On 31 January 2023, Districts Procurement officers from Rwanda concluded a seven-day contract management training at RMI Murambi campus. The training was organized by Rwanda Management Institute in partnership with Rwanda Development Board (RDB). The training was concluded by Mr. NSHIMYUMUREMYI Vincent de Paul, the Principal Senior Training Coordinator on behalf of the RMI Director General.

The focus of the training was to provide more in-depth discussions on subject related to procurement matters and the new law governing procurement in line of addressing the gaps identified by MINEDUC in procurement contract management of public institutions.  

In his closing remarks, the Principal thanked both trainers and trainees for the training well done; adding that it will benefit the trainees while putting the knowledge acquired into practice. “Thank you for the week you spent here studying, sharing experiences and exchanging knowledge. We expect you to bring impact back to your respective institutions in effectively and efficiently managing procurement contracts and ultimately ensuring the value for money.

Nyirandayishimiye Joselyne, the representative of the trainees, thanked the organizers of the training saying that it was a very useful training. “There are mistakes related to poor contract management we used to make before this training due to ignorance. The knowledge we got here showed areas of mistakes we used to fall in. Now, we are going to improve our practice, prevent mistakes and work professionally. Many times, mistakes were coming from lack of coordination between contract managers and implementers. Now we are acquainted with the knowledge required to deal with contract management”, she said.

Mr. Mbaranga Eudence Gervas, the trainer, said that the trainees learned more after the one week they have spent at RMI learning about contract management and the new law governing procurement in Rwanda. “They will never again commit the same errors they used to fall into while dealing with contract management related jobs.” he said.

RMI provides professional capacity development trainings, researches, consultancies and advisory services to both individual workforce and institutions in Rwanda.