Edda Mukabagwiza

Edda Mukabagwiza is a Rwandan politician and former diplomat. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the Parliament of Rwanda.

Quotes

• there was need for proper collaboration between local leaders so that districts in the city plan together with neighbouring districts to construct feeder roads to ease inter-district cooperation and trade.
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/172572/News/city-sets-up-fund-for-financing-neighbourhoods-roads ( The New Times Rwanda, December 31, 2019 )

• another problem was that ICT infrastructure and equipment used in teaching courses were given to some schools but they are not used partly because they are not enough.
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/173883/News/lawmakers-highlight-ict-challenges-in-education-service-delivery (The New Times Rwanda, February 15, 2020)

• Rwanda is playing and will continue to play a proactive role in preventive diplomacy, the establishment and consolidation of peace on the African continent, and in other parts of the world .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/201116/News/rwanda-will-continue-playing-proactive-role-in-preventive-diplomacy-a-deputy-speaker (The New Times Rwanda, July 08, 2022)
• Some schools don’t have smart classrooms because they do not have access to electricity .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/173883/News/lawmakers-highlight-ict-challenges-in-education-service-delivery ( (The New Times Rwanda, February 15, 2020)
• All we have achieved as women in Rwanda, we owe it to our President .
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/55453/National/canada-rwanda-youth-association-launched-in-ottawa (The New Times Rwanda, May 25, 2011)
• about 75 per cent of roads in the City of Kigali are dirt roads, it was an indication that much needed to be done.
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/172572/News/city-sets-up-fund-for-financing-neighbourhoods-roads (The New Times Rwanda, December 31, 2019)
• the computers that were given to schools do not have the capacity to handle some of the programmes such as Geographic Information System (GIS) – a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage, and present spatial or geographic data – which schools are required to teach.
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/173883/News/lawmakers-highlight-ict-challenges-in-education-service-delivery (The New Times Rwanda, February 15, 2020)

• Today, we are witnessing with horror the resurgence of anti-Rwanda hate speech, and pro-genocide calls which are unfortunately encouraged by certain officials and politicians in DRC
  • https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/201116/News/rwanda-will-continue-playing-proactive-role-in-preventive-diplomacy-a-deputy-speaker(The New Times Rwanda, July 08, 2022).

• Rwanda's position has always been – and will remain – that of a positive approach with a firm commitment to peace.
  • Rwanda will continue playing proactive role in preventive diplomacy – deputy speaker. newtimes.co.rw (September 23,2026).

• We all know that you cannot be active in agriculture if you do not have control of that land.
  • https://www.iisd.org/articles/whats-next-ecowas-gender-network-dialogue-action?. iisd.org (September 23,2026).
• One of the main reasons for revising the constitution was to align Parliamentary elections with the Presidential election.
  • Rwanda Revises Constitution To Allow Combined Elections. ktpress.rw (September 23,2026).
• In 2019, Mukabagwiza emphasized Rwanda's experience in gender-responsive budgeting and policy implementation, explaining that Rwanda's approach integrates gender considerations into both planning and implementation.
  • What's Next for the ECOWAS Gender Network: From dialogue to action. iisd.org (September 23,2026).