Minister of Youth Protais Mitali of Rwanda

In an interview with the President of Liberal Party who is also the Minister of Youth, Protais Mitali said that the latest development would increase capacity in formation of new programmes and initiating strategies for strengthening.

6 October 2008 Posted to the web 6 October 2008 The president of the Liberal party (PL) Protais Mitali is not on the list of legislators scheduled to swear in for their parliamentary seats today.

KIGALI - The embattled president of the Liberal Party (PL) Protais Mitali has said that he is not going to bow to escalating calls from some members to quit the party’s most prestigious seat.

Mitali is also the minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperation.

Unconfirmed information also indicated that Mitali had also instructed the committee to make recommend tough actions against the petitioners.

The theme for the meeting is deepening regional integration through Customs Union," Mitali said May 4, during a press conference held at the ministry headquarters in Gikondo.

Kigali - Commerce Minister Protais Mitali has admitted that he breached tendering procedures in the now controversial procurement of four million litres of fuel from Kenya early last year.

Whereas Mitali is also blamed for not informing the Cabinet before signing the fuel contact, it would still have amounted to breach of law for the latter to authorise a tender without the approval of the NTB.

We had sought a peaceful settlement of the crisis for the good of the party, but Mitali was not ready to talk peace.

He said Mitali had wished that “we be expelled from the party but that failed after only 25 out of 98 people backed it.

Mitali said preparations on the side of the rebels had been going on in the Congo's North and South Kivu provinces.

Rwandan Minister for Regional Cooperation Protais Mitali said the draft, leaked to The Associated Press before its release -- expected Tuesday -- was unfair and biased because its authors both refused to give Rwanda more than one day to discuss initial findings and declined to discuss final accusations by claiming the investigation was secret.

Mitali said the international community must step in and stop what he described as the ongoing persecution of "Rwandafones" (Congolese speakers of the Rwandan Kinyarwanda language) in parts of Congo’s North and South Kivu provinces.

Rwandas Paul Kagame may visit Darfur, where Rwandan troops are participating in an African Union force, Rwandan Minister of State for Cooperation Protais Mitali said Monday.

Mitali said that during a three-day state visit starting Tuesday, Kagame was to discuss Darfur, regional conflicts and bilateral relations with Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir.

In an interview with the President of Liberal Party who is also the Minister of Youth, Protais Mitali said that the latest development would increase capacity in formation of new programmes and initiating strategies for strengthening political parties and good governance.

The distribution of petroleum products is being limited in all petrol stations to avoid using up all our stock," Trade Minister Protais Mitali said in a statement read on government radio.

Mitali said the state was selling part of its fuel reserves to private dealers whose petrol stations were running dry, adding that there were major shortages of petrol but enough diesel so far.