Jeanne d'Arc Uwimanimpaye (born 15 August 1978) is a Rwandan politician. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2008. From 2013 to 2018, she served as a Deputy Speaker of the Chamber.[1]
Life
Jeanne d'Arc Uwimanimpaye graduated in Economics from the National University of Rwanda. Before joining Parliament, she worked as a secondary school teacher, and in local government as a district internal auditor and Public Relations officer.[1]
Uwimanimpaye entered Parliament in the 2008 Rwandan parliamentary election, as one of the six women's representatives for Eastern Province.[2] In 2010, she travelled to the United Kingdom as a Commonwealth election observer of the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[3]
In the 2013 parliamentary election, Uwimanimpaye was returned to the Chamber of Deputies as a Women's representative for Eastern Province.[4] In October 2013, she was elected Deputy Speaker in charge of Government Oversight and Legislation, receiving 70 votes out of a possible 80.[5] As Deputy Speaker, she introduced the motion to allow President Kagame to run for a third term in office, after a petition had attracted 3.8 million signatures:
The petitioners hail president Kagame for having stopped the genocide and bringing quick economic recovery.[6]
Uwimanimpaye was selected as a RPF-Inkotanyi candidate for the 2018 parliamentary election,[7] and elected to represent Gatsibo District in Eastern Province.[1] She stepped down as Deputy Speaker, and was succeeded by Edda Mukabagwiza of RPF-Inkotanyi.[8] In September 2019, Uwimanimpaye pressed for an investigation into financial irregularities around tenders issued by the Rwanda Agriculture Board,[9] and was also critical of procurements made by the Rwanda Cooperative Agency.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Members Details[permanent dead link], Parliament of Rwanda.
- ^ Civil Society Election Observation Mission, Final Report: Rwandan Parliamentary Elections, November 17, 2008. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Commonwealth Observer Team to the UK General Election 2010: Final Report, 2010. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Edwin Musoni, Former speaker, 11 others bounce back as women representatives, The New Times, September 19, 2013. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ James Karuhanga, Donatille Mukabalisa is new Speaker, The New Times, October 5, 2013. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Clement Uwiringiyamana, Rwanda elections: MPs back move to let President Paul Kagame run for unprecedented third term, The Independent, July 14, 2015. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ RPF Selects 70 Candidates for Parliamentary Polls, July 8, 2018. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Athan Tashobya, Mukabalisa re-elected Speaker of Parliament, The New Times, September 20, 2018.
- ^ Michel Nkurunziza, PAC wants RAB officials investigated, The New Times, September 18, 2019. Accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Delayed Automation of Saccos Could Cost Gov’t Rwf5Bn, The New Times, September 26, 2019. Accessed May 3, 2020.