Universal Basic Education and the Girinka programme (One cow per family)
as well as the Community Based Health Insurance (Mutuelle de santé), which
is a medical care programme instituted to enable the citizens acquire and
access medical assistance to overcome the rampant health challenges.
Article 21-All peoples shall freely dispose of their wealth or national
resources
155. The Rwanda Natural Resources Authority (RNRA) was created under the
Law n°53/2010 of 25/01/2011. RNRA is under the Ministry of Natural
Resources that heads the management of promotion of natural resources
which regulates use of land, water, forests, mines and geology. It is entrusted
with supervision, monitoring and to ensure the implementation of all issues
relating to promotion and protection of natural resources.36
156. According to the current regulations in urban areas and all other places
where there are commercial activities, formal individual land titles are
registered following demarcated boundaries. The cadastral project now
operational in Kigali City Council is a model of a demand-driven selffinancing land register that utilises automated methods to capture and
output land information. In 2010, a mining policy was adopted and aims at
establishing a fair management of mining resources, the integrative area of
the national patrimony so as to contribute sustainable and equitably to the
poverty eradication as well as improvement of the population well being.
Article 22-Right to development
157. The Constitution of Rwanda clearly defines the role of the citizens and that
of the State in socio-economic and cultural development of the community.
Citizens have not only the right to development but also the duty to
participate in their socio-economic and cultural progress. The Constitution
enshrines the State’s obligation to allow the environment for citizens to freely
participate in their development and to take the appropriate policies for the
peoples’ development (see Article 48 of the Constitution). Such initiatives are
vast and compelling on the part of the state. They range from establishing a
Law n°53/2010 of 25/01/2011 establishing Rwanda natural resources authority (RNRA) and determining its
mission, organisation and functioning
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