Rwandan troops headed for a peace mission: Rwanda is set to send about 800
troops in the war torn CAR

Rwanda will send around 800 troops to the war-torn Central African Republic next week, the Minister of foreign affairs and Government spokes person has said.

The decision is part of an African Union (AU) force to help restore security.

Minister Mushikiwabo told journalists on Wednesday that the forthcoming deployment of the 800 troops is a result of a recent request from the African Union.

“AU asked us to send troops to CAR and we agreed. The issues in CAR are complex but as Rwanda, a country taking part in several peacekeeping missions, it is our policy to contribute to global peacekeeping,” said the Minister.

The Minister disclosed that the troops will take off in ten days.

“Our troops will arrive in CAR in about ten days. They are currently being briefed about the terrain, the conflict and the language spoken in CAR. We are yet to release specific details of who will command the force,” She said.

Rwanda has deployed its troops in different war-torn countries around the World.

The country was the first to deploy peacekeepers in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, where it now maintains 3,212 troops under the Hybrid UN-AU mission, known as Unamid.

Rwanda also has over 850 officers and men and an Aviation Unit of 119 personnel under the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

The country also deploys more than 80 military observers, staff officers and liaison officers in Unamid, UNMISS and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

Rwanda recently sent troops for peace keeping mission in Mali under La Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (Minusma), a UN force commanded by Rwanda’s Gen. John Bosco Kazura.

The AU force in CAR is due to be 6 000 strong at full strength, working alongside some 1 600 French troops.

By late December, more than 4 000 troops were already deployed, with 850 Burundians, 800 Cameroonians, 850 from Congo Republic, 850 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 500 from Gabon, 200 from Equatorial Guinea and 850 Chadians.

CAR Crisis

CAR has largely been unstable since independence in 1960, including during the reign of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, from 1966 to 1979. Bokassa served as president for 11 years and later as a self-proclaimed emperor for almost three years.

He was toppled in 1979 by David Dacko in a French-backed military coup. Dacko’s reign lasted for only two years. He was also overthrown in a counter coup by Andre Kolingba in 1981. Kolingba’s reign ended in October 1993.

Kolingba introduced multi-party presidential elections in CAR but the move was rejected. He was later succeeded by Ange-Felix Patasse, who ruled until 2003.

Like most of his predecessors, Patasse’s regime was characterised by violence and riots, reportedly fuelled by unpaid soldiers.

In 1997, opposition to Patasse’s rule worsened. There were fears of a power vacuum which compelled France to finance a peacekeeping force which later came to be known as UN Mission to the Central African Republic (MINURCA).

Patasse won a re-election in 1999 but four years later, in 2003, one of his soldiers, Gen. François Bozize, led an army of insurgents that toppled him.

Patasse fled into exile in Togo. Widespread proliferation of illegal weapons across the country ensued, resulting into ten years of unrest in which thousands died while millions were displaced.

Mu gihe ibikorwa by’intore ziri kurugerero byatangijwe mu tugari twose tugize akarere ka Ngoma, Bosco Rutagengwa umukozi mu karere ka Ngoma ushinzwe urubyiruko, umuco na sport asaba intore zose kwitabira icyo gikorwa no guharanira kwesa imihigo.

Uru rugerero rugiye gukorerwa ku rwego tw’utugali ruzamara amezi arindwi urubyiruko rw’intore rukazakoreramo ibikorwa by’ubwitange bizamura igihugu n’abaturage muri rusange.

Umukozi w’akarere ka Ngoma ushinzwe urubyiruko, umuco na  sport ,Rutagengwa Jean Bosco yasabye ababyeyi korohereza abana babo no kubakangurira icyo gikorwa cy’urugerero kugirango kizagende neza.

Yagize ati ”Turasaba ko ibi bikorwa by’urugerero, ababyeyi babidufashamo bakangurira abana babo kubyitabira kuko bizajya biba mbere ya saa sita  gusa.”

Izi ntore zirangije amashuri yisumbuye zisubukuye icyiciro cya kabili kigizwe n’ibikorwa by’ubwitange byo kurugerero, mugihe barangije inyigisho kuburere mboneragihugu mu mpera z’umwaka ushize wa 2013.

Ubwo izi ntore  zo mu karere ka Ngoma zaganiraga n’itangazamakuru zatangaje ko icyo zigamije ari ukuzamura ibikorwa byose by’imihigo bigaragara ko byagiye bidindira mu tugali zituyemo.

Umwe mu bakorera urugerero mu murenge wa Mutendeli yagize Ati ”Twiteguye gukora neza uru rugerero kuko tuzi neza ko ibyo dukora bidufitiye akamaro. Umusanzu w’igihugu kuwutanga nta gihombo kirimo. Tuzarushaho gufatanya n’ubuyobozi mu kugeza kubaturage ibibateza imbere tubigizemo uruhare tubibakorera tubereka.”

Mubikorwa izi ntore zizakora birimo gufasha abaturage kubakangurira gahunda zitandukanye zirimo indyo yuzuye, gukoresha ronderereza, gukangurira abaturage kwitabira gutanga mutuweri n’ibindi.

Muri ibi bikorwa bazanubakira abatishoboye rondereza ndetse n’uturima tw’igikoni. Intore ziteganijwe gukora icyiciro cya kabiri cy’itorero ry’igihugu mu karere ka Ngoma zisaga igihumbi na 300.

Mu nama ya mbere yo gusuzuma aho ibikorwa by’imihigo y’uyu mwaka igeze ishyirwa mubikorwa ku rwego rw’intara y’uburengerazuba ngo barasanga ibibazo bigenda bivuka mu masoko biri mubituma imihigo itagerwaho ijana kw’ijana nkuko bitangazwa na Nyamaswa Rukundo Emmanuel ushinzwe imiyoborere myiza mu ntara y’uburengerazuba abitangaza.

Muri iyi nama buri mukozi wese mu mihigo ye yasabwe kwikubita agashyi agakora hakiri kare kugirango imihigo ye azabashe kuyesa kuko abenshi bizera ko hakiri igihe bagahugira mubindi bavuga ko bazaba babikora nyamara bakitera hejuru iminsi yabasize batagishoboye kwesa imihigo biyemeje bigatuma ibikorwa by’iterambere ry’igihugu bidindira

Igikenewe mu mihigo y’uyu mwaka ngo ni ukubona ibikorwa biva aho biri aho guhera mu magambo kandi ibyagezweho bikagaragara kuko ngo hari abavuga ko besheje imihigo yabo nyamara bajya kureba aho iyo mihigo yakorewe ibikorwa bikabura, bakaba basabwe ubwitange mubikorwa byabo

Nyamaswa Rukundo Emmanuel,  umuyobozi ushinzwe imiyoborere myiza mu ntara y’uburengerazuba avuga ko atumva neza impamvu yo gutinda ku itangwa ry’amasoko bigatuma ibikorwa bidindira kandi amafaranga yo kubikora atabuze, ku ikubitiro akaba yabasabye gukura imihigo mito mito munzira hakiri kare bagasigara bahangana n’indi mishinga y’imihigo isaba amafaranga menshi aha yabasabye no kwigira ku karere ka Nyamasheke aho ngo bigaragara ko amasoko yabo atangwa kare bigatuma ibikorwa by’imihigo byihuta

Gusa ariko nanone Nyamaswa Rukundo yashimiye uko imihigo ihagaze muri rusange mu ka rere ka Rusizi asaba abakozi b’aka karere gushyiraho itsinda rigomba kuzajya rikurikirana imihigo yose cyane ikiri kukigero cyo hasi hakazajya hanakorwa amanama menshi yo gusuzuma aho ibikorwa bigeze, yanasabye ko gahunda y’ishyirwa mubikorwa y’imihigo yavugururwa kandi ikubahirizwa kugihe

Muri iyi nama akanama k’amasoko kasabwe guterana kakiga kumishinga igifite ibibazo irimo ibijyanye n’ibikorwa remezo nk’imihanda n’ibindi dore ko muriyo harimo n’iyimihigo y’umwaka washize

Ntivuguruzwa Gervais umuyobozi ushizwe ubutegetsi n’ imicungire y’abakozi  mu karere ka Rusizi yashimiye inama bagiriwe n’umuyobozi ushinzwe imiyoborere myiza ku rwego rw’intara y’uburengerazuba avuga ko bagiye kwikubita agashyi bagakosora ibitagenda neza cyane cyane mu gutinda kw’itangwa ry’amasoko, akaba yasabye abakozi kutaryama ngo basinzire imihigo itarajya mu bikorwa , akarere ka Rusizi kahize imihigo 79 muriyo igera kuri 44 niyo ihagaze neza kukigereranyo cya 55%, ni mugihe umwaka ushize bari barahize imihigo 58.

President Paul Kagame greets a section of Wharton Business School MBA student in Kigali on Friday

A delegation of 30 MBA students and their lecturers from Wharton University Business School in United States say that they are impressed by Rwanda’s rapid development in different sectors.

This was disclosed by the delegation head, Prof. Katherine Clein shortly after meeting President Paul Kagame at his office in Village Urugwiro today.

The 30-person delegation is in the country to undertake a course titled: “Conflict, Leadership and Change: Lessons from Rwanda.”

Speaking to journalists shortly after meeting the President, Prof. Katherine said that the delegation was honored to ask the President a range of questions especially in the sectors of leadership, conflict management as well as women empowerment.

“My impression about the progress in this country has changed. We had time to ask the President a number of things especially how this country has managed to unite its people…”

“We also asked him more about his impressive leadership style, women empowerement in this country and many others. My delegation was much impressed and students are still curious to know more about this country. We are overwhelmed by the successes we have witnessed and would love to see positive Rwandan future,” she said.

Other questions students asked the President included why and how did the genocide take place and mainly what stopped it, the leadership structures and policies that have led the country’s economic growth, recovery and current peace and security as well as the country’s hope for the future.

In an interview, Wall Rick Williams, a 2^nd year MBA student who was part of the delegation said that he was delighted to get a clear picture different from what has been said about Rwanda in different media.

“It is my first time to be in Rwanda and I am incredibly excited by the opportunity to get a clear picture of the country. I expected to get a complicated story about the country but what I have seen is totally different.”

The Minister of education, Dr. Vincent Biruta who accompanied the delegation disclosed that part of the reason why the delegation decided to take lessons from Rwanda was mainly the country’s unique leadership style inspired by President Kagame.

“This is the 3^rd time this University has sent students to take lessons from Rwanda. They do this mainly due to the country’s leadership.”

Gen Kabarebe meeting disabled ex-soldiers at an earlier event in December 2013 (Courtesy photo)

Defense minister General James Kabarebe has joined other Rwandan officials in sending a hardline tone following the death of Patrick Karegeya, whose body was allegedly found in a hotel room in a Johannesburg suburb on 1^st January.

Equating Karegeya to “trash”, Gen Kabarebe said a normal person cannot decide to leave a country like Rwanda which has the kind of security and development prevailing, to go into exile. The Defense Minister was speaking at Ndi Umunyarwanda event in Rubavu district, North West Rwanda – bordering DRC.

“Do not waste your time on reports that so and so was strangled with a rope on flat 7 in whatever country,” said Kabarebe, according to Kigali Today, a Kinyarwanda news site in Rwanda.

He added: “When you choose to be a dog, you die like a dog, and the cleaners will wipe away the trash so that it does not stink for them. Actually, such consequences are faced by those who have chosen such a path. There is nothing we can do about it, and we should not be interrogated over it.”

Gen Kabarebe urged the local population to continue with their daily activities and disregard the rumours being propagated, in apparent reference to rumour that was spread on Thursday and Friday from DR Congo that President Paul Kagame had passed on. The information was falsely spread by a Congolese blog based on a fake obituary published on another website in France.

Minister Kabarebe said the people of Rubavu should take the lead in ensuring the security of the nation by preventing any infiltrations from DRC. He also urged them not to emulate the bad behaviors known among Congolese.

Meanwhile, Kigali Today also reports that at the same event, the local population repeatedly asked the Minister that they would like President Kagame to visit the area as soon as possible to show the Congolese that Rwanda’s leadership cannot be wished away.

Gen Kabarebe’s comments come after those of Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo who said nobody in Rwanda will miss Patrick Karegeya, a former intelligence official.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Rubavu Sheikh Bahame Hassan

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Rubavu Sheikh Bahame Hassan avuga ko abanyarwanda bigishijwe umuco wo gukunda igihugu no kubaha ikiremwamuntu kuburyo ibyo bagirirwa n’abaturanyi babo b’abanyekongo batazabibitura, kandi ko abifuriza ibibi umuyobozi w’igihugu cy’u Rwanda n’abanyarwanda ataribo Mana.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Rubavu abitangaje nyuma y’ibikorwa byo kwishimira ko Perezida w’u Rwanda Kagame yitabye Imana, igihugu cyakwiriye mu mijyi ikomeye ya Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo irimo Goma, Butembo na Beni n’uduce tumwe twa Kinshasa.

Bamwe mubaturage bafite imisaraba n’amasanduku babyinira hafi y’umupaka w’u Rwanda

Abishimira igihuha cyo kwitaba Imana k’umuyobozi w’u Rwanda mu mujyi wa Goma bari bafite amasanduku atatu n’imisaraba kandi benshi bari urubyiruko rw’abagore n’abatwara moto bagendaga baririmba ko nyuma ya Col Mamadou witabye Imana arashwe, hakurikiyeho Perezida Kagame none bakaba bategereje Perezida Kabila.

Umwe mubari Goma twaganiriye yatangaje ko iyo nkuru ikigera k’umukoresha we w’umunyecongo yishimye cyane avuga ngo u Rwanda rwajya rwabona ahubwo reka bajye guha isomo abanyarwanda, abwira uwo munyarwnda ko adakwiye gusubira mu Rwanda kuko bagiye kujya gukora Jenoside.

Benshi mu banyarwanda iyi nkuru yasanze Goma byababaje maze bahita bashaka gutaha ariko aho banyura mu mihanda mu mujyi wa Goma bagasanga insoresore zabateze zikabakubita abandi zikabambura zibabwira ngo reka bapfane na perezida wabo.

Nyiransabimana umunyeshuri wakuruwe imisatsi akanakubitwa azira kuba umunyarwanda

Nyiransabimana Aline ni umunyeshuri wiga Goma ku ishuri Gilgali mu mwaka wa gatanu, yadutangarije ko saa tatu byatangiye mwalimu amubaza cyane maze abanyeshuli bamwadukira bamubwira ngo nasubize nubundi perezida wabo yapfuye, akigera hamwe yasanze ariyo nkuru mu kigo maze batangira kumuvuna amaboko ahungira k’umuyobozi w’ikigo.

Hari n’abaciriweho imyenda bashaka uburyo bagaruka mu Rwanda

Aline avuga ko umuyobozi w’ikigo washatse kumuhungisha amuzana mu Rwanda yatangiriwe na bariyeri y’abaturage benshi kuri INSTIGO bamusaba gukuramo umunyarwanda bakamukurikiza perezida wabo maze abajijisha amutegera moto imugeza k’umupaka ariko umumotari wamutwaye nawe aza amukubita avuza ifirimbi avuga ko atwaye umunyarwanda maze abandi bakajya bamukurura imisatsi banamukubita.

Abaturage benshi bishimye baza k’umupaka baziko bahita binjira mu Rwanda gukora Jenoside basanga harinze

Bamwe mu bayobozi bakora muri Goma banze gutangarizwa amazina bavuga ko benshi mubanyekongo bitiranyije urupfu rwa Patrick Karegeya na perezida Kagame, ariko ngo hari nabashakaga guhungabanya umutekano w’u Rwanda no kureba uburyo abanyarwanda babyitwaramo babwiwe ko perezida wabo yitabye Imana.

Iki gihuha cyabanje kuri internet benshi mubanyekongo niho bagikuye maze gikwira mu mijyi myinshi, ndetse hakaba hari n’ahakoreshejwe imodoka ya UN mu kwishimira urupfu rw’umuperezida w’igihugu kiri muri uyu muryango, ariko umuyobozi wa MONUSCO Martin Kobler avuga ko byakozwe k’uburyo butemewe kandi bitemewe nubwo atagaragaza ikigomba gukorwa.

Imodoka ya UN yakoreshejwe mu kwigaragambya

Bamwe mubaturage bari Goma bavuga ko iki gihugu batangiye kucyumva 5h za mugitondo, ariko cyagize ingufu saa 8h abamotari bagikwiza umujyi bijyana no guhohotera abanyarwanda harimo abakubiswe, abaciriweho imyenda, abatewe amabuye hamwe n’abapfuwe imisatsi, bamwe mubari Goma bakavuga ko abanyarwanda barenga 10 bahagiriye ibibazo mu gihe abandi bihishaga.

Abaturage bishimiraga ibi bihuha hakaba hari n’ahagaragaye abasirikare nubwo polisi yaje kubakura munzi k’umupaka muto 10h47 abaturage babarusha imbaraga barongera bagaruka mu muhanda, bituma imigenderanire hagati y’ibihugu ihungabana uretse abaturage basubiragamu bihugu byabo.

Benshi mu banywarwanda bari Goma bakaba batahaga bafite agahinda k’ibyo babwirwa ariko bagera mu Rwanda bagasanga ari ibihuha nkuko mu kanyandwi yabidutangarije “aho nkorera narebaga uburyo abanyekongo bishimye nkumva ko iwacu byacitse ariko nshimishijwe no kuba nsanze ari amahoro, Perezida wacu Imana imwongerere imigisha kandi akomeze atugire umwe kuko abaturanyi batatwifuriza icyiza.”

Iyi myigaragambyo bamwe mubigaragambya bamaze kumenya ko perezida Kagame atitabye Imana baje mu Rwanda kwihahira nkuko bisanzwe mu gihe abanyarwanda benshi batinye kwambuka bajya muri Congo ahubwo abari bihishe mu mazu akaba aribo bataha mu Rwanda.

Sonia Rolley, the source of the story, is accused by her attackers of promoting her personal agenda using RFI platform

France’s state funded broadcaster RFI has fabricated quotes from a speech delivered by President Paul Kagame at the annual breakfast prayer yesterday in which he apparently mentions Patrick Karegeya by name, when in fact no names where cited.

At the event, President Kagame made strong comments about people he said “betray” Rwanda, and that some countries which support such people have committed more grave crimes. However, the President did not mention any names or countries during the speech.

But according to RFI, he said as quoted from the screenshot below:

In translation, he is quoted as saying: “Those who accuse us of being responsible for the death of Patrick Karegeya have done the same a thousand times more to defend their nations”

The President did not mention any names during his hour long speech that is widely accessible online. The story was submitted by French journalist Sonia Rolley who has been accused on social media by people who seem to be Rwandans of allowing her personal relationship with Patrick Karegeya to cloud her professional career.

Since the death of Patrick Karegeya, a former spy chief in Rwanda, whose body was found at a hotel in South Africa, the French broadcaster has taken particular interest in the story. There have been daily online and on air updates. Sonia Rolley has interviewed Karegeya and his colleague Kayumba Nyamwasa several times. And all the stories about the issue have been from the reporter.

In 2006, Sonia Rolley was expelled from Rwanda, and RFI signal switched off at the time, as relations between Kigali and Paris hit a low end over indictments by a French judge targeting senior Rwandan officials. RFI broadcasts have since returned but Rolley has never set foot in Rwanda again.

Over the years, Rolley has maintained a constant coverage of exiled opposition politicians. The most recent case is where she travelled to South Africa specifically to cover the attempted murder case of Kayumba Nyamwasa. She had lengthy interviews with Karegeya and Kayumba over the French indictments.

On social media, her attackers have accused her of having a personal agenda in the Karegeya affair, and taking advantage of RFI to publicize the agenda.

Her case however is not alone. Several other media have used the Kagame speech to suggest that he confirmed responsibility for the murder of Karageya. South Africa’s biggest daily ‘Mail and Guardian’ in writing about the speech tried to push the South African government to feel directly attacked and respond.

But the South African department of international relations and cooperation dismissed the paper’s version of the speech. Spokesman Clayson Monyela said he was aware of President Kagame’s remarks but these had no bearing on diplomatic ties between South Africa and Rwanda, and declined to comment.

President Kagame did not name “any individual or country” in his remarks on Sunday, and South Africa would not “second guess any head of state”, the paper quoted him as saying.

“The incident that happened in Johannesburg is being investigated by the police and we are all awaiting the outcome of that investigation. But we are not going to second guess any head of state; we don’t conduct diplomacy like that,” added Monyela.

Screenshot of the original story on RFI site

L’armée française au Rwanda

Il y a 20 ans, en décembre 1993, les soldats français de l’opération Noroît quittaient officiellement le Rwanda. Déployée en octobre 1990 à la suite d’une demande de soutien du président rwandais Habyarimana à François Mitterand, cette opération est allée bien au-delà de la simple protection des ressortissants européens et a permis au régime rwandais de se maintenir… jusqu’à la mise en oeuvre du génocide des Tutsi.

Dans un télégramme diplomatique du 14 décembre 1993, l’ambassadeur français au Rwanda, Jean-Michel Marlaud présente ce retrait comme un signe que la France est attachée au respect des accords de paix d’Arusha.

En effet, ces accords conclus entre le régime rwandais et le FPR imposent le « retrait des troupes étrangères » du Rwanda. Mais ce retrait intervient avec plus d’un an de retard, puisqu’il était censé s’effectuer dès août 1992. En fait, un accord de cessez-le-feu de mars 1991 prévoyait déjà ce retrait, deux ans et demi plus tôt…

Ce retard n’a rien d’anodin car dans l’intervalle, l’opération Noroît, bien au-delà de la mission affichée de protection des ressortissants étrangers, a servi à renforcer le régime rwandais en place, formant notamment les Forces Armées Rwandaises (FAR), leur fournissant du renseignement. De plus, en février et mars 1993, c’est dans le cadre de Noroît qu’est conduite l’opération Chimère visant à stopper une offensive du FPR, ce qui, selon les députés français eux-mêmes, constitue un cap que l’armée française « n’aurait pas dû passer ». Durant cette opération, les Français ont « commandé indirectement » une « armée d’environ 20.000 hommes » : les forces du régime rwandais alors en déroute. Selon le président Habyarimana lui-même, l’aide de la France «  a été essentielle pour empêcher une victoire militaire du FPR ».

Le télégramme de Jean-Michel Marlaud, cité précédemment, rapporte d’ailleurs les critiques de la Première ministre démocrate Agathe Uwilingiyimana « selon laquelle Noroît aurait été au Rwanda pour défendre le seul président » Habyarimana.

En décembre 1993, le projet génocidaire est déjà en marche : des officiers des FAR anonymes alertent,dans une lettre à la mission des Nations unies, de l’existence d’un «  plan machiavélique du Président Habyarimana » suivant lequel des massacres « sont en train de se préparer et devront s’étendre sur toutes les régions du pays à commencer par les régions dites à forte concentration de l’ethnie Tutsi [...] Cette stratégie vise à faire croire à l’opinion qu’il s’agit de troubles à caractère ethnique et ainsi inciter le FPR, comme ce fut le cas en février 1993, à violer le cessez-le-feu, ce qui servirait de prétexte à la reprise généralisée des hostilités ». Selon cette lettre, l’élimination de responsables politiques favorables aux accords de paix est programmée, en particulier celle du Premier ministre pressenti.

Dans le même temps, la distribution d’armes aux milices civiles par les FAR se poursuit. Cette stratégie, désignée sous le terme de « Défense civile » par les responsables rwandais, reprend manifestement la méthode de formation de groupes armés au sein de la population prônée par la doctrine de guerre contre-insurrectionnelle, théorisée puis enseignée par les penseurs militaires français.

Enfin, le retrait des forces françaises en décembre 1993 n’est pas complet, puisque plusieurs dizaines de coopérants militaires restent au Rwanda. Mais une note du renseignement belge du 23 décembre 1993 indique que «  plusieurs autres militaires [français] stationneraient en civil » et précise notamment qu’un groupe du 13ème RDP continue de circuler « en tenue ». En cette fin d’année 1993, la France ne respecte donc toujours pas les accords de paix et continue de soutenir le régime qui est en train d’organiser le génocide des Tutsi.

Texte publiés par l’ONG Survie

A preview of the said “Genocide Fax” published by The New York Times

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the former UN Secretary General during the genocide in Rwanda, did not share with the Security Council the so call “Genocide Fax” sent by the UN mission in Kigali, according to the Czech ambassador at the time.

Karel Kovanda, in a letter published in The New York Times writes that the coded Fax sent by Canadian Brig. Gen. Roméo Dallaire “was never shared with the United Nations Security Council in any way.”

The fax was sent on 11 January 1994 warning of an “anti-Tutsi extermination” plot prepared from the highest levels of government at the time. Egyptian Boutros-Ghali has maintained that the fax was given to the Security Council. But the Czech ambassador at the time disputes claim.

“Since I was president of the Security Council when the fax arrived, I confronted the secretary general on this issue toward the end of 1995,” says Kovanda.

“In a subsequent meeting also attended by Chinmaya Garekhan of the United Nations Secretariat, a right-hand man of Mr. Boutros-Ghali’s, the secretary general stuck to his position. In the end, however, Mr. Boutros-Ghali conceded that the Americans, at least, had been informed — which in his view should have been enough as far as the Security Council was concerned. It wasn’t.”

Michael Dobbs, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the US National Security Archive wrote last week in the same paper that the refusal by UN officials to approve the General Dallaire’s plan for raids on suspected arms caches has been widely condemned as paving the way for one of the worst genocides since the Holocaust. Evidence submitted to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, some of it still under seal, reveals a murkier, more complicated situation than has often been portrayed.

The ex- Czech diplomat says engaging in “what-if” history is rarely fruitful. “But if the Security Council had been aware of Brig. Gen. Roméo Dallaire’s views on the impending genocide, it would at least have had a chance to react — and history might have taken a vastly different turn.”

A juice production line at Inyange Industries, one of the many beverages makers in the country (Courtesy photo)

Rwanda’s total production grew by more than 23pct in third quarter of last year compared to quarter 1 – adding more than Rwf 1.2trillion to the country’s GDP in three months, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics.

By end of Q1 of 2013, Rwanda’s GDP had reached Rwf 5.4trillion ($8.7bn), but by end of the Q3, the economy was Rwf 6.7trillion. At current rate of the dollar rate, the new GDP figures translate to more than US$10billion.

The data is published in the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product bulletin released on Tuesday. It shows that in Q3 alone, the economy added Rwf1.25trillion worth of production.

The service sector remains the biggest contributor to economic growth. It contributed 43 percent of GDP compared to 33 percent by the Agriculture sector. The remainder or 16 percent was attributable to the Industry sector and 6 percent as adjustment, the data shows.

In the year 2000, Rwanda’s GDP was at Rwf 1.066trillion. Nine years later, it had grown to Rwf 2.99 trillion. In the 2010-11 period, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics, the country’s production capacity reached Rwf 3.9 trillion (approx. US$5.5billion).

GDP is the total value of the goods and services produced by all sectors of the economy; agriculture, manufacturing, energy, construction, the service sector and government. This means that when you compared Rwanda’s economy 13 years ago to today, it has expended more than 600 percent.

The baton being received by the Rwanda National Olympic Committee president Robert Bayigamba and Sharon Wilkins, the British High commission Charge d’Affairs and other officials

The Queen’s Baton arrived at Kigali International Airport this Wednesday 15 January 2014, touching Rwandan soils at exactly 8.35pm ahead of a two-day journey in the country of a Thousand Hills.

The baton was received by the Rwanda National Olympic Committee (RNOC) president, Robert Bayigamba and Sharon Wilkins, the British High commission Charge d’Affairs among other officials.

Though there were few Rwandans present to receive the baton, the mood of receiving the Queen’s baton was tense as most of the officials and security guards kept watch of the arrival time and protocol.

At arrival, the baton was majestically placed on a pedestal where every Rwandan and media present took a close look at the shiny gold curved light that shone through the baton.

Sharon Wilkins, British High commission’s Charge d’Affairs said that having the Queen’s baton in Rwanda is aimed at inspiring Rwandans to feel welcome into the family of commonwealth countries, since Rwanda is one of the new entrants into the Commonwealth.

RNOC president, Robert Bayigamba also said that the baton is significant in building the partnership with the commonwealth countries and especially building the sporting spirit in Rwanda in various disciplines.

“We feel proud of being part of the common wealth and it’s an honor for Rwanda and its future relationship, friendship with the commonwealth.

We are ready for the Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay in our country. We look forward to seeing many join in the festivities and turn out to cheer on the relay’s baton-bearers.”

He added that Rwanda will be participating in the Olympic Games to be hosted by the city of Glasgow, Scotland in August, with at least six federations and 20 sportsmen and women will represent Rwanda.

Rwandan athletes will compete in various disciplines including: athletics, boxing, swimming, power lifting judo and cycling.

The Baton will tour various iconic sites including: the fantastic Musanze caves, the Rukali Pre-colonial Museum, the Olympic Africa site in Nyanza, the Kigali Memorial Centre in Gisozi as well as the Amahoro National Stadium.

The relay will involve past and present athletes; the baton will also visit local schools and sporting facilities.

The Kenya National Olympic Chairman, Kipchoge Keino, who headed the team that brought the baton to Rwanda, said that the baton strengthens the friendship between commonwealth countries and this year’s baton will make a record breaking journey ahead of the Olympics

He revealed that “the baton carried a message from the Queen- which will be read on the launch of Olympic Games. And it will make the first ever longest relay for 288 days, 190.000 miles through 70 countries”.

The Queen’s Baton Relay is a much loved tradition of the Commonwealth Games and symbolizes the coming together of all Commonwealth nations and territories in preparation for the four-yearly festival of sport and culture.

On 9 October 2013 the Queen’s Baton Relay was launched at Buckingham Palace, at a ceremony where Her Majesty the Queen placed her message to the Commonwealth into the baton.

The baton will be relayed by thousands of people throughout the Commonwealth.

From Sydney Harbour Bridge to the hills of Rwanda; from Pacific Islands to the Rocky Mountains of Canada, the baton will showcase each nation and territory in the Commonwealth and finally finish line will be in the host nation Scotland just in time for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in Glasgow, where Her Majesty The Queen will read aloud Her message to the Commonwealth.

RDF Peacekeepers in pre-deployment military exercise awaiting taking-off to CAR

The first batch of RDF infantry Mechanised battalion of peacekeepers on Thursday was airlifted to the Central African Republic (CAR) for peace keeping mission.

The heavily armed peacekeepers that departed at around 9:35am aboard US Air force C-17 from Kigali International Airport to CAR are part of the 850 personnel under the command of Lt Col Jean Paul Karangwa that will be sent to the war torn country.
The departure was witnessed by top RDF leaders led by Chief of Defense Forces, Gen.Patrick Nyamvumba and US ambassador to Rwanda, Donald W. Koran.
Speaking to journalists, RDF spokesperson Brig.Gen Joseph Nzabamwita said that the battalion of peacekeepers going to CAR is different from other RDF peacekeepers around the World, based on the situation in CAR.
“We are sending an infantry mechanized battalion of peacekeepers who are heavily armed with weapons. Their mandate is to operate under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and this means that they will be charged with protecting the population, restoring peace and disarming the enemy-which will in some cases involve the use of weapons,” he said.
Peacekeeping and the 20^th commemoration of genocide

In an interview with journalists, RDF spokesperson Brig.Gen.Joseph Nzabamwita said that the deployment of RDF peacekeepers to CAR has a hand in the ongoing 20^th commemoration of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi.

“While the World abandoned Rwandans when they were going through a horrific genocide but later liberated themselves, the deployment of RDF peacekeepers during the 20^th commemoration of genocide against Tutsi sends a clear picture to the World that Rwandans are determined to lend a helping hand in peace keeping missions around the World. Our mission is to protect people from suffering within and outside the country,” he said.

Some of the Military hardware that will be used for the peacekeeping mission in CAR

The deployment follows a request by the African Union to the Republic of Rwanda for peacekeeping contribution to MISCA in order to achieve its mandate to:

Protect civilians, restore security and public order; stabilise the country and restore state authority; support reform and restructuring of the defence and security; and create conducive conditions to the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in need.

Rwandan deployment to MISCA follows a decision of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of African Union held on 19 July 2013 and the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 2017 (2013) of 5 December 2013 which authorised the establishment and deployment of MISCA.

Within a period of 20 days, according to RDF spokesperson, the US Military aircraft (C-17) will airlift the 850 peacekeepers to Bangui.

RDF hails Rwanda-US relations

The communiqué from RDF quotes Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba as saying that “The existing cooperation between Rwanda and the US Government in Peacekeeping Operations is a cornerstone for concerted efforts to ensure that peace and security is restored in the region and beyond. Rwanda Defence Force reiterates its sincere gratitude to the US for the invaluable support in providing strategic airlift and associated logistic support for the deployment of the Peacekeeping Force to CAR.”

The US ambassador to Rwanda, Donald W. Koran said that the cooperation between the United States and Rwanda is just the latest example of the strongest peacekeeping relationships in the region.

“The United States government is pleased to work with Rwanda on our shared goal of making sure the people of Central African Republic have a chance to live safe, secure and productive lives,” he said.

Although MISCA is a new mission, the RDF continues to participate in other missions under African Union-United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

Rwanda currently maintains more than 4,000 peacekeepers in various missions and is presently ranked the 6th biggest troop contributor in peacekeeping operations in the world.

Youth preparing for the Kwibuka20 flame tour around the country: Some young people who were born after the 1994 genocide are a result of the 1994 genocide rapes

Somewhere on the outskirts of Butare town, Southern Rwanda, is a paved floor, iron sheet-roofed, electricity- and clean water-supplied house, a description of  somewhat a house of a well-off family.

However, the occupants of the house – a woman, her daughter and a son – have all, in different ways, lived and survived one of the worst atrocities of Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, which is rape.

“Everybody is the architect of his future. And for me, unless for the unexpected, my future will be bright”, said Robert – not his real name – with a broad smile.

19-year-old Robert, now a senior six high school student, was born out of his mother’s gang rape during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. And as he grew up, he has known only one parent − his mother.

“There has been considerable development in our country [Rwanda] since the Genocide. Now, one can go with a panctual bus traveling agency while heading to Kigali [the capital], whereas many years ago, during my mother’s time, I hear people used to trek all the way up to Kigali”, added Robert, smile still on his face.

As a bitter legacy of the Genocide as Robert is, he ironically knows little about it − apparently he has no fresh memory, that is – and possibly this accounts for who he is now: a humorous, straight-thinking, hopeful and determined young boy.

“As I grew up, I kept asking about my father. Mom promised me to tell me about my father when I reach primary six [about 12 years]. And when that time came, she told me her horrendous gang rape story. As a result, I couldn’t know who my real father is. And mom’s openness to me and her awful accounts instilled in me even much love for her”, said Robert, now at home and also on an internship programme nearby.

“At school, we learn about the Genocide. And during the Genocide commemoration period, I learn even more from different first-hand testimonies of what happened in 1994”, said the youthful Robert whose dream is to become a leader one day.

Robert’s step-sister, 25-year-old Nancy – not her real name either −, is also upbeat. She is now a third year university student – roughly one year shy of her degree.

During the Genocide, Nancy was just five years old. Raped alongside her mother in exchange for their lives, they, one after another, unbelievably escaped from their rapists.

The mother, lived in hiding for weeks before making it to an RPA (Rwanda Patriotic Army)-held territory in 1994.

Nancy, her mother said, escaped from her rapist as well days later, got picked up by a Good Samaritan family with whom she fled to Burundi, before being re-united with her mother in 1995 thanks to the Red Cross.

“I was kept in one house being raped as I heard my daughter [Nancy] screaming while being raped in another house in the same compound. It went on for days until it became too much for me to bear. And then I said to myself, ‘this is death already and I don’t want to see my daughter die’”, said the mother of the family.

“I decided to escape and die elsewhere instead of dying while hearing my daughter die as well”, she added – something that, instead, turned to be her way of surviving the Genocide and sparked courage to escape for her daughter.

Nancy declined to talk about her rape, but she offered to talk a little bit about her deceased father – killed in the early days of the Genocide.

“My father was a very rich businessman”, recalls Nancy. “He even had a car”.

Neither Nancy nor her mother knows the whereabouts of her rapist(s). Not even for the one(s) who killed Nancy’s father, Margaret’s true husband. But Nancy has a message to any of them.

“If ever they are still alive, I don’t feel like I can do them any harm now. Maybe if it were like some years back, when I was still grief-stricken, I could make sure they were put in prison. But now, I can even forgive them if they come to me and ask for forgiveness”, said Nancy.

“What else can I do for them really? They cannot bring back my father”, she added.

The mother of the family is now a member of a local women’s association for Genocide survivors, dealing with agriculture and bee-rearing. And with this, she is able to sustain her family – of course, up until recently at least, with some support – provided to Genocide survivors − from the Rwandan government through the survivors fund FARG.

“We aim to have an even better life. We have gone through terrible moments, granted, but we have now made a laudable step forward. We even try to help those few among us who are still weak”, she narrated, seated on a traditional made carpet as she carefully sorted out beans seeds for the upcoming farming season.

Twenty years on after the Genocide claimed over a million innocent lives – according to Rwanda’s official records −, many families like this one are still searching for the remains of their dead relatives for a decent burial in vain.

Also, young people like Robert are − everyday of their life living with one main, troubling question that will never ever be answered: “Who is my father?”

But in this family on the outskirts of Butare town, there is also another picture – of people who know well that they cannot change anything about their bitter past, but are very sure that there is one thing they can make even brighter: their future.

Mu isuzumwa ry’imihigo y’umwaka wa 2013-2014 igihembwe cya mbere yasinyiwe imbere ya Perezida wa Repubulika tariki ya 13/07/2013, byagaragaye ko irimo kugenda neza ikaba itanga icyizere cy’uko izeswa neza nk’uko yahizwe.

Ubwo hasuzumwaga iyi mihigo n’itsinda ryari ryaturutse ku ntara y’Amajyepfo tariki ya 16/01/2014 riyobowe n’umuyobozi w’iyi ntara Munyantwari Alphonse, byagaragaye ko imirimo yose irimo kugenda neza.

Itsinda ryishimiye aho imihigo y’akarere ka Ruhango igeze yeshwa

Ubwo iri tsinda ryagiraga inama ubuyobozi bw’aka karere nyuma yo gusuzuma imihigo yose, ryagaragaje ko ibyinshi biri mu nyandiko bihura n’ibyo biboneye ubwo hasurwaga ibyakozwe, ribasaba gukomeza gukorana umurava basubiza amaso inyuma kugirango imihigo bahize bazayese 100%.

Mu gusuzuma imihigo y’akarere ka Ruhango, itsinda ryaturutse ku ntara rikaba ryasuye imirenge 5 muri 9 igize akarere ka Ruhango, aho ryasuye ibikorwa bitandukanye byamaze gukorwa ndetse n’ibigikorwa byasinyiwe mu mihigo ya 2013-2014.

Bimwe muri ibi bikorwa byasuwe harimo ibigiro rya kijyambere, amshuri arimo kubakwa, ikusanyirizo ry’amata, imirima y’imyumbati, uruganda rw’inanasi, ikigo nderabuzima cyamaze kuzura n’ibindi.

Nyuma yo kumva inama bagiriwe n’iri tsinda ryari ryaturutse ku ntara, umuyobozi w’akarere ka Ruhango Mbabazi Francois Xavier, yabwiye iri tsinda ko kubera imikoraniri myiza iri hagati y’abakozi b’akarere, ko biteguye kwesa neza iyi mihigo yose bakazaza ku mwanya wa mbere dore ko mu mihigo y’umwaka ishize bari baje ku mwanya 5.

Regional Police officers led by IGP Emmanuel Gasana meeting over the establishment a Traffic Management Center

A new East African Community (EAC) regional traffic excellence center is due to be established in Rwanda as a way of enhancing regional integration and using Rwanda as an example in managing the center.

Rwanda National Police (RNP) has been put in charge of the new centre of excellence which will be responsible for innovation, research and capacity building of Police officers in EAC in road traffic-related initiatives.

A team of experts from the EAC member states visited Rwanda National Police General Headquarters in Kacyiru on January 20, to assess the process in the establishment of the Traffic Management (TM) Regional Centre of Excellence.

According to Rwanda’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Emmanuel K. Gasana Rwanda is prepared and ready to host the centre to support each other in building a regional force, that is well equipped and properly managed and productive.

The head of the delegation, Burundi Assistant Commissioner of Police Kaguta Bazirakye, also head of Peace and Security at the EAC secretariat said the EAC is impressed with the Rwanda National Police’s implementation progress and what has been achieved.

“Rwanda National Police is special; they are doing a wonderful job. Rwanda has all it takes to host the centre and Police will help move it to the highest horizon,” said Bazirakye.

Though police forces in the EAC region are listed among the most corrupt public institutions, according to a transparence International report in 2013, the Rwanda national police is believed to be at the lead of cleaning up its records.

IGP Gasana says that Rwanda has dealt with the issue of corruption with zero tolerance in its force, adding that putting in place service facilities, capacity building and training of officers has been vital in strengthening the force.

Today, Rwanda has established a motor vehicle inspection center and Gishari Integrated Polytechnic as some of the strategies in place to check on the mechanical faults of cars and give skills to officers.

The Rwanda police force also owns a mobile test lane and is in the process to open other five centers in different parts of the country- and soon one will be able to get a driving permit within 48 hours and Gasana says that these initiatives will make the Traffic Management Centre a vibrant one.

The newly elected CAR president Catherine Samba-Panza is guarded by an RDF officer during the ceremony on Monday

Barely a week after the first batch of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) peacekeepers were airlifted to Central African Republic; the force has been tasked, among other peacekeeping assignments, with maintaining security of the newly-elected CAR Interim President, Catherine Samba-Panza.

Pictures taken on Monday during the swearing-in-ceremony of the new President show an RDF peacekeeper closely guarding President Samba-Panza.

Since last week, a contingent of 850 heavily armed RDF peacekeepers is being airlifted by US military planes to the war- torn Central African Republic.

The contingent is under the command of Lt Col Jean Paul Karangwa.

During the departure of the first batch of peacekeepers, RDF spokesperson, Brig.Gen Joseph Nzabamwita told journalists that the battalion of peacekeepers going to CAR is different from other RDF peacekeepers around the World, based on the situation in the country.

The spokesperson said last week: “We are sending an infantry mechanized battalion of peacekeepers who are heavily armed with weapons.

Their mandate is to operate under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and this means that they will be charged with protecting the population, restoring peace and disarming the enemy-which will in some cases involve the use of weapons.”

The newly elected CAR President told BBC News day’s programme that the country still lacks enough peace keepers to restore peace and security.

Rwandan youths taking around the Kwibuka20 flame: The flame is being taken around the country in preparation for the Genocide commemoration in April

The minister of Sports and Culture, Protais Mitali has called on Rwandans to provide information on whereabouts of genocide remains that are not yet found, as a way of healing hearts of genocide victims and accord a descent burial to victims.

Minister Mitali made the call while addressing Nyanza residents who received the Genocide Flame of Remembrance – which is currently going across the country under the ‘Kwibuka20’ initiative.

“I ask Rwandans to tell their local leaders if they know where remains of genocide victims are, so they can get a proper burial,” he said.

Thousands of Genocide remains in Rwanda have been accorded decent burials since the stoppage of the genocide, but many more are scattered due to failure by perpetrators to reveal where they hidden.

According to the Commission for the fight of Genocide CNLG, not knowing where the remains of their loved ones were thrown brings strain on Genocide survivors.

At the event, Mitali also emphasized on unity and reconciliation and said that it is the only way Rwandans can build a new future twenty years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

“I encourage Rwandans to build unity, work together and support each other as we prepare for the 20th commemoration. Do not listen to those who attempt to deny the genocide wherever they are,” said the Minister.

The minister also celebrated all survivors who have been able to rebuild their lives and prosperity for their families after the genocide.

The Flame of Remembrance stayed light burning bright in Nyanza district- as a symbol of the courage & resilience of Rwandans, amidst songs from local adult and children’s choirs from Nyanza singing the Urumuri Rutazima song

The event was also marked with poems on what happened in 1994 and living testimonies from genocide survivors which are all meant to ensure that Genocide never happens again.

One survivor, Immaculée Kayitesi told residents to never lose hope despite of what happened in the country during the genocide. “My message to survivors is to feel strong, to move forward. We can never give up hope.” She said.

The flame will go through all Nyanza communities and through all the 30 districts in Rwanda before it finally returns to Kigali on April 7, 2013 at the start of the official 20^th genocide commemoration.

Guverineri w’intara y’Uburasirazuba Uwamariya Odette arasaba abaturage batuye muri iyo ntara gukora cyane kuko igihugu kibategerejeho byinshi bitewe n’uko iyo ntara ifatwa nk’ikigega cy’igihugu. Yabivugiye mu murenge wa Nyamirama mu karere ka Kayonza tariki 20/01/2014, ubwo hatangizwaga ukwezi kw’imiyoborere muri iyo ntara.

Guverineri w’uburasirazuba yavuze ko hari byinshi abatuye iyo ntara bagezeho kubera imiyoborere myiza yaranze u Rwanda nyuma ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994, ariko anabibutsa ko bakwiye gushyira imbaraga mu byo bakora kugira ngo bakomeze kwihaza ubwabo no guhaza igihugu muri rusange.

Yagize ati “Tugomba gukora cyane kuko igihugu kidutezeho byinshi nk’abaturage b’intara y’Uburasirazuba by’umwihariko, ngira ngo muzi mwese ko intara yacu ifatwa nk’ikigega cy’igihugu ku buryo dukwiye gukora cyane”

Guverineri yanavuze ko Abanyarwanda bakwiye kwishimira intambwe u Rwanda rugezeho mu miyoborere myiza, kuko ubwabo ari n’abahamya b’ingaruka z’imiyoborere mibi yaranze u Rwanda uko ubutegetsi bwagiye busimburana mbere ya Jenoside. Uyu muyobozi yavuze ko iyo miyoborere myiza u Rwanda rufite ubu Abanyarwanda bakwiye kuyibyaza umusaruro ikababera umusingi w’iterambere.

Mu biganiro byatanzwe mu muhango wo gutangiza ukwezi kw’imiyoborere myiza abaturage bibukijwe kugira uruhare mu kwicungira umutekano. Umuyobozi wa Polisi mu karere ka Kayonza yasabye abaturage kujya batanga amakuru y’ahashobora kubera ibyaha bitaraba kugira ngo bikumirwe, avuga ko iyo ibyo bidakozwe bidindiza iterambere ry’abaturage n’iry’igihugu muri rusange.

Abaturage banasobanuriwe kuri gahunda ya Ndi Umunyarwanda basabwa ko bayibera abambasaderi aho bari hose kuko ari gahunda ireba buri munyarwanda wese. Komiseri muri komisiyo y’igihugu y’itorero Umuraza Landrada yavuze ko abategetsi ba mbere ya Jenoside bari barabuze Ubunyarwanda, ari na yo mpamvu bateguye Jenoside bakanashishikariza abaturage kuyishyira mu bikorwa.

Ukwezi kw’imiyoborere gusanze abaturage b’i Nyamirama nta bibazo bidasanzwe bafite uretse ikibazo cy’amazi meza bagaragaje ko kibabangamiye kuko hari abana bari basigaye basiba ishuri bagiye kuvoma bakirirwa bashaka amazi bukabiriraho.

Umunyamabanga nshingwabikorwa w’akarere ka Kayonza Kimanuka Ronald yavuze ko ikibazo cy’amazi ku baturage b’i Nyamnirama kiri gushakirwa igisubizo, ku buryo mu cyumweru kimwe ngo kizaba cyabonewe umuti.

Mbere yo gutangiza ukwezi kw’imiyoborere mu ntara y’uburasirazuba abayobozi babanje gusura bimwe mu bikorwa by’iterambere byagezweho mu karere ka Kayonza birimo amatara yo ku mihanda ndetse n’inzu ya Women’s opportunity Center yubatswe n’umuryango utegamiye kuri leta Women for Women International hagamijwe guteza imbere abagore.

Ukwezi kw’imiyorere myiza mu karere ka Nyabihu kwatangirijwe mu murenge wa Shyira mu gicamunsi cyo kuri uyu wa 20 Mutarama 2014. Bimwe mu byaranze uyu munsi, harimo gutaha no kumurikira abaturage b’uyu murenge ndetse n’uwo baturanye wa Rugera bimwe mu bikorwa remezo byabakorewe bibafasha mu iterambere ndetse no gukomeza kwigira.

Umuriro w’amashyanyarazi wagejejwe mu murenge wa Shyira kimwe mu bikorwa remezo byatashwe byanateje ndetse byanashimishije cyane abaturage b’umurenge wa Shyira

Bimwe mu bikorwa remezo byatashywe ku mugaragaro mu murenge wa Shyira harimo umuriro w’amashanyarazi wagejejwe muri uyu murenge bwa mbere utarawugiraga ugafasha abaturage benshi barimo n’abo muri santire ya Vunga imwe muri santire zikomeye mu karere ka Nyabihu. Muri iyi santire hakaba ubu hakorerwa imirimo itandukanye iteza imbere akarere n’abaturage bitewe n’uwo muriro begerejwe.

Uretse umuriro w’amashanyarazi wasusurukije uyu murenge wa Shyira utarawugiraga,hanatashwe n’imihanda itandukanye yagiye ishyirwa mu midugudu nk’umudugudu w’icyitegererezo wa Kazirankara igahuza abaturage abaturage mu buhahirane no mu migenderanire.

Mu gutangira uku kwezi hanatashwe ikigo nderabuzima cya Shyira cyubakiwe abaturage kugira ngo hajye hanozwa ubuvuzi. Abaturage b’uyu murenge bakaba barishimiye cyane ibi bikorwa byabakorewe ndetse banashimangira ko ibyo bamaze kugeraho babikesha imiyoborere myiza irangwa mu Rwanda.

Mukamana,ni umwe mu baturage twaganiriye,avuga ko ubusanzwe umurenge wa Shyira utagiraga umuriro w’amashanyarazi. Kuba barawugejejweho,bagakorerwa n’imihanda ndetse yewe bakubakirwa n’ikigo nderabuzima ngo ni ikintu cy’ingenzi gikomeye cyane gitandukanya imiyoborere y’ubu n’iya kera.

Akaba avuga ko ashimira ubuyobozi kubera ko budahwema kubakorera ibyatuma babaho neza ndetse bakarushaho kugira iterambere rirambye,rituma barushaho kwigira.

Uretse ibikorwa byagejejwe ku baturage,mu karere ka Nyabihu hazanakorwa ibindi bikorwa bitandukanye bizafasha abaturage gutera imbere no kurushaho kwigira. Mukaminani Angela,umuyobozi wungirije ushinzwe iterambere ry’ubukungu n’imari mu karere ka Nyabihu,avuga ko muri uku kwezi abaturage bezegerwa bagakemurirwa ibibazo bafite.

Avuga ko imiyoborere myiza nk’umusingi wo kwigira,irangwa cyane no kubanza kwita ku baturage bagakemurirwa ibibazo kuko aribwo barushaho gutera imbere no kwigira. Iyi akaba  mpamvu,ibibazo byabo bizitabwaho cyane binyuze mu nteko z’abaturage. Hakazajya hamurikirwa abaturage ibibakorerwa ndetse hakatangizwa n’ibindi bikorwa by’iterambere.

Ikindi kizitabwaho ni ugushishikariza abaturage kwitabira umuganda nka kimwe mu byifashishwa mu gutunganya ibikorwa byinshi bikeneye amaboko ahantu hatandukanye,hanitegurwa guhangana n’igihe cy’imvura kigiye kuza mu minsi iri imbere.

Umuyobozi w’ingabo ku rwego rw’intara y’Iburengerazuba Mubaraka Muganga yatangije umupira w’amaguru mu marushanwa ya Kagame Cup aho umurenge wa Rugera watsinze uwa Shyira 2-1

Abaturage bakaba bazanarushaho kumenyeshwa gahunda ya Ndi umunyarwanda nk’imwe muri gahunda zigamije kubaka igihugu ndetse no guhuza Abanyarwanda kugira ngo barusheho gukunda igihugu cyabo no guharanira icyatuma gitera imbere, baharanira kwigira nk’uko insanganyamatsiko y’ukwezi kw’imiyoborere myiza igira iti “ Imiyoborere myiza: Umusingi wo kwigira”.

The ex-PM Faustin Twagiramungu is the current face of the extremist political views on the Rwandan political scene

Days after announcing a coalition with Rwandan FDLR rebels based in DR Congo, former prime minister Faustin Twagiramungu is a special guest of Tanzania’s president Jakaya Kikwete, according to sources in Dodoma, Tanzania.

Twagiramungu arrived in Tanzania on Sunday 19^th January and has been hosted at secret locations under the direct protection of President Kikwete’s official detail, say the sources.

The former prime minister has been living in Belgium since 1995, and returned to contest in the 2003 Rwanda presidential polls in which he got 3.62 percent. After the humiliating defeat at the hands of incumbent President Paul Kagame, Twagiramungu immediately left the country and has never set foot in Rwanda.

Over the years, he has formed different political groups, from which he has become a fierce critic of the government of Rwanda. Twagiramungu’s current political organization is RDI-RWANDA RWIZA. Most of its members have abandoned the group, choosing to return to Rwanda.

On January 14^th, Twagiramungu announced that he was going into coalition with Rwandan FDLR rebels who are accused of executing the genocide in Rwanda and fled to DR Congo back in 1994. Twagiramungu’s move followed that of another group PS Imberakuri days earlier, based inside Rwanda.

Twagiramungu’s presence in Tanzania is not surprising, said our sources in Tanzania. President Kikwete is the only world leader who has come out with a public endorsement of the FDLR. The group has been vilified world over for being unapologetic about the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda.

On 26^th June 2013, President Kikwete made the unthinkable. During a closed-door African Union heads of state special summit on DRC in Ethiopia, President Kikwete called for talks between the government of Rwanda and the FDLR.

The months that followed saw a near-complete breakdown of relations between Kigali and Dodoma, as Rwandan officials and ordinary population believed they had a serious large enemy on its eastern border. Rwanda foreign affairs minister Louise Mushikiwabo was so angry that she described President Kikwete in subsequent media interviews, as “spokesman” of FDLR.

However, Tanzania’s connections with the FDLR are not new. Around mid-last year, FDLR deputy commander General Stanislas Nzeyimana (aka Izabayo Bigaruka) was announced to be in Tanzania. But weeks later, news surfaced that he had disappeared – prompting questions as to why he was in Tanzania in the first place.

In Twagiramungu forming alliance with the FDLR, the rowdy politician said in a statement last week that he wants to force the government in Rwanda out by use of arms. Before January 2014, no Rwandan political organization or international group has ever given public backing to the FDLR.

Twagiramungu now falls within the FDLR agenda which does not agree with existing global agreement that Tutsis were targeted in Rwanda, in a clearly planned mass slaughter set in motion by the government at the time. The FDLR agenda is to return the extremist politicking in which Rwanda lived through for years before 1994.