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The Rwandan government should not fear an independent and fair justice system of Spain

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Rene Claudel
 René Claudel Mugenzi

The Belmarsh high security prison in South East London has recently entertained a new resident for a few days before he appeared in front of Westminster Magistrates’ Court for an extradition court hearing last month.

This VIP was a Rwandan Army General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, number three on the list of the 40 Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) presumed to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by a Spanish judge.

Prison cells or house arrest are not General Karake’s unfamiliar places as he was previously arrested and imprisoned in Rwanda.

His arrest in London should have enthused and excited him and Rwandan government supporters because, for the first time General Karake will get an opportunity of a fair trial and a legal process through which he will be able to challenge allegations of crimes against him and his colleagues which he and his government have always labelled  ‘’unfounded’’ and political motivated.

Observing the recent history of Rwanda with an ordinary eye, it is apparent that Rwandan government officials fear the justice and that could be a reason why they failed to build a genuine justice system in Rwanda for Rwandans. Their precarious reactions demonstrate how they have forgotten that unlike their country other many countries including UK and Spain have independent and fair justice system.

Each time a Rwandan government official is suspected to have committed crimes against humanity or war crimes, or each time they had to appear in a court of law in a foreign country, Rwandan population were forced to go on streets of Kigali to protest against those accusations. These protests objectives are unfortunately not designed to legally challenge those accusations but to bully and intimidate those who are making those accusations in order to silence them, pressure them change their mind (including begging for forgiveness) or destroy their reputations.

We can easily recall the scenery of streets in Rwanda after the arrest of Colonel Rose Kabuye in Germany in 2008, when the UN published its DRC UN Mapping Report and the aftermath of the airing of the BBC documentary ‘’Rwanda Untold Story ‘’ which challenged the current Rwandan government narrative of what happened during 1994 Genocide including witnesses that accused the current president Paul Kagame to have ordered the assassination of the former president Juvenal Habyalimana.

If the current Rwandan government really aspire for end of impunity, truth and justice in Rwanda, they should seek to join forces with Spanish prosecutors, collaborate with them in order to shed light on what really happened to all those who were killed that are part of the Spanish indictment.

The best way to challenge accusations against them should be through courts not through calling Spanish judges FDLR collaborators or through forcing populations to go on streets obstructing their everyday activities that bring livelihoods to them.

Dignity, Agaciro, Ishema, and other slogans mostly used by RPF officials are pure parody, they never match their actions.

Considering past experiences, it was easy to predict types of Rwandan government reactions following the General Karake arrest. These predictions include mass protests and attack on the West accusing them to have looked away when a genocide was happening, etc,..

But no one could have predicted this new tactic of playing the race card, portraying the arrest of General Karake as an action ‘’to demean Africans’’. President Kagame went far to say that ‘’ Karake might have been mistaken as an illegal immigrant ”and that ”Africans and black people have become targets for shooting practices”. This spin aims to portray the west a bunch of racists that have no respect of African people and that the action of arresting General Karake has been driven by those racism views. By going this Kagame hope to unite Africans behind his campaign to get General Karake released.

I wonder how many Africans have been arrested in UK or in Europe in the last 100 years accused of similar crimes.

On contrary the current Rwandan government has a documented track record of ‘’ demeaning Africans’’ by committing mass massacres of populations in DRC and massacres of Rwandan refugees in DRC as a UN investigation team reported as partof DRC mapping report published in October 2010 and other reports of various human rights organisations.

General Karake is in good hands of United Kingdom Justice system. He will be eventually handed to Spanish judges if Westminster magistrate court found that all required conditions are met.

Rwandans, Congolese and Spanish who were previously hopeless and desperate to get justice one day of their loved ones, should express gratitude to the Spanish judge and to United Kingdom police for respectively issuing an arrest warrant and arresting General Karake.

These actions gave them hope, that one day their loves ones who were massacred will get justice as well as hope that one day they will see the end of enduring impunity; which is the only ”African demeaning” action in this situation.

René Claudel Mugenzi

London, UK

Rwanda: Ni koko FPR yaribohoye, ari na ko iboha abandi.

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Kuwa gatandatu tariki ya 04 Nyakanga 2015, mu Rwanda bizihije isabukuru ya 21 y’umunsi inyeshyamba za FPR-Inkotanyi zafashe umujyi wa Kigali, maze guhera icyo gihe zikiyambika izina ry’ingabo z’ u Rwanda. Uwo munsi FPR yawubatije umunsi wo KWIBOHORA.

Ukurikiye ijambo Perezida Paul Kagame yagejeje ku bari bitabirie uwo munsi, ukirengagiza ibibera mu Rwanda, wakeka ko koko Paul Kagame ari umusaza ufite amanota meza mu miyoborere myiza. Gusa rero ntibishoboka ko wakumva ibyo umuyobozi wa Politiki avuga ngo ureke kubigereranya n’uburyo abishyira mu bikorwa. Ibi byombi (imvugo n’ibikorwa) iyo ubihuje uratangara cyane ndetse ukibaza niba Kagame  atari indyarya  cyangwa se umugome cyangwa byombi uko ari bibiri.

  1. Ngo inyungu zo kwibohora zikwiye kuba iza bose !

Ibi Kagame yabivuze agitangira ijambo abeshya abaturage ko ibyo FPR yaba yaragezeho bisaranganyijwe mu baturage bose. Nyamara ibi bitandukanye cyane n’ibyo rubanda ibona. Abaturage bamaze imyaka 21 bategereje ko na bo bahabwa agaciro nk’ikiremwamutu, bakavuga ikibari ku mutima, bakagira uruhare mu kwishyiriraho abayobozi, bagahabwa ubutabera mu gihe babukeneye, bakarindirwa umutekano n’ingabo za leta,… ariko ibi barabibuze. Kubera ko bo batibohoye!

Abaturage bambuwe ijambo risigaranwa n’abantu bake cyane bari mu gatsiko akenshi k’abantu baturutse mu gihugu cya Uganda ari na yo mpamvu dukunda kukita agatsiko sajya. Aba ni bo bavuga rikijyana bakemeza igikwiye gukorwa batabajije rubanda, bakaka amakoro atagira fagitire, bakambura rubanda utwabo, bagahabwa amasoko yose, bagahabwa akazi keza batagahataniye, bagateza cyamunara ibya rubanda kandi bakabigura ku mafaranga y’intica ntikize. Aba nyine nibo bemerewe gufata inguzanyo mu mabanki, bagakora ubucuruzi butandukanye bagakurirwaho amahoro ku bitumizwa mu mahanga, bakarya imbuto zo kwibohoza rubanda yicira isazi mu jisho. Ibi ni byo bigaragaza ko FPR yibohoje ariko ikaboha abandi.

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Deo Mushayidi yaboshywe na FPR.

  1. Ngo yiteguye kumva abamubwira inenge ze

Avuga ku banenga u Rwanda ku bikorwa bibi rukora, Kagame yibasiye abanyamahanga ngo bashaka kumuha amasomo. Aha cyane cyane yaciye amarenga avuga Perezida w’ Ubufaransa. Cyakora yaguye ku ijambo aho yemeza ko nta muntu utagira inenge, ko na we nta kibazo abona hagize umubwira ibitagenda agamije ko bikosorwa. Cyakora yiyamye abashaka kumwikoreza ibibazo biruta ibyo we asanganywe.

Aha naho harimo uburyarya bukabije. Hashize imyaka myinshi abantu babwira FPR bati mureke twubake igihugu kigendera ku btekerezo bitandukanye , habeho opozisiyo yo gufasha kunenga ibitagenda kugira ngo bikosorwe, ariko Kagame yavuniye ibiti mu matwi. Yewe na bamwe mu babigerageje yabataye mu kagozi arafunga ajugunya imfunguzo!ingabire v

Ingabire Victoire na we yaraboshywe

Aha umuntu akibaza ati ese uyu muntu uvuga ko ashaka kumva abamunenga kugira ngo akosore ibifutamye, nyamara bamunenga akabamarira ku munigo, aho ntakwiye gushakirwa umuti?

  1. Ngo kwibohora ni uguhaguruka ugahangana

Mu gusoza ijambo rye, Kagame yavuze ikintu gikomeye cyane aho yemezaga ko kwibohora ari ukwiyemeza guhangana. Iki nicyo gikenewe. Uyu munsi rubanda imaze kurambirwa ubugizi bwa nabi bw’ingoma ya FPR irasabwa koko gushirika ubwoba no guhaguruka igahangana n’abibohoye ariko yo bakayiboha. Nta wundi muti uzaboneka niba nyine hari abacyumva ko hari ubibabereyemo bo bakananirwa guhangana. Uburenganzira buraharanirwa nta we ubuhabwa ku isahani. Ubushaka wese nta yindi nzira anyuramo atiyemeje guhangana n’ababumubuza.

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Mihigo Kizito na we yaboshywe na FPR.

  1. Umusozo: Hakenewe iki?

Hari igihe Kagame avuga amagambo afite akenge rwose. Aho bipfira ni uburyo ayo magambo ashyirwa mu bikorwa. Igikenewe ni ugukora ikiri cyiza aho kucyivuga gusa usa n’aho hari abo ushaka gushimisha.

  1. Hakenewe ko abanyarwanda baca ukubiri n’umuco wo kubeshya Kagame bakamubwiza ukuri ku bibi we akora cyangwa ibyo ubutegetsi bwe bukora arebera ntagire icyo abikosoraho. Ibi kandi bikwiye kuba kuri buri mutegetsi wese washaka kubeshya muri ya politiki yo gutekinika no gutera igipindi. Uyu akwiye kubwizwa ukuri no kwamaganwa kuko igihugu kidashobora gutera imbere hari abagihishira ikibi.
  2. Hakenewe umuco mushya wo guharanira kubaka opozisiyo ihabwa ubushobozi kugira ngo ibashe kunenga Leta iriho ndetse yitegure kuyisimbura mu gihe Leta idakorera neza abaturage.
  3. Hakenewe gusenya FORUM y’amashyaka ngo igamije kwumvikana ku bibazo by’igihugu ahubwo amashyaka akajya asuzumira ibyo bibazo mu nteko ishinga amategeko (ku karubanda) buri munyarwanda agakurikirana en direct uburyo ayo mashyaka ajya impaka aharanira ineza y’igihugu n’abenegihugu.
  4. Hakenewe gutandukanya FPR n’igihugu. FPR ni ishyaka rihuriwemo na bamwe mu Banyarwanda kandi siryo rigize igihugu ryonyine. Buri wese bimujye mu mutwe ko kwamagana ububi bwa FPR atari ukwamagana igihugu ahubwo ko ari uguharanira ko u Rwanda rwagira imiyoborere myiza ishingiye ku guteza imbere inyungu za buri munyarwanda.
  5. Hakenewe kureba kure buri wese agaharanira inyungu z’igihugu aho kureba inyungu ze. Niba koko mukunda igihugu nimutekereze uko undi we amerewe, uko ibyemezo mufata bimugiraho ingaruka, uko kwibuka “ukwibohora” abyishimira cyangwa bimurya ahantu, uko igihugu kizaba kimeze mu gihe mwe muzaba mutakiriho.
  6. Iminsi mikuru yo “kwibohora” n’umunsi ngo “w’intwari” si iminsi mikuru y’igihugu ahubwo ni iminsi mikuru ya FPR. Bityo rero ikwiye gukurwaho hakajya hizihizwa gusa iminsi abanyarwanda bose bahuriyeho mu mateka. Aha twavuga nk’itariki ya mbere Nyakanga aho u Rwanda rwazamuye ibendera ryarwo iry’abazungu rikamanurwa.

Mbifurije kugira ISHEMA ryo kuba Abanyarwanda.

Mbatuye ako karirimbo:

Gahunde Chaste

Georgetown, Guyana.

Ese yaba ari FPR ikeneye abayibeshya cyangwa ni Nduhungirehe Olivier wiyemeje kuyibeshya?

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Ni FPR ikeneye abayishya cyangwa ni Nduhungirehe Olivier wiyemeje kubeshya FPR ngo ayirohe? Arabeshya abanyarwanda ngo bizere ibitangaza? Ibaze nawe!

Ku cyumweru saa munani z’i Kigali nakurikiye ikiganiro kuri radiyo Isango Star aho Nduhungirehe Olivier yasobanuraga iby’itabwa muri yombi rya Karake Karenzi. Akihagera yatangiye asobanura ko mandats z’aba Espagnoles intepol yazanze kubera ko ari politiki nsansa, avuga ko ngo ari FDLR iziri inyuma, ndetse avuga ko n’urukiko rukuru rwo muri Espagne rwazitesheje agaciro. Solange Ayanone wamubazaga ati ibyo byanditse he, Nduhungirehe ati ni ko bimeze, Ayanone ati ubwo urumva, u Bwongeleza, igihugu cy’inshuti, niba gifata umuntu ukomeye nka Karenzi, usanzwe ajyayo, ubwo urumva diplomatie y’u Rwanda idakora nabi?

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Olivier Nduhungirehe ni umukozi wa Ministeri y’ububanyi n’amahanga

Nduhungirehe ati hari byinshi byakozwe ni na yo mpamvu izi mandats zateshejwe agaciro. Umunyamakuru ati kuki se ziteshwa agaciro abantu bagakomeza gufatwa? Nduhungirehe arya iminwa. Kera kabaye Ayanone Solange yaje gusoma ubutumwa bw’abakurikiye ikiganiro, avugamo uwitwa Nkubito wari wanditse ko Nduhungirehe abeshya, iyo avuga ko ko interpol yanze ziriya mandats, avuga ko nta nyandiko n’imwe formel yigeze isohorwa na interpol yamagana mandats z’aba espagnoles, ndetse Nkubito yongeyeho ati: Nduhungirehe ni umuhanga, aramutse afite inyandiko nk’iyo ntiyaza mu kiganiro nk’iki atayitwaje.

Ku kibazo cy’urukiko rwatesheje mandats agaciro, Nkubito yari yanditse ko nta rukiko rwavanyeho mandats, ko urukiko rwahagaritse gukurikirana abanyamahanga bishe abanyamahanga keretse baramutse bari muri Espagne. Akongeraho ko urukiko ruzakurikirana uwo ari we wese uzaba yarishe umu Espagnole aho yaba ari hose, ati izi mandats rero zifite agaciro, ndetse zishobora no gufatisha umuntu igihe cyose abishwe, victims ari aba espagnoles. Ayanone yasomye umwanzuro w’urukiko mu gifaransa uko nkubito yari yawutanze avuga ko “Désormais, la justice espagnole ne sera compétente que dans le cas où il existe des victimes espagnoles ou que les responsables suspectés se trouvent en Espagne. ”

Ku ifatwa rya Karenzi Karake, Nkubito yavugaga ko Karenzi yaje mu Bwongeleza kabiri mu kazi, ariko ko ejo bundi yafashwe yaje kwivuza.

Nduhungirehe aho gusubiza, yahise atera hejuru ngo bamwe mu banditse ndanabanzi, Nkubito Jean Claude ndamuzi, ngo we se ni iyihe nyandiko afite yemeza ko interpol yemeye izo mandats.? Ahita asakuriza hejuru kubera ikimwaro sans doute,(dore ko atava ku izima) agerageza gupfukirana ibinyoma yari amaze gukwiza mu banyarwanda ngo mandats zarahagaritswe kandi arabizi neza arabeshya. N’ikimenyimenyi, Karenzi Karake se ubu ntari mu kagozi kubera zo? Nduhungirehe yanavuze ngo mandats z’abafaransa na zo zavuyeho ra? ! Uriya muhungu agomba kuba afite mission yo kubeshya HE Paul Kagame si gusa! Ariko se akaba yarabitumwe na nde koko?Ese yaba agamije iki? Yaba ari gahunda yihaye se yo kwimika ubujiji?
Uwo Nkubito avuga se yaba ari JC Nkubito w’umunyamakuru?

Vestine Umugwaneza

President Paul Kagame’s Behaviour In Rwandan Parliament Proves He Is Unfit For High Office

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“We have the power of anger…”

June 25, 2015 will be remembered as a sad day in the history of Rwanda. Speaking in Parliament, Rwandan President Kagame addressed the arrest of General Karenzi Karake at the United Kingdom’sLondon Heathrow Airport on June 20. The arrest was executed under European Warrant provoked by the 2008 Spanish indictment of Rwandan military officials for ordering massacres and the killings of Spanish and other European aid workers between 1997-2000. Kagame called both the Spanish and British authorities as “rubbish” for their respective roles in Karake’s arrest.

The President then unleashed his anger at the U.S. Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, for holding a hearing on May 20 to examine Rwanda’s deteriorating human rights record. Kagame described businessman Tribert Rujugiro and David Himbara as “petty criminals and thugs” for allegedly financing and organising the congressional hearing.

Sadly, on the same day Rwanda President was abusing the British, Americans, and fellow Rwandans, the U.S. State Department released its “2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.” The Report is further indictment of the Kagame government. According to the Report, “The most important human rights problems in the country were disappearances, government harassment, arrest, and abuse of political opponents, human rights advocates, and individuals perceived to pose a threat to government; disregard for the rule of law among security forces and the judiciary; and restrictions on civil liberties.”

Adds the Report: “Other major human rights problems included arbitrary or unlawful killings, torture, harsh conditions in prisons and detention centers, arbitrary arrest, prolonged pretrial detention, and government infringement on citizens’ privacy rights.”

President Kagame resorts to the old ploy of attacking the messenger and not the message. Kagame should face the reality that he is unfit to govern. A government that is reported to kill, torture, and arbitrarily detain citizens has no redeemable qualities whatsoever. And rather than engineer the scheme of ammending Rwanda’s Constitution to enable himself to cling to power for life, Kagame should peacefully exit the political scene to allow fellow Rwandans to move on.

Source:  NEWSWIRE CANADA

Ihene izabyara isekurume ndwi zose zange konka: ikimenyetso cy’irangira ry’ubutegetsi bwa Rwabujindiri …

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imagesihene7Ihene izabyara isekurume ndwi zose zange konka!

Ubu twandika Bernard Makuza amaze kurahirira kuyobora Sena y’U Rwanda. Akaba aje asimbura mugenzi we
Jean Damascène Ntawukuriryayo uherutse gutegekwa kwegura kuri uyu mwanya. N’ubwo rero Ntawukuriryayo yaregwaga uruhurirane rw’ibyaha bihimbano birimo :

  • Kwigwiza ho imitungo yifashishije umwanya we, nk’aho yakiriye abashyitsi batarenze batatu agatanga fagitire ya miliyoni ebyiri z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda,
  • Gushyira mu nzu ye ibikoresho bifite agaciro gahambaye kandi byose bikishyurwa na leta,
  • Gukorera mu bwiru imwe mu mirimo ashinzwe kandi ntatange na raporo z’amanama amwe n’amwe ajyamo rwihishwa…

ibi byose byavuzwe sibyo Ntawukuriryayo yazize. Azize icyaha kitavuzwe.

Ntawukuriryayo yazize ko yari yaramaze gutangariza zimwe mu nshuti ze ko adashyigikiye gahunda y’umwami wa Repubulika Paul Kagame yo guhindura itegekonshinga. Ibyo nyamara bikaba byari ikibazo gikomeye kuri Kagame kuko yari kuzahura n’ingorane mu guhindura itegekonshinga kandi Sena ni yo ifite izo nshingano nk’uko biteganwa n’ingingo ya 88 y’Itegekonshinga. Iyo ngingo itegenya ko Sena ifite ububasha bwo « gutora amategeko yerekeye ivugururwa ry’Itegekonshinga ». Ibyo kandi byongera gushimangirwa by’umwihariko n’ingingo ya 193. Iki rero cyabaye ikibazo gikomeye kuri Kagame ugeze mu mayira abiri maze ahitamo kumukura mu nzira inzira zikigendwa.

Kagame yarebye mu muryango we maze abona urangwa n’ibirura, ni ko kwigira inama yo kwigondera na ko kwitabaza mubyara we Bernard Makuza muri iri hurizo rikomeye agezemo ryo kuvuguruza itegekonshinga n’abanyarwanda twese.

Biragoye cyane ku buryo inzira Umwami azitabaza zose zidashobora kumuhira. Dore iyo ingingo Kagame ubwe yiyandikishirije mu itegekonshinga uko ivuga:

« Perezida wa Repubulika atorerwa manda y’imyaka irindwi. Ashobora kongera gutorwa inshuro imwe. Nta na rimwe umuntu yemererwa gutorerwa manda zirenze ebyiri ku mwanya wa Perezida wa Repubulika » (Ingingo ya 101).

Ariko se Kagame n’iyo yavuguruza iyi ngingo byamuhira akongera koko kuyobora Repubulika y’u Rwanda ?
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Nguwo umugabo Bernard Makuza wiyemeje kubimufashamo

IHENE IZABYARA ISEKURUME NDWI (7) ZOSE ZANGE KONGA

Umuhanuzi Magayane ni we wavuze ko : « Ihene izabyara isekurume ndwi zose zange konka ». Ngicyo ikimenyetso kibanziriza icya nyuma mbere y’ihirima ry’ubutegetsi bwa Rwabujindiri rurya ntiruhage. Nibyo koko burya ngo ntakiba Imana itabicishije mu bahanuzi bayo. Ibyo Magayane yavuze byose kugeza ubu byarabaye tukaba dutegereje ivuka ry’izo sekurume ndwi mu minsi ya vuba, maze « Isake igahita ibika ikigera ku mutambiko w’urusenge » ari cyo kimenyetso cya nyuma.

Ihene rero magayane yavugaga biragaragara ko ntayindi atari buriya butegetsi bwiyicaje ku ntebe nk’uko tubizi twese. Naho kubyara isekurume ndwi byo ni uguhindura itegekonshinga maze Kagame akiyongeza indi manda y’imyaka irindwi (7) ari yo isobanura isekurume ndwi. Nyamara ariko izo sekurume zose mu buhanuzi twibuke ko zanze konka ! Ibi rero ni ho bihurira n’ibyo Kagame agiye kwigora akora. Agiye guhindura itegeko nshinga, bizakorwa ariko ntakizavamo. Aziyongeza manda y’imyaka 7 ariko nta mwaka n’umwe azayitegekaho. Kwanga konka bigereranywa no kwanga kwima. Birababaje. Ihene izabyara isekurume ndwi ariko zose zange konka.

Uretse n’ubuhanuzi ariko Kagame na FPR ayoboye bafite urundi rukuta bazahura narwo

Nk’uko byatangajwe n’Abataripfana bo mu Ishyaka Ishema muri kongere yabo yateraniye i Paris guhera tariki ya 07/02 kugeza ku ya 09/02/2014, Abataripfana aho bari hose biyemeje kwitabira amatora y’umukuru w’igihugu kandi bagatangamo n’umukandida ari we Padiri Thomas Nahimana. Ibi rero nabyo ni indi nzitizi ikomereye Kagame na FPR ayoboye guhindura itegekonshinga ntibihagije ahubwo agomba no kwitegura guhangana n’abasore n’inkumi b’abanyarwanda bahagurukiye kandi bashishikajwe no guhindura ibintu mu kuri no mumutuzo.

Nkuko rero bigaragara mu Rwanda rw’uyumunsi, Kagame ari gukora ubusa kuko abanyarwanda barambiwe ingoma mpotozi. Abanyarwanda barambiwe igitugu n’iterabwoba rikabije. By’umwihariko ntibakwihanganira ubwicanyi FPR yazanye guhera tariki ya 01/10/1990 kandi ikaba idashaka kubureka. Kagame nahame yumve urwishigishiye ararusoma, nawe narusome ruramukwiye.

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“Amahirwe ya Kagame ni uko ntari mu ngabo ze, nkaba ndateze no kuzibamo ! Niyiryamire asinzire” Padiri Thomas Nahimana.

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Mu nyandiko yasohotse ku The Rwandan kuri uyu wa 8 Nzeri 2014 yitwa “Ninde uha Paul Kagame uruhushya rudasanzwe rwo gukora amahano ?”, umukandida w’ishyaka Ishema ry’u Rwanda mu matora yo mu w’2017 yagaragaje aho ahagaze ku bivugwa ku ifungwa ndetse n’agasuzuguro Paul Kagame akorera abasirikare ahereye ku bafite ama peti yo hejuru.  Hepfo murisomera uko abibona. Admin

Umunyamakuru wa Therwandan arambaza icyo ntekereza kuri gahunda ya Kagame yo gukomeza gufunga abasilikari bakuru ?

Icy’ingenzi mbona twese dukwiye gusobanukirwa ni « philosophie » iri inyuma y’ibi bikorwa bitindi bya Kagame. Ndareba ngasanga iyo « philosophie » ihagarariye ku maguru nk’atatu y’ingenzi :

1. Guhera kuri Coup d’Etat yo mu 1973 kugeza uyu munsi ,ubutegetsi bwo mu Rwanda ntibwiyubakiye ku ndangagaciro za « politiki » ahubwo bwubakiwe ahanini ku gitugu cya gisilikari. « Umusirilari ni we mutware ».  Muri rusange, Abanyapolitiki b’abasivili bahawe imyanya y’udukingirizo dushinzwe gukora ibyo abasilikari bashaka byonyine. Ibyo ahanini ni nabyo byabaye intandaro yo gutsindwa intambara y’Inkotanyi yatangiye mu 1990, gutsindwa  urugamba rwa politikibikaba byarabanjirije ugutsindwa urugamba rw’amasasu. N’ubu iyo myumvire y’ « umusilikari ni we  mutware » ni kimwe mu bivangira Opozisiyo muri iki gihe, bigatuma gutera umutaru bigorana cyane. Iyo myumvire ni nayo igiye kubirindura ubutegetsi bwa Kagame, kandi dore ntibigitinze.

2. FPR yo noneho imaze gutsinda intambara mu 1994, yashyize ubutegetsi BWOSE mu biganza by’agatsiko k’abasilikari batari na bo ! Umujenerari wabyigiye , akagira  n’ibindi azi, ashobora no gukora politiki neza. Abo sibo Kagame akeneye.  FPR yahisemo kubakira igihugu ku« bukorikori » bw’abasilikari bato (bazamurwa mu ntera bidashingiye ku bushobozi…),b’inzobere mu bwicanyi (terroristes), bataranganwa  umutima wita ku neza y’umuturage . Higijweyo  abasilikari bakuru bazi ubwenge (bashinjwa kuba intellectuals), abadakuyemo akabo karenge inzira zikigendwa, baradindizwa, barafungwa ab’amahirwe makeya  bahondwa akandoya mu mutwe. Ibyo nta gihe FPR itabikoze, guhera mu ishyamba kugeza n’uyu munsi !

3. Kuba muri iyi minsi Kagame atangiye kwibasira abagize Agatsiko kari kamukikije mu bihe byahise, birababaje ariko nta gitanza kirimo. Impamvu benshi mu Banyarwanda babikubita amaso bakinumira ni uko bazi neza ko Kagame asa n’ufite uburenganzira budasanzwe bwo gukora amahano ahora akora, nta nkurikizi : 

(1) Kwica no kurimbura umuhutu nta cyaha kirimo, byarakiriwe, bihabwa umugisha n’abakagomye kubyamagana. Ubuhanga bwa kinyarwanda bwo buti :  Inkoni ikubise mukeba, jya wihutira kuyirenza urugo !

(2)Kagame yumva ko Abatutsi bose bo mu Rwanda ari ingaruzwamuheto ze, ndetse nabo ubwabo bakumva ko ari AMATUNGO ye , yicamo ayo ashatse , igihe abishakiye. Abatutsi barabimwemereye, dore imyaka ishize ari hafi 25, uretse abavugira mu matamamatama, nta tsinda rigaragara Abatutsi bigeze bashinga ngo rigaragaze ko ryamaganye imyumvire n’imigirire ya Kagame. Iyo Kagame afashe icyemezo cyo kubamba umwana w’imfubyi warokotse jenoside nka Kizito Mihigo, bikavugwa ko uwo mwana yashakaga kwica Kagame akoresheje indirimbo ahimba, biratangaje kubona abakagombye kumuvuganira aribo batera hejuru ngo Kizito nabambwe ku musaraba ! Kagame azineza ko ashobora kubica uko yishakiye, nta rundi rubanza ! Kandi ntasiba kubikora.

(2). Kagame yumva ko Abasilikari ba FPR  bose uko bagana ari umutungo we bwite (propriété privée), agenga uko yishakiye. Ikibabaje kurushaho ni uko Kagame abakubita inshyi buri munsi ndetse yagera aho akanabasebya ku mugaragaro, mu mbwirwaruhame !  Paul Kagame yabivuze kenshi no mu buryo bwinshi ko « aba Généraux » be ari abantu badafite icyo bashoboye, ko ari ibigarasha, Isazi, IBIRURA….ko yewe  ari abantu badafite icyo bimariye ku buryo ndetse muri bo nta n’umwe washobora no KUROTA yakoze kudeta ! Ibyo Abasilikari be barabyumvise nyamara ntibigeze berekana ko batabyemera, barakomeje baramwumvira, bakora « akazi » kose abahaye, abana batikirira mu ntambara z’urudaca za Kongo….. Abageragaje gutera ijwi hejuru  ni ba Liyetona Jenerali Kayumba Nyamwasa ariko na we ntiyabikoze  akiyobora izo ngabo, yategereje kubanza  kwamburwa ububasha bwose, noneho yihutira gukiza amagara ye yonyine yifatira iy’ubuhungiro ! No mu buhungiro kandi agomba guhora yihishe kuko nta cyemeza ko ubutaha noneho Kagame  azamuhusha !

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Niba Kagame akora amarorerwa ni ukubera ko:

(1) Abatutsi bakomeje kwemera Kagame nk’Imana yabo, ibagenera ikibakwiye, ikabaha ubuzima cyangwa urupfu.  Umunsi habonetsemo ab’inkwakuzi bagahindura imyumvire, bagafata gahunda yo kwisuganya no kwivuganira, mu Rwanda hazaba impinduka yihuse

(2)Birasa n’aho Abasilikari be bamusinyiye « chèque en blanc” ngo ajye ababaga nk’ukerera amatungo yiyororeye, nta zindi nkurikizi! Umunsi bakangutse bakumva ko bashobora kumwambura urwo ruhushya rutindi, uwahekwaga azigenza, nko mu kanya ko guhumbya ijisho.

(3) Njyewe , Padiri Thomas Nahimana, ndamutse mfite imbunda irimo amasasu nibura abiri, ntabwo Kagame yankubita inshyi ampora ubusa nk’uko ahora anyuka aba “Generaux” be, ngo mureke agende…..! Na we ava amaraso atukura di ! Amahirwe nyine ni uko ntari mu ngabo ze, nkaba ndateze no kuzibamo ! Niyiryamire asinzire.

Muri make,  Abasilikari ba RDF n’Abatutsi barokotse jenoside, nibahitamo  gukomeza kwiberaho nk’ISENENI Kagame afata zibibona, agashyushya amazi zireba, akazitereramo zikanuye amaso, akazirya ziyaturumbuye…..inzira y’umusaraba iracyari ndende kandi nyamara yashoboraga kuba UBUSAMO.

Banyarwanda nimukanguke, dufatanye kubuza Kagame gufata abenegihugu nk’amatungo ye. Ibyo birahagije. Nabeho atureke natwe twibereho, nta kindi tumusaba.

Padiri Thomas Nahimana,

Umukandida w’Ishema Party

mu matora y’umukuru w’igihugu ya 2017

Source : http://www.therwandan.com/ki/ninde-uha-paul-kagame-uruhushya-rudasanzwe-rwo-gukora-amahano/

Kagame might be Rwanda’s Stalin: David Himbara’s analysis

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In his most recent post on social media, David Himbara, the former Kagame’s economic adviser portrays Rwanda as  the Soviet Union and Kagame as Rwanda’s Stalin. Using Wendy Goldman’s book “Inventing the Enemy“, Himbara finds an unfortunate similarity between Stalin’s governance model and Kagame’s system. Two main arguments  of Goldman’s book are well and alive in today’s Rwanda:1.Ordinary Soviet citizens participated widely and actively in the terror and 2. the line between victims and perpetrators was very blurred.

The same scene happens in Rwanda on a daily basis where  ordinary people also participate in the terror by speaking against coworkers at meetings, by naming names, and by preemptive attacks on others to demonstrate their own loyalty. Also we see people denouncing others, and then becoming victims themselves of the very political culture they initially helped to create and sustain. And, OMG!..it is unfortunate to realise that Everyone in Rwanda is victimized to one degree or another, and everyone participates in victimization.  No social or political group is left untouched. Very true. I love this piece of analysis. Although, as Himbara puts it, we don’t know how Kagame will end, we have to keep in our minds that we are the change we want to see. .  Admin

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Paul Kagame(L), a reincarnation of Joseph Stalin(R)?

Following is Himbara’s words:

We are witnessing in Rwanda horrific denunciations and terror whereby relatives denounce relatives, coworkers turn against each other, and friends denounce friends in a frightening frenzy. Outside Rwanda opponents of the regime – real or imagined are hunted down and even assassinated. This is the time to quote the famous phrase – “the only lesson we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.”

This madness we are witnessing in Rwanda is in fact a replay of history many times over in different parts of the world with disastrous consequences for both the perpetrators and victims.

I invite compatriots to read Wendy Goldman’s book “Inventing the Enemy: Denunciation and Terror in Stalin’s Russia.” I promise you that after you read this book you will say “oh my God, this is precisely what is happening in Rwanda.”

In a nutshell, the book “Inventing the Enemy” is about the period known as the “Great Terror” in the Soviet Union. The book demonstrates that at the height of the terror in 1937–38, the Soviet secret police arrested approximately 1.6 million people for “political crimes.” More than 1.3 million were convicted, and about 683,000 executed.

Goldman’s book, however, does not focus only on numbers. The main task of this shocking account is to reconstruct how ordinary people reacted to the terror and how they were affected by it. The book deals exhaustively with the events that created the poisonous climate of fear and denunciation that soon engulfed the country. The heart of the book is really about the breaking of ties among people at work and at home – and the poisoned/collapse of relations among coworkers, family, friends, and lovers. The book also describes how the terror came to an end as the most ardent proponents of terror were arrested and sent to the camps as “bawlers,” or denouncers of the innocent. The book has a chapter titled “A History without Heroes,” which analyzes all kinds of human behavior during the terror, and shows how ordinary citizens collaborated, participated in, and resisted the denunciations.

What is scary about “Inventing the Enemy” is how terror in Soviet Union introduced extra judicial trials. As more suspects were thrown into prison and subjected to brutal interrogation and torture, Soviet leaders became convinced of a vast conspiracy of the so-called “terrorists,” both potential and real. Soviet rulers soon encouraged ordinary citizens to denounce those they suspected of disloyalty or treason. Many ordinary citizens denounced their neighbors, coworkers, and even family members.

Wendy Goldman’s main argument—and indeed the overriding lesson of her book —is therefore that ordinary “citizens helped to create a political culture that supported the abrogation of civil liberties.”

Yet as more and more people were arrested, many others realized that they, too, might become victims. What began as anti-terror measures…became a true terror.” In other words, the campaign launched by the state soon became “a full blown terror in which one’s fellow citizens become rabid agents of denunciation and no one is safe.”

Reading this book about events that happened that happened some 70 years ago, one would think that the author is describing what is happening in Rwanda today. We of course know how it all ended in Stalin’s Russia. What we don’t know is how the ongoing madness in Rwanda might end.

Kuba umwanzi w’umuntu ku giti cye gusa ntibimugira umwanzi w’igihugu.

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                          cropped-cropped-gahunde.jpg“Ku bakiri mu gisirikare nibibuke ko akazi ka bo ari ukurinda ubusugire bw’igihugu barwanya umwanzi ariko banazirikane ko umuntu urwanira uburenganzira bwe aba atari umwanzi w’igihugu.Ahubwo uwo akwiye gushyigikirwa. Bibuke kandi ko umwanzi w’umuntu ku giti cye aba atari umwanzi w’igihugu”. Chaste Gahunde, September 2014

 

Hashize iminsi mu Rwanda havugwa itabwa muri yombi rya bamwe mu basirikare bakuru bo mu ngabo z’u Rwanda RDF. Ni igikorwa Kagame yatangiye hakaba hagiye gushira imyaka itanu. Iki gikorwa cyaje gikurikiye inyandiko  yo mu mwaka wa 2010 yiswe Rwanda Briefing yanditswe n’abagabo bane (Kayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegeya,  Gerard Gahima na Theogene Rudasingwa) bahoze mu buyobozi bwo hejuru bw’ingabo z’u Rwanda n’ubw’ishyaka FPR.

 

Muri iyi nyandiko, bimwe mu byo aba bagabo binubiraga, harimo ko FPR ikomeje gukandamiza Abanyarwanda ku nyungu za Kagame wenyine n’umuryango we, ariko cyane cyane Abahutu bakaba bakomeje kwigizwayo mu myanya ifatirwamo ibyemezo, bikaba biramutse bidakosowe nta shiti u Rwanda rwazongera rukagwa mu bibazo bya genocide. Aba bagabo ntibarekeye aho kuko bahise bashinga n’ishyaka RNC  rigamije kurwanya ubutegetsi bwa Kagame no kubusimbuza ubunogeye Abanyarwanda bose.

N’ubwo bwose Abanyarwanda bamwe batekereje ko RNC itageza ku Banyarwanda ibyiza,  mu gihe abayishinze batabanje gusaba imbabazi ku byaha  by’indengakamere FPR yakoze dore ko na bo bahoze mu bari mu bayikuriye, Kagame we yabonye RNC nka rimwe mu mashyaka ashobora kumuhungabanya. Ibi byagaragajwe no gutangira gutukana abita isazi, amazirantoki, ibigarasha, n’ibindi bitutsi bigirwa n’abashumba gusa. Ikindi cyakurikiyeho ni icyoba Kagame yatewe no gukeka ko RNC yaba ikorana na bamwe mu basirikare ba RDF bari inkoramutima za Kayumba na Karegeya. Maze ahera ubwo yirara mu basirikare be ntiwareba: Colonel Rugigana murumuna wa Nyamwasa arafungwa,Karegeya anigishwa ikiziriko Rujugiro ibintu bye birafatirwa, Kayumba baramuhusha, none mu minsi ishize mwumvise ibyabaye.

Colonel Byabagamba yarafunzwe, General Rusagara ni uko, David Kabuye umugabo wa Rosa Kabuye arafungwa, ndetse Rosa (umufasha wa Kabuye) na Baine (umufasha wa Byabagamba) bashyirwa mu birura byataye umurongo!

Icyo ibi bisobanuye ni uko Kagame ageze kure aho atagishobora kumenya inkoramutima n’umwanzi we haba mu gisirikare ndetse no muri FPR. Muri politiki ikosa rikomeye kurusha ayandi ni ugufata umwanzi ukamwita umukunzi cyangwa se umukunzi ukamwita umwanzi kuko biganisha ku gutsindwa. Ibi ni byo Kagame yibereyemo kandi yaba abikora abizi, cyangwa se abikora ari amaburakindi ntibizabura kumugaruka. Abakurikiranira hafi ubuzima bwa Paul Kagame n’uburyo afatamo ibyemezo, bakunda gukeka ko afite uburwayi bwitwa psychosis bukaba aribwo butuma nta muntu akizera kandi akiyemera ko ari we wenyine ushoboye gukora ikiri icyiza.

Icyo byakwigisha Abanyarwanda cyane cyane abakihambiriye kuri FPR ni uko uhishira umurozi akakumara ku rubyaro. Gukomeza kurebera Kagame akumaraho abantu ukibwira ko wowe uzasigara amahoro waba utazi igisobanuro cy’amahoro. Ku bakiri mu gisirikare nibibuke ko akazi kabo ari ukurinda ubusugire bw’igihugu barwanya umwanzi ariko banazirikane ko umuntu urwanira uburenganzira bwe aba atari umwanzi w’igihugu.Ahubwo uwo akwiye gushyigikirwa. Bibuke kandi ko umwanzi w’umuntu ku giti cye aba atari umwanzi w’igihugu.

Sinasoza ntasabye abahagurukiye kwitangira umurimo wa politiki ko ibiba byababera impamvu yo kongera gutekereza no kwegerana ngo igikwiye gikorwe amazi atararenga inkombe.

Mugire ubutwari kandi ukuri kuzatsinda.

Chaste Gahunde,

ISHEMA Party

Coup d’Etat 1973 : Abishyize hamwe ntakibananira. “Nta ngoma yarusha ubugome iya Kagame na FPR ye”

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Par:Jean de Dieu Musemakweli

imiramboNta ngoma yarusha ubugome n’urugomo iya FPR na Kagame .

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Ingoma ya Habyarimana (1973-1994) yatangiye imena amaraso y’abanyapolitiki bari baradukijije ingoma ya cyami na gihake. Bikwiye kugawa n’abashyira mu gaciro bose. Ingoma ya Habyarimana kandi yarangirije mu mivu y’amaraso menshi kurushaho. Kuvuga ko ingoma ya Habyarimana yarangirije mu mivu y’amaraso bisobanura ko ingoma ya Kagame (1994-?) yatangiriye muri iyo mivu y’amaraso nyine. Kuva mu w’1994 kugeza ubu, ayo maraso akomeje kumeneka. Ibimenyetso 2 bya nyuma biherutse kubyerekana ku mugaragaro (publiquement) kandi ku buryo budasubirwaho ni uko ngo “abantu ibihumbi 40 bakoraga imirimo nsimburagifungo baburiwe irengero”. Ikindi kimenyetso ni imirambo 40 abantu babonye ireremba mu kiyaga cya Rweru.

Iyo ingoma igiyeho imena amaraso, igumaho imena andi, ikazavaho nanone mu mivu y’andi menshi kurushaho. Twakora iki, Banyarwanda, Banyarwandakazi ngo dukumire ayo mahano, kugirango ingoma ya Kagame na FPR IVEHO itagombye kwisasira izindi nzirakarengane zitagira ingano?

Kuba abatsikamiwe n’ingoma ya Kagame na FPR bakomoka mu turere no mu moko anyuranye bisa n’aho ari kimwe mu bibabuza gushyira ingufu zabo hamwe ngo bayikize. Nyamara ni nacyo cyakagombye kubatera imbaraga !

Muri uru ruhererekane rw’inyandiko twise “Abishyize hamwe ntakibananira” twibanze ku iyicwa rubozo ry’abategetsi bo kuri repubulika ya mbere (1962-1971). Nabyo bikwiye kuvugwa, ni ukuri kw’amateka yacu mabi.  Bikwiye kwaturwa bikavugwa bityo abakora icyunamo bakagikora mu mutuzo, abibuka ababo bakabikora ntawe ubannyega. Ni uburenganzira bwabo. Twese twiboneye ukuntu iryo yicwa rubozo ryajyanye na Coup d’Etat yo mu 1973 ryabyaye ikintu kimeze nk’inzigo gituma Abahutu bo mu majyepfo y’u Rwanda (Abanyanduga) n’abo mu majyaruguru (Abakiga) bakomeje kurebana ay’ingwe. N’iyo batari gusubiranamo ku mugaragaro, nta cyo bakora ngo bahuze ingufu zabo birwaneho, bagamije kwikiza ingoma y’Inkotanyi ibarembeje. Nibakomeza guheranwa n’inzigo ishingiye ku byabaye mu 1973, ntibagerageze kubirenga, ngo bagire ikindi kizima bubaka, Kagame azabamarira ku icumu urusorongo nk’ubushwiriri.

“Kora ndebe iruta vuga numve”.

Abayobozi b’amashyaka n’abafasha babo (les cadres) baramutse batanze urugero rwiza, abayoboke b’ayo mashyaka, ndetse n’abandi Banyarwanda benshi bakurikiza urwo rugero. Kugirango abayobozi b’amashyaka n’abafasha babo babashe kurenga iyo nzitizi, bagomba kwiyibutsa no kwicengezamo ihame rigira riti “Icyaha ni gatozi”. Niba umuntu Kanaka yarishe, ntabwo ari umwana, umwuzukuru, umuturanyi we cyangwa ukomoka muri ako karere wese wabikoze. Abakomoka ku bishe no ku biciwe, abakomoka mu turere tunyuranye kabone n’ubwo twaba dufite ibyo dupfa, bashobora kuba intwari, bagakorana. None se muri politiki kwigomwa (sacrifice) si ikintu ngombwa ? Ntibyoroshye, ariko birashoboka. Ubishoboye aba yerekanye ko yashobora n’ibindi bikomeye kurushaho agamije ineza y’u Rwanda rwamubyaye. Uwo muntu n’abandi bamugirira icyizere.

“Abishyize hamwe ntakibananira”.

Kimwe mu biranga umuyeshuri w’umuswa ni uko atamenya no gukopera. Naho uw’umuhanga aba azi n’aho yajya gukopera bibaye ngombwa. Dufate urugero rw’igihugu cy’igihangange cyitwa ko cyakataje no muri demokarasi ari cyo Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika. Kirimo amashyaka manini ya politiki 2 gusa : Abademokarate (démocrates) n’Abarepubulike (républicains). Ariko burya buri shyaka riba ririmo ibice nibura 3 : Abatavangiye (démocrates de gauche et républicains de droite -Tea Party-), abo hagati (centre) n’aboroshya bashobora no kugendera ku cyiza babonye mu ishyaka rihanganye n’iryabo. Buri gice kiba gifite leta cyiganjemo. Kugirango ishyaka ritsinde muri rusange (niveau fédéral), biba ngombwa ko buri gice cyigarurira amajwi y’aho cyiganje. Icyo gihe rero, mu kugabana imyanya, mu kugena politiki izagenderwaho mu ngamba izo ari zo zose, umukandida watsinze yita kuri ayo mashyaka agize impuzamashyaka (démocrates ou républicains) yatsinze.

Abanyapolotiki  bacu rero n’abafasha babo (cadres des partis) nibakoreshe ubwenge, ubushishozi, gushyira mu gaciro n’izindi mpano bafite, bakurikize urwo rugero cyangwa urundi bazi kandi babonye rwiza. Kwigomwa ukifatanya n’abandi bituma ugira icyo ukiza, naho kudafatanya bibyara guhomba byose. Hagize ishyaka rimwe rukumbi riba “nyamwigendaho nk’ubugi bw’intorezo” rikagira ingufu zihagije (uretse ko bikomeye, bikaba ndetse bitanashoboka) zo gukiza u Rwanda ingoma ya FPR, naryo ryagwa mu gishuko ryo gukoresha igitugu kugirango rirambe ku ngoma. Ubwo rero u Rwanda rwaba ari “ntaho ruvuye, ntaho rugiye”.

Ubutaha tuzabagezaho urundi ruhererekane rw’inyandiko zerekana IBYIZA byinshi Repubulika ya mbere n’iya kabiri zagejeje kuri rubanda. Ibyo byiza nibyo Kagame na FPR ye bahora bashaka gusibanganya kugira ngo berekane ko Repubulika zombi nta kindi zakoze uretse gutegura no gushyira mu bikorwa jenoside. Sibyo.

Icyakora, mu ngoma zabayeho  mu Rwanda kugeza ubu, iya Kagame na FPR ni yo mbi kuzirusha zose ; kandi birakomeye, uwashaka yavuga ko bitanashoboka, kugirango hazabeho indi iyirusha ububi, ububisha, urugomo n’ubugome. Abayirwanya nibishyire hamwe, maze barebe ngo barayibirindura mu kanya ko guhumbya ijisho.

 

Jean de Dieu Musemakweli

i Kigali

 

 

 

East African Community community to create a regional security council: What will it take?

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“Trust is a serious issue between EAC member states. We have seen these countries in serious wrangles coming out of security interests. First it was Uganda and Rwanda after Congo War Two, but they managed to resolve their differences. Now it is between Rwanda and Tanzania and it has not been resolved.” Stanislaus Kigosi, Diplomacy Analyst.

 

 

Talks are at an advanced stage to establish the East African Community (EAC) Security Council, which will be charged with ensuring that peace prevails in the region,The Citizen on Saturday has learnt.

All five EAC member states–Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi–currently face security threats, with terrorism topping the list. Kenya has borne the brunt of terrorist attacks from Al Shabaab since it sent troops to assist the Somali government in late 2011. The attacks have left hundreds dead and many others injured. Grenades have been hurled into commuter buses, churches have been raided and a big shopping mall was under siege for three days in that country.

Tanzania has also suffered its share of attacks, especially in the tourist hubs of Zanzibar and Arusha. Two blasts rocked Arusha last month alone. In the first attack, a hand grenade was thrown into a residential house in Majengo area and seriously injured two Muslim clerics who were having a pre-fast Ramadhan meal. In the second attack, by an improvised explosive device, eight people were injured at an Asian restaurant near Gymkhana grounds.   In 2008 Tanzania suffered the first major terrorist attack when the US embassy was bombed.

In an interview with this paper yesterday, the deputy minister for East Africa Cooperation, Dr Abdullah Saadalla, confirmed the development and said the security council would make it possible to share information on peace and security matters and also boost peace and security.

Dr Saadalla added: “Yes, we have started talks on establishing a security council. This body will act like the United Nations’ Security Council. It will generally be charged with the responsibility of ensuring that our region remains peaceful and secure.”

The council will also deal with matters such as management of refugee affairs and immigration. But the minister distanced Tanzania from media reports that there was a plan to establish a regional security force. “We in East Africa have not engaged in such talks,” he explained. “Anyone who suggests such a thing must have another basis for forming such a force… we have no plan to do so.”

But, according to Dr Kitojo Wetengere of the Mozambique-Tanzania Centre for International Co-operation, setting up an East African Security Council will help member states address regional security collectively. He argues that the entire region is not safe as long as any of its member states is targeted by terrorists or experiences insecurity.

“First, each member state should take care of its internal security,” he added. “But, most importantly, you need a body which will take care of the regional community, so the move is laudable.”

The don was quick to caution, though, that the proposed security council should be based on fairness for all member states. He added: “We don’t need a security council like that of the United Nations, which has treated its members unfairly. Remember the UN council has turned a blind eye to what is going on in Syria, but it was quick to act in similar conflicts in Iraq and Libya.”

Diplomacy analyst Stanislaus Kigosi, welcomed the move and said it should have come earlier. He pointed out the challenges and warned that if they are not resolved now, it will not achieve its goals. He added: “Trust is a serious issue between EAC member states. We have seen these countries in serious wrangles coming out of security interests. First it was Uganda and Rwanda after Congo War Two, but they managed to resolve their differences. Now it is between Rwanda and Tanzania and it has not been resolved.”

In such situations, the agency might be used by wrangling member states to spy on each other rather than share vital information. Citizens of member states must also be well informed about the threats and how a regional body can help deal with them. These issues are now discussed at top level, but the people must understand the process and back it with their trust.

But city-based political analyst Erick Mwakibete, questions what the mandate of the agency would be in relation to other structures of the EAC. “The summit of head of states is the highest organ now,” he asserted. “Will the proposed Security Council have more say than it? That’s how the UN Security Council operates. Its resolutions are final and very powerful.”

He cautioned that if the new agency is not well organised and empowered, it might end up being another toothless agency in the  community.  He also questioned the scope and future of the EAC.

“If the goal is to form a political federation, then what is the place of the security council?” he added. “We must have plans that concur with our set targets for the integration process to become a success story.”

Source:

http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/EAC-in-talks-over-starting-regional-security-council