Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has made appointments and changes within the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF).
Kagame made three appointments which took immediate effect, including Maj Gen Emmanuel Bayingana, who was appointed as the Air Force Chief of Staff; Brig Gen Vincent Nyakarundi, appointed as head of Defence Intelligence; and Col Andrew Nyamvumba, as the head of Defence Research and Development at the Ministry of Defence.
The New Times of Rwanda reports that Bayingana has been the Chief Executive Officer of Zigama Credit and Savings Society (CSS).
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He is also the former Vice Chairman of the National Itorero Commission.
Nyakarundi, who was Rwanda’s first-ever military attaché to the United Nations (UN) in New York back in 2009, was promoted to Brig General in January 2018.
The Defence Intelligence department he now heads was created in July 2018. Nyakarundi replaces Nyamvumba, who has moved to Research and Development.