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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has appointed new division commanders of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF).<\/p>\n There are four divisions covering the City of Kigali and the four provinces, as well as a seperate standby division.<\/p>\n The changes were announced in a statement released by the military on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Kagame, who is the Commander-in-Chief of RDF, named Maj Gen Emmy Ruvusha as the Commander of 1 Division, which covers the City of Kigali and Eastern Province.<\/p>\n Maj Gen Eugene Nkubito, who recently returned from Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province where he was the overall commander of Rwandan security forces there, takes up command of the 3 Division which covers Western Province.<\/p>\n Brig Gen Pascal Muhizi, another general who previously served in Cabo Delgado where he was the operations commander of the Rwandan contingent, has been appointed Commander of the 2 Division (Northern Province), while Brig Gen Vincent Gatama becomes the 4 Division Commander (covering Southern Province).<\/p>\n Brig Gen Frank Mutembe is the new Commander of the Task Force Division, a separate standby division, according to the RDF statement.<\/p>\n Also redeployed is Brig Gen Andrew Nyamvumba, who has been appointed the Commandant of the Rwanda Defence Force Command and Staff College (RDFCSC) based in Musanze District.<\/p>\n Brig Gen Andrew Nyamvumba has been appointed Commandant, RDFCSC.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, President Kagame also promoted 10 Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of Colonel and appointed them to Brigade Commanders, the statement said.<\/p>\n They include Joseph Mwesigye, Simba Kinesha, Egide Ndayizeye, William Ryarasa, Sam Rwasanyi and Issa Senono. Others are Thadee Nzeyimana, Alphonse Safari, Fidele Butare and Emmanuel Nyirihirwe.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Edwin Ashimwe Africa-Press – Rwanda. President Paul Kagame has appointed new division commanders of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF). There are four divisions covering the City of Kigali and the four provinces, as well as a seperate standby division. The changes were announced in a statement released by the military on Tuesday night. Kagame, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":51218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14,772],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-51220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\n