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Umuvunyi_Pic The Ombudsman International Conference and 200th anniversary of the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman

From Tuesday 13 th October 2009, in Kigali Serena Hotel was held a three day International Ombudsman Conference and the 200 th anniversary of the parliamentary Swedish Ombudsman. The opening ceremony was attended by different personalities and it has been officially opened by the President of the Republic His Excellency Paul KAGAME Apart from the host country Rwanda, in this conference were 9Apart from the host country Rwanda, were 9 other countries were represented in this conference by their ombudsman and the Chief of institutions whose attributions are fight corruptions. Mr. Mats MELIN the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden; Advocate J.R WALTERS, the Ombudsman of Namibia; Mrs. Amina OUEDRAOGO the Mediator of Faso; Mr. Soleman HOSEA the Director General of Prevention and Combating Corruption Bureau from Tanzania; Mr. Baku RAPHAEL the acting I.G. G from Uganda; the Ambassador James SIMANI; the Chairman of the Office of the Ombudsman of Kenya; Mr. Leonidas HABONIMANA the Commissioner General of Anti-Corruption Brigade from Burundi; Mr Soleman HATEEA the Ombudsman of Mauritius; Maitre M’ban DIATIGUI DIARRA the Mediator of Mali.

Umuvunyi_Pic During four days spent in Rwanda, the heads of delegations exchanged experiences and discussed on how they can improve their activities of the Ombudsman worldwide. There made different presentations such as: The Ombudsman as the fourth power; The right to good Administration; The Role of Ombudsman in UEMOA (AMP-UEMOA); The Role of Ombudsman in SADEC; The Role of Ombudsman and Anti-Corruption strategies in EAAACA; The activities of Transparency Rwanda and Anti-Corruption Club in Rwanda. In the closing ceremony, the Guest of Honor, Hon. MUKANTABANA Rose, the Speaker of the chamber of deputies asked the heads of delegations to be full of integrity as a basic of promoting transparency and justice. She said also that the embezzlement can not be eradicated when some countries are hosting the fugitive. She asked them to put on their next agenda how countries can work together for arresting those kinds of people In the closing ceremony, the Guest of Honor, MUKANTABANA Rose,

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The members of delegations have been received by different authorities such as His Excellency Paul Kagame, the Speaker of the chamber of deputies and the speaker of the Senate, In the courtesy visit to the Office of the President, they discussed about the function of the institution of the Office of Ombudsman and its role worldwide in promoting the good governance. In their visit to the upper chamber of Parliament, the Ombudsman were told how the both chambers of the parliament collaborate with the Office of Ombudsman in building the country based on the rule of Law.

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Document on Integrity award project Downloadable here