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Wednesday, 21 April 2021
The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC) has brought its Presidential election forward to before Tokyo 2020 after a reported backlash from sports federations.
RNOSC was due to elect a new leader on October 9 following the resignation of Valens Munyabagisha, who stepped down earlier this month.
However, the ballot will now be held on May 8 with
The New Times reporting opposition to the later date from local sports bodies.
The rescheduled vote will be before the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympics which are set to take place between July 23 and August 8, one year later than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Murema pledges sports expansion after re-election as Rwanda NPC President Saturday, 10 April 2021
Jean Baptiste Murema has been elected to lead the National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda (NPC-Rwanda) for a second four-year term.
Murema, who retained his post unopposed, promised to introduce sports specifically meant for people with disabilities in different districts as one of his top priorities. We are going to build a structure at the district level so that the games of people with disabilities can reach all districts,” he told the NPC-Rwanda general assembly, according to the
New Times. We also plan to set up different Federations because we have many games including wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, athletics and others.