Deputy CEO of RDB Zephanie Niyonkuru suspended

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rwanda Development Board(RDB), Zephanie Niyonkuru, has been suspended from his duties owing to “repeated managerial failures”.

His suspension was been announced through a Communiqué released by Office of the Prime Minister on behalf of President of the Republic this Thursday 06 October 2022. 

“Today, the 6th October 2022, His Excellency the President has removed Mr. Zephanie Niyonkuru from his duties as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Development Board [RDB] owing to repeated managerial failures,” reads the statement.

Niyonkuru had been appointed Deputy CEO of RDB in October 2019 replacing Emmanuel Hategeka who was assigned to represent Rwanda in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (End).