RDF PRESS RELEASE – RETIREMENT IN THE RWANDA DEFENCE FORCE

REF: RDF/MPR/A/10/10/23

Kigali, 30 August 2023

1.  H.E. THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF RDF HAS APPROVED THE RETIREMENT OF THE FOLLOWING GENERALS:

RANK                     NAMES                              

GEN              JAMES KABAREBE      

GEN                FRED IBINGIRA                      

LT GEN          CHARLES KAYONGA          

LT GEN          FRANK MUSHYO KAMANZI         

MAJ GEN   MARTIN NZARAMBA                

MAJ GEN   ERIC MUROKORE                       

MAJ GEN   AUGUSTIN TURAGARA 

MAJ GEN   CHARLES KARAMBA    

MAJ GEN   ALBERT MURASIRA                  

BRIG GEN CHRIS MURARI

BRIG GEN     DIDACE NDAHIRO

BRIG GEN     EMMANUEL NDAHIRO

2.    H.E. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO APPROVED THE RETIREMENT OF 83 SENIOR OFFICERS, 06 JUNIOR OFFICERS AND 86 SENIOR NCOS, 678 END OF CONTRACT AND 160 MEDICAL DISCHARGES. ///

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