Primier of United Arab Emirates. Many Rw diplomats resorting to this traditinal dress. Cool & dignified!
Here is the
#MoU
signed today in Luanda,
#Angola
between
#Rwanda
, &
#Uganda
in which leaders of both nations, Presidents
#Kagame
&
#Museveni
commit to good neighbouriness; treating each other's citizens well; not aiding each other's enemies etc.Great start. Practice this alwsys
Now this is the kind of leadership Africa deserves! How can a country have more churches than industries or the number of people with access to clean water?! Africa has NEVER had a real debate about the role of churches except the assumption that they will help us access God!
“Seven hundred churches in Kigali? Are these boreholes that give people water?” asked seemingly shocked President Paul Kagame when he heard that more than 700 churches had been closed down by authorities.
Reformist
#Ethiopian
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has just been announced winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his peacemaking efforts with
#Eritrea
and democratic reforms. Well deserved. Congratulations
@PMAbiy
and
#Ethiopian
people
In humbling moment, representatives of my former students who are now working men&women visited today with gifts to wish me a happy new year after a difficult 2019-2020 period. Great speeches abt stories we shared in class&how these made a difference in life!Remembering virtuous
Thank you all for your kind condolence messages. Below is the program for walking our father to his Eternal Resting Place.
Mwakoze mwese kubutumwa mukomeje kutwoherereza mu dukomeza kubera kubura umunyeyi wacu.Gahunda yo kumusezeraho bwanyuma urayisanga aha hepfo.Turabashimiye
#DRC
's court upholds electoral outcome in the presidential vote! Who is mandated in the world to say its wrong? Im asking on legal ground! If
#DRC
is an independent & sovereign country, Please let it be! At least Congolese will see peaceful transfer of power since independence!
Ideologically, Mwalimu
#Nyerere
knew what was good for his country and
#Africa
.
#Unity
is everything. To unite,
#tribe
MUST die!
#Rwanda
's original sin is ethnicity and those who want to use it for personal benefit. Nyerere "killed" tribe in
#Tanzania
so that Tanzania can live!
You have made
#Zambians
and
#Africans
proud. Conceding defeat is a democratic virtue; however hard accepting defeat might be. Who said democracy can't thrive in Africa? Thank you President Lungu. We wish you the very best in your new life as a distinguished private citizen
I would like to congratulate my brother, the president-elect, HE, Mr Hakainde Hichilema for becoming the 7th president.
Let me also congratulate all those who participated in this general election and won at various levels. To those who did not, there is always another time.
Umukobwa wareze Dr
@Ckayumba
gushaka kumufata ku ngufu ni umunyamakuru wa CNBC Africa
@FeeMuthoni
, yakoreye na
@TV10Rwanda
akaba yarabaye igisonga cya gatatu cya Miss Rwanda 2015. Dr Kayumba ariko ntabikozwa, ahubwo ngo agiye kurega uyu mwari muri
@RIB_Rw
#Rwanda
Dear
@MTNRwanda
, why does my phone indicate my calls are also forwarded to no: +250-781755645179? I learnt this using code: *
#62
#. Yet when I used same code on two of my colleagues, it doesn't show any no forwarded to when they receive or make call/ dont pick but say deactivated?
Ni byiza ko Leta yashizeho Minisiteri y'Ubumwe bw'Abanyarwanda n'Inshingano Mboneragihugu/Ministry of National Unity & Civic Engagement. Ubumwe burakenewe cyane. Ibi titandukanye n'igipimo kivuga ko ubumwe bugeze kuri 94.7% byatangajwe na Comisiyo y'Ubumwe
@UrugwiroVillage
Hehe. I like your straight speaking manner!Without mincing words, you affirm that being appointed minister is akin to getting a plate of food?! To eat! Others would claim its an opportunity to serve! Until those who have enough to "eat" start getting in politics, we cant develop
Congratulations Minister
@tito_mboweni
for your reappointment as Minister of Finance!
In Rwanda, we usually say "TURONGEYE TURARIYE" to congratulate a friend appointed at an important position:
It is roughly translated as "here comes the food again"! 🍲😋🥘
Mr. Charles Kanamugire, Managing Director of Kigali Today talking to our
@Uni_Rwanda
students doing
#innovation
&entreprenurship course about how to start&run successful online media with different outlets; the kind of journalist needed today & the future of the media in
#Rwanda
Today's
#PanAfrican
debates by some of our people debase PanAfricanims. When the west offer direct budget support & praise some
#African
gov'ts for being models, our officials& their 'intellectual' writers sing back, when they question human rights record, they become racists!
Today, instead of investing in their own media substantively, many
#African
leaders invest collosal sums of dollars in PR firms in
#Europe
&
#America
to clean up their images damaged by human rights violations &tormenting their opponents at home! To tell our story, this shld end
For
#Africa
to tell it's own story, leaders in different states must first accept preconditions for that which are:1)freedom for media outlets, editors& journalists to determine what constitutes news (2) freeing media market (3)holding leaders accountable (4) trust & cooperation
Look at this propagandist-in-chief. This story is a fabrication used as strategy to knock-off the headlines our political formation announced on March 16. You neither know me nor have we met. Fiona says she was assaulted in 2017 but has been inviting to her TV shows since! How?
I am so sorry Fiona and I believe you. Kayumba is a violent predator who has abused his authority over students and harassed and assaulted many women. Some of us have spoken about it for years and the police cannot intervene until someone comes forward. Thank you Fiona.
How can I get off
#MTN
? I never want to complain; but they eat my bundles for nothing daily. I'm looking for how to get off this thirty and colonial occupation! Advice
Ni byiza ko guma mu rugo ikuweho. Twese twubahirize amabwiriza yo kwambara agapfuka munwa, guhana intera no gukaraba intoki. Byaba byiza Leta ishyizeho ingamba z'igihe kirekire zigasimbura izishyingiye ku by'umweru bibiri kandi izo ngamba zikaba zitarimo guma mu rugo
Director-General of Rwanda Broadcasting Agency
@aasiimwe
is talking to our school of journalism students about the kind of journalist needed today & managing a profitable media house in the age of social media. He's with his directors of television&radio; sharing great ideas
Actually, even Serena hotel would never have been built if Rwanda followed naysayers, not even King Faisal hospital! At the time, "donors" wondered what a "poor" country wanted a five-star hotel for or top hospital! Now look how many five-star hotels we have! Listen NOT!
They complained when we built KCC, they complained when we built Rwandair, they’ll complained when we banned cyaguwa. When you are bold, a trailblazer, a pioneer, it hurts the simple minded, those that would wish you to remain small. Do you
#Rwanda
.
#visitrwanda
.
#stayhumble
This is abuse of power. Injustice. An attack on human dignity. Someone in government
@RwandaLocalGov
@Rwanda_Justice
should hold this Gitambi sector executive secretary accountable. Caning grown ups?!
According to Iyakaremye Jean Pierre, executive secretary of Gitambi sector, these people are witches... he paraded them at a local ground & lashed them seriously
Im now engaging journalists on specialised reporting in trade, business, economy &
#EAC
;
#African
integration. For 2 days, we shall also explore how
#EAC
&
#AfCFTA
;
#SADC
;
#COMESA
are reported & how it could be improved
Her example teaches us how courage&self-belief can overcome challenges but also tell us how poverty exclude individuals&communities from opportunities. As I read her story, i wondered how many girls are excluded from
#MissRwanda
due 2 lack of transport 2 travel 4 town auditions
@Ckayumba
This girl is smart, beautiful, courageous, fearless, confident-she deserve the trophy
#Mwiseneze
#MissRwanda2019
I think beauty shouldn't be reserved for the city girls only -equity is needed
This attack is informed by
#Genocide
Ideology. Perpetrators of such attacks deserve the highest punishment under the law & publicizing the act to deter future attacks. Plus launching a campaign against such acts at all level; defeating genocide ideology require counter-ideology
UPDATE: 16 suspects have been arrested in connection with gruesome attack on 11 cows belonging to genocide survivor in Nyabihu district. Such acts of vandalism and direct attacks on survivors increase towards the commemoration in April
The decriminalization of publishing cartons & "humiliating" public officials under articles 154 & 233 of
#penal
code by
#Supreme
Court of
#Rwanda
is highly commendable. Thanks lawyer
#Mugisha
for applying as a private citizen;
@Trustchambers
for reprentation & media fraternity
Forming a political party or platform is allowed in
#Rwanda
by law & the constitution guarantee freedom of association. The role of citizens like me is to partake. As an optimist and strong believer in what human beings can achieve working together, our platform will be allowed
That sounds like cooked data!
#Rwanda
spending US$1 trillion on
#Russian
nuclear built plants when its GDP is about US$9.80 billion this year?! WHERE is the math in this?!
In his speech after the swearing of new ministers &new
#police
leaders, President Kagame recognized outgoing minister of foreign affairs & new SG of
#OIF
@LMushikiwabo
for the job well done. When she stood up for recognition, the house roared in applause; great patriotic feeling
Prez Kagame & his visiting
#CentralAfricanRepublic
counterpart are now taking quetions from journalists at joint press conference. Interestingly, when
#Tanzanian
Preaident visited, no qns were taken at joint press conference! Why? To dodge uncomfortable qns on bad EAC relations?
We are more interested in providing good, implementable alternative ideas, programs, proposals and policies than engaging in cheap propaganda and blackmail some of people prefer. Nations develop when they engage ideas, debates, policies, proposals & actions honestly and openly
That's a responsible and commendable response. We however request and pray that you will allow due process of law to take its course and first establish whether or not a
#CRIME
was committed. The young man's career & reputation shouldn't end before truth is established
Inteko Ishinga Amategeko ifite inshingano zo kugenzura ibikorwa bya Leta no gushyirano amategeko. Turayisaba ko yasesengura impamvu inguzanyo z'amahanga zavuye kuri 58.1% ku musaruro mbumbe w'Igihugu muri 2019 zikagera kuri 76.2%. Ese izi nguzanyo zari ngombwa
@RwandaParliamnt
?
Our MPs are charged with govt oversight. They shld start asking right questions about burgeoning debt
@RwandaParliamnt
. Why did debt grow from 58.1% in 2019 to 76.2% in 2021? Was increase necessary? Is money going to priority areas? What's debt ceiling? Will we be able to repay?
Protest by motos over high insurance premium is only tip of iceberg of what our economy& people are experiencing. Prices of everything hav gone up as salaries havent increased in years.Franc gone over 10% since 2019;GDP fallen; debt, unemployment & poverty up.Govt shld intervene
It's very good that lockdown has been lifted & economy partially opened. Moving forward, it would be good for govt to adopt a long term strategy to defeat COVID than the current one based on two weeks. We need to learn to live with COVID, observing SOPs, working & not lockedown
#Parliament
debating Abapfubuzi (young men who are allegedly paid to date older women) is to debate rumours!Where are they located&how can they be identified?Where is the problem if consenting adults date fellow consenting adults?There are more serious issues to debate than this
Dear
@RIB_Rw
, this Fiona is a serial liar who, despite claiming attempted rape in 2017, she continued to invite me to her TV shows in 2018 &2019 & even wanted to meet privately& to latter I refused.She even insisted on meeting our editor who refused b'se he had heard her tricks
My professor sexually assaulted me!
When
@kamarabasalva
revealed that Dr
@CKayumba
had sexually assaulted me in Jan 2017, some asked why I had come out now.
But is there ever a right time for a victim of sexual assault to speak out?
#UN
has spent about 20 years in
#DRC
keeping peace that doesn't exist! Its the largest & costliest peacekeeping force. Now, newly elected President Tshesikedi says will work with neighbours to defeat
#rebels
& bring
#peace
. UN says NO! via
@The_EastAfrican