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Senator Juvenal Nkusi, one of the founding members of PSD addresses members as the Social Democratic Party launched the electoral campaigns in Nyamata Sector, Bugesera District on Saturday, June 22. Photos by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Elections

PHOTOS: PSD launches electoral campaign in Bugesera

Saturday, June 22, 2024
Gasamagera addresses the news conference earlier Friday. PHOTOS BY DAN GATSINZI
Elections

RPF says ready to hit campaign trail across 19 venues

Friday, June 21, 2024
The elections for Members of Parliament (MPs) set for July, a total of 199 female candidates qualified for the final list are vying for 24 seats. Sam Ngendahimana
Elections

How elections for women MPs will be held

Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Inside the Rwanda’s Lower House known as the Chamber of Deputies that is composed of 80 members. NEC said that 589 candidates are eligible to contest for parliamentary seats. File
Elections

Nearly 600 candidates scramble for 80 seats in Parliament

Sunday, June 16, 2024
Fredrick Habamuremyi submits his candidacy to a NEC official, on Tuesday, May 28. Courtesy
Elections

Over 200 get NEC green light to contest for special seats in Parliament

Monday, June 10, 2024
Tito Rutaremara submits a list of RPF Inkotanyi candidates. NEC has provisionally cleared 459 candidates who will contest for parliamentary seats during the general elections slated for next month.
Elections

Over 450 make provisional list of parliamentary candidates

Thursday, June 06, 2024
According to the Constitution, at least 30 per cent of the lawmakers in the lower house must be women. Sam Ngendahimana
Women

How seats for 24 female lawmakers will be distributed by constituency

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Donatha Tuyizere, 34, a nurse, submitted her candidature for the July parliamentary elections to the National Electoral Commission (NEC) on May, 27. Courtesy
Elections

Nurse on mission to ‘better engage with citizens’ eyes parliamentary seat

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Elisabeth Niyirora, 57, a secondary school teacher at Hanika high school in Nyanza District, speaks to journalists after submitting her candidature on Thursday, May 23. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Elections

Photos: 57-year-old teacher seeks parliamentary seat in third attempt

Thursday, May 23, 2024
The Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Oda Gasinzigwa (L) receives a list of 65 parliamentary candidates from the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, represented by its leaders including its chairperson Frank Habineza, and its Secretary-General, Jean Claude Ntezimana, on May 20, 2024, at NEC headquarters in Kigali (courtesy).
Elections

Democratic Green Party of Rwanda fields 65 parliamentary candidates

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Members of parliament follow a presentation of the report. MPs calls for inquiry into gender disparity in job applications. Courtesy
Rwanda

Parliament calls for inquiry into gender disparity in job applications

Thursday, March 14, 2024
A woman with her newborn at Kacyiru Hospital. Maternity leave benefits insurance or scheme is a maternity protection scheme that grants working women (mothers) their full (100 per cent) remuneration Craish Bahizi
Health

Six key proposed changes to maternity leave benefits scheme

Thursday, February 08, 2024