Niba umunyagitugu Paul Kagame ariwe kibazo, kuki igisubizo cyashakirwa mu gushoza intambara irimbura abaturage b’inzirakarengane ?

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Nyuma y’urupfu rwa Koloneri Patrick Karegeya wanigishijwe ikiziriko taliki ya 31/12/2013 muri Afurika y’Epfo, na nyuma y’ijambo Perezida Kagame yavugiye ku mugaragaro taliki ya 12/1/2014 muri National Prayer Breakfast ashumura Intore ze ngo zambuke imipaka zijye kwivugana abatavuga rumwe n’ingoma ye, we akaba abita « abanzi b’igihugu », « Ingambanyi » n’« Abatatiye igihango cy’u Rwanda »…. biragaragara ko abayobozi b’amashyaka ya Opozisiyo bumvise neza ko hari ikigomba gukorwa kugira ngo umunyagitugu Paul Kagame adakomeza kwishuka ko ahari ari we Mana y’Abanyarwanda, ko azajya yica uwo yishakiye n’uko abishatse, amuhora akamama.

Ubwo bushake bwo kwihutisha impinduka bwateye bamwe kwisuganya huti huti mu mpuzamashyaka zitarasobanuka neza zibumbiye ahanini ku gitekerezo cy’uko bagomba « kurema imitwe y’ingabo bagatera u Rwanda » !

Ikibazo buri wese muri twe yari akwiye kubanza kwibaza ni iki ngiki : ese koko Abanyarwanda bari ku ngoyi mu Rwanda bakeneye intambara isesa andi maraso nk’igisubizo cy’ibibazo bifitiye ? Aho si abibereye hanze y’u Rwanda bonyine bibwira ko intambara yica ikanasenya ari cyo gisubizo kiboneye kubera ahari ko bo bazi neza ko itazabageraho ?

1. Intambara isesa amaraso ni imwe mu nzira, ariko ni inzira mbi !

Intambara irasenya ntiyubaka , ibyo umunyarwanda utabizi yaba ari igitambambuga cyangwa umugome. Iyo intambara y’amasasu iza kuba igisubizo,iyatejwe na FPR-Inkotanyi guhera taliki ya 1/10/1990(n’ubu ikaba itararangira!) iba yaratuzaniye demokarasi isesuye nk’uko ba Kagame babiririmbaga !

Niba demokarasi ya FPR ari imivu y’amaraso , iyo yo rwose twarayibonye ! Niba Demokarasi twasezeranyijwe ari uko abategetsi bakwikubira ibyiza byose by’igihugu abaturage bagahindurwa abagererwa n’inkomamashyi, ibyo byo FPR yarabishoboye.

Niba Demokarasi ya Kagame ari ukwimakaza irondakoko no guhatira abana b’Abahutu guhora bapfukamye basaba imbabazi z’ibyaha bya ba se na ba sekuru…uwo mushinga wo ugeze kure ushyirwa mu bikorwa.

Niba demokarasi n’imiyoborere myiza ari kurandura imyaka y’abaturage, kubasenyera amazu, kubicisha inzara, gukona abagabo b’abakene ngo batongera kubyara, kwanga gufasha kwiga abana b’Abahutu n’Abatutsi b’intamenyekana no kubajyana ku ngufu mu ntambara za M23 basigamo ubuzima, gusahura abacuruzi bya hato na hato , gutindahaza abarimu no gutesha agaciro ishuri ryigamo abana ba rubanda…ibyo byo rwose byagezweho 100% !

Uvuga ko intambara yo mu 1990 yari ngombwa akwiye gutinyuka agafungura amaso akareba umusaruro wayo.

Icyiza iyo ntambara ya FPR yazaniye u Rwanda n’Abanyarwanda ni ikihe kindi uretse gusenya, kwica, gupfakaza, gukomeretsa, kwangiza…. ? Ni nde wundi wabyungukiyemo uretse Kagame n’Agatsiko ke kuko babonye uburyo bwo gukoresha inzego z’igihugu bakikubira ubutegetsi n’ibyiza byose by’igihugu mu nyungu zabo n’imiryango yabo gusa?

Nyuma y’imyaka 20 ari ku butegetsi, Paul Kagame asigaye yibwira ko ahari yahindutse « Imana ikwiye gusengwa », ibyo bikaba bigaragazwa n’agasuzuguro asuzugura Abanyarwanda, iyo abatuka, akabahindura inkomamashyi n’abagererwa, agakubita inshyi n’imigeri abanyacyubahiro bashinzwe kumugira inama, akica urubozo abo we cyangwa umugore we atacyishimiye….none ageze n’ubwo yambuka imipaka y’ibihugu akajya kunigisha ibiziriko abamufashije kugera ku butegetsi ariko bagera aho bakamwereka ko igihugu ari kukijyana ahabi !

2.Ese abaturage nibo bagomba kubazwa ibyaha bya Kagame ?

Kuba Kagame yarananiwe kuyobora igihugu mu nzira ya demokarasi yubaka ahubwo « Umuryango » wa FPR-Inkotanyi akaba yarawuhinduye « Umutwe w’iterabwoba » akoresha muri « business » zimunyuze, na Leta ye amahanga akaba yaratangiye kuyitera icyizere kuko ayibona nka « Leta y’abatekamutwe » (un Etat voyou), ni ikibazo gikomeye kigomba gushakirwa igisubizo gikwiye kandi cyihuse. Byumvikane ko icyo gisubizo kigomba kuza gikemura ikibazo kiriho ntikize kije kubangamira ba baturage b’inzirakarengane Kagame ahora yogeraho uburimiro. Niyo mpamvu abibwira ko intambara ari igisubizo kizima bakwiye kwicara bagatekereza neza, bakibaza kandi bakisubiza, byabashobokera bagahindura imyumvire !

(1)Kuki abashaka « guhana no kwikiza » Paul Kagame bagomba gutangirira ku Gisenyi, Ruhengeri, Byumba, Cyangugu …. bica abaturage badafite aho bahuriye na Kagame n’imigambi ye mibisha ! Babona se guhera iyo za Gisenyi ari yo nzira ya bugufi igera kuri Kagame wiyicariye iwe i Kigali, arya ibye n’ibyo yibye ntawe umuhagaze hejuru ?

(2)Intambara isaba byinshi : igihe, ibirwanisho, abarwanyi, igihugu kibacumbikira, amafaranga menshi,…aho abavuga ko intambara ariyo nzira « efficace » ibyo byose barabitekereza ?

(3)Aho abarusha abandi koogeza intambara, ubwabo « bashoboye »kuyirwana ? Cyangwa ni ukuryoherwa no gushyushya imitwe y’Abanyarwanda gusa, bigasa no kogeza umupira utabaye ?

(4)Icyoroshye kandi kirushijeho kubahiriza ubutabera ni ikihe : ari ugushaka « umutwe wa Kagame wenyine » (n’Agatsiko ke) ari no kurimbura indi miliyoni y’abaturage b’inzirakarengane ?

(5)Ese abadashoboye kubona umusilikari umwe, imbunda imwe n’isasu rimwe byo kwikiza Kagame hatagombye kumeneka andi maraso ya rubanda batwizeza ko bazashoza intambara mu gihugu hose, bakayitsinda ? Cyangwa ni abashaka kongera guteza akavuyo kagamije kugarura jenoside mu Rwanda ?

(6)Aho intero ya « Tura tugabane niwanga bimeneke », « ntawe urya umuleti atabanje kumena amagi »(umva kumena amaraso y’abandi !), ntikwiye gufatwa nk’icyivugo cy’abanyarugomo ikamaganwa n’Abanyarwanda bose bashyira mu gaciro?

Muri make, abifuza igisubizo kinyuze mu kumena amaraso byanze bikunze, niba ntawe ushoboye kubakumira, byibura nibatinyuke bitegereze ubutwari bw’ibyabaye mu gihugu cya Rumaniya abe aribwo bafataho urugero.

3.Aho igisubizo cyahawe ikibazo cya Perezida Ceausescu n’umugorewe Elena sicyo kizahabwa u Rwanda ?

Nikola Ceausescu , ni umunyapolitiki wagenderaga ku mahame ya gikomunisti mu gihugu cya Rumaniya.Yavukiye mu mugi witwa Scornicesti taliki ya 26/1/19918 yicwa taliki ya 25/12 1989. Ageze mu kigero cy’imyaka 11, Ceausescu yasize ababyeyi be yerekeza mu mujyi wa Bucarest agiye kwiga kudoda inkweto.

Mu gihe yari akiri umutegetsi higishwaga ko Ceausescu yinjiye mu mitwe y’abakomunisti mu mwaka w’1932, iyo mitwe ikaba yararwanyaga ubutegetsi bw’igitugu bw’abitwaga aba fascitses. Ngo yafunzwe kenshi kandi kandi ku ifishi ye yari muri polisi hari handitseho icyaha yashinjwaga :«dangereux agitateur communiste» et «activiste de la propagande communiste et anti-fasciste» ! Gusa nyuma y’urupfu rwe byaje kugaragara ko mu by’ukuri yari yarafungiwe ibyaha bisanzwe by’ubunyoni , ko ahubwo abakomunisti yabamenyeye muri gereza ya Doftana, aza kwinjira mu ishyaka ryabo mu 1937, mbere y’uko Aba-fascistes bafata ubutegetsi !Mu 1939 nibwo yamenyanye n’umukobwa witwa Elena Petrescu waje kumubera umugore mu 1946, bafatanya gutegeka igihugu mu buryo bw’igitugu gikabije, ndetse baza no kurasirwa hamwe. Uyu mugore niwe wari ufite ubukana bwinshi ku buryo ngo yaba ari we wayobeje umugabo we, igihugu bagishora mu bwicanyi bukarishye bwahitanye abanyarumaniya barenga ibihummbi60 .

Nyuma y’intambara ya kabiri y’isi yose , Abakomunisti bafashe ubutegetsi, bahirika ingoma ya cyami muri Rumaniya bityo kuva mu 1947 Ceausescu ahabwa imyanya ikomeye mu butegetsi. Yagizwe Ministri w’ubuhinzi, ministri w’ingabo, umwe mu bayobozi ba Comité Central y’Ishyaka …akomeza atyo gutera imbere kugeza ubwo abaye umukuru w’igihugu mu 1965 asimbuye Gheorghiu-Dej. Ceausescu niwe wahinduye izina ryahabwaga igihugu cye, aho gukomeza kwitwa « République populaire » ayita « République socaialiste de Roumanie »

Akimara kuba umukuru w’igihugu ,Ceausescu yizewe n’ibihugu by’i Bulayi kubera ko yadukanye politiki yo kwitaza umuco wo kwifungirana warangaga ibihugu by’abakomunisti bihuriye ku masezerano y’i Varsovie (Pacte de Varsovie) ahubwo yiyegereza Ubulayi na amerika agira ngo bifashe igihugu cye mu iterambere.

Gusa ntibyatinze, nk’uko abandi bategetsi b’ingoma z’ibitugu bose babigenza, Ceausescu yihinduye « Akagirwamana » ahatira abaturage kumusenga, kumuramya nokumutera ibyotezo, ari nako yungikanya imidari y’ishimwe yihaga we ubwe : yategetse ko bazajya bamwita «Conducător », bisobanura « Guide » mu gifaransa(Kadafi niko yiyitaga) cyangwa Führer mu kidage( Adolfe Hitler niko yari yariyise). Bwarekeye noneho ahitamo ko bajya bamwita « Geniul din Carpaţi »( le génie des Carpates), abajisha n’inshyimbo, ni ukuvuga inkoni y’ububasha (Sceptre) nk’iy’abami. Ntiyarekeyeho aho. Yategetse abarimu amateka ko bajya bamugereranya n’Intwari zabaye rudasumbwa mu mateka ya kera y’igihugu cya Rumaniya.

Ceausescu yabonye amaze kwiyizera cyane afata abo mu muryango we n’uw’umugore we aba aribo aha imyanya yose ikomeye mu butegetsi bongererwa imitungo,amakuzo n’ibyubahiro bidasanzwe kugeza ubwo umufasha we Elena ubwe agizwe Minisitiri !

Mu 1971, nyuma yo gusura Ubushinwa na Koreya ya ruguru no kwitegereza politiki y’ibyo bihugu, Ceausescu yadukanye ingengabitekerezo nshya avuga ko yifuza kurema « Umunyarumaniya mushya », wiyumvamo « agaciro » ahabwa no kuba umukomuniste ukomeye no ku murage w’abasokuruza ! Iyo ngengabitekerezo y’ « ukwigira », Ceausescu yashatse kuyicengeza mu banyagihugu binyujijwe muri gahunda ya leta yise iyo kugabanya ubusumbane hagati y’imigi n’ibyaro , nuko atangiza gahunda ruvumwa yogusenyera abaturage ngo agamije kububakira imidugudu myiza !

Nyamara n’ubwo amarorerwa y’ubutegetsi bw’igitugu bwa Ceausescu yari azwi na bose ntibyabujije ibihugu by’Ubulayi gukomeza gushyigikira Ceausescu, amabanki y’ibulayi amuha inguzanyo nyinshi ngo zo kuzamura ibikorwa by’iterambere muri Rumaniya. Ibyo bifaranga byacungwaga nabi byatumye ubukungu bw’igihugu buhungabana cyane kugeza ubwo Ceausescu yaje kwambura abaturage umusaruro wabo w’ibihingwa ngandurarugo, abategeka kuwugurisha ku masoko mpuzamahanga kugira ngo igihugu gishobore kwishyura imyenda. Ng’uko uko inzara yatangiye guca ibintu mu gihugu, abaturage barasonza, barahangayika, baraganya.

Aho kugira ngo ubutegetsi bwa ceausescu bushakire igisubizo ikibazo cy’inzara y’abaturage ahubwo bwashyize ingufu mu guhatira abaturage kwirirwa bavuga ibigwi Conducator wabo, bategekwa kumuhimbira ibisigo n’indirimbo,kumukomera amashyi n’igihe avuga amateshwa, bakamugereranya n’Intwari zo mu gihe cya kera !

Mu gihe rubanda yiyiciraga isazi mu jisho Ceausescu yarushijeho kubahatira politiki yo kubyara abana benshi. Muri urwo rwego ,mu 1966, akoresheje itegeko-teka 770, yabujije gukuramo inda no gufata imiti yo kugabanya imbyaro,ashyiraho n’amananiza ku bashakanye bifuza gutandukana(divorce).

Byageze aho ababyeyi bahitamo kujya bajugunya abana bibyariye, Orphelinats za Leta zikabararuza,zikabarera nk’amatungo, ababayeho bakabaho , abapfuye bagapfa.Yanze kwmera ko indwara ya sida ibaho muri Rumaniya, abuza abaturage kuyisuzumisha kandi ashyigikira ko abantu bajya basangira inshinge zitogeje bituma benshi bandura sida cyane cyane abana bo muri Orphelinats barahatikirira !

Bimaze kudogera bamwe mu bategetsi b’inkoramutima za Ceausescu batangiye kwikuriramo akabo karenge barahunga. Uw’ikubitiro yabaye Liyetona Generali Ion Mihai Pacepa wari mu ngabo zishizwe ubutasi(les services secrets roumains), wahunze mu 1978. Ibyo byatumye Ceausescu ahinduranya abayoboraga Securitate yose, abo atizeye abakubita agafuni. Mu 1986 Pacepa yanditse igitabo yise « Red Horizons:Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief »,amena amabanga akomeye y’ubugizi bwa nabi ingoma ya ceausescu yari yubakiyeho, yerekana nk’ukuntu bafashaga ibyihebe (terroritses) by’Abarabu, uko banekaga ibihugu by’Ubulayi n’Amerika…

Ingoma ya Ceausescu yasandaye bidasubirwaho nyuma y’uko ategetse ingabo ze kurasa abaturage bigaragambyaga bamagana igitugu cy’ingoma y’Abakomunisti mu mujyi Timisoara, hari taliki ya 17/12/1989. Abaturage batangiye kwigaragambya bamagana gusa icyemezo cy’ubutegetsi cyo kwirukana ku butaka bwa RumaniyaUmupasiteri László Tőkés wakomokaga mu gihugu cya Hongiriya. Imyigaragambyo yaje gukwira mu murwa mukuru Budapest biturutse na none ku cyemezo kitarimo ubushishozi Ceausescu yari amaze gufata cyo gukoresha indi myigaragambyo y’abashyigikiye ubutegetsi bwe yabereye mu murwa mukuru ku italiki ya 21/12/1989. Ntibyatinze, iyo myigaragambyo yari igamije gushyigikira ubutegetsi yatambutswaga kuri televisiyo en direct ihinduka isibaniro, abadashaka ubutegetsi barakameza . Nyuma y’iminota umunani gusa Ceausescu atangiye disikuru ye, yapfuye gukomoza kuri « affaire » y’abigaragambyaga bari baherutse kuraswa, abaturage batera hejuru ngo « Timişoara, Timişoara,Timişoara…», nuko Ceausescu ahagarika ijambo huti huti, kuko mikoro na televisiyo byari bimaze gukatwa akivuga !

Bukeye mu rukerera imyigaragambyo yafashe indi ntera. Rubanda yagumutse yigaruriye Inzu ya Comité central mu gihe Ceausescu yari ahari, ayoboye inama. Ceausescu n’umugore we n’abandi bajyanama be batatu bahise batoroka banyuze mu gisenge cy’iyo nzu, bafata indege ya kajugujugu yari ibategereje, bahungira mu giturage bagamije kubona aho bikinga kugira ngo babone uko « basuganya » ingabo zabo, urugamba rukomeze. Uwo munsi ahagana mu ma saa saba, abigaragambya bafashe Televisiyo y’iguhugu, abasilikari bahagarika ibyo kubarwanya aho ahubwo barabashyigikira (fraterniser).

Uko Ceausescu n’umugore we Elena bahungaga, ya Kajugugujugu yabo ngo yaje kubura lisansi, igwa ahantu mu murima, abaturage bababonye babirukaho kibuno mpa maguru, babafata mpiri, babafungira ahantu mu nzu kugeza ubwo babashyikirije abashinzwe umutekano.

Nyuma y’iminsi itatu gusa , taliki ya 25/12/1989, nibwo urukiko rwa gisikari rudasanzwe rwateraniye mu ishuri ry’i Targoviste, mu birometero 50 uvuye i Bucarest, rwacira Perezida Ceausescu n’umugore we Elena urubanza rwamaze iminota 55 gusa, rubahamya icyaha cya jenoside, bakatirwa urwo gupfa ! Ubwo kandi bahise banaraswa.

Muri uwo mugoroba nyine amashusho y’urwo rubanza n’iyicwa rya Perezida Ceausescu n’umugore we byatambukijwe kuri televisiyo en direct ! Isi yose yabonye imirambo ya Ceausescu na Elena yoga mu maraso ! Ngo Perezida Mobutu Seseseko yarabirebye, abonye barashe Ceausescu ahita afunga televisiyo yirukana n’abo bari kumwe, bigaragara ko ahungabanye cyane !

Mu bihugu byose byahiritse ubutegetsi bw’abakomuniste mu 1989-1990, muri Rumaniya honyine niho habaye impinduka yamennye amaraso, ihitana abantu 1 104.

Mu 1990, rubanda yisubije uburenganzira bwayo bwo gutora umutegetsi yishimiye, bityo yitorera Ion Iliescu nka Perezida wa mbere watowe binyuze mu matora adafifise.

Ceausescu na Elena basize abana batatu aribo Valentin wavutse mu 1947, umukobwa witwa Zoia (1949-2006) na Nicu (1951-1996). Zoia na Nicu baje gupfa bazize ubusinzi bukabije(alcoolisme) bituma rubanda ibaciraho umugani ngo « kuba umwana w’umunyagitungu ntibitanga umukiro urenze uw’abo uwo munyagitugu acuza ubuzima ! » Habwirwa benshi akumva beneyo.

Umwanzuro

Ibyaha by’umunyagitugu Paul Kagame ni we wenyine bikwiye kubazwa, we n’umugore we, n’agatsiko k’abo bahinduye ibikoresho byabo .

Abatekereza guteza intambara mu Rwanda ngo bashaka impinduka yihuse, nibafate intwaro barwane n’ingabo zirinda Nyirabayazana uzwi neza, ariko bareke kogera uburimiro ku baturage b’inzirakarengane. Ibyo nabyo niba batabishoboye nibicare batuze bareke kuvangira Abanyarwanda bigorewe , babareke bakomeze baheke umusaraba wabo kugeza igihe bazashobora kuwitura hifashishijwe inzira zidasesa amaraso y’inzirakarengane.

Ndumva nshaka kongera kugwa mu gishuko cyo kwizera ko Paul Kagame abishatse yakwicara agashyira mu gaciro, maze ejo mu gitondo akaba yarangije gufata icyemezo cyo gukiranura Abanyarwanda, akarekeraho gukomeza kwihambira ku butegetsi amaherezo azavaho nabi, ahubwo akihutira gufungura urubuga rwa politiki, akarekura imfungwa zose za politiki, impunzi zigatahuka, u Rwanda rugaha abana barwo bose amahirwe angana, amahoro agahinda i Rwanda.

Kandi nakomeza kunangira, nizeye ko abashinzwe kumugira inama batazabura kumwibutsa ya mpanuro ya kinyarwanda igira iti« Uwanze kumva ntiyanze no kubona » ! Ibyabaye kuri Ceausescu n’umugore we , hari umunyagitugu bitashyikira ?

Padiri Thomas Nahimana,

Umuyobozi w’Ishema Party.

Rwanda: where people open their mouth only when they have to see the dentist…

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(L-R) Map of Rwanda of the time of RPF invasion, and the current map.

It has become a norm. Rwandans have no right to speak out. Somebody wrongs you and cynically asks you how it feels, and the only correct answer you have to provide is “I am alright”. Really? are you alright? Serious?

Somebody who survived killings in Byumba, Kabgayi, Kibeho, Kashusha, Nyabibwe, Mugunga, Itebero, Osso, Tingi tingi, Kisangani, Mbandaka…is asked if RPF killed Hutu refugees and the only right answer is “No, they helped me to come home”. Nobody can talk against the government led by the 21st century’s unbeatable dictator, Paul Kagame. In this country the freedom of speech has no space.

Rwanda is referred to as a country that has made tremendous economic development but something very integral is missing: freedom. Look at the picture below:

The puppy in the cage looks, and is healthy. He/she has a space to play and can see what is happening in all the four directions. But look at the size of the cage! This puppy gets all necessary treatments, morning, day and night. However, this puppy would like to be walked around and breathe fresh air. At Rwandan, this puppy is developed, just like Rwandans are said to be. The puppy is even better off since it does not have to worry about the future, but Rwandans must!

Sen’s theory of development.

Since 1999, nobody in academia, political and socioeconomic arena was able to convincingly challenge Sen’s Development as freedom. Sen asserts that the enhancement of freedom is the only acceptable way to evaluate human progress and that development depends on the free agency of the people. By bringing out this invaluable piece in the literature, Sen challenges the Singaporean model of development according to which denying political and civil rights is acceptable if it promotes economic development and the general wealth of the population (Sen, 1999:15). For Denis O’Hearn, it is rightfully put when we agree that we should approach political freedoms and civil rights not through the means of eventually achieving them (GDP growth) but as a direct good in their own right (O’Hearn, 2009).

In its most recent report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) gives us the state of things in Rwanda.

“Rwanda has made important economic and development gains, but the government has continued to impose tight restrictions on freedom of expression and association”.

But why does Kagame think nobody should open their mouth unless for teeth check up?

Paul Kagame (in front) was supported by westerners to secure a military victory in 1994

This man, a former officer of the National Resistance Army of Museveni, the leader of Tutsi rebellion (Rwandese Patriotic Front-RPF Inkotanyi) after Rwigema’s death, a man well known for his cruelty when he was serving as a senior intelligence officer in Uganda or even when he was hunting down Hutu from the north of Rwanda; a machiavellian guy who did not give a damn when he sacrificed his own people, Tutsi, as a price to achieve power via genocide; this man does not want to hear anybody talk about his war crimes and crimes against humanity. Whoever dares, is accused to promote genocide ideology or instigate hatred among the people or for making a threat to the national security.

Deo Mushayidi, a Tutsi and genocide survivor and the founder of Pacte Démocratique du Peuple (PDP-Imanzi), entered politics to tell the truth on how Kagame uses Tutsi and genocide for his own interests. He (D. Mushayidi) was kidnapped by Kagame’s secret services in Tanzania, brought to Rwanda and sentenced to life imprisonment. Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza, the president of Forces Démocratiques Unifiées (FDU-Inkingi) came to Rwanda to contest the presidential election. She reminded Kagame that Hutus who were killed should be remembered and those responsible brought to justice. She was sentenced to 15 year in prison.

Numerous other politicians, journalists and military men were either killed , jailed, or forced into exile because they tried to reason the strong man of Kigali, Paul Kagame. Some were hunted down and killed in exile, a recent example is the former spymaster, Colonel Patrick Karegeya killed in South Africa on last Saint Sylvester’s night.

Diverse views have warned that should Kagame fail to change his style, Rwanda could see itself in another cycle of tribal killings like two decades ago. These calls seem fruitless because Kagame feels too strong to be influenced by words.He has built a strong army inside and outside the country, he has befriended influential personalities in the world such as Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, he has forged cooperation with giant business people like Bill Gates and religious business such as Rick Warren. Above all, it is said that Kagame joined the Illuminati order, a secret organization that oppose religious influence over public life. The membership of this order has grown for centuries and is believed to include many leaders in the world, thus its ability to influence the global decision-making.

That is why Kagame despite all crimes he is accused of, remains unpunished and is given so many favors. One sound example is the dispatch of Rwandan soldiers in different peace keeping missions in Haiti, Liberia, Sudan, and recently, in the Central African Republic. Why would a psychologically fit person give such a consideration to a criminal regime? Two possible answers can go for this. Either the decision makers are not psychologically fit or they are criminals just like Kagame himself and they do not see anything wrong in what he is doing, or both.

This explains why Kagame remains untouched despite all his mischief in Rwanda and in Congo for decades, this is why in Rwanda people open their mouth only when the have to see the dentist for a check up.

Nk’uko tubikesha ibinyamakuru byo muri Kenya, kuri uyu wa kabiri tariki ya 21 Mutarama, imwe mu modoka zari ziherekeje umukuru w’igihugu cy’u Rwanda yakoze impanuka hakomereka abantu babiri. Cyakora Perezida Kagame we ntacyo imodoka yarimo yabaye. Ndetse yo yari iri inyuma y’iyakoze impanuka ariko ntiyahagaze yakomeje urugendo.

Nk’uko ababibonye batanga ubuhamy,a ngo Kagame wari uherekejwe n’imodoka 20 zose we ntacyo yabaye ubwo imwe mu modoka zari zitwaye ibintu bye yakoraga impanuka iturutse ku muvuduko ubwo zihutaga ngo zijye ku biro bya perezida wa Kenya.

Iyi mpanuka ikaba ibaye aho nyuma y’iminsi mike abantu baherutse kwihereza imihanda i Goma mu gihugu cya Congo bakabyina ngo Kagame yapfuye.

Iperereza ririmo gukorwa ngo hamenyekane icyateye iyo mpanuka.

Muri iki gihe abantu benshi bavuga ko Kagame ari we mu perezida wanzwe cyane mu karere k’ibiyaga bigari. Uru rwango abantu bafiitiye Kagame ruturuka ku byaha uyu mugabo yagiye akora byaba ibishingiye ku bugome cyangwa ibishingiye ku kazi yakoraga. Mu gihe yari muri Uganda ayobora inzego z’iperereza Kagame abari baramuhimbye Pilato ngo kuko nta mpuhwe yagiraga.

Mu gihe FPR yarwanaga imaze gupfusha umuyobozi mukur Rwigema, Kagame yafashe ubuyobozi maz atangira kuyobora FPR nk’umutwe w’iterabwoba wica abantu u majyaruguru y’igihugu, Byumba Ruhengeri na Kibungo na Kigali mu Burasirazuba bw’u Rwanda. Ubu bugome bwa Kagame bwaje kugera aho bukwira mu karere kose ubwo Kagame yafataga icyemezo cyo gutera Congo ndetse nyuma akaza gushinga imitwe itandukanye ngo ikomeze kubuza amahoro Abanyekongo.

Muri iyi minsi noneho nyuma y’aho umufasha wa Kagame yinjiriye muri Politiki ku mugaragaro anyuze muri gahunda ya “Ndi Umunyarwanda”, urwango abantu banga umugabo na we rwamugezeho. Iyo witegereje amafoto asohoka mu binyamakuru bitrandukanye nibwo ubona ko Jeannete Kagame yanzwe nk’umugabo we. Ikinyamakuru kiza ku murongo wa mbere mu kwerekana urwango ni igikorera kuri internet kuri adress http://paulkagame.wordpress.com/.

Nk’uko nkunda kubivuga urupfu rwa Kagame ntacyo rumariye u Rwanda. Dukwiye kumusabira ngo azashyikirizwe ubutabera ahanwe cyangwa se tumubabarire niba ashaka kudufasha kubaka umuryango nyarwanda.

Chaste Gahunde

“Kagame must go” Rwandan opposition says

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We call upon:

President Paul Kagame and his criminal regime to resign immediately since he has lost all legitimacy to govern;
The Rwandan people to reject fear and intimidation, remain calm, united, and be more determined to continue the just and legitimate struggle for freedom;
The international community to invoke “RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT”, the new international security and human rights norm to address the international community’s responsibility to prevent and stop genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity;
The international community to compel President Paul Kagame and his agents of terror to account for the crimes they have committed before, during and after 1994; and,
The international community to support the Rwandan people who seek a new political dispensation characterized by truth, justice, the rule of law, genuine reconciliation and healing.

We would like to assure the Rwandan people that though the struggle for freedom, unity, democracy, justice and shared prosperity is long and difficult, ultimately, freedom will triumph over dictatorship, and pursuit of a better life for all over imposition of death.

Dr Theogene Rudasingwa

Coordinator of Rwanda National Congress (RNC)

Washington DC

Afrique du Sud: funérailles sans incidents de Patrick Karegeya, ex-chef des renseignements rwandais

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L’ancien chef des renseignements rwandais, Patrick Karegeya, a été enterré ce dimanche 19 janvier dans l’après-midi à Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud. Karegeya, devenu opposant au régime de Kigali, vivait en exil en Afrique du Sud depuis 2007. Il a été assassiné il y a trois semaines, le 31 décembre. Son corps a été retrouvé dans une chambre d’hôtel. Il semble qu’il ait été étranglé. Sa famille et ses amis accusent le régime de Kigali d’être derrière son assassinat.

Environ 150 personnes ont assisté aux obsèques de Patrick Karegeya. Sa femme et ses trois enfants venus des Etats-Unis et du Canada, sa mère et des frères et sœurs venus d’Ouganda, Kampala ayant refusé qu’il soit enterré dans le pays ou il est né.

Tous étaient effondrés, à l’image de sa femme, Léa Karegeya : « Je suis très contente, nous avons pu l’enterrer avec dignité. C’était un homme bon. Il était aimé et il aimait les gens. Et je ne trouve pas de mot pour décrire les motivations malveillantes du gouvernement rwandais ».

Etaient présents également de nombreux membres du parti d’opposition qu’il avait fondé en exil, le Congrès national pour le Rwanda.

« Je ne vais pas m’enfuir, je vais continuer à me battre. Et nous nous battons de façon pacifique pour changer les choses au Rwanda », dit le général Kayumba, ancien chef d’état-major de l’armée rwandaise, devenu lui aussi opposant. Il vit en Afrique du Sud et a lui-même été victime de plusieurs tentatives d’assassinat. « Nous allons continuer d’expliquer au monde, qu’il n’y a pas de démocratie au Rwanda, ajoute-t-il. Kagame, les élections… Il emprisonne ses opposants dans le pays et il est impliqué dans le meurtre de ses opposants dans le monde. »

Un important dispositif de sécurité avait été déployé. Pas loin d’une centaine de policiers ont escorté le cercueil et la famille jusqu’au cimetière. Visiblement l’Etat sud-africain voulait éviter tout incident.

Le colonel Karegeya repose désormais dans le cimetière de Fourways, dans la banlieue nord de Johannesburg.

L’ancien chef d’état-major du Rwanda, le général Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, met en garde le président rwandais Paul Kagame contre les assassinats d’opposants en exil :

« J’ai un message pour Kigali, parce qu’en 2010 le président Kagame a dit qu’il le tuerait(Patrick Karegeya). La semaine dernière il s’est venté de l’avoir tué. Et quand il a dit cela, il s’adressait au peuple du Rwanda qui a vécu un génocide et qui s’apprête à commémorer l’anniversaire des 20 ans du génocide.

Alors, quand un président fait une telle déclaration en public, pendant une réunion et qu’il demande à ses gens de tuer, quelle est la différence entre lui et ceux qui ont perpétré le génocide ?

Oui, c’est une déclaration dure et c’est très clair. J’utilise ses propre paroles. Et il devrait aussi se rappeler que ceux qui formulent des critiques ne sont pas des ennemis du pays. Il peut avoir des ennemis personnels, mais les ennemis de Kagame ne sont pas les ennemis du peuple rwandais et du pays. »

TUGIRE ICYO TUVUGA KU NYANDIKO YA Dr MUPENZI, AMASHYAKA N’UMUTWE CFCR

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Minani Jean Marie Vianney ni umuyobozi w’ishyaka ARRDC Isangano

Tariki 20 Mutarama 2014 Mbere yo kugira icyo tuvuga ku nyandiko ya Dr Mupenzi J. de la Paix, CFCR n’amashyaka yasinye iyo bnyandiko iherutse gushyirwa kuri za blogs n’imbuga nkoranyabitekerezo tubanje kubasuhuza tubifuriza Urukundo n’Amahoro. Kuri Dr Mupenzi we haciye n’imyaka dore ko bamwe muri twe baherukana nawe mu nkambi z’Impunzi muri Zaire mbere yo gusenywa (Nyakanenge-Cimanga).

Ku bijyanye n’inyandiko twagirango tumenyeshe abo muri CFCR ko twe mu ISANGANO-ARRDC-Abenegihugu twabonye iyo document ariko twahisemo kwifata. Kuba turarabashumije si agasuzuguro kajya karanga bamwe muri opposition. Byatewe nazimwe muri principles tugenderaho. Kuba muri mubahangayikishijwe no kwishyira ukizana, amahoro na Demokarasi mu rwatubyaye birashoboka ariko mwibuke ko atari mwe mwenyine mubiharanira. Mwasubiza amaso inyuma mukareba abana b’u Rwanda bamaze imyaka 20 mu mashyamba ya Kongo barokokeyemo Super Genocide yakorewe Abahutu.Abo nibo bambere bahangayikishijwe no gusubira iwabo mu cyubahiro.Nimutekereze kandi abanyarwanda batsikamiwe mu Rwanda imbere. Murebe n’ mpunzi z’Abanyarwanda hirya no hino kw’isi twese ntawishimwe.Benshi muri twe kandi turi guhirimbanira gusubira murwacu mu cyubahiro.

Dushingiye ko mu minsi ishize twashyigikiye igikorwa cy’uko amashyaka yagenda yishyira hamwe mu Rugaga FCLR ndetse bagatinyuka no kwereka FPR ko Abanyarwanda bari muri FDLR ari abantu kimwe natwe kandi dufite uburenganzira twese mu gihugu cyacu, Dushingiye no kubyavuzwe kuri amwe mu maradayo yo kuri internet ku munsi wejo hari utubazo twibajije ku nyandiko yanyu kandi sitwe twenyine., Turasaba ibisobanuro (clarifications) Dr Mupenzi n’amashyaka bafatanyijeCFCR:

-Mwaba mwarashatse kwifatanya n’abandi baherutse gutangaza Urugaga FCLR mukabyangirwa? Impamvu tubaza iki kibazo ni uko twibwira ko umutwe wa gisirikare dusanzwe tuzi ari FDLR igiye kumara imyaka 14 yitwa ityo. Ifite uburambe n’inzego kurusha abatangizo. Ikibazo ni iki: mwasabye kujya muri FCLR barabangira?

-Kugira agahuyahuyo/inyota yo gutegeka (ambitions) ubundi si bibi, ikibi ni ukubigeraho mu nzira mbi.Bityo rero twe tukaba dusanga niba: mwarashatse guhuza umuganda wanyu n’amashyaka ari muri FCLR mugakumirwa ntibyaba ibyo gushimwa.Mubaye mutarabisabye ngo mu byimwe, mukaba ari igitekerezo gishya k’izindi ngabo muzanye, akaba se ari bya bindi byo gushyuhaguza cyangwa bimwe bita gutanga abandi umushi ntabwo ari ibyo gushimwa muri politiki.

Byaba biteye impungenge Kandi niba Opposition igiye kwisanga ifite imitwe y’ingabo irenga 23 nk’uko n’amashyaka yacu angana: Nyabuneka abasheshe akanguhe nabatangije Urugaga FCLR nimufatirane ibi bintu sibyo gukinishwa. Nimugire bwangu mutumire inama kandi muzirinde kugira uwo muheza mu bifuza gushyira hamwe. Inama kuri Dr Mupenzi n’andi mashyaka : Hari expression mu ndimi z’abazungu ivuga ngo ‘le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt’.

Tukiri mu mashuri i Butare twakundaga kuvuga ko umukonari cg umusaro nyawe ari urya mu bambere (pour dire que le monde appartient au plus rapide) ariko ntitwibagirwe ko umuco wacu w’Abanyarwanda udusaba gushishishoza no kudahubuka : iyihuse yabyaye ibihumyekandi nyamara ivu rihoze ryotsa inzu, ku rundi ruhande umuco ukadusaba no kutazarira bamwe bita gutinda mu makoni :umwana uzaheka ntumwicisha urume/ aho inkoko yasheshe cyane ihata ibaba n’indi migani.

Internet politics (hari inararibonye yayise telekomande): Nemerako Ikoranabuhanga n’isakazabumenyi (ICT) ryahinduye imibereho y’abantu ugereranyije no mu myaka 25-30 ishize. Bityo politiki siyo yasigaye inyuma muri ICT. Izi social media dukoresha nka facebook, Twitter, linkedin, whatsapp, skype, emails, teleconference n’ibindi byoroheje ubuzima, bizana uburyo bushya buhendutse,‘’bwizewe cg butizewe’’, bwo gukora politiki nshya no gusakaza ibitekerezo. ARIKO RERO SVP (s’il vous plait) hari ibintu kugeza ubu utakorera kuri internet nko gushinga umutwe w’ingabo ziyubashye. Imbanzirizamushinga d’accord n’andi manama byakorerwa kuri internet ariko mu bijyanye n’igisirikare nta gisimbura kujya kuri terrain.

Amashyaka ya New Generation : Niba atari ukwiyemera ndumva turi mu ba mbere batangaje ko ishyaka ryacu ISANGANO rizanye uburyo bushya bwo gukora politiki ndetse n’ijambo New Generation cg Nouvelle Génération twarishyize imbere cyane. Ibi twarabisobanuye kandi tuzakomeza ku bisobanura : abafite ibitekerezo bishya uburyo bushya, abashyashya muri politiki ndetse n’abashaka kubaka u Rwanda Rushya twese tugize uwo muryango mugari wa Nouvelle Génération. Mu minsi ishize mu gihe twashakishaga ibintu muri google twashimishijwe no kubona muri wikipedia ivuga ko ishyaka rya RDI-Rwanda rwiza naryo ari new generation. ni ukubyishimira kandi murabizi riyobowe n’inararibonye muri Politiki Bwana Faustin Twagiramungu.

Ni byiza cyane kandi. Ubwo se igisigaye niki ? Ni ukwihutisha ibyo gushyira hamwe. Politiki ya mbateranye mbayobore(divide and rule) yimakajwe n’Agatsiko gatsikamiye abanyarwanda: tuyange tuyisimbuze Politiki ya mbahuze mbayobore kandi birashoboka. Mu bihe bikomeye nk’ibi u Rwanda rwacu rugezemo dusabwa gutahiriza umugozi umwe Ni byiza rwose gukorera hamwe ibintu bimwe na bimwe. Ca bugufi ngo iruta jya hejuru kandi ngo ukoze hasi yibutsa undi ibuye n’indi migani. Ibanga nta rindi ni ukuzuzanya, ubushishozi n’ubunararibonye n‘IMBARAGA Z’IBITEKEREZO byiza bya gisore bamwe biyumvamo. Abantu bose bavamo abategetsi ariko leadership nziza ni impano y’Imana.

Nimubizirikane benshi muri mwe birabareba !

Amahoro n’Urukundo

Jean-Marie V. Minani Umuyobozi Mukuru w’ISANGANO-ARRDC-Abenegihugu

Paul Kagame avoue avoir tué Col Patrick Karegeya.

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Le chef de l’État rwandais, Paul Kagamé, a accordé à Jeune Afrique sa première interview depuis l’assassinat de l’opposant Patrick Karegeya.

Après la mort, le 1er janvier en Afrique du Sud, de Patrick Karegeya, ancien chef des services de renseignement extérieur du Rwanda, le pouvoir de Kigali a immédiatement été pointé du doigt par les opposants en exil et la famille de la victime, et désigné comme responsable, voire coupable.

Le président rwandais a fini par briser le silence, le 10 janvier, avec des responsables lors d’une « breakfast prayer », lors de laquelle il a évoqué les conséquences de la trahison, sans pour autant citer Karegeya.

Dans l’édition de Jeune Afrique à paraître ce dimanche (n°2767, 19-25 janvier 2013), Paul Kagamé répond pour la première fois à une interview sur le sujet. “Le terrorisme a un prix, la trahison a un prix. On est tué comme on a soi-même tué”, répond-il à la question “Qui a tué Patrick Karegeya ?”.

Le dirigeant rwandais précise sa pensée et juge que la communauté internationale applique, pour le Rwanda, une politique du “deux poids, deux mesures”. “Quand il s’agit du Rwanda, l’injonction qu’on nous donne est la suivante : ces individus qui vous combattent et qui ont juré votre perte par tous les moyens, s’il vous plaît, protégez-les. […] Je suis désolé, mais je n’accepte pas cette logique.

Source: http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20140117151109/

Abanyarwanda barasabwa kugira ubushishozi mu byo babwirwa.

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Nyuma y’urupfu rwa Patrick Karegeya havuzwe byinshi cyane. Abenshi bashinje Leta ya Kagame ko ariyo yahitanye Colonel Karegeya, intore ziva inyuma mu kumuhanaguraho icyaha ariko ziza gukorwa n’isoni zisanze hari imigambi zishorwamo zitazi ibyayo. Ministri w’ububanyi n’amahanga yavuze amagambo ateye agahinda yunganirwa na ministri w’intebe maze Kagame we araza yiyemerera ku mugaragaro ko ari we wishe Karegeya.

Hagati aho ariko hari igihuha cyavuzwe ngo ko Kagame yapfuye, abantu bava mu mirimo yabo mu mujyi wa Goma ngo barishimira ko Kagame yapfuye. Ababikurikiranira hafi bakemanze Kagame kuba ari we wapanze iki gihuha kugira ngo nibura abantu barangamiye urupfu rwa Karegeya baba baretse kubivuga akibagirana nk’uko ba Sendashonga bahise bibagirana. Gusa rero Kagame yasanze aho iterambere mu itumanaho rigeze, bidashoboka ko ikintu nka kiriya kiba bikibagirana. Ikindi kiyongeraho ni uko ubu mahanga amaze iminsi arangamiye ibibera mu Rwanda no mu karere k’ibiyaga bigari ku buryo bigoye kuyobya uburari.

Ubu noneho igihuha gihari ni ishingwa ry’umutwe wa gisirikare Coalition Forces for Change in Rwanda (CFCR) ngo uhuriweho n’amashyaka atavuga rumwe na leta. Abagaragara ko bashyize umukono kuri iri tangazo ni general Emmanuel Habyarimana, Theobald Gakwaya Rwaka, aba bakaba ari abo mu Ishyaka CNR Intwari, Dr Rudasingwa wo muri RNC, Rutayisire Boniface wo mu ishyaka Banyarwanda, Dr Gasana Anastase na Mukeshimana Isaac bo mu ishyaka PRM/MRP-Abasangizi hamwe na Professor Jean De la Paix Mupenzi uvuga ko afite ipeti rya General de Brigade ngo akaba ari nawe uyoboye ingabo.

Iri tangazo rikimara kujya ahagaragara, umuntu wese ushishoza arabona ko hari ikintu cy’amakemwa rifite. Ntibishoboka ko abantu barenga batanu bose b’abahanga bandika itangazo ririmo amakosa. Urugero ni aho bavuga ishyaka ryitwa Amahoro Peace Congres. Iri shyaka ntaho riba. Ikindi kigaragara ni uko amashyaka amwe agiye agira imikono ibiri, twavuga nka CNR hasinye Habyarimana na Rwaka, uretse ko Habyarimana ngo yasinye nk’uhagarariye Inkomarume za CNCD, na PMR Abasangizi ryasinyiwe n’abantu babiri. Ikindi uyu Mupenzi Jean de la Paix asanzwe atazwi muri opposition. Cyakora hari umugabo witwa Mupenzi w’umwarimu wa Kaminuza biherutse kuvugwa n’itangazamakuru ry’u Rwanda ko yatorotse gereza mu Rwanda bakavuga ko yasubiye muri FDLR, wenda wasanga ari uwo.

Prof Jean De la Paix Mupenzi

Inkuru kuri uyu Prof Jean de La Paix zatangajwe na Leta ya Kigali zaje kunyomozwa n’ibaruwa Jean de la Paix Mupenzi yandikiye umunyamabanga mukuru w’umuryango w’abibumbye kuwa 19 Ukuboza 2013 asobanura uko byagenze.

Avuga ko FPR yashakaga ko Mupenzi wari ufite ipeti rya Capitaine, Mbarushimana Placide na Mazimpaka Yozefu basubira mu gisirikare bakoherezwa muri Kongo kurwana indi ntambara. Ibi kugira ngo bishoboke babanje guhabwa amapeti yo hejuru Mupenzi ahabwa ipeti rya General de Brigade. Nyuma baje kujyanwa mu rukiko imanza zabo zisubirwamo mu ikinamico barafungurwa bahita bajyanwa Gisenyi aho biteguraga kwambuka bakajya kurwanya MONUSCO n’ingabo za Tanzaniana na Africa y’epfo. Kubera ko batari babyishimiye, bafashijwe n’abandi basirikare, batishimiye gahunda za Kagame muri Congo baratorotse binjira muri Uganda.

Muri iyi baruwa kandi Mupenzi yasabaga ko leta ya Kagame yakwemera gushyikirana n’abatavuga rumwe na yo kandi ko amashyaka yose yahuriza hamwe imbaraga. Amwe mu mashyaka atavuga rumwe na FPR kandi nayo yahawe copies.

Mbere y’uko iri tangazo risohoka ngo bamwe mu Banyamashyaka babonye ibaruwa ibasaba kurisinya ariko barahakana kuko babonaga ari ibintu bihubukiwe cyangwa bitajyanye n’imirongo ya politiki bagenderaho. Na none hari amashyaka amaze gutangaza ko atigeze asinya iryo tangazo harimo ahuriye muri plateforme ya RNC, Amahoro People’s Congres n’igice cya FDU Inkingi.

Abanyarwanda barasabwa kwitondera ibyo basoma cyangwa bumva, kuko nta wundi ubifitemo inyungu uretse ushaka ko abantu barangara bakananirwa kwisuganya ngo barwane urugamba rwa politiki birinda gukora amakosa yabayeho mu bihe byashize.

Chaste Gahunde

Ushobora kubona ibaruwa ya Mupenzi aha:

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Gutsindwa kwa M23 kwazanye ihungabana ry’ubukungu bw’u Rwanda.

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Nk’uko tubikesha ikinyamakuru Jeune Afrique, ubukungu bw’u Rwanda mu gihembwe cya gatatu cya 2013 bwaracumbagiye cyane. Bivuye ku mibare itangazwa na banki y’igihugu ikaba yerekana ko ubukungu bwazamutseho 3.9% akaba ari bwo bwa mbere kuva mu mwaka wa 2009.Ubusanzwe ubukungu bw’u Rwanda bwazamukagaho ku gipimo cyo hejuru ya 7% kuva mu mwaka wa 2008 kugeza muri 2012.

Ikigega mpuzamahanga FMI kigendeye ku mibare yari isanzwe itangazwa cyari cyatangaje ko ubukungu bw’u Rwanda bushobora kuzazamukaho 6.6% mu mwaka wa 2013 na 7.5 mu mwaka wa 2014. Cyakora iri hungabana ryo mu gihembwe gishize ritumye abantu batangira kubigiraho amakenga. Ubundi ku bazi iby’ibarurishamibare, guteganya uko ubukungu buzagenda bashingira ku byo babona bisanzwe biba. Urugero, niba ubukungu busanzwe buzamuka, biroroshye guhita ufata umwanzuro ko buzakomeza kuzamuka, nanone niba burimo kumanuka nta gihamya ifatika ko bugiye guhita buzamuka. Gusa rero abazi iby’ubukungu bagendera cyane ku ihame ryitwa “ceteris paribus” ni ukuvuga ngo hatagize igihinduka. N’ubwo mu buzima bigoye kubona ko nta kizahinduka, ariko ibyo abanyabukungu bavuga akenshi biba byo.

Hari ibintu bibiri by’ingenzi bijyanye n’iri hungabana ry’ubunkungu. Icya mbere ni uko M23 yatsinzwe muri iki gihembwe ikindi ni uko ifaranga ry’u Rwanda ryataye agaciro ku buryo burushije ibyabaye ku yandi mafranga. Mu gihe Leta y’u Rwanda ivuga ko ubukungu buzahita bwongera kuzamuka, ababikurikiranira hafi bo basanga gustindwa kw’umutwe M23 washinzwe ukanaterwa inkunga na Leta ya Kigali ari yo mpamvu nyirabayazana. Aba bemeza ko u Rwanda rwasahuraga ibintu byinshi muri Congo bikabarwa nk’umusaruro w’u Rwanda. Ibi bikaba bisobanura ko gutsindwa kwa M 23 kugomba kujyana no guhungabana kw’ubukungu bw’igihugu. Reka twibutse ko iki kibazo cya M23 ari cyo cyari cyatumye ibihugu bimwe na bimwe bihagarika inkunga byageneraga u Rwanda, dore ko 40% by’ingengo y’imari y’ u Rwanda iva mu mfashanyo z’amahanga. Hari abo ibi bitangaza cyane cyane iyo bumvise ivogonyo ry’abategetsi ba FPR.

Mu kwezi kwa Nyakanga 2013 idolari rimwe rya America ryavunjwaga ku mafranga 655 y’amanyarwanda , naho kurigura bigasaba 660. Nyamara muri uku kwezi kwa Mutarama 2014, idolari rimwe ry’America rivunjwa ku manyarwanda 666.1 naho kurigura bigasaba 709.1. Ni ukuvuga ko ifranga ry’u Rwanda ryataye agaciro ho amafranga 11 cyangwa se 1.7% mu gihe cy’amezi makeya cyane. Ikintu gitangaje ariko ni uko iyi mibare itangazwa na ORINFOR itandukanye cyane n’itangazwa na Banki y’igihugu kuko yo yerekana ko idolari ry’amanyamerika rivunjwa amanyarwanda 673.3 hanyuma rikagurwa 679.7.

Ikigega FMI cyo kiratangaza ko kidatangajwe n’iri hungabana ngo kuko n’ubundi ubukungu bw’igihugu busanzwe bujegajega kuko umusaruro uturuka mu Rwanda ari mukeya cyane. FMI itanga inama ko u Rwanda rugomba gushakisha uburyo bwo kubona amafranga yabwo yo gushora mu majyambere kuko no kugurisha impapuro z’agaciro ku masoko mpuzamahanga ngo bifite ibibazo bijyana nazo.

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Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President of the Republic of Uganda
15th January, 2014, Luanda, Angola

His Excellency Eduardo Dos Santos,
President of the Republic of Angola,

Your Excellencies, the Heads of State and Government,
Ladies and Gentlemen.

I greet Your Excellencies.

As I said in South Africa, the concept of the Great Lakes is not a new one but an ancient one in our area. Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern Congo, South Sudan have, since time immemorial, been linked to the East African Coast of Zanzibar through mainland Tanzania. We would get textiles (emyenda), glass beads(enkwaanzi) and guns from or through the Coast and we would send elephant tusks(emiino) to the Coast. We would also send them bark cloth (ebitooma-embugu) and iron-ore (obutare) products (hoes, pangas, spears, arrows, etc). Out of the Congo forest, we would get copper products (emiriinga), animal skin products (amooshe), timber products as well as ivory products (engoro). The word lake is translated as“Nyaanja” or “Nyaanza” in many of the Bantu dialects of the area.

That is why you hear of the Kinyaanja of Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique and of Nyaanza province in Kenya. Actually, in my other role as a linguist of African dialects, I have proposed that the interlacustrine Bantu dialects of the Great Lakes found in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern Congo, North-Western and Western Tanzania, Western Kenya and even, Northern Zambia and possibly Northern Angola, should be given the collective name of Kinyaanja North to distinguish them from the Kinyaanja of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. In that connection, I have not yet understood why Malawi and Mozambique are not part of the Great Lakes’ fraternity because, historically and culturally, they are very much part of this region. Therefore, the Cushitic, Nilotic, Bantu and Semitic peoples of this area are either similar or linked culturally. Besides, as mentioned above, they have been trading among themselves for millennia. It was colonialism that interfered, for some decades, with these linkages by establishing Belgian, British, French and Portuguese colonies in the different parts of this vast region.
It is good that we have re-assembled this region under the ICGLR, COMESA and EAC.

The conflicts that have afflicted this area are actually linked. They, essentially, came from three sources as indicated below:
(i) the colonial manipulation of the indigenous castes (occupational specializations) of Rwanda and Burundi in the colonial period, climaxing into the first genocide organized by the Belgians in Rwanda in 1959 and 1960;

(ii) the wrong foreign and domestic policies of Mobutu of, on the other hand, harbouring enemies of neighbours (Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Brazzaville) and, on the other hand, denying the rights of some of their own people as not being Congolese; and

(iii) the failure by the people of Sudan (the former United Sudan) to resolve the issues of their diversity resulting in the prolonged civil war in that country, involving eventually, Uganda.

The Belgian sponsored genocide of 1959-60 in Rwanda created a Tutsi diaspora that dispersed in the region (Uganda, Congo, Burundi and Tanzania).

After being told by Kayibanda and Habyarimaana for 30 years that they can never go back to their country because the people who had remained in Rwanda and taken their property had multiplied and, therefore, there was no space for them in the country of their heritage, they organized (under the RPF) and launched the attack of 1990 on Rwanda. The sectarian and bankrupt Hutu regime, spurred on by the greedy foreigners who are always hovering around with a lot of confusion and shallowness, thought that genocide was the solution to the “Tutsi” problem ─ just like Hitler with the Jews of Europe. Hence, to the bankrupt Hutu regime of Rwanda, there was a “Tutsi” problem, just like to Hitler was a “Jewish” problem in Europe. The second genocide of Rwanda of 1994 did not save the Hutu regime. The Hutu regime fled with a million people to Goma, Congo, with arms. With Mobutu’s support, they were threatening to re-invade Rwanda and finish their genocide programme. That is what started the first Congo war of 1996 that resulted in the down fall of Mobutu. Apart from Mobutu threatening to re-launch the Hutu reactionaries into Rwanda, he had also started a campaign against the Banyarwanda of Eastern Congo, especially the Tutsi ─ targeting a group known as Banyamulenge.

Up to now the presence of the Rwanda genocidaires in Eastern Congo has not been solved ─ leading to endless problems such as the 2nd Congo war, the Nkunda uprising, the M-23, etc. All these have been linked to the original problem of the Rwandan genocidaires in Eastern Congo. Yet, this should never have been a problem if there was clarity. In order to avoid the Hutu diaspora of 1994 substituting for the Tutsi diaspora of 1959, the solution should have involved the right of return by those new exiles but with accountability for the crimes they committed using a graduated scale of separating the misleaders from the misled and being harsh on the former and lenient on the latter. If there are those that did not want to go back to Rwanda, they should have been removed from the border to deep inside Congo and should have been disarmed. This has never been done conclusively. This must be done. All the other eruptions have been the consequences of this mistake and the one of denying the Banyarwanda of Eastern Congo, especially the Tutsi, either overtly or covertly, the inalienable right to the land of their ancestry. To deal with the consequences without dealing with the cause is not a durable solution.

Meanwhile, the failure to handle the issue of diversity in the Sudan had generated a Civil War right from 1956, at the dawn of Independence of that country. The Southern Sudanese who spearheaded the rebellion against the Arab Government of the whole of Sudan after independence were very closely linked to our own Nilotic and Bantu peoples of Uganda, Kenya, Congo, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Therefore, some of the elements in Khartoum were always very suspicious of the neighbours. When our Movement won the protracted civil war in Uganda in 1986, against the fascist dictators of Uganda (Idi Amin and groups), some elements in Khartoum declared it as unacceptable and resolved to remove us, by force of arms from Government. Working with remnants of the old regimes (Obote, Amin, etc), they sponsored two groups: Kony’s so called LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) claiming to be Christians and ADF (Allied Democratic Front) claiming to establish Islamic fundamentalist rule in Uganda which is 86% Christian and where the tribes mainly practiced symbiosis of barter trade even before colonialism, apart from some few inter-tribal wars that were being promoted by myopic chiefs. We defeated the two groups. Where did they flee to? They fled to the poorly controlled areas of Eastern Congo and CAR. At one time, the Congo Government allowed us to flush Kony out of Garamba National Park. Otherwise, there has been the exercise of terrorism conservation in Eastern Congo supervised by the UN all these years ─ since 2003 when our army withdrew from Congo under the Lusaka Agreement. Fortunately, we are working well with the Congo Government to end the presence of the ADF in Eastern Congo and also our problems with Khartoum have improved.

Last year, the democratically elected Government of CAR was removed by a bankrupt, reactionary group known as Seleka while regional forces looked on. This bankrupt group entered the heavily populated Bangui, murdered people, raped women and looted the meagre properties of those already impoverished people. This is a real betrayal of our people. Why should we allow or tolerate armed groups overthrowing elected Governments in African unless they show that they are fighting genociders? After all, we should not forget that Hitler was elected in 1933. Even elected Governments can lose legitimacy if they do not respect, especially, the right to life and property. You cannot say that an elected Government has a right to kill people extra-judicially or loot their property.

Now that that bankrupt regime has collapsed in Bangui, I hope new problems will not be created for the people of CAR by those who are wheeling and dealing targeting the natural resources of CAR. Let the people elect their leaders freely, without interference or manipulation and let the elected leaders respect the legitimate interests of all the citizens of the country without discrimination.

Recently, we had an outbreak of serious fighting in our young brother-country of South Sudan. There are two versions of how that fighting started. The Government says that there was an attempted coup which was defeated in Juba but spreading to the Provinces: Bentiu, Jonglei and Malkal. The opposition says that it is the Government that provoked the fighting by trying to disarm some of the soldiers on a sectarian basis. The truth will come out with time. What is clear is that the problem started within the SPLM, the ruling party, as a power struggle. You detect ideological, organizational and discipline issues in this situation. Why should there be sectarian undertones or overtones in a political debate? Why should intraparty matters go public before they are resolved within the party? Why should we have so many reported killings, lootings of people’s property, etc. but never hear of soldiers who are executed for committing those crimes by the different actors in these situations? We were able to stabilize Uganda in security terms but also in politics by disciplining the Army. You kill a person or you rape a woman, you are a dead person in the very place where you committed the crime.

Coming back to the issue of whether there was an attempted coup in South Sudan or not, the question is: “If Riek Macher did plan a coup in Juba, then why did his supporters capture Malakal, Bor, Akobo, etc?” The SPLA has flushed them out of Bentiu and Malakal. Only the other day, 13th of January, the SPLA and elements of our army had a big battle with these rebel troops at a point about 90 kms from Juba where we inflicted a big defeat on them. Unfortunately, many lives were lost on the side of the rebels. We also took casualties and also had some dead. By yesterday evening, the Government of South Sudan, with the support from our troops, had regained control of Jemeza and the SPLA troops, on their own , had gone ahead to Sudan Safaari. In my opinion, if Riek Machar had not planned a coup and it had all been mistakes on the Government side, he could have done two things: withdraw to a remote area of the country to avoid attack and to start talks unconditionally so as to resolve the problem quickly and not to protract it. The SPLM party should resolve their disagreements within those structures. If some people are not satisfied with the SPLM, they should go out and form another Party and the Government should neither stop them nor impede them. However, to turn a political problem into a military one, having mismanaged the political problem itself in the first place is not acceptable.

In my view, the problems of the Great Lakes, as already stated have been ideological, organizational and the discipline of the actors. The manipulation of tribes and religions is a pseudo ideology ─ is a false ideology ─ not reflecting the interests of the people but those of the opportunists and parasites ─ spurred on by foreign interests.

I always like to use the example of my tribe the Banyankore, who are cattle keepers and grow bananas, coffee and tea. How does my tribe benefit me as an individual producer of the four commodities? I produce milk and beef and so do my neighbours. They cannot buy from me because they are producing similar products and nor can I buy from them. The people who make me rich and prosperous are the people of Kampala, the people of Kigali in Rwanda, the people of Nairobi in Kenya, the people of Bukoba and Mwanza in Tanzania, the people of Juba in South Sudan, the people of Eastern Congo and Burundi, who buy my milk and beef. The only support the people of my tribe render me, is that by producing similar products in big volumes, they make processing and marketing easy. Even if I only cared about my tribe, I would have to care about the whole of Uganda, the whole of East African, the whole of the Great Lakes because it is those that give us prosperity by buying what is produced in my locality. It is, therefore, the parasites that promote this pseudo ─ ideology. With the conflicts in Eastern Congo and South Sudan, the food prices in Uganda have collapsed to the detriment of the farmers that were getting used to the higher prices because of the bigger demand in the region. It is only the parasites who do not engage in production that do not see these issues.

The last problem of the Great Lakes is lack of infrastructure ─ roads, the railways, electricity, piped water and ICT backbone. It shows you the great potential of the region that business is booming, provided there is peace, even when the infrastructure is absent. What would happen if there was peace, infrastructure and free ─ trade? The sky would be the limit.

Down with the pseudo –ideology, down with opportunism, down with parasitism, down with the indiscipline and impunity of soldiers and long live infrastructure development, peace and socio transformation of the Great Lakes.

I am always very happy to come to Luanda, Angola, because I started working with the MPLA in 1967 in Dar-es-Salaam with Dr. Augustinho Noto, Dr. Boavida and other comrades. I am always very happy to associate with the old freedom fighters in Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, etc. It is always a pleasure to be here.

I thank Your Excellencies.