Elections for women are carried out effectively despite weakenesses

Tuesday,17,September,2013-Rwandan women attended a one day elections session to vote their representatives in the coming Parliament. The attendance to these elections was relatively high. For instance in South Province the attendance the attendance  surrounded 90% .

However according to reporters from different sites where elections took place, women from rural  areas attended the elections late because they went to cultivate or do other specific activities the example is taken from Rwamagana District.

For today’s elections, the voting body was  to be composed by 2/3 for it to start voting.

In some specific areas,this standardized number delayed to accomplish,which delayed elections to start in specific sites in Kicukiro District.

During the after noon ,counting the  results started and were around to finalize around 5 pm in some specific  areas.

Journalists found a case whereby men were involved into the voting body so to be complete, meaning  to get  the 2/3 of the required voters.

Around 4 pm ,counting started and provisional results are to be publish soon in the evening hours.

Regarding observers ‘involvement,they were few but present into the voting rooms.

Tomorrow elections  to vote representatives of people living with disabilities  and  representatives of youth will take place. One deputy will be chosen from candidates for people living with disabilities seats while two candidates will be voted to represent the youth  in the House  of MPs.

The story is based on the show broadcated by joint six  radio stations to provide insights  on  how effective these parliamentary elections were conducted.

The show was prepared by the Institut Panos-Paris in partnership with REFO (Rwanda Editors Forum).

The sponsor of the show,including all the  preceding ones, is  the European Union.

NIZEYIMANA Jean Pierre

UM– USEKE.RW