The draft law that seeks to transform the state-owned Orinfor into a public broadcaster called the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) was finally passed by the Chamber of Deputies on Monday.

This was after lawmakers unanimously approved a report from the joint Senate-Chamber of Deputies committee headed by MP Yvonne Uwayisenga that ironed out lingering issues especially on three Senate amendments previously refuted by the Chamber of Deputies.

Presenting the report, MP Uwayisenga, who is deputy chairperson of the standing committee on political affairs and gender, told Parliament that issues were discussed and collectively approved.

On May 17, the House’s standing committee on budget and national patrimony told managers of the yet to be legally instituted RBA that it must be productive and quickly wean off the central government budget.