Sources in Kigali Rwanda inform AfroAmerica Network that the Rwandan Government Minister of Youth and Sports, Joe Habineza has resigned. He tendered his resignation after a wide circulation of pictures showing him with several women in sexual but not pornographic scenes.
Joe Habineza, one of the youngest ministers and the few ethnic Hutu in a government dominated by the minority ethnics Tutsi was seen as a rising star and close to President Paul Kagame. According to the same sources, he was sacked by President Paul Kagame, through the Prime Minister Benard Makuza, under the fear that the pictures may tarnish further the image of the government.
Last year, rumors circulated regarding the alleged long term affair between two powerful figures within the government, Minister Protais Musoni and the Kigali-City Mayor, Dr Aisa Kirabo Kacyira. The case went to court and eventually some members of the government were sacked for revealing the affairs. One of the sacked officials was Mayor of Gasabo, Claudine Nyinawagaga. Recently, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira resigned from her position as Mayor and was appointed Eastern Province Governor, in a move some see as separating her from Protais Musoni.
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