The Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya is a weekly podcast intent on keeping you up to date with current affairs in Rwanda. The topics discussed range from politics, business, sports to entertainment.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 1 hour 35 minutes
episode 21: Vincent Karega, former ambassador to DRC, on the root cause of the conflict between the DR Congo and the Kinyarwanda speaking community (Part One)
Once again, the decades long conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and its myriad of players in in the news once again.
This time because of the UN Group of Experts Report that was leaked to media at the start of last week. The Report details the arming and financing of the FDLR by the DRC Government, M23 activity and makes allegations about Rwanda’s involvement in the conflict...
episode 20: Budget expert, Victor Omurunga, on whether the 2023-24 National Budget will help jumpstart Rwanda’s slowing economy
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on Thursday revealed that Rwanda’s national budget for the year 2023/2024 is 5.1trillion Rwandan francs. That is slightly above 4.3 billion US dollars.
This years budget is a 6% increase from last years. My biggest takeaway from the budget reading the fact that foreign aid was only 13% of the total budget. While still high, we have to remember that there was a time overseas development assistance was the majority of the budget...
episode 19: The Felicien Kabuga trial hits major speed bumps, Malawi revokes fake passports and kids bring football glory to Rwanda
The news that the UN court in The Hague would not try infamous genocide funder, Felician Kabuga, for his crimes on the grounds of his old age, though sad, did not come as a shock to me. So, with this and other recent judicial travesties in mind, where do I think this all leaves us?
I also examine the reasoning behind Malawi’s move to revoke the citizenship of over 200 Rwandans following the arrest of Fulgence Kayishema in South Africa...
episode 18: While BAL brings a taste of the world to Kigali, and Somalia want to join EAC, Uganda is at war with its homosexuals and Washington DC
This week, I shall share my thoughts on what I saw during BAL, the week long festival of basketball as well as what this all means for the private sector.
I shall also talk about the news that Somalia might soon be entering the East African community and explain why I think it might be a bad idea...
episode 17: Sports Ministry Permanent Secretary, Zephanie Niyonkuru, on the chances that Rwanda hosts the African Cup of Nations
The running joke is that Rwandans should just concentrate on hosting international sporting events and forget about actually winning any competition.
So, should we just give up, concentrate on building amazing sporting facilities and become known as the country where foreign teams come to win from? Or is there a plan to turn things around?
To answer this question, I am joined today by the Permanent Secretary of The Ministry of Sports,Zephanie Niyonkuru...
episode 16: Feminists Sylvie Nsanga and Glory Iribagiza on anti-women cultural practices, and the tension between modern feminism and transgender rights
Today, not only are over 60% of all members of parliament women , they are also heads of government departments and leading financial institutions.
But listening the conversations that Rwandans have, both on and offline, it seems to be that there needs to be further steps to ensure gender equality. Especially when it comes to certain aspects of Rwandan culture...
episode 15: Dr. Edgar Kalimba on the role of fathers in creating happy, healthy and productive adults
Research reveals that when fathers are not active in the home it creates in children Emotional and Behavioral Issues, poor Academic Performance, increases the likelihood of Relationship Issues in the future, creates an Increased Risk of Substance Abuse and almost guarantees a Higher Risk of eventual Poverty...
episode 14: Ruin, death and disaster in Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda: Making sense of it all
The news last week has not made for pretty viewing. Right here in Rwanda, a mammoth relief effort is currently underway in the Northern and Western Provinces, as a result of the disastrously heavy rains that fell between 2-3 of May.
Further afield, a deadly civil war in Sudan has erupted. The war, that kicked off on 15, April, is pitting two factions of the Sudanese military government against each other...
episode 13: Human rights advocate Dr Aflodis Kagaba on public perception of homosexuality and the lived experience of LGBT people in Rwanda
HDI (Health Development Initiative) Executive Director Dr. Aflodis Kagaba takes us through the findings of the 2022 'Examination of LGBT people’s lived experiences and public perceptions of sexual and gender minorities in Rwanda' Report.
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episode 12: Veteran politician Protais Musoni on life in Uganda as a refugee, the struggles overcome by RANU and the events that led to the first RPF Congress in 1987 (Part 2)
This is second part of the conversation that we had with RPF stalwart Protais Musoni . In it he reveals how exactly RPF was formed. This year, the ruling party, the RPF celebrated the 35th anniversary of it founding in 1987.
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