Office national des postes

Office national des postes is the company responsible for postal service in Rwanda. As of 2009, the Director General of National Post Office was Celestin Kayitare.^[1]

Rwanda is part of the Universal Postal Union, which recommends a maximum of 9,000 people per one post office branch.^[1] As of 2009, Rwanda's population is around ten million, and would need 1,111 post office branches to meet this recommendation.^[1] As of 2009, Rwanda had nineteen post office branches.^[1]

During April 2010, the Office National des Postes announced, through the Universal Postal Union, that several fraudulent issues of stamps were circulating.^[2]

Illegal competitors

The Office National Des Postes was granted a monopoly for thirty years in 1992 by the Parliament of Rwanda, then known as the National Development Council.^[3] Private services do business in the country despite the government's protests.^[3] Atraco, Sotra Tours, Okapi, Virunga, and Muhabura Bus have been named by the postal service as companies operating illegally.^[3] As of October 2009, a law was being drafted to crack down on illegal courier services.^[3]

International monetary fund

A November 2000 report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on reducing poverty in Rwanda stated the IMF would try to make the Office National Des Postes financially self-supporting, while also providing affordable services.^[4] According to the report, this would improve the communication structure, allowing those living in poverty to more easily find jobs.^[4] As part of a November 2000 agreement over aid with the IMF, the Rwandian government agreed to make the Office National Des Postes self-sufficient by September 2001.^[5]

See also

Communications in Rwanda

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Mugoya, Grace. "Post Office to Adopt Online Notification." New Times 12 October 2009. AllAfrica.com. All Africa Global Media. Web. 14 April 2010. <http://allafrica.com/stories/200910130091.html>.
2. ^ McKeown, K. J. S. "Rwanda (Rep.) – Illegal Postage Stamp Issues." Letter. 26 April 2010. Www.upu.int. Universal Postal Union, 26 April 2010. Web. 4 September 2010. <Circular No. 092 - Rwanda - UPU UNIVERSAL>.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Mugoya, Grace. "Post Office Seeks to Hold On Its 30 Year Monopoly." The New Times 16 October 2009. Www.allAfrica.com. AllAfrica.com. Web. 4 September 2010. <http://allafrica.com/stories/200910160015.html>.
4. ^ ^{a b} AN APPROACH TO THE POVERTY REDUCTION ACTION PLAN FOR RWANDA The Interim PRSP. Nov. 2000. Action Plan from the IMF. p.66 www.imf.org/external/np/prsp/2000/rwa/01/110100.pdf
5. ^ Mutemberezi, François, and Donald Kaberuka. "Rwanda Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, November 6, 2000." Letter to Horst Köhler, Internation Monetary Fund. 6 November 2000. Www.imf.org. International Monetary Fund. Web. 4 September 2010. <http://www.imf.org/external/np/loi/2000/rwa/02/>.