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Minister resigns over mismanagement of funds

    NAIROBI

    Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Resources and Forestry Laurien Ngirabanzi resigned on Friday after accepting political responsibility in the mismanagement of World Bank education funding in 1994 which caused the loss to the exchequer of millions of Rwandan francs, Radio Rwanda reported. Ngirabanzi was due to appear before parliament on
    Friday to explain the mismanagement of the World Bank schools
    rehabilitation project but resigned beforehand - becoming the first minister in the history of Rwanda to resign for political
    irresponsibility, the report stated. Prime Minister Pierre-Celestin Rwigema, who was Minister for Education at the time, last Wednesday survived a no-confidence motion in parliament over allegations that he misappropriated millions of dollars in project loans during the same period in 1994.

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