{"id":41456,"date":"2019-05-05T16:23:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=41456"},"modified":"2019-05-05T16:23:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T13:23:27","slug":"burundi-president-publicly-rewards-daughter-for-being-well-behaved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/burundi-president-publicly-rewards-daughter-for-being-well-behaved\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi president publicly rewards daughter for being well behaved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"22\">Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza lauded his 12-year-old daughter and gave her money at May Day ceremonies designed to honour the country&#8217;s top workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"23\">&#8220;Head of state Pierre Nkurunziza gave an envelope (of money) to his daughter Naomie Nkurunziza, who has been behaving well at home,&#8221; state broadcaster RTNB said in an overnight tweet, without specifying the amount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"24\">&#8220;Pierre Nkurunziza says that she is hard-working and loves Burundian culture and sport,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"25\">The May 1 ceremonies, which took place at a sports stadium at Rumonge, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the capital Bujumbura, saw Nkurunziza hand out awards to senior state officials, farmers, the national football team, a judo champion, governors and district administrators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"26\">The decade-old tradition has also seen Nkurunziza reward one of his sons, Jonathan &#8212; who was aged five at the time &#8212; his wife, Denise Bucumi, and one of their nannies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"27\">Burundi has been in turmoil since the president announced in April 2015 that he intended to stand again for the presidency. He was re-elected in July of that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"28\">Violence claimed at least 1,200 lives and displaced more than 400,000 between April 2015 and May 2017, according to estimates by the International Criminal Court which has opened an investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza lauded his 12-year-old daughter and gave her money at May Day ceremonies designed to honour the country&#8217;s top workers. &#8220;Head of state Pierre Nkurunziza gave an envelope (of money) to his daughter Naomie Nkurunziza, who has been behaving well at home,&#8221; state broadcaster RTNB said in an overnight tweet, without specifying the amount. &#8220;Pierre Nkurunziza says that she is hard-working and loves Burundian culture and sport,&#8221; it said. The May 1 ceremonies, which took place at a sports stadium at Rumonge, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the capital Bujumbura, saw Nkurunziza hand out awards to senior state officials, farmers, the national football team, a judo champion, governors and district administrators. 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