Parliament of Rwanda

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The Parliament of Rwanda is the bicameral national legislature responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of Rwanda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
appliesSystem multi-party political system in Rwanda ⓘ
canInitiate constitutional amendments under conditions set by the Constitution of Rwanda ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Rwanda ⓘ
cooperatesWith East African Legislative Assembly ⓘ
country Rwanda ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse proportional representation ⓘ
ensures gender representation in the legislature ⓘ
establishedAfter 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
hasCharacteristic high proportion of women parliamentarians ⓘ
hasComponent Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda ⓘ
Senate of Rwanda ⓘ
hasFunction approval of national development plans ⓘ
protection of human rights in Rwanda ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
scrutiny of government action ⓘ
hasHouse lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
hasPower to amend laws ⓘ
to approve the national budget ⓘ
to oversee the executive branch ⓘ
to pass laws ⓘ
hasRole promotion of national unity and reconciliation ⓘ
representation of the Rwandan people ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Rwanda
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of Rwanda ⓘ
locatedIn Kigali ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda ⓘ
meetsIn City of Kigali ⓘ
linked to: Kigali

Parliament Building, Kigali ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ⓘ
Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ
oversees Government policies in Rwanda ⓘ
public institutions of Rwanda ⓘ
replaced National Development Council of Rwanda ⓘ
responsibleFor lawmaking in Rwanda ⓘ
oversight of the Government of Rwanda ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws in Rwanda ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral since 2003 ⓘ
unicameral until 2003 ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Rwanda ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.gov.rw/ ⓘ

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Rwanda → legislature → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Kigali → isSeatOf → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Parliament of Rwanda → replaced → National Development Council of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Rwanda
Senate of Rwanda → partOf → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda → partOf → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Government of Rwanda → legislativeBranch → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Parliament Building, Kigali → occupant → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Parliament Building, Kigali → governingBody → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ
Constitution of Rwanda → establishes → Parliament of Rwanda ⓘ