Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame made a surprise cabinet reshuffle on Monday last week in which he named Finance Minister John Rwangombwa, new central bank governor.
Ambassador Claver Gatete who was hitherto the National Bank governor becomes the new Finance and planning Ministry.
Gatete’s last act as a governor was mid-last month when he turned up to announce how the economy performed in 2012 and reassured that growth will keep up to the projected 8% average growth even as global economics remain unsteady.
Meanwhile, his predecessor Rwangombwa in his last act appeared before the lower chamber of parliament in which he announced budget expenditure would be increased by 12% from RWF 1,385 billion to RWF 1,550 billion.
The additional expenditure was aimed at bailing out debt burdened RwandAir as well as financing the construction of the Kigali Convention Center.
The changes took immediate effect after swearing in ceremony took place on Tuesday, just a day after the reshuffle was announced.
Gatete took over at Central Bank governor in May 2011 and has orchestrated a number of developments especially in making the institution adopt new ICT based solutions to improve efficiency.
Meanwhile Rwangombwa leaves after being in charge for less than three years and at a time when the ministry has to make ends meet following aid delay or cuts by some donors.
The reshuffle has also seen Prof. Silas Lwakabamba, formerly the rector of the National University of Rwanda become new Minister for Infrastructure replacing Albert Nsengiyumva who has been named State Minister in charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Ministry of Education.
Oda Gasinzigwa hitherto the chief gender monitoring officer becomes new Minister of Gender and Family Promotion after the death in December of Aloysia Inyumba in who occupied the post.
General Marcel Gatsinzi the Minister in charge of Refugees and Disaster Preparedness was replaced by Serafina Mukantabana who voluntarily returned to Rwanda from Congo Brazzaville in 2011 after 17.
Dr Anita Asiimwe formerly the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Center and Head of Institute of HIV /AIDS Disease Prevention and Control (RBC-IHDPC) takes over as the new State Minister in charge of Public Health and Primary Healthcare in the ministry of health.
Evode Imena, a geologist working with Rwanda Natural Resources Authority (RNRA) becomes the Minister of State in charge of Mining in the Ministry of Natural Resources in-charge of Mining.
Rwanda has 21 cabinet ministers and nine (09) state ministers making it the smallest executive in the region.
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