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‘Kikwete: Lets honour Mandela via forgiveness’

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The president of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Jakaya Kikwete has advised Tanzanians to develop the spirit of forgiveness as a sign of remembering the first President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

Dr Kikwete said it today when he was addressing the public at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam during the 52 years celebrations of Tanzania Mainland Independence.

He said that people thought Mandela would have revenged against his political rivals after his imprisonment, but the situation was vice versa, he forgave them.

“Mandela declared forgiveness to all the people who involved in one way or another is isolating the Black South Africans and he formed a special commission for negotiation between the white minority and the black Africans so as to build unity among them,” Said Dr Kikwete and added,

 “What Mandela has done shows his political maturity which Tanzanian leaders and other leaders in the world have to honour him for developing the spirit of tolerance and forgiveness.”

He said that since the era of TANU, Tanzania has been working closely with liberation political parties in Africa including the African National Congress (ANC) which was led by the late Nelson Mandela, so he urged Tanzanians to develop this good relationship with other countries.

The final hours of a revered man

Mzee Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibunga Mandela spent his last moments surrounded by close family members, including his wife, Graça Machel, former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, daughter Makaziwe and grandson Mandla.

This is contrary to some earlier reports that Winnie wasn’t around when South Africa’s first black president died.

According to details from close family members, the last hours of Madiba were very critical to the family members as they watched the global icon fighting his final moment after the life-support machine was switched off.

According to the details gathered by The Citizen, which is the only newspaper in Tanzania to have reported last week that the anti-apartheid hero was on his deathbed, Mandela was not on a life-support machine and had been breathing on his own when he died.

Mandla, his heir, had been urgently summoned from Mvezo in the Eastern Cape to his grandfather’s bedside early on Thursday morning.

One of the last people to see Mandela alive was South Africa’s United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa.

Mr Holomisa, who was very close to Mzee Mandela for many years, said he arrived at the Houghton, Johannesburg, home on Thursday at about 5.30pm after he received a call that the former statesman “was not well”.

“I went straight to see him in his room. I was sad to see that his situation, from the last time I saw him, had deteriorated very badly,” Mr Holomisa said.

He spent more than an hour with Madiba and left the house just after 7pm. “Little did I know it would be the last time I would see him alive,” Holomisa was quoted by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper

Madiba died at 8.50pm.

Earlier last week, there were hints that something was up, first with Mandela’s eldest daughter Makaziwe’s unusual comment that her father was putting up a courageous fight from his “deathbed” where “he is teaching us lessons; lessons in patience, in love, lessons of tolerance”.

On Tuesday night, last week, President Zuma learned of Mandela’s deteriorating condition and that his death was imminent.

On Wednesday, word came from his house in Houghton that his already critical condition had worsened. He was fading fast.

Mandela had not spoken a single word for months and on Thursday night, he was entering the final moments of his life. His former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, was there and preparing to stay overnight. Those in the house speak of an overwhelming sadness that engulfed it.

Family members were allowed into his room in pairs or in threes and allowed private moments with him.

Mandela’s two youngest daughters, Zindzi and Zenani, were in London at the royal premiere of Long Walk to Freedom when they received the news of their father’s death. They immediately left the cinema.

After President Jacob Zuma was informed of Mandela’s death – as required by protocol – close family friends gathered at the house.

As Mandela’s body left his home – in a casket draped in the South African flag – Mandla continued to sing his praises with the words “Aah Dalibunga” and was joined by family members and the political leadership who were present.

The former president’s body was still lying in his room on the upper floor of the house.

At about midnight, the military arrived with a casket to collect Mandela’s body so it could be taken to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria.

“The family was very strong, but the mood was sombre. The toughest moment came when the military arrived to collect Madiba’s body around midnight. When they came from his room upstairs with his lifeless body followed by Mandla, it started to sink in that Madiba was gone. We all stood up to observe the moment and joined in when Mandla sang his praises … Aah Dalibunga,” said someone who was present.

The former president has, over the past few years, become increasingly frail and was hospitalised numerous times. His last stay in hospital lasted 86 days after he was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on June 8.

Mandela’s funeral on Sunday, this week, is expected to be one of the biggest global gatherings in history as world leaders prepare to converge in unprecedented numbers on South Africa.

US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to South Africa with former first couple George W and Laura Bush.

The Bushes will be making the trip with the Obamas on Air Force One at the first couple’s request.

Former president Bill Clinton, who was in office when Mandela came to power, also said that he would be making the trip to attend the funeral, with his family.

“I wouldn’t miss this,” said Clinton. “He was a genuine friend to me, and he was a really fine partner as president. So my whole family will be there and we’re looking forward to having the chance to say goodbye one last time.”

Other heads of state who will attend include French President François Hollande, Chad President Idriss Déby, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and representatives from China, Iran, Cuba, Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The British delegation is expected to include senior royals, presumably Prince Charles and possibly Prince William, as well as Prime Minister David Cameron.

The prince and princess of Monaco announced on the palace’s official website that they would attend Mandela’s funeral.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene said Mandela was “an example, a symbol of reconciliation, a great man who, through his courage, selflessness and generosity, was able to change the course of history and make his life a fight for justice and respect for human dignity”.

There will be a memorial service for Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Tuesday.

His body will lie in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria from Wednesday to Friday. It will be transported to the Union Buildings each day from the mortuary at 1 Military Hospital. Government communications chief director Neo Momodu said the public would be allowed to line the route as the motorcade carrying Madiba’s coffin parade through the capital’s streets.

Access to Mandela’s lying in state will be strictly controlled and no photographs or video recordings will be allowed.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said yesterday that it was not certain “at the moment” whether Mandela’s casket would be open or closed. Chabane said all venues – the Mandela house, FNB Stadium and the Union Buildings – would be cordoned off and that access would be controlled.

On Saturday, Mandela’s remains will arrive in Qunu, where he grew up and where he will be buried alongside his children Makgatho, Thembekile and Makaziwe on Sunday.

Security was tightened outside Mandela’s home in Qunu yesterday with a heavy military presence.

Police on horseback were also patrolling the streets in the village.

Today, Zuma will attend a service at the Bryanston Methodist Church in Johannesburg to mark the national day of prayer and reflection called to remember Mandela.

Zuma reiterated the call to all South Africans to go to stadiums, halls, churches, temples or synagogues today to celebrate the life of Madiba.

“As South Africans, we sing when we are happy and we also sing when we are sad to make ourselves feel better. Let us celebrate Madiba in this way, which we know best. Let us sing for Madiba,” said Zuma.

By The Cizen reporters and agencies

 

Centrafrique: près de 400 morts à Bangui

download (3)Près de 400 personnes ont été tuées dans les violences au cours des trois derniers jours à Bangui, a indiqué aujourd’hui le chef de la diplomatie française Laurent Fabius, qui a estimé que le calme était désormais revenu dans la capitalecentrafricaine.

“On dénombre dans les trois derniers jours 394 morts. Le calme est revenu à Bangui même s’il y a encore quelques exactions ici ou là”, a-t-il déclaré sur France 3, ajoutant que des opérations de l’armée française étaient en cours et que “les opérations de désarmement (des ex-rebelles) de la Seleka allaient commencer”.

“Notre rôle est clair et net, c’est d’abord un rôle sécuritaire. L’ordre a été donné de désarmer et de cantonner, nous le faisons avec les Africains” de la Misca, la force africaine de l’Union africaine qui compte pour l’heure 2500 soldats dans le pays, a expliqué M. Fabius. “Le problème c’est que certains (combattants de la Seleka) abandonnent leur treillis pour se mettre en civil, d’où la difficulté”, a-t-il poursuivi.

Les habitants de Bangui, traumatisés par les massacres des derniers jours, attendaient fiévreusement dimanche que les militaires français qui ont quadrillé les boulevards de la capitale, rentrent désormais dans les quartiers pour neutraliser les hommes en armes.

Parallèlement à son déploiement dans Bangui, l’armée française a également commencé samedi à prendre position dans le nord-ouest du pays, où les affrontements à caractère inter-religieux éclatent régulièrement depuis septembre.

Source: Le Figaro

“Kagame nasabe imbabazi mu izina ry’abatutsi, banyiciye umwana” Esperance Mukashema

 

BISHE-UMUMALAYIKA-copierNyakubahwa perezida,

Maze kubona gahunda watangije hamwe n’umufasha wawe mwise “Ndi Umunyarwanda”, ndagusaba ibi bikulikira :

Nk’umukuru w’igihugu ni byiza ko watanga urugero rwiza. Urasaba ubwoko bw’abahutu gusaba imbabazi mu izina ry’abahutu kandi ubundi icyaha ni gatozi. 

Ese waba witeguye gusaba imbabazi mu izina ry’abatutsi ko nawe wakoze ubwicanyi?

Urugero :

Nyakubahwa perezida,

Hali ubwicanyi bwakozwe i Gakurazo aho Abihayimana bishwe hamwe n’umwana wange Sheja w’igitambambuga. Ubwo bwicanyi bukaba bwarakozwe na jenerali Ibingira ku mabwiriza wamuhaye.

Ibingira ni umututsi, nawe nyakubahwa perezida uli umututsi nubwo mwabanje kuvuga ko mu Rwana nta moko abaho, aliko kuko ubu alimwe mubigaruye reka twongere tubivugeho.

Kubera ko nk’umukuru w’igihugu ali wowe ugomba gutanga urugero rwiza, nagusabaga kujya imbere y’abanyarwanda ugasaba imbabazi iliya miryango y’abihaye Imana, nange ukansaba imbabazi, izo mbabazi ukazazisaba mu izina ry’abatutsi bakoze ubwicanyi ukabikorana na Ibingira. Ndagukangulira gusaba izo mbabazi kuko nawe ukangulira abahutu gusaba imbabazi mubyo abahutu bagenzi babo bakoze.

Nyakubahwa perezida,

Nutanga urwo rugero uzabarwa mu ntwali. Kandi niteguye kukubabalira kuko ijya gutera uburezi irabwibanza.

Mugire amahoro Y’Imana.

 

Mukashema Esperance.

 

“Interahamwe zirica ariko Inkotanyi zirabaga” Mgr Simaragde Mbonyintege wa Diocese ya Kabgayi.

 
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Iyi ni ifoto yakozwe(montage) yerekana ko Kagame ari umwicanyi kabuhariwe.
Gusubiza Tom Ndahiro ni “uguta inyuma ya Huye” ; ariko reka dupfe kumusubiza kuko “Ntawe uvuma iritararenga”, ahari yagira icyo yitoreramo. Turamusubiza tumwibutsa we ubwe, twibutsa abasomyi n’abakunzi b’urubuga Leprophete-Umuhanuzi ibi bikurikira :
1. Nk’uko Padiri Thomas Nahimana yabyanditse mu nyandiko ye yise N’ububasha bw’ikuzimu ntibuteze gutsinda Kiliziya…. (Mt 16,18)” yasohotse ku urubuga Leprophete ku italiki ya 05 Gicurasi 2011, dore icyo Tom Ndahiro apfa na Kiliziya Gatolika :
“Tom Ndahiro afite aho yavomye urwango afitiye Abapadiri. Ibya Tom Ndahiro ubyumvise wese ntibyabura kumubabaza. Ni inkuru itazwi na benshi, reka tuyitangaze, ubwo igihe cyayo kirageze. Umuryango we ukomoka muri Diyosezi ya Kibungo. Ababyeyi be bari abakirisitu gatolika b’imena. Ndetse se umubyara yakoraga kuri paruwasi bikamufasha kubona udufaranga two gutunga umuryango we. Gusa rero uwo musaza yaje kugira igishuko aterura amafaranga ya paruwasi yari agenewe gufasha abakene. Padiri mukuru byaramubabaje cyane kuko yakundaga uwo musaza ariko kubera ko uwo musaza atashatse gusubiza amafaranga y’abakene yibye, Padiri mukuru yafashe icyemezo cyo kumusezerera ku kazi. Icyakurikiyeho ni uko uwo muryango wagize ibibazo by’ubukungu, maze si ugukena uratindahara ! Icyo kimwaro cyateye abo muri uwo muryango guhindura idini no kwanga kiliziya gatolika urunuka, bagahora bayivuga nabi mbese mu buryo bwo kwikura mu isoni. Ushaka kumva aho Tom Ndahiro akomora ubukana atahwemye kugaragariza Kiliziya gatolika yahera aho. Sijye wahera.
Icyitonderwa: Ntitwiriwe tuvuga utuntu twose (détails) nk’amazina y’abantu n’ay’ahantu kugira ngo hatagira uwo bibangamira. Ariko ushaka kubimenya neza azabibaze Tom Ndahiro cyangwa se natwe twazabimugezaho”.
Nta cyiza rero Tom Ndahiro ashobora kwifuriza Kiliziya Gatolika. Abonye uburyo ateranya abayigize, cyane cyane abayayiyobora, yaba ari hafi kugera ku ntego ye yo kuyisenya. Amahirwe yose ni uko atazabishobora.
2. “Interahamwe zirica, ariko Inkotanyi zo zikabaga”. Ibi ni ibyanditswe ku buryo budashidikanywa na Musenyeri Smaragde Mbonyintege, umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Kabgayi. Kuki tutigeze twumva Tom Ndahiro amwagana na rimwe ? Ibyo Padiri Fortunatus Rudakemwa yaba yaranditse birusha biriya ingufu ni ibihe ? Ngibi :
“Ikibazo cyo mu Rwanda si Abahutu, ikibazo ni Interahamwe. Kandi Abahutu bose si Interahamwe. Ikibazo si Abatutsi, ikibazo ni imburagasani z’Inyenzi-Inkontanyi. Kandi Abatutsi bose si Inkotanyi. Mu mateka ya vuba aha y’Urwanda, Interahamwe zishe Abatutsi benshi zitaretse n’Abahutu. Ariko rero, Inkotanyi nazo zishe Abahutu benshi b’inzirakarengane, zitaretse n’Abatutsi bamwe na bamwe. Niba utabizi, amateka ya vuba aha y’Urwanda yarakwihishe”.
Tom Ndahiro, umuhakanyi w’inzobere mu kuvanga amasaka n’amasakaramentu, ahamya ko Padiri Rudakemwa yanditse ziriya nteruro muri Dusangirijambo yitwa“Uhoraho Imana arababarira bitavugwa” ku wa 20 Gashyantare 2012. Arigiza nkana abeshya kugirango abasomyi bakeke ko hari icyo Ijambo ry’Imana rimubwiye. Rubanda bakinisha byinshi. Ntayobewe ko Padiri Rudakemwa yanditse biriya muri Gicurasi 2011, ubwo yatangazaga mu byiciro 3 inyandiko yise Nganire na Yohani Ndorimana. Ukomye urusyo akoma n’ingasire”. Icyo gihe Ndorimana yari akiri padiri, ariko ari mu marembera yenda kuvamo, kandi agashaka gusiga yanduranije.
Igitekerezo nyamukuru cya padiri Rudakemwa cyari uko abicanyi bose bagomba guhanwa cyangwa se bakagirirwa imbabazi, bamaze kwemera icyaha cyabo no gusaba izo mbabazi nyine.
Tom natubwire niba umuntu yise Interahamwe “Imburagasani” yaba aciye igihugu umugongo cyangwa inka amabere. Narangiza, adusobanurire niba umwicanyi atari nk’undi. Kireka ahari icyaha cyaba ari ukwica Umutusti gusa, naho kwica Umuhutu, Umutwa, Umuzungu cyangwa umunyamahanga bikaba “ubutwari no gukunda igihugu”.
Ubwanditsi bwa Leprophete-Umuhanuzi
Byakuwe ku Rubuga Leprophete-Umuhanuzi

 

Court Quashes Lukwago Impeachment

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Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago

The High Court in Kampala has ruled that embattled Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago be reinstated at City Hall pending determination of main application.

The ruling quashes Monday’s action by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) councilors to impeach the Mayor after the tribunal found him guilty of abuse of office, misconduct and incompetence.

Lukwago went to court to overturn the KCCA tribunal report which found him guilty saying that it contravened the fundamental principles of the Constitution.

High Court Judge Yassin Nyanza said that the Minister in charge of Kampala Hon Frank Tumwebaze was duly served a court order staying the proces by an authority member.

Justice Yasin Nyanzi also ordered government to pay damages to Erias Lukwago’s legal team.

In a special council meeting chaired by Frank Tumwebaze the minister in charge of the Presidency and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), 29 councillors voted in favour of removing Mr Lukwago. Three councillors opposed the motion.

Monday’s meeting was marred with dramatic scenes that saw Lukwago’s lawyer Abudullah Kiwanuka who had gone to KCCA to serve the minister with a court injunction that had blocked his censure, beaten up by plain-clothed police before he was bundled onto a police van that whisked him to Central Police Station.

Thursday’s ruling also means that Lukwago is still the Mayor of Kampala City until his petition challenging the proceedings of the commission of inquiry that recommended for his removal from office is disposed of.

Source: Redpepper

To read all you need to understand Lukwago’s case, click

http://www.redpepper.co.ug/lukwago-impeachment-ministers-full-statement/

http://www.redpepper.co.ug/kcca-tribunal-report-opposition-mps-to-appeal/

Abantu bakomeje gutangazwa n’ibyo Murekezi yavuze…mu butegetsi bwa FPR haracyarimo ba Murekezi bangahe?

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“Mu Rwanda niho haba political space kurusha ahandi hose,ntabwo mpfa kubivuga gusa ndababwira impamvu; u Rwanda rubana n’abarwishe,tolerance…space, space, space duha naaaba genocideri !Waha space umu jenosideri, space abantu baba babaza ni iyihe usibye gushinyagura gusa?democracy, democracy , human right , freedoms…ahubwo twarengeje igipimo!! Space n’abajenosideri babonamo bakisangamo?… (Paul Kagame kuwa 30/06/2013)”

Abanyarwanda baragowe! Nibwo bwa mbere mu mateka y’isi igihugu cyiyobowe na leta  y’abajenosideri , babyiyemerera kandi babishyira mu bikorwa isi yose irebera ikicecekera! Ubwo Kagame Paul yavugaga aya magambo nta muyobozi numwe muri leta  ye wateye agatoki hejuru ngo agaragaze ko Atari umujenosideri! Abantu benshi batekereje ko abo bayobozi bacecetse babitewe ni ubwoba , ariko muri iki gikorwa cya “NDI UMUNYARWANDA” nibwo abanyarwanda batangiye kubona ko Kagame Paul yavuze ukuri! Abayobozi b’u Rwanda bose yabatoranyije akurikije ko ari abajenosideri kugira ngo hatazagira numwe muribo umutunga agatoki!

Kuri uyu wa mbere taliki ya 25/11/2013 , mu murenge wa Kabacuzi, mu Karere ka Muhanga (Gitarama), umujenosideri wiyoberanyije igihe kirekire nk’uruvu , akaba ari umututsi wihinduye umuhutu yishyize ahagaragara ,yatura ibyaha bye ! Uwo mujenosideri nta wundi ni Ministre w’abakozi ba leta y’ abajenosideri ya Kagame Paul Bwana MUREKEZI Anastase ! Kuri uyu wa mbere ari imbere yabaturage ,ubujenosideri bwe yabuvuze muri aya magambo :”Mu mwaka w’1973, ubwo nigaga mu gihugu cy’Ububiligi, negereye abanyeshuri b’abanyarwanda bo mu bwoko bw’abahutu bigaga muri icyo gihugu maze twandikira ibaruwa leta  y’u Rwanda y’icyo gihe tuyisaba kugabanya umubare w’abatutsi mu mashuri no mu bucuruzi kuko icyo gihe twabonaga umubare wabo urimo wiyongera!Ndasaba abanyarwanda imbabazi ,ibyo nanditse nabyanditse ndi umuntu mukuru uzi ubwenge kuko narimfite imyaka 21 y’amavuko”.

Dore umujenosideri rero ! Uyu Murekezi Anastase ni umujenosideri wuzuye nkuko abyivugira kandi ubwo bujenosideri bwe nibwo Kagame yashimye amuhemba kuba ministre muri leta  y’abajenosideri! Abahutu bazima ,batanditse ibaruwa nk’uyu Murekezi yo gutoteza abatutsi ariko bakaba bajijutse cyangwa bafite imibereho myiza Leta  y’abajenosideri ya Kagame Paul yabamariye ku icumu kuko badafite icyo bishinja!! None u Rwanda ruyobowe n’abajenosideri nk’aba murumva rwagira amahoro rute? None se Mugesera Léon arazira iki ko atanditse ibaruwa nk’iyi? Abana b’abahutu batagize icyo bakora nk’ibi bya Murekezi barabigisha gusaba imbabazi z’iki bakoze? None se Murekezi yiteguye ko abana be bazabazwa ubwicanyi leta ya Kagame Paul irimo ikorera abahutu mu Rwanda? Ntazavuge ko ntacyo yakoze cyangwa yamenye mu gihe muri iyi minsi leta  ya Kagame iri gufata uwitwa umugabo wese mu karere ka Gisenyi ikamunyereza!

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Abajenosideri ariko bapfuye bahagaze kuburyo basigaye barushwa ubwenge n’umwana w’imyaka 3! Murekezi wize amateka y’u Rwanda akanayagiramo uruhare ntazi ko amazina y’amoko y’abanyarwanda atahimbwe n’abazungu! Arabeshya ajijisha avuga ko abazungu aribo bazanye amazina y’amoko : umutwa, Umuhutu n’umututsi!! None se ko u Rwanda rwakoronijwe n’ibihugu by’Ubudage n’Ububiligi , ariya mazina ya Hutu , Twa na Tutsi aba mu ndimi za bariya bazungu bakolonije u Rwanda? Ntibitangaje ko ubona muri iyi leta  y’abajenosideri usanga abantu bize nkaba Murekezi bicazwa mu mukungugu bambaye imyenda ya gisilikare bakigishwa amateka y’u Rwanda kuko bibagiwe ibyo bize ubwonko FPR yarabuhanaguye) ! Amasomo nkayo y’amateka akaba ari guhabwa abitwa ngo n’intumwa za Rubanda bigishwa ayo mateka n’abavukiye mu mahanga kandi batize ayo mateka!

Uyu mujenosideri Murekezi Anastase yagaragaje ko ahora ahindagurika mu moko nk’uruvu akurikije ubwoko bw’umutegetsi uri ku ngoma, akaba yarabivuze muri aya magambo :”kera iwacu twahoze twitwa abatutsi,ariko byaje kugera igihe ba sogokuruza bacu bahakwa n’abahutu , guhera ubwo twahise duhindura dutangira kwitwa abahutu”! Ngaho namwe nimutekereze ku mvugo y’uyu mu jenosideri ! Mfite ubwoba ko Kagame amukubita inshyi!! Kumva atinyuka akavuga ko abahutu bigeze bahaka abatutsi! Muri uku gusaba imbabazi kwe akaba yerekanye ko n’abatutsi bagize uruhare muguhohotera abandi batutsi! Ibi ntabwo arabikira pee!!  None se niba Murekezi Anastase yari azi ko ari umututsi, maze akandika ibaruwa asaba ko abatutsi bahohoterwa , twakwemezwa ni iki ko ejo zihinduye imirishyo atazivuguruza akavuga ko ari umuhutu n’ubwo yahohoteye abahutu maze nabyo akabisabira imbabazi?  Amenye ko naramuka atabikoze ,umwana we azabikora nk’uko nawe ari kubikora mu izina ry’ababyeyi be bahinduye ubwoko !

Iyi gahunda ya leta  y’abajenosideri bise ngo “NDI UMUNYARWANDA” irasiga abayigize barushijeho guhahamuka ! N’ubwo aba bajenosideri bahuzagurika muri za gahunda zabo ,ibyabo bigiye guhumira ku ishongo kuko no kubeshya bitangiye kubananira; none se abaturage bazategereza iki cyiza kubicanyi nkaba ?

 Kalimunda ,umusomyi wa veritasinfo

Source: veritasinfo

 

US Embassy observers denied access to polling station during September elections.

usdos-logo-sealTwo months after elections in Rwanda, the US embassy has issued a statement. While it commends the preparation and the peaceful participation of the people, it argues that irregularities that took place could have undermined the integrity of results. It goes on to say that

“On election day on September 16, the U.S. Embassy dispatched observer teams accredited by the National Electoral Commission to all four provinces and Kigali.  These teams noted that while the elections were calm and well organized, there were irregularities and issues of concern that potentially undermined the integrity of the vote.  These included the presence of local and security officials in polling rooms, multiple voting, and local election officials filling out ballots in the absence of voters.

Once the vote count began, Rwandan electoral officials denied U.S. Embassy observers access to polling station, district, and national level tallying centers.   We were thus unable to match vote counts from individual polling stations with district and national level results, making it impossible to verify the accuracy of the final vote count and official participation rate.

In free, fair, and transparent elections, candidates, political parties, civil society organizations, and observers enjoy full access to the electoral process.  This access is also crucial for ensuring that the will of the people can be heard”.

Source: http://rwanda.usembassy.gov/news_11142013.html

Umuti w’amenyo: ikinyoma cya Murekezi Anastase

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Nasomye inkuru yanditswe ku rubuga umuseke.com yo kuwa 25 ugushyingo 2013 ifite umutwe ugira uti Minisitiri MUREKEZI yasabye abanyarwanda imbabazi,  muri iyo nkuru hari aho Minisitiri MUREKEZI agira ati :

” kera  iwacu twahoze twitwa Abatutsi ariko twaje kugera igihe ba sogokuruza bacu bahakwa n’abahutu guhera ubwo twahise duhindura dutangira kwitwa abahutu”.

Burya koko akabi gasekwa nk’akeza iyi nkuru uyisomye uzi Murekezi wagira uti “iyo isari isumbye iseseme umugabo usubira kucyo yanze”  wumva ko Minisitiri MUREKEZI yihutuje ngo yirire ku mugati w’abahutu none amapfa arateye kwa bene sebahinzi arashaka gusuhukira iwabo mu Batutsi. Byahe se byo kajya ko ahubwo ari yanda yasumbye amaboko ikorera ubusa.

Ubundi umututsi MUREKEZI nako umuhutu wabigizwe n’iminsi ni muntu ki?

MUREKEZI Anastase ni mwene MUKURANASONI Christianne na RWANGEYO Venanti mwene HABYARIMANA

Avuka muri Nyaruguru mucyohoze ari commune Nshili

*Umurenge wa Ruheru

*Akagali ka Kabere

*Umudugudu wa Nshenyi,  ku gasozi kitiriwe abasugi kuko gatuwe n’inzu y’abasugi ari nayo Murekezi akomokamo. Minisitiri murekezi avukana n’abana 9.

SE wa MUREKEZI RWANGEYO avukana na NJANGWE Rusi wabaye police nationale ku bwa parmehutu.

Uyu muryango w’abasugi ni umuryango mugari wihariye umusozi.  ni abahutu b’umwimerere. Niko Mureke, ubututsi bw’Abasugi bwaje ku yihe ngoma ? Ahubwo ko ari amaco y’inda ari gutuma uhungira ubwayi mu kigunda! Urabona ubututsi ugabiwe n’inda bwakumarira iki koko?

Umwanzuro

“Ndi umunyarwanda”  ko mbona igiye kutugira abagaragu b’inda aho kuduhesha agaciro  nk’uko duhora tubeshywa ! Koko kugira ngo tube mu Rwanda tugomba gucinya inkoro tukiyambura ishema ryo kuba abo turibo tukaba b’AYINDIGIRA (ayo inda igira !) ?

BANYARWANDA mujye muzirikana ko inzara ishira ariko igihemu ntigishire.

Umutaripfana wo ku Muhima

RUGERO R.

Source: Leprophete.fr

Besigye, Lukwago announce rally against tribunal report

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Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago (L) and Dr Kizza Besigye (R)

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Kizza Besigye have said they would not accept the Kampala Capital City Authority Tribunal report that gives the KCCA Council a go ahead to remove the mayor from office.

Addressing journalists at the Katonga-based Inter-Party Coalition offices yesterday, Mr Lukwago said the tribunal had enlisted several irregularities in the process of compiling their report.

Among these, he says, is the fact that the complaint had arisen from representatives of a council that is not yet fully-constituted, making it an illegality.

Mr Lukwago also said High Court Judge Vincent Zehurikirize pointed out the incapacity of a non fully-instituted council to initiate the process, in a 2012 ruling.

Disagreements
“So how do the councillors petition that I had failed a council that was not in existence in the first place? They are now rushing to elect the four councillors so they can go on to censure me,” Mr Lukwago said.

“I will not bow before [President] Museveni no matter the intimidation and pressure. I am willing to pay the ultimate price for the democracy of Uganda,” Mr Lukwago, who was flanked by Dr Besigye and MPs Muhammed Nsereko (Kampala Central) and Betty Nambooze (Mukono Municipality), added.

He and Dr Besigye announced they would call a consultative meeting at Nakivubo Stadium on Monday, to discuss a way forward.
Dr Besigye blames President Museveni’s desire to take over Kampala through “conspiracies to remove the Lord Mayor”.

“The process of censuring the Lord Mayor has been fraudulent from the beginning in violation of the law and the reason why it overrode all views and laws is because of the overwhelming desire by President Museveni to take over Kampala,” Dr Besigye said.

“We want to tell the people of Kampala, especially those who overwhelmingly voted for the Lord Mayor, that he is there to stay and the voters are also there. We shall meet to forge a way forward since this is the time to face up to the dictator,” Dr Besigye said.

The removal process

The proof. The tribunal found that the petitioners proved eight of the 12 particulars pleaded, but did not adduce sufficient evidence to prove the rest.
The petitioners hence proved a prima facie case for the removal of Mr Erias Lukwago from the position of lord mayor of Kampala Capital Authority.

The removal. Section 12 (17) of the KCCA Act empowers the Minister for Kampala after receiving the tribunal report to convene an Authority meeting within 14 days. The motion for a resolution for the removal of the Lord Mayor is then moved within 14 days, and failure to do so renders the resolution time barred .

The mayor is allowed to appear in person or be represented by his lawyer during the proceedings.
Defending self. If a decision is taken to remove him from office is reached, he has a right to appeal to the High Court within21 days and court may confirm or revoke the decision of the Authority.

Timeline
May 15: A section of councillors petitioned Mr Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Kampala, expressing intent to remove the Lord Mayor.
Allegations: Abuse of office, incompetence, misconduct, misbehaviour and failure to convene two consecutive meetings without reasonable cause.
June 5:Mr Tumwebaze appointed a tribunal to hear the case.
June 10, 2013: Appointed members sworn in.
June 14: The tribunal commenced hearing.

By Dear Jeanne

Source:http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Besigye–Lukwago-announce-rally-against-tribunal-report/-/688334/2073496/-/svkpsiz/-/index.html

The Rwanda Gambit

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Andre Vltchek

I actually came to Rwanda to tell a story, a complex story of a divided country where hundreds of thousands of people were killed in a dreadful bloodshed of 1994.

But the story begins earlier in the 1980s and early 1990, when the current president Paul Kagame, a man trained in and supported by the United States began attacking relentlessly Rwanda from Ugandan territory.

And the story continued after the 1994 genocide; it spiraled over into the DRCongo in the trench cart land. There were the most intense killings of the more than history that has been taking place until now.

Rwanda and Uganda on behalf of western companies and governments have been plundering and ravishing this mineral rich nation killing millions.
Essential questions keep coming to my mind.

 

Who did what?
What was the essence of the build-up?
Who was responsible?
Who fired the first shot?
Who was exactly behind the conflict?

 

I thought it was essential to find out, to discover the truth for the sake of Rwanda and Congo, for the sake of Africa and the world.

“And I have a very strong feeling that there have been great pressure by various sections of the Rwandan government and the international community to market a particular version of that history of Rwanda of 1994 and I don’t think it’s accurate.”

“…spring of people who have been killed or short abroad and it can even be true in a country like the US, Great Britain, France, not to speak of South Africa. There is no place where Kagame would not strike. And he does it with some sort of barefaced. Eh any Mobutu or Idi Amin Dada looks like an apprentice by comparison, because at least these they had a sort of red line they would not cross. They would not try to kill someone, once miss him and try again and go through your official embassy people; you would not kill an opposition figure in London and Paris or New York. You would just wait for them to be at the very minimum in Kinshasa.”

“I am sorry to say in these very strong words but increasingly Kagame behaves like a serial killer, because and that is the most gravest situation that Rwanda faces today. That Kagame believes and feels that it is OK to kill anybody he wants. He kills Hutus and Tutsis. They are all these crimes pulling upon him. He seems not to care. I think he has reached a point of no return, and he says, “Anyway, if someone else dies, one more person dies, what about it?”

“Who do you put a finger at? Haven’t they been killed by militias? But behind the militias are multinationals and governments but their stages removed. You don’t see multinationals, corporations, using the militias who slaughter people so they can access the coltan that westerners are using in their cellphones. It’s indirect.”

“Congo Rwanda and Uganda belong to themselves to the people. We need democracy that puts the power in the hands of the individuals who use and trade the resources for their well-being, not to be a fuel of influence for foreign countries which come and take the resources.”

 By Andre Vltchek