# Ignatienne Nyirarukundo

Ignatienne Nyirarukundois a Rwandan politician who currently serves as Senior Advisor in Charge of Social Protection Program in the Office of Prime Minister since November 2021. Prior to her appointment, she was serving as Minister of States in Charge of Social Affairs at Ministry of Local Government of Rwanda since 2019, before that she was Member of the Lower house of Parliament of Rwanda for six years.

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* The exercise is geared to facilitate proper allocation of resources and appealed to the public to be honest in giving information about their economic status to avoid a wrong categorization
** news briefing here, Nyirarukundo told (xinhuanet, 05 December, 2020)
* The policy on disabilities is ready but it was met with debate before approval.
** The disabilities policy is revised, Nyirarukundo told (ktpress.rw, June 26, 2020)
* The new policy on persons with disabilities is under review and will be tabled to the parliament soon
** The Parliament will discuss the Policy, Nyirarukundo told (ktpress.rw, June 26, 2020)
* The debate arose when some officials on the policy task force wanted the disability policy to be joined with social protection policy
** She thought that it needed to be a separate policy, Nyirarukundo said (ktpress.rw, June 26, 2020)
* There is no way a person can lack enough food when some produce is rotting because of lack of ready market
** looks on yesterday, Nyirarukundo said (The New Times, Tuesday, November 27, 2018)
* Among other issues, they want to assess the agricultural commodity market because they realised that there are issues affecting it.
** MPs blame poor post-harvest handling for challenges in agric supply chain, Nyirarukundo Said (The New Times, Tuesday, November 27, 2018)
* I have not seen any money allocated to fighting pest control nor emphasis put on animal farming yet it has significant potential if we, for instance, looked at the impact of Girinka programme on our society
** We need to look into this, Nyirarukundo Said (The New Times, Tuesday, Friday, June 09, 2017)
* I feel that they should have visited both the private and government run energy plants and that way we would have had a clearer picture than what we got today
** Rwandans stood in terms of access to electricity,N yirarukundo Said (The New Times, Tuesday, Friday, Tuesday, July 30, 2019)
* it will take us the next 60 years to get to a mentality of having 2 children. We need to stop some slogans that push parents to have more children.
** from my observation, Nyirarukundo Said (ktpress.rw, July 26, 2018)
* We are looking at places like Gitikinyoni and other open-air spaces slightly outside Kigali, where some of these activities can be relocated, to minimize the risk of infections
** the government is considering finding where can be relocated new markets, Nyirarukundo Said (ktpress.rw, August 17, 2020)
* the objective of the law is to promote legislative reform on existing legislation governing the mandate, organizational structure and performance of law enforcement agents within the African Union member states
** The Draft Model Police Act, Nyirarukundo Said (thepoint.gm, May 19, 2017)
* the aim of this meeting was also a good occasion “to exchange views on how to improve the way we are delivering on human security issues and socio-economic transformation programs; Identify challenges that districts are facing and how best they can be solved going forward”.
** IN CHARGE OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS, Nyirarukundo said Minaloc.gov.rw (21 november 2019)