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Marie Immaculée Ingabire
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“od examples, they ignore family responsibilities and are not strict enough with their children the way parents were in the past.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Transparency Rwanda wins governance award", The New Times (June 6, 2012)
“This vice is like a pest. It’s never that obvious and by the time you see it, so much has been damaged. We need to fight corruption at all levels, without leaving any type behind. We may assume that we have gotten somewhere when there are some aspects that are blocking our country from progressing,”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Survey shows gender-based corruption highest in varsities". Transparenc International Rwanda. November 29,2022.
“It is sad to see that people are more scared of police than they are of Covid-19, which kills! It seems like we have abandoned the government to fight this battle alone,”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ti-rwanda urges collective efforts fight-against-covid". TI-Rwanda urges collective efforts in fight against Covid. July 03,2021.
“Women should be confident because they are capable, and the country needs them. They should do all they can such as study University, show that they can also manage to do things and are also talented.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: magazine". Ingabire Marie Immaculée. November 21, 2014
“We know the role of taxes, we also know that developed countries were able to achieve that status as a result of the taxes paid by their citizens... But, in taxation policy, you also consider the taxpayers' financial means”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a saying that many or high taxes spoil taxation. What this means is that if you ask people for taxes that are within their means, you will encourage more people to honour their duties. It is always better to increase gradually”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Times(Kigali)". Rwanda: Activist - We Need an Open Conversation On Land Tax. December 24,2020
“Traffic police officers these days tell car drivers to go and pretend to urinate in a nearby place, then put the bribe where they can see so that they come and continue the journey. The Police officer goes and pick it later.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bribe in disguise: activists warn of changing corruption tricks. Rwanda Inspirer. (February 2020)
“If a person wants to give a bribe to a given official, they go through a chain of people whose network is difficult to link. For instance, a person wanted to offer bribe [via mobile money] to a prosecutor and passed it through [the phone number of] their former house servant.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bribe in disguise: activists warn of changing corruption tricks. Rwanda Inspirer. (February 2020)
“I do not accept the statistic that unity and reconciliation among Rwandans is 94%, because genocide ideology is still visible both among adults and children.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Imibare igaragaza ibipimo by’ubumwe n’ubwiyunge mu banyarwanda sinyemera Kigali Today (15-08-2023)
“If you go to RIB and ask for the data … we have it, not just in my head but in our work, and in all districts.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no one to challenge those in leadership; some people misappropriate State funds because there is no one caring, no follow up, money is used as they wish.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are a parent and you accept that someone who abused your child is released, if a parent allows someone to go free after abusing a child, what about the next one?” Plus: “That person deserves to be punished in prison… children from other families should be safe.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Rwanda, politicians go into politics to grab bread more than to serve citizens.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This sends a message that there is no impunity for people who try to stop the fight against corruption… Although justice is done, we are not satisfied because this is a capital offence which deserves a maximum sentence…”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although justice is done, we are not satisfied because this is a capital offence which deserves a maximum sentence.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Transparency International reacts to prison terms given to those who murdered TI Rwanda staffer TRANCPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ( 11 August 2011 )
“However it is disturbing that so many of our citizens experience cases of gender-based corruption in their offices, that is why I call on all employers to immediately put in place mechanisms to prevent and punish such cases.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gender-based corruption is present in Rwandan workplaces TRANCPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ( 11 August 2011 )
“.” (In Rwanda, politicians enter politics to get “bread” instead of serving citizens)”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s true that people often misunderstand me because of my work, which requires making tough decisions. But in reality, I am just a simple person who is humble and approachable. I have no quarrels or grudges against anyone. I’ve never fought anyone since I was born.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://en.igihe.com/news/article/immaculee-ingabire-chairperson-of-transparency-international-rwanda-dies. igihe.com (September 19, 2026).
“Like many Rwandans, I was unfortunate to be born in exile”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“It shaped me, it made me who I am today”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“They were not valued at all. I thought it was unacceptable.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“We made noise, and they heard and changed it”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“When we say that we are fighting for more women in decision-making bodies, it’s not just because they are women”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“I am a gender promoter, not a feminist”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“They should know how to distinguish between positive feminism and radical feminism”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“I don’t know what it means to work under the armpit of the government”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“Transparency International is not an opposition party.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“All I know is that those people out there want to have the platform to themselves”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rightsThe New Times( January 26, 2025)
“Challenges remain in addressing corruption in specific sectors, particularly in service delivery”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New index shows 18% drop in bribery encountersThe New Times( December 11, 2024)
“We surely need all actors to collaboratively take actions to fight gender based corruption because it exists in our community”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gender-Based Corruption is present at the Workplace in Rwanda” – New TI-RW’s SurveyTI-Rwanda( September 28, 2022)
“In the light of the existing clear legal framework & high political will to curb corruption”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gender-Based Corruption is present at the Workplace in Rwanda” – New TI-RW’s SurveyTI-Rwanda( September 28, 2022)
“If I rent the land I live on, I should not be asked to pay tax”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: NewsKigaliToday( March 02,2021)
“Bars became restaurants, and village leaders and those they worked with all knew”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Corruption has increased in Guma mu Rugo - Ingabire Marie ImmaculéeKigaliToday(May 10, 2021)
“I never thought of marrying another man, except that I didn't waste time with men in my life because at that time I was interested in the lives of those I was raising.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Learn more about the life of Ingabire Marie Immaculée, who turned 58 years old before she passed awayKigaliToday(June 13, 2020)
“If you find a man who wants to look at your phone when it's yours, or cheats on his partner, squanders the family's resources. Imagine if he drinks about two thousand a day, how much does he earn, and how much does he not have to pay for others”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Learn more about the life of Ingabire Marie Immaculée, who turned 58 years old before she passed awayKigaliToday(June 13, 2020)
“When a child does not receive love, they cannot love”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ingabire Immaculée reveals how a bad home is better than prisonKigaliToday(January 8, 2018)
“I tried to understand the importance of Miss, but I couldn't find it.”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ingabire Marie Immaculee does not understand the importance of Miss RwandaKigaliToday(January 23, 2019)
“Beauty depends on the person looking at you”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ingabire Marie Immaculee does not understand the importance of Miss RwandaKigaliToday(January 23, 2019)