{"id":9128,"date":"2018-06-15T05:18:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T05:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2018-06-15T07:42:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T07:42:58","slug":"burundi-new-boss-commits-himself-to-accomplish-missions-assigned-to-cnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-new-boss-commits-himself-to-accomplish-missions-assigned-to-cnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi: New boss commits himself to accomplish missions assigned to CNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadhan Karenga has handed over power to Nestor Bankumukunzi, former Minister of Communication to chair the National Communication Council-CNC, after two years and three months at the chairmanship.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9129\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9129\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Karenga-et-Bankumukunzi.jpg\" alt=\"Former CNC chairman Ramadhan Karenga (left) replaced by Nestor Bankumukunzi \" width=\"470\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Karenga-et-Bankumukunzi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Karenga-et-Bankumukunzi-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Karenga-et-Bankumukunzi-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Karenga-et-Bankumukunzi-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former CNC chairman Ramadhan Karenga (left) replaced by Nestor Bankumukunzi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the plenary session held this 14 June held by CNC members, Nestor Bankumukunzi has been unanimously elected to chair the body.<\/p>\n<p>Among the major priorities, Bankumukunzi says he will proceed with the delivery of press cards and make sure media specifications are respected and new journalists are trained. \u201cWe will proceed to the execution of the organic law governing the body which includes the delivery of press cards to journalists,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Bankumukunzi also says a large number of journalists has already registered. \u201cIt\u2019s a continuing activity. Those who haven\u2019t registered yet will do it\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>The new chairman of CNC has also said he will work closely with media professionals to train new journalists,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nestor Bankumukunzi says media work will be executed as accurately as possible. \u201cWe will better accomplish the missions assigned to CNC\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadhan Karenga, the outgoing CNC chairman has said about 1000 journalists and media technicians had already registered and will very soon receive their professional cards. \u201cThe press cards will also be given to freelancers, media practitioners and interns\u201d, he says. Karenga also believes his successor will ensure that media specifications are respected. \u201cThe incoming CNC chairman will ensure that media organizations work in accordance with the law,\u201d he says adding that CNC expects to create four regional offices to follow closely the work of community radio stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadhan Karenga has handed over power to Nestor Bankumukunzi, former Minister of Communication to chair the National Communication Council-CNC, after two years and three months at the chairmanship. In the plenary session held this 14 June held by CNC members, Nestor Bankumukunzi has been unanimously elected to chair the body. Among the major priorities, Bankumukunzi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[113,1370],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9130,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions\/9130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}