This policy seeks to improve the provision and access to safe and quality medications for the Rwandan people.

The law governs the regulations surrounding the warehouse receipt system. The law states that the capital market authority of Rwanda shall be the organ to issue warehouse receipt operator’s license. Other provisions contained include; status, use, form, contents, duplicates, and seizure of a warehouse receipt; activities of a warehouse operator; information, inspection, and investigation, as well as administrative sanctions, offences, and penalties.

The Ministerial order addresses the determination of the information that should be contained on a quality seed label and container. It gives pointers on the criteria for placing seed varieties in categories, and the colours of labels for each category.

The establishment of the national seed association of Rwanda (NSAR) as a trade union for employers. The association is created as a means for shared interaction and information exchange within the seed industry, as well as representing the interest of the industry locally and internationally. The improvement of crop production through the development of the seed industry is also a key mission of the association.

The law determines the organization and functioning of the decentralized administrative entities. The decentralised administrative entities are; the City of Kigali, Districts, Sectors, Cells and Villages. The entities shall be governed by their respective Councils. The Ministry of local government shall monitor the functioning of the management organs of these entities. Of the entities, the city of Kigali and the districts shall have legal personalities of their own and shall enjoy financial and administrative autonomy.

The presidential order on the ratification of the Financing Agreement signed in Washington DC, United States of America on 11 October
2013, between the Republic of Rwanda and the International Development Association (IDA). The agreement centres on the loan of thirty-seven million eight hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 37,800,000) and the grant of thirty-seven million eight hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 37,800,000) for the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project.

The ministerial order determines the modalities and requirements for the financial guarantee of environmental protection and its use in mining operations. It discusses the modalities for depositing and the use of the guarantee.

The government of Rwanda recognises the prevalence of mental health disorders arising from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsis. These disorders include epilepsy, and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) among others. It pursues improvement in access to health care facilities at the community level as a means of effective control of mental health issues in the country. It discusses the challenges faced in delivering effective healthcare and the need to continuously train mental health care providers and handlers.

As sanctioned and adopted by parliament, the law establishes the Rwanda agriculture and animal resources development board as a public institution with legal personality, enjoying financial and administrative autonomy. The board has a general mission of developing agriculture and animal resources via research and extension services, to increase agricultural and animal productivity. It repeals prior provisions contrary to the ones contained therein.

The presidential order to ratify the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. The protocol was adopted at Kigali in 2016. The ministries of foreign affairs and natural resources, as well the office of the prime minister are charged with implementing the protocol.

The order determines the procedures necessary for declaration, authorization, and concession for the utilization of water. The Order applies on the following: domestic utilisation of water, activities related to water resources that are subject to declaration, activities related to water resources that are subject to authorisation, activities related to concession granting in water resources and related requirements.

The law addresses issues surrounding the importation of plants and plants product into the country. It determines criteria for plant health protection and provisions for tackling plant pests and diseases.

The law stipulates that land is a common heritage of the Rwandan people, without any form of discrimination; and the state has supreme power over land management in its territory. “The Law determines modalities of allocating, acquisition, transfer, use and management of land in Rwanda. It also establishes the principles applicable to rights recognised over all lands situated on Rwanda’s national territory and all rights united or incorporated with land, whether naturally or artificially.

The instructions set out state quarries along with their locations. The order allows state or state entities and other persons authorized by the state to explore and exploit state quarries. It repeals all prior instructions contradictory to the ones contained therein.

The Ministerial regulation is under several national and international orders and pacts on natural resources. It discusses among others, mine site inspections, permissions to import and export designated minerals, and application of regional certification mechanisms.

The rural electrification strategy is geared towards ensuring Rwanda’s rural households have unhindered access to electricity, at an effective cost. It aims to leverage four basic programmes; provision of basic solar systems as necessities, support of the private sector through the risk-based mitigating system, development of mini-grids in suitable locations, and the roll-out of the Electricity Access Rollout Programme (EARP). It broadly has an objective of attaining 70% access to electricity by 2017/2018, and 100% by 2020.

The law repeals the 2010 law establishing the Rwanda Natural Resources Authority (RNSA).

The presidential order ratified the loan agreement between the Republic of Rwanda and the African Development Fund (ADF) in Kigali.

This policy highlights various specific objectives to be achieved to ensure children with special educational needs have equitable access to basic education. This is premised on the commitment of the government to ensure basic education for all citizens of the country.

“The Law applies to several public-private partnership arrangements, including management contract, whereby a Contracting Authority awards a partner the right to manage and perform a specific service concerning an infrastructure facility or other asset for an agreed period, and “Build-Operate-Own” “BOO”, whereby private partner finance, designs, constructs, owns and operates an infrastructure facility or other asset to provide services. The law however does not apply to; contracts subject to the law governing public procurement, and the privatization or divestiture of enterprises, assets and any infrastructure facility owned by the Government”.