{"id":21395,"date":"2020-02-07T07:11:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T07:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwiza.com\/2020\/02\/07\/two-rwandan-ministers-resign\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T07:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T07:11:24","slug":"two-rwandan-ministers-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=21395","title":{"rendered":"Two Rwandan ministers resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministers of State affiliated to the Justice and the Education docket have stepped down.<\/p>\n<p>Evode Uwizeyimana, the Minister of State in charge of Constitutional &#038; Legal Affairs, and Isaac Munyakazi, the Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education, submitted their resignation letters to the Prime Minister on Thursday, February 6, 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed by Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente&#8217;s office through a tweet posted shortly before midnight. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Prime Minister, the letters were to be presented to President Paul Kagame. <\/p>\n<p>Uwizeyinama&#8217;s resignation comes only four days after he was seen shoving to the ground a female private security guard who demanded he undergoes security procedures required prior to entry of public buildings in Kigali. <\/p>\n<p>The incident was posted on the social media platform Twitter. The former Minister responded begging pardon. <\/p>\n<p>Some reports have attributed Munyakazi\u2019s reason for stepping down to a case involving last year\u2019s national exams where a school was promoted to the top 10 best performers without merit.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that Munyakazi was involved in that process and investigations are ongoing to get to the bottom of the matter and hold to account all those involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwanda Investigation Bureau confirmed Tuesday that it was investigating the incident involving Uwizeyimana.<\/p>\n<p>Both Uwizeyimana and Munyakazi joined the cabinet in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministers of State affiliated to the Justice and the Education docket have stepped down. 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