Meet Gatarira, a PhD academician who dreams big in music

Pierre Cobes Gatarira. He is pursuing PhD in plant breeding at University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

He completed his Bachelors’ studies at UR, former Umutara Polytechnic, In Agriculture, and then Masters in agronomy at Annamalai University in India.

He started music at High School at Petit Seminaire Zaza, but could not hold as he was busy with studies from Rwanda, India to Nigeria until he now thinks it is his right time to awake his talent.

Gatarira now has one song to his name, and is relished to carry on releasing more tracks consistently.

“I now want to give music more time and start producing a lot of quality songs,” he said.

He is now in contact with one of the Nigerian Music Studios working on a new English track which is going out this November as he does all these while off from studies.

“I am trying to promote both academic research and music; I have seen that music can also promote music”

Gatarira is studying in the country which is home to a number of big music stars at the international scene, and one would wonder if he used that opportunity to approach them for music collaborations.

He reveals he tries his best to convince them and he, for instance, is in talks with one of them to work on his music project getting released this month (November).

“I am planning to produce my song in Men Music Group, and, hopefully, Tekno will be one of my producers and he will sing in that song as well”

“I will try to approach the likes of Kiss Daniel, Tekno and many more [in my future projects]. We are often close, but not much”

Did he [Tekno] confirm already?

 I cannot say yes or not, but I will let you know after shooting the video of my new track. Featuring in the song is now 50/50 (per cent).

What are your future plans in music? How far are you dreaming to reach and what gives you motivation that you will reach there?

I cannot predict my future but my dream is to take my music to a higher level. I also want to own my own music studio thanks to which I can have many more songs to my name. It can also help me promote future artists, especially young talents.

What kind of music do you compose?

 I would like to produce more love music, in RnB and Afro Beat styles, because they can promote love. You know that without love, this world is nothing, no happiness, no business and no marriage. I think love music contributes a lot in building good relationships between people in the community.

Mighty Popo on his experience at Morocco music festival

Award-winning Rwandan musician, Mighty Popo has just returned from Morocco, where he took part in the annual Visa for Music Festival held in Rabat.

The four-day music extravaganza attracted 1200 music professionals from 85 countries across Africa and the Middle East from November 22 to 25.

Mighty Popo is the founder and organiser of KigaliUp Music Festival. He was invited to share his experience on how festivals are organised in Rwanda, and how to make them successful in the music business.

The event focused on sharing experiences on how festivals are organised across Africa, music production for the promotion of artists and the networking among artists and other key stakeholders.

 In an interview, Mighty Popo told The New Times that it was a great honor and privilege to share his experience at the Visa for Music Festival adding that he also learnt a lot from his counterparts from across the globe.

“I promoted KigaliUp with the aim of attracting more participants to attend future editions in Kigali. The festival was also an opportunity for me to learn from others. I also used the event to get tips on how best I can organise our festival to make it more interesting,” he explained.

The festival was attended by over 15000 revelers - Photo by William Farrington

The event offers opportunities for cultural exchange and networking between musicians, agents, recording companies, artistic directors, cultural organisations, media, trainers and others involved in music in Africa and the Middle East.

Mighty Popo noted that East African music is progressing and has potential to penetrate a bigger market in Maghreb and Middle East through Visa for Music Festival.

The festival was graced by a number of big names in music like, RFI 2015 Prix Decouverte winner Elida Almeida, Sony Musicre and José Da Silva, among others.

The musical event also featured numerous cultural activities, such as honorary ceremonies, seminars, workshops and training courses, meetings and a cultural expo.

The fourth edition of Visa for Music, also known as VFM, was organised in collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of Culture and the Hiba Foundation.

Artistes take to the stage during this highly successful Visa for Music Festival that concluded on Saturday in Rabat, Morocco Photo by Hamza Mehimdate

Imanza Leta y’u Rwanda iregwamo mu Rukiko rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu

Imanza ziri muri uru rukiko ziregwamo Leta y’u Rwanda ni izi zikurikira:

SOURCE: http://en.african-court.org/index.php/cases/2016-10-17-16-18-21#pending-cases

1. App. No. 002/2014 – Faustin Uwintije v. Republic of Rwanda

Faustin Uwintije, w’imyaka 53, yareze Leta y’u Rwanda agaragaza ko yakomeje kugirana na Leta ibibazo bya politiki n’iyobokamana kuva mu 1966. Uyu agaragaza ko ikirego cye kimaze imyaka irenga 3 mu rukiko rwa Afurika.

Uwintije asobanura ko kuva muri iyo myaka yose yagiye aterwa inshuro nyinshi, agafungwa mu buryo butemewe ndetse ko yagiye asimbuka n’urupfu mu bihe bitandukanye, agasaba ko hagaragaza ko uburenganzira bwe bwahohotewe. 

2. App. No. 003/2014 – Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Republic of Rwanda

Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza, w’imyaka 47, agaragaza ko yavukiye ku Gisenyi, ko mu 1994 haba jenoside mu Rwanda we yari ari mu Buholandi.

Mu kirego cye, Ingabire uyobora ishyaka rya FDU Inkingi, agaragaza ko u Rwanda rutubahirije ingingo zigize amasezerano mpuzamahanga y’Uburenganzira bwa muntu. Asaba ko hasuzumwana ubushishozi urubanza rwe rwamukatiye imyaka 15 yakatiwe n’Urukiko rw’Ikirenga.

3. App. No. 016/2015 – Kayumba Nyamwasa and Others v. Republic of Rwanda

Kayumba Nyamwasa mu kirego cye yatanze afatanyije na bagenzi be barimo Safari Stanley bagaragaza ko ari Abanyarwanda bahungiye muri Afurika y’Epfo.

Baregamo Leta y’u Rwanda ko guhindura ingingo y’101 y’itegeko nshinga byakozwe mu mwuka w’ubwoba kandi ko nta kubivuguruza kwashobokaga, bitewe n’uko ubutabera bw’igihugu butigenga kandi bamwe mu bagize inzego zabwo bari mu ishyaka riri ku butegetsi. 

Banagaragaza ko inkiko za Afurika y’Epfo zagaragaje ko gushaka kwicwa kwe byakozwe n’abantu bafitanye imikoranire na Leta y’u Rwanda.

Mu kirego cyabo bavugamo ko mu Rwanda hari uburenganzira n’amategeko birengera ikiremwamuntu byakunze kutubahirizwa, hagaragazwa uko bamwe mu banyapolitiki bakomeye bagiye bafungwa mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko.

4. App. No. 017/2015 – Kennedy Gihana and Others v. Republic of Rwanda

Iki cyo ni ikirego cyakiriwe kuwa 22 Nyakanga 2015 gitanzwe na Kayumba Nyamwasa, Kennedy Alfred Nurudiin Gihana, Bamporiki Abdallah Seif, Frank Ntwali, Safari Stanley, Dr Ettienne Mutabazi na Epimaque Ntamushobora bagaragaza ko ari abaturage b’u Rwanda.

Mu kirego cyabo berekana ko pasiporo zabo zagizwe izidafite agaciro batabimenyeshejwe.

Ibi bavuga ko byabaye ubwo bageragezaga gusaba Viza ya Amerika, ariko bakabwirwa ko Guverinoma y’u Rwanda yavanyeho pasiporo zabo, ikazishyira mu zidafite agaciro.

Muri iki kirego, bakagaragaza ko byakozwe mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko ko nabo ari Abanyarwanda nk’abandi bafite uburenganzira bwo kugira ibyangombwa by’igihugu.

Basabye uru Rukiko  rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu ko rwabemerera kuburanisha iki kirego, kugira ngo bemererwe uburenganzira bwa kiremwamuntu by’umwihariko ubwo kugira ubwisanzure bwo gutembera, ubwisanzure ku bwenegihugu, ubwisanzure ku muryango no ku murimo.

5. App. No. 022/2015 – Rutabingwa Chrysanthe v. Republic of Rwanda

Iki kirego cyakiriwe n’uru rukiko ku wa 24 Ugushyingo 2014, Rutabingwa Chrysanthe agaragaza ko yari yarahawe akazi mu buryo bwemewe n’amategeko ngo akore nk’umugenzuzi muri Leta, akagaragaza ko icyemezo cyo guhabwa aka kazi cyafatiwe mu nama y’abaminisitiri yabaye kuwa 17 Nzeri 1999. 

Rutabingwa arega ahanini anenga icyemezo n° 116/PRIV/BR/RU cyamwirukanishije kimushinja amakosa akomeye, ndetse ko hari n’inyandiko zirimo amabanga ya Leta yashyize hanze.

We asaba uru Rukiko rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu ko rwatesha agaciro iki cyemezo, ndetse rukagaragaza ko cyafashwe mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko, by’umwihariko bunyuranyije n’itegeko nshinga, agasaba ko uru rukiko rwamusubiza mu mirimo ya Leta yahozemo, kuko atari yakujuje imyaka 65 y’izabukuru.

6. App. No. 023/2015 – Laurent Munyandilikirwa v. Republic of Rwanda

Laurent Munyandilikirwa, muri iki kirego cye aregamo Leta y’u Rwanda. Uyu Munyandilikirwa mu kirego cye agaragaza ko ari umunyamategeko wahoze ari perezida w’umuryango uharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu mu Rwanda witwa LIPRODHOR. 

We avuga ko ku buyobozi bwe yakomeje kotswa igitutu na Leta y’u Rwanda, kugeza ubwo yegujwe mu buryo avuga bunyuranyije n’amategeko.

Agaragaza ko habaye inama za rwihishwa zafashe ibyemezo byo kumuvana ku buyobozi, akavuga ko ashinjwa ko yanengaga cyane Leta. Avuga ko kuwa 3 Werurwe 2014 yatangiye kugira ubwoba bw’ubuzima bwe nuko aza guhunga, ko yakomeje guterwa ubwoba ko azicwa kugeza n’ubu.

Iki kirego Munyandilikirwa yagitanze ahagarariwe na Federasiyo Mpuzamahanga iharanira Uburenganzira bw’Ikiremwamuntu ya FIDH hamwe n’undi muryango nawo uharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu witwa RFKHR (Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights).

Urukiko rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu rugiye gutangira kuburanisha imanza ziregwamo Leta y’u Rwanda

Guhera tariki ya 6 Werurwe kugeza tariki 24 Werurwe 2017, Urukiko rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu ruzasubukura imirimo yarwo ku nshuro ya 44 (44th Ordinary session), aho ruzaburanisha bimwe mu birego biregwamo Leta y’u Rwanda.

Mu kiganiro Ikinyamakuru Izubarirashe.rw cyagiranye na Mukamulisa Marie Thérèse, umwe mu bacamanza b’Urukiko userukiyemo igihugu cy’u Rwanda, yavuze ko hari zimwe mu manza ziregwamo Leta y’u Rwanda zujuje ibyangombwa zizatangira kuburanishwa muri uku kwezi kwa Werurwe.

Izo manza zirimo urwa Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza n’urwa Kayumba Nyamwasa, nk’uko Mukamulisa abivuga.

Yagize ati “Zizaburanishwa kuri gahunda ziriho, kuri iyi gahunda y’ukwezi kwa gatatu izo nibuka, nk’uko nakubwiye ntabwo umuntu ibintu byose yaba abyibuka mu mutwe ariko uko nibuka muri iyi session yo mu kwezi kwa gatatu urubanza rwa Ingabire ruriho, hazaba icyo  bita ‘public hearing’, ngire ngo n’urubanza rwa Kayumba.”

Imanza ziri muri uru rukiko ziregwamo Leta y’u Rwanda ni izi zikurikira:

1. App. No. 002/2014 – Faustin Uwintije v. Republic of Rwanda

Faustin Uwintije, w’imyaka 53, yareze Leta y’u Rwanda agaragaza ko yakomeje kugirana na Leta ibibazo bya politiki n’iyobokamana kuva mu 1966. Uyu agaragaza ko ikirego cye kimaze imyaka irenga 3 mu rukiko rwa Afurika.

Uwintije asobanura ko kuva muri iyo myaka yose yagiye aterwa inshuro nyinshi, agafungwa mu buryo butemewe ndetse ko yagiye asimbuka n’urupfu mu bihe bitandukanye, agasaba ko hagaragaza ko uburenganzira bwe bwahohotewe. 

2. App. No. 003/2014 – Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Republic of Rwanda

Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza, w’imyaka 47, agaragaza ko yavukiye ku Gisenyi, ko mu 1994 haba jenoside mu Rwanda we yari ari mu Buholandi.

Mu kirego cye, Ingabire uyobora ishyaka rya FDU Inkingi, agaragaza ko u Rwanda rutubahirije ingingo zigize amasezerano mpuzamahanga y’Uburenganzira bwa muntu. Asaba ko hasuzumwana ubushishozi urubanza rwe rwamukatiye imyaka 15 yakatiwe n’Urukiko rw’Ikirenga.

3. App. No. 016/2015 – Kayumba Nyamwasa and Others v. Republic of Rwanda

Kayumba Nyamwasa mu kirego cye yatanze afatanyije na bagenzi be barimo Safari Stanley bagaragaza ko ari Abanyarwanda bahungiye muri Afurika y’Epfo.

Baregamo Leta y’u Rwanda ko guhindura ingingo y’101 y’itegeko nshinga byakozwe mu mwuka w’ubwoba kandi ko nta kubivuguruza kwashobokaga, bitewe n’uko ubutabera bw’igihugu butigenga kandi bamwe mu bagize inzego zabwo bari mu ishyaka riri ku butegetsi. 

Banagaragaza ko inkiko za Afurika y’Epfo zagaragaje ko gushaka kwicwa kwe byakozwe n’abantu bafitanye imikoranire na Leta y’u Rwanda.

Mu kirego cyabo bavugamo ko mu Rwanda hari uburenganzira n’amategeko birengera ikiremwamuntu byakunze kutubahirizwa, hagaragazwa uko bamwe mu banyapolitiki bakomeye bagiye bafungwa mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko.

4. App. No. 017/2015 – Kennedy Gihana and Others v. Republic of Rwanda

Iki cyo ni ikirego cyakiriwe kuwa 22 Nyakanga 2015 gitanzwe na Kayumba Nyamwasa, Kennedy Alfred Nurudiin Gihana, Bamporiki Abdallah Seif, Frank Ntwali, Safari Stanley, Dr Ettienne Mutabazi na Epimaque Ntamushobora bagaragaza ko ari abaturage b’u Rwanda.

Mu kirego cyabo berekana ko pasiporo zabo zagizwe izidafite agaciro batabimenyeshejwe.

Ibi bavuga ko byabaye ubwo bageragezaga gusaba Viza ya Amerika, ariko bakabwirwa ko Guverinoma y’u Rwanda yavanyeho pasiporo zabo, ikazishyira mu zidafite agaciro.

Muri iki kirego, bakagaragaza ko byakozwe mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko ko nabo ari Abanyarwanda nk’abandi bafite uburenganzira bwo kugira ibyangombwa by’igihugu.

Basabye uru Rukiko  rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu ko rwabemerera kuburanisha iki kirego, kugira ngo bemererwe uburenganzira bwa kiremwamuntu by’umwihariko ubwo kugira ubwisanzure bwo gutembera, ubwisanzure ku bwenegihugu, ubwisanzure ku muryango no ku murimo.

5. App. No. 022/2015 – Rutabingwa Chrysanthe v. Republic of Rwanda

Iki kirego cyakiriwe n’uru rukiko ku wa 24 Ugushyingo 2014, Rutabingwa Chrysanthe agaragaza ko yari yarahawe akazi mu buryo bwemewe n’amategeko ngo akore nk’umugenzuzi muri Leta, akagaragaza ko icyemezo cyo guhabwa aka kazi cyafatiwe mu nama y’abaminisitiri yabaye kuwa 17 Nzeri 1999. 

Rutabingwa arega ahanini anenga icyemezo n° 116/PRIV/BR/RU cyamwirukanishije kimushinja amakosa akomeye, ndetse ko hari n’inyandiko zirimo amabanga ya Leta yashyize hanze.

We asaba uru Rukiko rwa Afurika rw’Uburenganzira bwa Muntu ko rwatesha agaciro iki cyemezo, ndetse rukagaragaza ko cyafashwe mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko, by’umwihariko bunyuranyije n’itegeko nshinga, agasaba ko uru rukiko rwamusubiza mu mirimo ya Leta yahozemo, kuko atari yakujuje imyaka 65 y’izabukuru.

6. App. No. 023/2015 – Laurent Munyandilikirwa v. Republic of Rwanda

Laurent Munyandilikirwa, muri iki kirego cye aregamo Leta y’u Rwanda. Uyu Munyandilikirwa mu kirego cye agaragaza ko ari umunyamategeko wahoze ari perezida w’umuryango uharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu mu Rwanda witwa LIPRODHOR. 

We avuga ko ku buyobozi bwe yakomeje kotswa igitutu na Leta y’u Rwanda, kugeza ubwo yegujwe mu buryo avuga bunyuranyije n’amategeko.

Agaragaza ko habaye inama za rwihishwa zafashe ibyemezo byo kumuvana ku buyobozi, akavuga ko ashinjwa ko yanengaga cyane Leta. Avuga ko kuwa 3 Werurwe 2014 yatangiye kugira ubwoba bw’ubuzima bwe nuko aza guhunga, ko yakomeje guterwa ubwoba ko azicwa kugeza n’ubu.

Iki kirego Munyandilikirwa yagitanze ahagarariwe na Federasiyo Mpuzamahanga iharanira Uburenganzira bw’Ikiremwamuntu ya FIDH hamwe n’undi muryango nawo uharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu witwa RFKHR (Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights).