President Paul Kagame and Commander-In-Chief of Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has made promotions and appointments in RDF that saw two senior officers elevated from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel.

These include Lt Col Emmanuel Ruzindana, the Director of Operations promoted to Colonel and appointed Defence Attaché in Uganda.

Lt Col Frank Bakunzi, the Directing Staff of Rwanda Defence Force Command and Staff College (RDFCSC) in Nyakinama has been also promoted to Colonel and appointed Defence Attaché in Egypt.

Among others ; the Head of State has appointed Brig Gen John Baptist Ngiruwonsanga as the Head Peace Support Operations (PSO) in RDF, Lt Col Claudien Bizimungu has been named Deputy Commander of Engineer Command ; Lt Col Innocent Kayisire is named the Managing Director of Horizon Logistics ; Lt Col Jean Paul Munana has been appointed as the Commander of Combat Engineer Brigade while Lt Col Faustin Mafura is appointed the Deputy Commander of Combat Engineer Brigade.

The statement released by RDF reads that the promotions and appointments take immediate effect.

AE News