Kagame | GAHUNDE

The First lady, Jeannette Kagame.

It has almost become a tradition in his improvised speeches to hear Rwandan president Paul Kagame spit his anger and express his contempt for Western donors and other foreigner s who do not share his peculiar ideas about governance and political freedom. He does not miss any opportunity to slam what he calls their attempts to give him lessons, while he has no lesson to receive from anybody. We have heard many insults and derogatory words, but an outright threat to “hit” the president of a sovereign neighbouring nation, this is something even those who know him for a long period would not easily had predicted. On Sunday June 30, in a speech to the “youth connect” meeting convened by the Ministry of Youth together with his wife’s own Imbuto foundation, Paul Kagame threatened Tanzanian President Kikwete in unmistakable terms that he will wait for him at the right place and hit him, in response to the latter’s suggestion that Kagame initiate talks with the armed Hutu opposition FDLR.

President Kagame(in the picture) swears to hit his Tanzanian Counterpart

“And those whom you recently heard speaking for the Interahamwe and FDLR, saying that we should negotiate with them. Negotiate with them? As for me, I do not even argue about this issue because I will wait for you at the right place and I will hit you!! I really did not… I didn’t even reply to him, I never arg… uh… it is known, there is a line you can’t cross. There is a line, there is a line that should never be crossed. Not once. It’s impossible!!…”

From these words pronounced partly in his hallmark unstructured Kinyarwanda mixed with English, Kagame made clear that he is still deeply angered by the mere suggestion to engage in talks with political opponents. That is why he vowed to wait for the right opportunity to strike back at Tanzanian President. It is unheard of in world diplomacy, to see a head of state threatening to hit another head of state of a sovereign nation in time of peace.

This threat should be taken seriously. Kagame has already proven in the past that he is able to strike his adversaries and silence them. Whether fellow presidents or his own (former) trusted collaborators, his prowess in murdering those he thinks are his enemies would not shy from a comparison with L. Sulla’s famous bragging. Melchior Ndadaye, Juvénal Habyarimana, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Laurent-Desiré Kabila are all heads of states in whose assassination he has allegedly had a hand. Théoneste Lizinde and Seth Sendashonga, are former collaborators eliminated in covert operations from afar. The last known feat in this series is the failed assassination of his former army chief of staff Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, who survived a shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa. The lesser known cases of eliminated military officers who had knowledge of damaging secrets of his cruelty or could become rivals for power in the military, is no less impressive.

The grudge against Kikwete has other sources as well. Kagame’s big ego does not suffer being second to anybody. Being overshadowed by Kikwete as the most visible leader in the region is an additional source of personal resentment towards the charismatic Tanzanian President who, in less than a year, has been honoured by the official visits of the presidents of the two most powerful nations in the world. The recent attempt by Kagame, Museveni and Uhuru Kenyatta to bypass Kikwete and meet in Entebbe without him underscores a rampant feeling of discomfort at the growing strategic importance of Tanzania in the region.

For President Kikwete (in the picture) peace will be achieved via talks between Rwanda and its opponents.

Tanzania’s resolve to play its full role in restoring peace in the region has borne him many enemies among the neighbours who most benefit from the chaos they have helped perpetuate in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uganda and Rwanda will namely be the losers if peace returns in the region because violence has long been their cover and their opportunity to loot Congolese resources. But whether they like it or not, Kagame and Kaguta will have to understand that time for peace has now come.

Kagame doesn’t seem to notice the changing circumstances however. In his self-righteousness, he said in the same speech that he was the paramount example of tolerance because he accepts to live in the same country with an ethnical group of genocidaires. He said that allowing Hutus to stay alive is the biggest political space he could think of, anywhere in the world. He urged the Hutus, even those who were not born at the time of the mass slaughters of 1994 to repent and ask forgiveness on behalf of their ethnical group (Suddenly. There are ethnical groups in Rwanda again!). He made them understand that they owed their lives to him because his soldiers would have slaughtered the entire Hutu population that he characterizes as a genocidaire ethnical group, was it not for his magnanimity that forced him to stop the RPA soldiers. In return for RPF soldiers not slaughtering all Hutus, he urges them to bear the burden of perpetual guilt, because, according to him, crimes were committed on their behalf.

It is remarkable that the Rwandan president’s own wife has already understood the dangers of criminalizing a whole population group. In her own speech in the same event, she emphasized that criminal responsibility was individual and “every knee will have to kneel for itself”. She underlined the importance of liberating the youth from the burden of event in which they did not take part. When Kagame’s own wife starts signaling that she has understood the dangers of his principal political principle (criminalizing all Hutus), the peace in the region can’t continue to be held up by just one individual.

This is what Tanzania has understood much earlier. But Kikwete also knows that those who sow chaos in order to harvest in violence will not easily give up their booty. By accepting to step in, to make his voice for peace heard, Tanzanian President Kikwete knew there was a price. It is now up to the entire population of the region (Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and obviously Tanzania) to step in and stand with President Kikwete, ensure his protection and denounce any attempt to threaten his physical integrity.

Dr Alexis Habiyaremye

1. Rwanda day

Kagame yongeye gukoranya imbaga y’Abanyarwanda bamubeshya ko bamukunda maze abarihira amatike y’indege n’amahoteli ngo baze kumushengerera mu mujyi wa London ku italiki ya 18 Gicurasi. N’ubwo uyu munsi u Rwanda rukunze kubwira abantu ko utuma rumenyekana kandi rugahuriza hamwe abana barwo batatanye mu mahanga, ababikurikiranira hafi basanga amafranga atangwa kuri ibi bikorwa yakabaye ashorwa mu mushinga inyuranye itanga akazi cyangwa se uwo munsi uvuga ibyiza by’u Rwanda ugategurirwa kandi ukabera I Kigali. Ibi byarushaho kwerekana uko igihugu giteye imbere ndetse u Rwanda rukinjiza ama dovize menshi.

Icyo Rwanda day London yarushije iyindi, ni uburyo Paul Kagame yakiriwe n’Abamurwanya ubu basigaye basumbya umubare abamushyigikiye. Mbere y’uko Rwanda day nyirizina itangira Kagame yagiye kuri Oxford University aho yagombaga guhabwa igihembo ngo cyo guteza imbere ubukungu muri Afurika yagenewe n’ishyirahamwe ry’Abanyeshuri. Mu kuhagera, Kagame ntiyaguwe neza kuko bamwakirije amatoni y’amagi, amase n’amazi. Polisi y’U Bwongereza yararebereye gusa cyakora nyuma iza kubona ko bitoroshye niko kumushakira icyanzu bamwe bagereranyije n’indaki ngo acemo. Kubera ko Paul Kagame ubundi ari muremure byabaye ngombwa ko aca bugufi ndetse ababireberaga hafi ngo yakubise umutwe ku muryango agerageza kwinjira, bamunyuza ahegereanye n’ubwiherero bw’Abanyeshuri atungukira mu gikoni. Igihe yari atangiye kuvuga amagi yongeye kungikanywa ku nzugi z’ibirahure by’inzu yarimo Abanyeshuri bamuha urw’amenyo. Igikorwa nk’iki, kuri bamwe basanga ari ikimenyetso ko na revolisiyo iri hafi gushoboka.

2. Umwanzuro w’intekonshingamategeko y’muryango w’Ubulayi.

Hashize icyumweru Kagame avuye London, Abadepite b’umuryango w’ibihugu by’Ubulayi batoye umwanzuro 2013/2461/RSP usaba Paul Kagame guhita afungura nta mananiza abafunzwe bazira ibitekerezo byabo bya Politiki. Uyu mwanzuro wibutsa ko Abanyapolitiki Ingabire Victoire, Deo Mushayidi na Bernard Ntaganda bose bayobora amashyaka atauga rumwe na Leta ya Kagame, bahawe igihembo cyitwa Prix Sakharov pour la liberte de l’esprit gitangwa n’umuryanog w’Ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Ubulayi. Uyu mwanzuro ukaba warashyikirijwe akanama k’umutekano k’umuryango w’Abibumbye UN, Umuryango w’Ubumwe bw’Afurika, Afrika y’Uburasirazuba hamwe n’inteko ihuza ibihugu bya Afurika, Caraibes na Pacifika, n’imiryango nterankunga mpuzamahanga kugira ngo nabo bashyire igitsure ku Rwanda kugeza rufunguye Aba banyapolitiki hamwe n’abandi. Uyu mwanzuro ukaba uje nyuma y’amezi 7 ibiuhgu byateraga inkunga u Rwanda bihagaritse imfashanyo mu gihe u Rwanda rugitoza kandi rugatera inkunga y’ibikoresho n’amafaranga umutwe witwa M23 urwanya Leta ya Kabila mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo.

3.Impinduka muri Guverinoma

Kuwa 24 Gicurasi Paul Kagame yahinduye bamwe mu bari bagize guverinoma. Karugarama Tharicisse wari minisitiri w’Ubutabera yasimbuwe na Johnson Busingye naho Musoni Protais asimburwa na Stella Ford Mugabo. Iyi nkuru yavuzweho byinshi, bamwe bemeza ko Karugarama azize ko yavuze ko Kagame atagombye kongera kwiyamamariza manda ya gatatu, abandi bakemeza ko Karugarama yari yarateje akavuyo mu mategeko. N’ubwo abatanze ibi ibitekerezo bakekaga ko bihabanye, nyamara byombi ni ukuri. Icya mbere, Karugarama yabwiye ikinyamakuru cyo mu Bwongereza the Guardian ko mu rwego rwo gukomeza kurema igihugu cyubakiye ku mategeko, Kagame yagombye kutasamira indi manda. Icya kabiri, koko Karugarama yateje akavuyo mu mategeko, itegeko rikomeye akaba ari iry’ingengabitekerezo ya genocide. Ibi Karugarama nawe yarabyiyemereye. Ikibazo gikomeye aho kiri ni ukuntu Abadepite bemera ko amategeko y’akavuyo atorwa agakoreshwa mu guhana ibyaha! Ikindi, umuntu yakwibaza niba ubwo uwateje akavuyo yigijwe ku ruhande, noneho abarenganyijwe n’ayo mategeko bagiye guhabwa ubutabera! Bitabaye ibyo, ni ukuvuga ko Karugarama yaba yarasohozaga ubutumwa yahawe n’uwamushyize mu mwanya.

Kuri Musoni abenshi bagerageje gushakisha ibyaha yaba yarakoze, bageza n’aho bavuga ko yari yarabaye umusinzi. Icyo njye mbona ni uko bitari ngombwa ko umuntu agira ikosa ngo avanwe muri guverinoma. Ihame ryo gusimburana ku butegetsi rigomba kwinjira mu mikorere n’imyemerere ya rubanda. Ntibyumvikana ukuntu umuntu aba ministiri manda eshatu zose mu gihugu kigizwe na miliyoni 11. Haba se harabaye igenzura ngo abandi bose miliyoni 10 n’ibihumbi 999 na 999 bagaragare ko nta bushobozi bafite? Bagaragaza ko babishoboye bate se batahawe umwanya? Mu gihugu nk’u Rwanda, kuba minisitiri byitwa guhabwa umugati kandi bikajyana n’umushaha w’ ikirenga, bityo kudasimburana n’abandi bifatwa nko kwikubira ibyiza by’igihugu!

4. Ambassadeur Augustin Bizimana yarazimiye!

Ku italiki ya 22 Gicurasi nibwo uwahoze ahagarariye u Rwanda mu Burundi yari ategerejwe I Kigali nyuma yo guhamagazwa. Abenshi bakeka hari ibibazo yagombaga gusubiza ageze mu Rwanda birimo ngo kuba avugana n’abatavuga rumwe na Leta ya Kagame. Kigali yarategereje amaso ahera mu kirere ndetse yirinda kugira icyo ibivugaho. Niba rero uyu mugabo atarishwe, byaba bibaye igisebo kuri Leta ya Kagame ikomeza gushishikariza impunzi gutaha mu gihe ba ambassadeurs nabo barimo guhunga!

5. Jakaya Kikwete yahuhuye Kagame

Mu gihe umuryango w’ibihugu bya Afurika wizihizaga imyaka 50 umaze ubayeho, perezida Jakaya Kikwete wa Tanzania yarakebutse abwira Kagame ko aho ibintu bigeze yagombye gushyikirana n’umutwe wa FDLR. Ibi byabaye nko guhuhura Kagame wari ugifite ibisare yatewe n’amagi n’amase I Oxford, agasongwa n’inteko nshingamategeko y’Ubulayi yamusabaga gufungura Abanyapolitiki arunda mu magereza akirirwa azenguruka amahanga. Perezida Kagame ntacyo yongeyeho. Ahubwo mu ijambo we yavuze yasabye ibihugu bya Afurika kudashyigikira urukiko rwa La Haye mu Buholandi ngo kuko rucira imanza Abanyafurika gusa. N’ubwo bwose ibyo Kagame avuga byo kuba urwo rukiko rutarafata umuzungu n’umwe mu madosiye hafi 30 rumaze kwegeranya ari ukuri, hari abasanga atari aho ikibazo kiri. Barabaza bati “Ese urukiko rufata abantu badakekwaho ibyaha?” Igisubizo ni oya. Uru rukiko rufata abakekwa, ugizwe umwere rukamurekura. Ahubwo Kagame aba yarasabye ko urukiko rutangira no gufata Abazungu! Abandi babikurikiranira hafi basanga Kagame arwanya ruriya rukiko kuko rufite dossier imurega, bityo akaba ashaka gukoresha abandi ba perezida ngo atazakurikiranwa. Hari abantu benshi bavuze ati ahari na Kagame yakumva uko kubogama mu nkiko biryana, bakongeraho bati ese ko atasabye ko kuva mbere urukiko rwa Arusha ruvaho kuko rwaburanishije Abahutu gusa kandi muri manda hari harimo no kuburanisha Abatutsi bo muri FPR? Bagasoza bagira bati ubanza ari bya bindi bya kirya abandi cyo bajya kukirya kikishaririza!

Tugarutse ku ijambo rya Kikwete, Guverinoma y’u Rwanda mu ijwi rya Mushikiwabo, yavuze ko idashobora gushyikirana na FDLR ngo kuko yakoze jenoside. Biragaragara ko hakomeje kubaho imyumvire y’icyaha cy’inkomoko gikizwa no kuyoboka Paul Kagame gusa. Abakuru muri FDLR baricaye baraganje muri Kigali none ngo abo bayoboraga ni abicanyi. Niba harimo abicanyi ibyo nabyo bizavugwe mu mishyikirano bafatwe bahanwe. Niba u Rwanda rwaragurishije umutwe wa Mudacumura n’iyo yapfa ibibazo by’u Rwanda byaba bikiriho kandi hashobora kuvuka abandi ba Mudacumura Miliyoni! Ikigaragara ni uko perezida Kikwete ufatwa nka perezida wa gatatu ukomeye muri Afurika y’uburasirazuba n’Amajyefo nyuma y’uwa Afurika y’epfo n’uwa Angola, ashobora kuba ataravugishijwe, ahubwo yaba yaravunguye ku mabanga duhishiwe n’inzagihe.

Dukomeze tubitege amaso.

Chaste Gahunde

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