Before that, from 24 July 2014 until 18 October 2018, she served as the Minister of State for Infrastructure responsible for Energy, Water and Sanitation.
She also holds a Masters of Communications Management, awarded jointly in 2010 by KIST and Coventry University, in the United Kingdom.
[2][3] From 2008 until 2011, Germaine Kamayirese served as a network specialist at "Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency" (RURA).
She was also responsible for the provision of reliable, safe and sustainable water supply and sanitation services throughout Rwanda.
[4][5] In a cabinet reshuffle on 18 October 2018, Ms Kamayirese was named the new Minister of Emergency Management and Refugee Affairs.