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Understanding cyber crimes as continuous emerging crimes.

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                    Day by day we are getting familiar with technology use. In that familiarity, we get more aware of the risks and different ways we can be a victim to cybercriminals. It has become common nowadays to face Mobile Money frauds and scammers increasing every day. Among the victims are older people who are more vulnerable. Cybercrimes are not new in Rwanda, but the way new methods and ways of committing these crimes and the development of technology cybercrimes are becoming new day-by-day. According to the NATIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTION AUTHORITY QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT July – September 2022 published December, 2022. Cases received and handled (July - September 2022) while PROSECUTING EMERGING CRIMES among them; Cybercrimes. 138 cases were received, among the suspect involved 47 were women, and 124 were men. [1] While addressing to the MPs for the legal basis of draft law adoption t...

COURT ANNEXED MEDIATION; A REVOLUTION IN LAWSUITS

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    As a lawyer or anyone who has any connection with law and courts, or simply an informed citizen, mediation is not news to him/her. The Rwandan government with its partners they are making all possible efforts to make mediation the preferable way to resolve disputes. Court annexed mediation is one of the ways to ensure that desire to be satisfied. Seeking justice from courts is the traditional way to resolve disputes and it has left a bond with people which is not easy to tear down. Training court staff mainly, court registrars and judges to use mediation and encouraging parties to listen when they suggest them to use Court annexed mediation, this will revolutionize our lawsuits for a long-term benefit.  ‘’The Judiciary of Rwanda encourages parties to use mediation to settle cases pending before courts (court annexed mediation) or to resolve their disputes out of court. Indeed, mediation is increasingly gaining recognition as an efficient alternative dispute res...

So, you want to be the president.

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                                                          You who’s reading this article you might be the president in the future. To be the president it has a lot of requirements to fulfil, be it age, having Rwandan nationality as the sole nationality and other requirements that are honestly not easy to get.  So, you still wanna be the president. Let’s go deep into the subject. In brief the president of the Republic is the Head of State. The President of the Republic is also the defender of the Constitution and the guarantor of national unity. In addition to that, the President of the Republic is elected for a five (5) year term and may be re-elected once. [1] Let’s go back in time to understand how the system of presidency came and we analyze it till today. Before presidency Rwanda was ruled under the absolute monarchy.  Rwa...