President Kagame Swears In New Public Service Minister, Senator and Auditor General Officials.

The swearing-in ceremony took place at Village Urugwiro and also saw Claudette Mukashyaka take office as Auditor General of State Finances, while Gratien Kubwimana was sworn in as Deputy Auditor General. 

Addressing the officials, Kagame noted that they had previously held other public responsibilities and said they were expected to understand what the country required of them. 

He urged them to assess their past performance and identify what they needed to improve in order to serve more effectively.

“What is needed is for each of us to take the initiative to assess ourselves and ask: How have we been performing in the past? How much more effort do these new responsibilities require of us so that we can perform better? This applies to everyone,” he said.

The President added that assuming new responsibilities should provide an opportunity for reflection and a renewed commitment to improving performance.

“This is a moment to reflect and for people to keep looking for ways to perform their duties better,” he said.

President Kagame reminded the officials that the quality of their work directly affects citizens, noting that good performance benefits the public, while poor performance has negative consequences for them.

The four officials were appointed by the Cabinet at its meeting on October 26, 2026, with the changes announced on October 27. 

Uwacu, who takes over the Ministry of Public Service and Labour from Uwizeye, previously served as Minister of Sports and Culture from February 2015 to October 2018.

Before her latest appointment, she was Director General in charge of Itorero and cultural promotion at the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE), a position she assumed in January 2024.

She later served as Executive Secretary of Unity Club Intwararumuri before being appointed to the Cabinet. 

Uwizeye's appointment as senator comes four months after she was named Minister of Public Service and Labour in June 2026.

In the government formed in July 2025, she had been appointed Minister in the Office of the President before later taking up the Public Service and Labour portfolio.

Uwizeye studied law at the former National University of Rwanda, graduating in 2006. She subsequently pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, specialising in International Economic and Business Law.

She began teaching in the law faculty of the National University of Rwanda in 2006. 

Mukashyaka, who was sworn in as Auditor General of State Finances, is an auditing specialist with more than 15 years of professional experience.

Since 2021, she had served as Director General in charge of Internal Audit at I&M Bank Rwanda. She has also previously worked at the Office of the Auditor General of State Finances.

She was Vice President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Rwanda, representing the private sector, and chaired the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Parliament.

Mukashyaka holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Rwanda, where she graduated with distinction.

Kubwimana, the newly appointed Deputy Auditor General, previously served as Director General in charge of Local Government Audits, Projects, Programmes and Specialised Audits at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, a position he held from 2024. 

Before that, he worked in finance and internal auditing roles at the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, and the former Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).