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Rwanda: A country where people open their mouth only to see the dentist!

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This article was blogged  here for the first time in January 2014. It predicted exactly what is happening right now ( and has been going on for two decades)  in Rwanda. Kizito Mihigo, a musician, Cassien Ntamuhanga a private radio director  and many others paid a price for reminding the dictator that the national unity can only be built through the recognition of all victims be they due to genocide or by war engaged by RPF since 1990. The police accuses them falsely to plot against General Kagame  and his regime. According to the catholic priest, Father Thomas Nahimana, the presidential candidate in 2017 elections who rightfully deserves my support, “plotting against a tyranny of Kagame’s style is a noble task that should be embraced by every good citizen”.

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:

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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.  For Kagame, 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?

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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. (1)Either the decision makers are not psychologically fit or (2) 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 Rwandan people open their mouth only when the have to see the dentist for a check up.

Chaste Gahunde

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Theogene Rudasingwa VS Paul Kagame on Habyarimana’s plane.

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imagesSince Rudasingwa and Kagame fell out about four years ago, the first has tirelessly repeated that Habyarimana’s presidential plane was shot down on orders given by current  President of Rwanda,  and then commander of RPF Paul Kagame. Although no investigations were done concerning this terrorist attack, the international community and diverse Non Governmental Organizations, legal and political organizations as well as independent reporters and members of academia confirmed that the shooting sparked genocide. Of course it is somehow dubious, but strong enough to try convince us why mass killings started after Habyarimana was shot down, and not before. Therefore genocide is hereby understood as a reaction or a consequence of the  shooting down of the presidential plane.

Yet what remains a puzzle is the silence over that critical matter in Rwanda’s history. It is not because the UN or key players in international decision-making bodies ignore the importance of this case. Many times this case was raised in different courts of law but was turned down for unknown reasons.

While one would be pushed to think the case was avoided because it would have been very difficult to gather evidence especially after the black box “disappeared” within the UN Secretary General office, Dr Theogene Rudasingwa has come out to make the task easier. “Kagame is the man you want” Theogene’s testimony resonates.

But again, why this former lieutenant and comrade of Kagame’s seems taking pleasure in speaking out? Views on this question differ tremendously. For some, Rudasingwa was fired by Kagame and he is trying to revenge. For others, he ( Rudasingwa) wants to take over RPF after it will have been decapitated of Kagame and other key politicians, and yet for others Rudasingwa is taking advantage of time given unto him by the situation to do a good job for his motherland, Rwanda; by telling the truth and providing his contribution towards the long-lasting peace. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8, 32.

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Kagame never said he did not give the order to shoot. He was heard saying that it was the war time, that Habyarimana was his enemy, and that even Habyarimana would have wanted him to die,…  but he did not explicitly accept his role. For this unclear position of Kagame’s, Rudasingwa gives another medication: Let Kagame take a lie-detector test. Wow! That is interesting, isn’t?  Rudasingwa goes on to say that he is willing to take it as well. Following is his statement:

 INVITATION TO PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO TAKE A LIE-DETECTOR TEST (POLYGRAPH)

I am inviting President Paul Kagame to join me in taking a lie-detector ( polygraph) test, under international supervision, on the question of who shot down President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane in 1994.

In April 2012, I testified before the French Judge, Marc Trevidic, to confirm that President Paul Kagame is responsible for the shooting down of the aircraft in which President Habyarimana of Rwanda, President Ntaryamira of Burundi and all others on board perished.

Both of us could take the test under the auspices of a joint panel of investigators constituted by the African Union and the United Nations.

Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa
Washington DC
USA

10/23/2013

What do you think will be Kagame’s reaction? Please let me hear you.

Chaste Gahunde

Charles Taylor azize diyama ya Sierra Leone, Kagame azazira Colta yo muri Congo.

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Charles Taylor azize diyama ya Sierra Leone, Kagame azazira Colta yo muri Congo

Mu minsi ishize Charles Taylor wahoze ayobora igihugu cya Liberia yakatiwe igihano cy’imyaka 50 mu buroko amaze guhamwa n’ibyaha byo gushyigikira inyeshyamba zo muri Sierra Leone zayogoje icyo gihugu mu myaka ya 90. N’ubwo bwose Taylor yakomeje kubihakana, ibimenyetso ndetse n’ubuhamya buhagije bwaratanzwe bwerekana ukuntu Taylor yahaga inkunga umutwe Revolutionary United Front, RUF mu magambo ahinnye. Inkunga ya Taylor ntiyari imfashanyo ahubwo bwari ubucuruzi aho Taylor yatangaga imbunda n’ibikoresho bya gisirikare hanyuma umutwe wa RUF ukamuha diyama. Umutwe wa RUF urazwi cyane mu kwica urubozo abantu benshi no guca ingingo z’umubiri abantu bangaga gukorana na wo. Ibi bisa neza neza n’ibyo Perezida Paul Kagame akora mu burasirazuba bwa Congo.

Charles Taylor ni muntu ki?

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Taylor akiri Inyeshyamba

Yavutse kuwa 28 Mutarama 1948 mu muryango w’abanya Liberia b’abaherwe. Yize amashuri mu gihugu cya Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika agaruka muri Liberia mu mwaka wa 1980 Samuel Doe amaze gukora coup d’Etat. Charles Taylor yahawe akazi mu byerekeye ingengo y’imari( General Services Agency). Nyuma yaje gushwana na Samuel Doe wamushinjaga kunyereza hafi miliyoni y’amadolari y’Amanyamerika. Ibyo byatumye Taylor ahungira muri Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika.

Guhunga kwe ariko ntikwamuhiriye kuko igihugu cya Liberia cyasabye ko yafatwa, nuko afungirwa muri gereza ya Plymouth County muri leta ya Massachussets.  Ku itariki 15 Nzeri 1985 Charles Taylor yaje gutoroka gereza  we n’abandi bane ku buryo bwabaye amayobera ndetse bamwe bakeka ko yaba yaratorokeshejwe n’Abanyamerika bashakaga ko ajya kubafasha gukuraho Samuel Doe. Mu gihe urubanza rwe rwatangiraga I La Haye, Taylor yemeje ko CIA ariyo yamufashije gutoroka. CIA nayo yemeje koko ko Taylor yayikoreye guhera mu myaka ya za 80 ariko yirinda gutanga amakuru yose.

Charles Taylor yatangiye umutwe w’inyeshyamba witwa National Patriotic Front of Liberia mu mwaka wa 1989 ndetse aza guhirika ubutegetsi bwa Samuel Doe. Ibi yabigezeho bitewe n’ubucuti yari afitanye n’abantu b’ibihangange by’icyo gihe nka Colonel Muammar Gaddafi wa Libya, Felix Houphouet-Boigny wa Cote d’Ivoire, Blaise Compaore, Perezida wa Burkina Faso uriho ubu, ndetse n’abanyemari batandukanye bo ku isi bishakiraga gukora ubucuruzi muri Liberia.

Uvugwa cyane ni umuvugabutumwa wo kuri television witwa Pat Robertson wahawe ibirombe bya diyama agakoresha indege ze mu gutwara iyo diyama nyamara abeshya ko izo ndege zikoreshwa mu gutanga imfashanyo ku barokotse genocide yo mu Rwanda.

Nyuma y’umwaka umwe ageze ku butegetsi akoresheje imbunda, mu mwaka wa 1997 Charles Taylor yatsinze amatora. Mu gihe yiyamamazaga abantu bararirimbaga ngo “Yanyiciye Mama, yanyiciye Data, ariko nzamutora!

Mu mwaka wa 2003, hasohowe impapuro zo guta muri yombi Charles Taylor maze hashize amezi abiri gusa ahita yegura biturutse ku gitutu cy’amahanga ahungira mu gihugu cya Nigeria. Aha niho yaje gufatirwa ashaka kwerekeza mu gihugu cya Cameroon asubizwa muri Sierra Leone. Urubanza rwe rwatangiye mu mwaka wa 2007 rurangira muri 2012 aho yakatiwe igihano cy’imyaka 50 kikaza no kongera gushimangirwa n’urukiko rw’ubujurire muri uyu mwaka wa 2013.

 

 Charles Taylor na Paul Kagame ni mahwi

Ikintu gitangaje ni uburyo Charles Taylor afite ibintu byinshi ahuriyeho na Perezida w’u Rwanda Paul Kagame. Uretse kuba bombi barageze ku butegetsi bakoresheje intwaro, bose bakunda gukina tennis uretse ko Taylor we yakinaga tennis de table. Bombi bafitanye umubano ukomeye n’abantu b’abaherwe ku isi kandi bazwi mu bucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro. Mu gihe Taylor yacuruzaga amabuye ya Sierra Leone, Paul Kagame we acuruza amabuye ya Congo. Taylor yafashije umutwe wa RUF Kagame we yafashije ndetse n’ubu aracyafasha imitwe itandukanye muri Congo.Umutwe w’inyeshyamba za Taylor witwa National Patriotic Front of Liberia naho uwa Kagame witwa Rwandese Patriotic Front. Imwe mu nshuti magara za Taylor ni Blaise Compaore wa Burkina Faso, uyu akaba bikaba bivugwa ko ari inshuti ya hafi ya Kagame. Taylor yitoresheje ku ngufu nk’uko Kagame ahora abigenza. Charles Taylor yaciriwe urubanza n’urukiko rwa La Haye mu gihe Kagame na we ashobora kuzakurikiranwa dore ko ibyo Taylor aregwa ari nabyo Kagame aregwa. Itandukaniro rihari ni uko mu gihe Charles Taylor aregwa kuba intambara yateye inkunga zarahitanye abantu ibihumbi 50 Kagame we intambara yashoje zahitanye abantu benshi cyane ubu babarirwa muri miliyoni 8. Nta shiti ko Kagame na we hari benshi bamuririmbira iriya ndirimbo: “yanyiciye mama, yanyiciye data ariko nzamutora”. Hari byinshi cyane aba bagabo bahuriyeho umenya ariyo mpamvu yashakaga kuza gufungirwa mu Rwanda.

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Kagame akiri Inyeshyamba

Kubera gutinya uko bizamugendekera Kagame yabaye mu ba Perezida banenga urukiko rwa La Haye ngo kuko rwibasira Abanyafurika. Koffi Anan wahoze ayobora umuryango w’abibumbye aherutse kugaruka kuri iki kibazo aho yinubiye ko mu barwanya ruriya rukiko nta n’umwe uvugira abarenganyijwe kandi ari bo bakwiye kwitabwaho kurusha abanyabyaha. Umuryango w’ubumwe bw’Afurika ukaba usaba ko abantu bakiri ku myanya y’ubuyobozi batajya bakurikiranwa mu gihe batararangiza akazi. Iri rishobora kuba ikosa rikomeye kuko mu bihugu bya Afurika abantu bajya ku butegetsi ntibashake kubuvaho. Kagame na we ashobora kutazigera arekura ubutegetsi kugira ngo akomeze kugira ubudahangarwa. Nyamara yibuke ko na Taylor yokejwe igitutu bigatuma yegura!

Mu gihe urubanza rwe rwatangiraga mu gihugu cy’Ubuholandi, Ubwongereza ni bwo bwemeye kuzamwakira amaze kuburana. Ariko urubanza rukimara gusomwa, Charles Taylor yanditse ibaruwa asaba kujya kurangiriza igihano cye mu Rwanda. Impamvu atanga  ngo ni uko byakorohera umuryango we kumugeraho ikindi akaba akeka ko ashobora kugirirwa nabi muri gereza zo mu Bwongereza.  Amakuru atureho ubu niko Charles Taylor yamaze kugezwa mu Bwongereza aho uyu musaza w’imyaka 65 agiye gukorera  imyaka 43 asigaje ku gihano yakatiwe.

Reka dukomeze turebe uko mugenzi we w’ u Rwanda we bizamugwa kuko ibimenyetso byinshi bimaze kwerekana ko bitagitinze.

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Rwandan civilians tortured into making false confessions, says Amnesty

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Apart from the recent economic Growth, Rwanda’s Kagame has also been the champion of Violation of Human Rights.

Scores of civilians in Rwanda have allegedly been tortured into making false confessions after being detained illegally without charge or trial, an investigation by Amnesty International has found.

Former detainees claimed they were subjected to electric shocks, severe beatings and sensory deprivation while being held at a military camp and a secret network of safe houses in the capital, Kigali, according to Amnesty.

The report is the latest blow to the Rwandan president Paul Kagame‘s battered reputation following allegations of persecuting opponents, gagging media and arming rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. International donors have partially suspended aid but Britain in particular is under mounting pressure to go further.

Amnesty’s report, Rwanda: Shrouded in Secrecy, Illegal Detention and Torture by Military Intelligence, asserts a pattern of unlawful detention, enforced disappearances and allegations of torture carried out by operatives from a military intelligence unit known as J2.

Most of the detainees were rounded up by the military from March 2010 onwards after a series of deadly grenade attacks in Kigali and in the runup to the August 2010 presidential election, which Kagame won with 93% after two of his main challengers were jailed.

Three former detainees from the military Camp Kami told Amnesty they were subjected to electric shocks during interrogations by J2 operatives. “I was taken to another office,” one recalled. “Everyone was there when they put this electric thing on my back and forced me to accept that I worked with the people throwing the grenades . When I got to the point of dying, I told them to bring me a piece of paper [to sign], but they continued to torture me.”

Another told Amnesty’s researchers: “There are other rooms where they put you and you lose your memory. They ask you a question and when you find yourself again they ask you a question. When you return to normal, they sting you. The electric thing they use is like a pen and they put it under your arms. It is like charcoal. When they sting you, all your body is electrolysed and the entire body is paralysed.”

Amnesty said it had received three independent reports that some detainees at Camp Kami had bags placed over their heads during interrogations to restrict their breathing. Former prisoners said they had items placed in their mouth to heighten pain and stop them screaming while they were beaten during interrogations.

Detention periods ranged from 10 days to nine months without access to lawyers, doctors or family members, Amnesty said. Many of these detainees were later charged with threatening national security. Two individuals – Robert Ndengeye Urayeneza and Sheikh Iddy Abbasi – are still missing since their disappearance in March 2010, the NGO added.

Sarah Jackson, Amnesty’s acting deputy Africa director, said: “The Rwandan military’s human rights record abroad is increasingly scrutinised, but their unlawful detention and torture of civilians in Rwanda is shrouded in secrecy. Donors funding military training must suspend financial support to security forces involved in human rights violations.”

Amnesty said it had conducted more than 70 interviews and documented 45 cases of unlawful detention and 18 allegations of torture or ill-treatment at Camp Kami, Mukamira military camp and in safe houses in Kigali.

Rwandan officials dismissed the findings. Alphonse Hitiyaremye, the country’s deputy prosecutor general, told Amnesty: “There is no torture in our country and we can’t investigate on a false allegation.”

Tito Rutaremara, a senator who has worked with Kagame for 25 years, told the Guardian: “Let Amnesty come and show us these ‘safe houses’. If they know all this, let them come and say it is here. Bring these witnesses.”

Louise Mushikiwabo, the foreign affairs minister, posted on Twitter: “Rwanda will act on all credible claims of torture but won’t engage in a shouting match w/ another NGO seeking headlines at Rwanda’s expense.”

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/08/rwandan-civilians-claim-torture?guni=Article:in%20body%20link

SOS pour Maître Bernard Ntaganda torturé à la prison de MPANGA

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Communiqué du CLIIR n°131/2013:

 

SOS pour Maître Bernard Ntaganda torturé à la prison de MPANGAntaganda

 

Le Centre de Lutte contre l’Impunité et l’Injustice au Rwanda (CLIIR) dénonce et condamne les traitements inhumains et dégradants infligés à Maître Bernard NTAGANDA, président du Parti Social IMBERAKURI (PS IMBERAKURI), emprisonné arbitrairement depuis le 24 juin 2010 et condamné à quatre (4) ans de prison ferme et une amende de 100.000 Frw.

 

Nous avons appris avec consternation qu’il a été privé de nourriture, de visites et de soins médicaux depuis quelques semaines. D’après le communiqué de son parti n°18/P.S.IMB/013 du 01/09/2013, vendredi le 30/08/2013 vers huit heures (08h00) du matin, l’état de santé de Maître Ntaganda s’est sérieusement détérioré. La direction de la prison a alors décidé de l’amener à l’hôpital de Nyanza. Vu son état, le médecin qui l’a traité a décidé de le maintenir en observation à l’hôpital. Malheureusement, alors qu’il avait commencé à recevoir des soins, la direction de la prison de Mpanga a profité de la nuit du vendredi 30/08 à samedi 01/09/2013 pour venir le ramener à la prison de Mpanga à l’insu de la direction de l’hôpital de Nyanza.

 

Depuis qu’il a été privé de nourriture et de visite, il continue de mener sa grève de la faim qu’il a entamée depuis le 16/08/2013 à la prison de Mpanga. Maître Ntaganda n’a plus droit de suivre son régime alimentaire tel qu’il a été prescrit par son médecin. La direction de la prison lui refuse tout approvisionnement et toute visite de sa famille et de ses partisans. Le 24 août 2013, le directeur de la prison de Mpanga n’a pas autorisé la visite de Ntaganda par les autres dirigeants du PS Imberakuri qui lui avaient apporté des provisions et qui voulaient constater son état de santé.

 

Sa famille et ses partisans du PS Imberakuri craignent que le régime rwandais soit en train d’organiser son élimination par la maladie, la faim et la malnutrition.

 

Lente destruction des opposants politiques

 

Depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du président rwandais, le général Paul KAGAME en 1994, les traitements inhumains et dégradants sont généralisés dans toutes les prisons et autres lieux de détention du Rwanda. L’humiliation et la faim contribuent à la destruction lente mais sûre des détenus du Rwanda dont un nombre important des prisonniers politiques incarcérés non pas pour les crimes qu’ils auraient commis mais parce qu’ils sont parce ce sont des opposants politiques.

 

Comme pour la destruction des juifs d’Europe par les Nazis du Führer HITLER, il ne s’agit pas d’éliminer seulement les opposants politiques au Rwanda mais également de terroriser tout un peuple par la mise en place des mesures vexatoires destinés à HUMILIER et DESHUMANISER tout citoyen rwandais capable d’émettre la moindre critique contre le pouvoir au Rwanda. C’est ainsi que le pouvoir musèle et cible des opposants politiques, des journalistes, des religieux, des leaders de la Société Civile, des défenseurs des droits humains, des intellectuels, etc. Bref toute personne qui s’exprime est tuée, emprisonnée ou contrainte de s’exiler. Car au Rwanda, « l’homme qui ne parle pas a peur de la dictature, tandis que l’homme qui parle fait peur à la dictature ».

 

Si le régime du président Paul KAGAME n’arrête pas immédiatement les mesures vexatoires pour humilier et détruire à petit feu Maître Bernard NTAGANDA, celui-ci risque de mourir de malnutrition et de maladies à la prison de MPANGA. Justement son transfert à Mpanga, loin de sa famille et des autres responsables de son parti basés à Kigali, avait pour objectif de créer des conditions susceptibles de le conduire vers la mort par épuisement physique et mental.

 

Dans les pas de Martin Luther King

 

Lorsque Me Bernard Ntaganda a lancé le PS Imberakuri, il espérait rassembler tout au plus une cinquantaine d’adhérents fondateurs. Il a été surpris de rassembler autour de 900 personnes ! C’est un exploit à l’intérieur du Rwanda quand on connaît si bien le régime de terreur du président Paul Kagame. Il s’est battu pendant plusieurs mois pour faire inscrire son parti qui fut reconnu en juillet 2009.

 

Lorsqu’il a voulu ouvrir les bureaux régionaux de son parti, le régime dictatorial a déployé les grands moyens de terreur pour décourager tous les propriétaires d’immeubles qui pouvaient mettre à sa disposition des bureaux à son parti.

 

Maître NTAGANDA a toujours suscité le respect de la population qui loue son courage et sa détermination face à une dictature impitoyable et criminelle. Même lorsque le SENAT s’est attaqué à lui les 14/12/2009 et 15/01/2010, il a pu tenir tête et marcher la tête haute car il est convaincu que lorsque « les rwandais oseront se tenir debout, aucun dictateur ne pourra plus monter sur leur dos pour les opprimer, les piller et les humilier ».

 

Justice, Travail et Amour : Cette devise de Me Bernard Ntaganda exprime tous les bons souhaits pour son pays et son peuple. La flamme de la résistance qui l’anime, il a su le communiquer aux jeunes rwandais comme Martin Luther King l’a transmis à des milliers de noirs américains qu’il a entraînés dans une résistance pacifique face aux lois ségrégationnistes américaines qui discriminaient les noirs aux USA.

 

Maître NTAGANDA a su mobiliser les jeunes étudiants et les jeunes travailleurs pour qu’ils osent prendre en main leur destin et refusent de se soumettre à une dictature destructrice. Il a tenu son pari puisque le Parti a continué à fonctionner malgré sa condamnation à 4 ans de prison et l’emprisonnement de plusieurs cadres de son parti. Malgré les tentatives de division  de son parti opérées par le régime du président Paul KAGAME.

 

Incarcérations successives et arbitraires

 

De 1996 à 1998, Me Bernard NTAGANDA a été détenu dans la prison centrale de Nyanza sans dossier et a été relâché sans procès alors que lors de son arrestation, on lui avait signifié qu’il était poursuivi car disait – on, il agissait comme espion pour le compte du MRND ancien parti – état, un parti dont Me Bernard NTAGANDA n’a jamais été proche.

 

Quelques mois après sa libération, il a été de nouveau incarcéré dans la prison communale de  Ntongwe pendant quatre mois en l’accusant de participation au génocide. Il fût également libéré sans dossier ni procès malgré des moyens colossaux déployés par quelques syndicats de délateurs pour fabriquer des fausses accusations contre lui.

 

En 2003, alors qu’il briguait le poste de député sur la liste du Parti Social Démocrate (PSD),  Me Bernard NTAGANDA a été incarcéré pendant deux semaines et relâché sans procès juste après les élections tout simplement pour lui barrer la route vers le Parlement. Pour rappel, ces faits ont été reportés par les observateurs de l’Union Européenne qui ont dénoncé la situation le 23 septembre 2003, mais sans aucune autre suite.

 

La carrière politique de Bernard Ntaganda 

 

En 1991, Me Bernard NTAGANDA a commencé sa carrière politique. Il fût élu Président du Parti Social Démocrate (P.S.D) dans la Commune de NTONGWE et Vice Président du PSD dans la Sous Préfecture de RUHANGO en préfecture de GITARAMA en 1991.

 

En 1993, il fut élu Président du P.S.D à l’Université Nationale du Rwanda au Campus de MBURABUTURO à Kigali. Suite à de multiples intimidations du régime FPR contre la plupart des hommes et femmes politiques qui ne sont pas de son obédience, beaucoup d’entre eux se sont vus obligés de fuir le Rwanda, mais parce qu’il aime son pays et son peuple, Me Bernard NTAGANDA a décidé de poursuivre son combat politique à l’intérieur, car, pour lui, les changements s’opèrent là où on est. La liberté, la dignité, la justice et le travail, sont des droits inaliénables à tout citoyen.

 

Les manœuvres d’intimidation et de harcèlement n’ont cessé d’être portés contre Me Bernard NTAGANDA en vue de l’écarter de la vie politique.

 

En effet :

– en 2004, sur demande du régime FPR, il a été suspendu du bureau politique de son parti PSD. Il était accusé d’avoir tenu des propos diffamatoires contre le FPR dans une émission sur la Voix d’Amérique (VOA). Il est revenu au bureau politique du parti PSD en 2006 après que la population l’ait plébiscité dans les élections qui l’avaient porté à la tête du parti PSD dans la préfecture de Gitarama.

 

-de 2007 à 2008, il a comparu huit fois dans les tribunaux Gacaca de Ntongwe accusé par les syndicats de délateurs à la solde du pouvoir de participation au génocide. Malgré leurs multiples manifestations, ils n’ont trouvé aucun argument pour étayer leurs mensonges car la population de Ntongwe s’était également mobilisée pour la défense de la liberté.

 

Manœuvres dilatoires du FPR pour tenter de détruire le PS Imberakuri

 

En Décembre 2008, épris par le combat pour la Démocratie et la Liberté, Me Bernard NTAGANDA démissionne du parti PSD pour fonder son propre parti, le Parti Social IMBERAKURI (PS IMBERAKURI) pour proposer au peuple rwandais une alternative de choix pour les élections de 2010.

 

Les procédures administratives pour l’enregistrement du parti PS IMBERAKURI ont commencé le 14 décembre 2008 et furent marquées par plusieurs intimidations. Le parti n’a pu tenir son congrès officiel obligatoire que le 07/06/2009 car le conseil des Ministres du 04 mars 2009 avait invalidé les résolutions du premier congrès qui s’était tenu le 18 janvier 2009. Entre temps, la police avait également refusé le 10/05/2009 un autre congrès du parti. Sous la pression de l’opinion publique tant nationale qu’internationale, le parti PS IMBERAKURI n’a donc pu être agréé qu’en juillet 2009 et c’était le début d’un nouveau calvaire.

 

Depuis l’agreement du parti  PS IMBERAKURI, le FPR a tout fait pour le phagocyter  mais en vain. Le FPR décida alors d’utiliser tous les moyens pour tenter de le détruire.

On peut citer notamment :

 

1. L’IMMIXTION DU FPR DANS LES ORGANES DU PARTI  PS IMBERAKURI

 

1.1 L’ingérence du FPR dans les organes du parti  PS IMBERAKURI a commencé la veille du Congrès ordinaire du 25 octobre 2009 qui devait élire le candidat du parti aux présidentielles du 09 août 2010. Messieurs Noël HAKIZIMFURA, alors Secrétaire Général du parti et Augustin NIYITEGEKA, responsable du parti à NYARUGENGE ont été soudoyés par le FPR pour détruire le parti PS IMBERAKURI. Ils devaient provoquer des bagarres à l’ouverture du congrès et faire porter le chapeau à Me Bernard NTAGANDA pour qu’il soit emprisonné. Rappelons que la même technique a été utilisée contre le Parti Démocratique Vert du Rwanda (dont le Vice-président, André Kagwa Rwisereka, a été retrouvé assassiné le 14/07/2010 à 3 km de son domicile).

 

1.2 Alors que le parti s’était réuni dans son congrès le 21 février 2010, les mêmes Noël HAKIZIMFURA et Augustin NIYITEGEKA épaulés par les partisans du FPR ont attaqué la salle de réunion et cassé la porte d’entrée et les vitres des fenêtres sous le regard complaisant de la police qui avait pourtant été réquisitionnée pour assurer la sécurité des congressistes.

 

1.3 Dans cette même logique, tout le comité du PS IMBERAKURI a été approché entre le 13 et le 16 mars 2010 par les responsables du FPR en l’occurrence Messieurs KAZASOMOKA Evode et Fred (Directeur chargé des partis politiques au Ministère de l’Administration Locale pour évincer Me Bernard NTAGANDA de la présidence du parti et ramener dans les rangs HAKIZIMFURA et NIYITEGEKA qui jusque là étaient suspendus du parti. Les pressions étaient telles qu’à part la vice-présidente Mme MUKABUNANI Christine qui, sous la menace, a cédé à la pression du FPR pour évincer son président, le bureau politique du parti PS IMBERAKURI a dû se réfugier en lieu sûr du 16 au 17 mars 2010 pour échapper aux menaces de mort du FPR. La coordination du parti était alors assurée par le secrétaire particulier de Me Bernard NTAGANDA, en la personne de M. Aimable SIBOMANA RUSANGWA. Celui-ci est désormais porté disparu depuis le 13 juin 2010 vers 20h00 heures de Kigali. Les témoins ont rapporté l’avoir vu être enlevé par la police.

 

1.4 Ne pouvant pas réunir légalement le congrès pour destituer le Président Fondateur du parti PS IMBERAKURI, Mme MUKABUNANI Christine, Mr HAKIZIMFURA, Mr NIYITEGEKA ci-haut cités ainsi que Mr MASENGESHO, Secrétaire exécutif de KIMISAGARA (FPR), sous l’injonction du FPR, se sont rendus dans le marché de NYABUGOGO le 17 mars 2010, où ils ont réuni, moyennant d’importantes sommes d’argent, les marchands ambulants pour simuler et tenir un congrès extraordinaire visant à destituer Me Bernard NTAGANDA.

 

1.5 En outre, le 26 mai 2010, le responsable de la police dans la ville de Kigali s’est immiscé dans la salle de réunion du parti pour faire capoter le meeting, mais, les militants du parti l’ont fait sortir.

 

1.6 Sans aucune base juridique légale, Mme MUKABUNANI a été investie mi-juin 2010 par le FPR comme porte parole adjointe du FORUM des partis politiques agréés au Rwanda (et soumis au parti au pouvoir le FPR), quelques jours seulement avant l’enregistrement des candidats aux élections présidentielles devant la commission électorale. C’était pour faire croire à l’opinion internationale que l’opposition est représentée dans les organes dirigeants de ce FORUM.

 

2.    LES INTIMIDATIONS

 

2.1 PAR LE SENAT

 

Me Bernard NTAGANDA et son bureau politique ont été convoqués les 14 décembre 2009 et 15 janvier 2010 devant le Sénat. Ce dernier les accusait d’idéologie du  génocide, de divisionnisme, d’atteinte à l’unité du peuple rwandais, de déni des juridictions Gacaca et de la dénonciation de la suppression de la langue française par le gouvernement rwandais.  C’est toujours Messieurs Noël HAKIZIMFURA et Augustin NIYITEGEKA qui ont été utilisés par le Sénat pour les accuser. Ils se sont longuement expliqués et le Sénat, à court d’idées, n’a retenu aucune charge. Rappelons en passant que le Français est utilisé par plus de 90 pourcent des personnes scolarisées au Rwanda.

 

2.2 PAR LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE

 

Dans sa conférence de presse du 05 avril 2010, le Président KAGAME a sommé le Sénat d’en finir avec Me Bernard NTAGANDA et son parti. Le Sénat s’est alors réunie le même jour en extrême urgence et en fin de soirée, elle a, à l’aide d’un communiqué radiodiffusé, invité Me Bernard NTAGANDA à se taire sans quoi, il serait poursuivi en tant qu’individu pour ces faits précités.

 

2.3 LA CONFISCATION DES BUREAUX DU PARTI

 

Depuis le 24 juin 2010, après l’arrestation de Me Bernard NTAGANDA, tous les bureaux du Parti  PS IMBERAKURI en commençant par le bureau national jusqu’au niveau des provinces ont été fouillés et fermés par la police qui a emporté tout le matériel du parti (drapeaux, ordinateurs, caméras, logos, etc…) sous prétexte de compléter les enquêtes, alors que c’est plutôt pour tenter de faire disparaître le parti, mais, en vain.

 

CONCLUSION 

 

Maître Bernard NTAGANDA peut être considéré comme le Martin Luther King du Rwanda. Parce qu’il entraîne les jeunes rwandais vers les valeurs telles que: Justice, Travail, Amour.

 

Le CLIIR rappelle que justement le thème de l’amour pour son prochain revient régulièrement dans les discours du Pasteur américain, Martin Luther King.

 

Dans son jugement du 27 avril 2012, la Cour Suprême qui siège dans la capitale rwandaise, Kigali, a confirmé les chefs d’atteinte à la sûreté de l’État et de « divisionnisme » – incitation aux divisions ethniques – à l’encontre de Ntaganda.

 

D’après Human Rights Watch (HRW): « L’arrestation de Ntaganda et les poursuites engagées contre lui ont, dès le départ, eu un caractère politique. L’emprisonnement d’un homme politique de l’opposition uniquement pour avoir critiqué les politiques de l’État n’a pas sa place dans une société démocratique » a fait remarquer Daniel Bekele, directeur de la Division Afrique de HRW.

 

Maître Bernard NTAGANDA doit terminer sa peine injustifiée le 24/06/2014. Les harcèlements et les traitements inhumains et dégradants qu’on lui inflige risquent de le tuer avant sa prochaine libération. Toutes les ONG des droits humains, toutes les personnes de bonne volonté, les ambassadeurs des pays de l’Union Européenne installés au Rwanda ainsi que les institutions de l’ONU devraient tous se mobiliser pour exiger la fin du calvaire de Bernard NTAGANDA et le respect de ses droits en tant que détenu politique.

 

Fait à Bruxelles, le 26 septembre 2013

Pour le Centre,

Joseph MATATA, Coordinateur du CLIIR

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Five illusions a naïve visitor to Rwanda falls for

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Five illusions a naïve visitor to Rwanda falls for

ILLUSION 1: Rwanda is an environmental haven

By David Himbara

Hey, I admit it. I am some kind of addict. But not to drugs or ganja or booze as my Rwandan biographers would have it. I am addicted to writing about development and to my family. So here I am writing away for a few minutes in the middle of my sunny holiday.

Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, and the short drive from there to downtown Kigali, a naïve visitor will have gulped down five illusions. But first, what is an illusion? An illusion refers to perception of something that does not correspond to what exists in the real world. Illusions fool people, including you and me! Magicians use illusions. That is why they are also known as illusionists. Magicians do not perform miracles —they just appear to do so via clever tricks. So what the illusions does the naïve visitor to Rwanda fall for — the things that appear real but are actually fake?

At the airport, plastic bags are taken away from everyone. The justification for this is that Rwanda is an environmental haven and example of best practices to the rest of world on saving mother earth. Even the Doubting Thomas among the visitors gets impressed by the time he/she has reached the Serena Hotel, not least the palm tree-covered highway, and the neat and orderly passers-by and the incredibly clean-looking environment of city of Kigali.

THE REALITY:

The Rwandan Capital City of Kigali is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen. A city of about one million people, the size of Detroit in United States or Birmingham in the United Kingdom, Kigali does not have a central sewage or a single treatment plant. Every private, commercial and industrial building still uses latrine either in its primitive form of a hole in the earth, or in its modern form – the septic tank, itself often shoddily-constructed. In either case, the human refuse ends into the soil, and subsequently dumped into River Nyabugogo/River Akagera system and off to Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. The Rwandan countryside repeats the pattern sending tons of human refuse into national, regional and international water systems.

WHAT TO DO?

President Paul Kagame, please find US$50million to acquire a treatment plant and a centralized sewage system for Kigali City. As you are well aware, various studies have made convincing options to get the job done. Meanwhile, as you know Your Excellency, the open sewers in parts of Kigali City often send unfortunate old and young Rwandans to their death during the rainy seasons as they become raging rivers. Stop being an illusionist Sir – make this thing a reality. Why don’t you use part of the US$400 million bond to fix this disaster? The Kigali Convention Centre can wait a bit longer and come later into a genuinely clean city after this thing has been fixed. Otherwise right now Kigali is in reality the most environmentally-degraded and dirtiest habit even by regional standards. Right next door in Burundi, Bujumbura has a centralized sewage system – Kigali is a latrine city by contrast. Of course, Sir, the Sewage thing may not be clamorous and show-and-tell kind of thing, but it is essential. Don’t you agree? 

ILLUSION 2: Rwandans are now reconciled

On arrival, our gullible guest to Rwanda has been received by highly courteous immigration officials. And after collecting her luggage downstairs, her plastic bags have been taken away to protect mother earth. And once outside, her taxi drives away towards Serena Hotel on a palm-tree lined boulevard without a single pothole. Who indeed would not be impressed by these things?

The visitor then poses to her taxi driver the one question she has been dying to ask since she set foot on the Rwandan soil. “So tell me, are you a Hutu or Tutsi?” The reply stuns her. “Look Madam, this is a new Republic of Rwanda. We are only Rwandans here. You can in fact go to jail for asking that. We do not tolerate divisionism and such mindsets that breed genocide ideology.” The naïve lady visitor happily settles in the back seat of her taxi, satisfied that a miracle has happened in a country that almost self-destructed via ethnic hatred and genocide back in 1994.

ILLUSION 2:

Rwandans are now reconciled, freed from divisive ethnic labels by a progressive government that is successfully building a united and prosperous future for all Rwandans. Ethnic divisions in Rwanda are no more.

REALITY:

Beyond the generic rhetoric of today’s Rwandan leadership, no one really knows the extent of reconciliation. How can anyone assess and know such a thing in an atmosphere in which almost all issues are deemed taboo to talk about?

Nonetheless, we have a sense of what Rwandans may be feeling. A snap review of the past 19 years since President Paul Kagame has been at the helm of Rwandan political economy, illustrates an unattainable political environment for reconciliation:

  • RPF commits itself in 1994 to power-sharing both inside the party and nationally, with the victorious General Paul Kagame making a strategic concession by taking a position specially created for him – Vice Presidency – which he held together with Minister of Defense, making the General the king-maker;
  • Pasteur Bizimungu becomes President of Rwanda;
  • Things soon unravel by 1997-8;
  • RPF chairman Kanyaregwe is unceremoniously dumped;
  • Vice President Kagame takes over as chairman;
  • Pasteur Bizimungu, the head of state, reduced to Kagame’s deputy in the party;
  • To grasp the absurdity of this machination, imagine Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is the president of Uganda reduced to deputy president of NRM and Edward Ssekandi, who is the vice president of the country, grabbing party presidency;
  • Fast-track to 2000, President Bizimungu is finally removed (and later imprisoned), Paul Kagame becomes head of state and party;
  • Once Paul Kagame is in the presidency, the post of vice president mysteriously vanishes into thin air never to be heard of again;
  • Fast-track to 2013, no significant senior ministerial post, besides the Presidency, remains in the hands of Hutu leaders – including Finance, Defense, Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Affairs, Justice (both the Minister and Chief Justice), Central Bank, Health, Education, and Local Government. Throw in the chief of police and head of prosecuting authority!

It would be a grave mistake to see the current rule simply as a Tutsi regime, however. It is President Paul Kagame’s regime, a one-man thing demanding total allegiance in which a single diverging/independent thought is enough ground to become ruthlessly purged. The recent removal of former Justice Minister Kagarugama is further evidence, if any were still needed. Karugarama’s crime was, apparently, to hold fast to the Rwandan Constitution which does not allow any head of state to hold power longer than two 7 year terms – 14 years in all.

The post-1994 Rwandan history hardly paints a journey to reconciliation and long-term stability.

ILLUSION 3: Rwanda is a role model in empowering women

As our gullible visitor moves steadily from the airport and reaches the Nyarutarama junction, she is shown by the taxi driver a magnificent set of buildings sitting on top of an imposing hill. The taxi man explains to the visitor that what she is now looking at is the parliamentary complex – the sitting of Rwandan parliamentarians and senators. Excitedly, the lady visitor asks the driver: “is it true women are so empowered and even determine the legislative direction of your country?” To which the taxi driver proudly responds: “Madam – I may not know some of these things, but thanks to our visionary leadership, women are not only empowered, they also form the majority of our representatives in parliament. I hear this over and over again on the radio.”

ILLUSION 3:

Because the majority of Rwandan parliamentarians are female – at 56% – an even higher percentage than in Sweden which is globally recognized for its leadership in this cause, Rwanda is a role model in empowering women.

A real parliament normally has at least four functions – (1) representing the constituency, civil society and citizens at large, including the downtrodden; (2) consolidating the national interest via bipartisanship by giving voice to all its members, regardless whether they are drawn from the ruling party or the opposition; (3) improving governance by legislating and drafting laws; and (4) holding the executive branch accountable in management of public affairs including budgetary resources and public assets.

So now, does it follow that because the Rwandan parliament has female majority, it is somehow an inclusive and innovative legislative body that meets these basic responsibilities, including competencies to improve the lives of women? Whoever answers this in affirmative, he/she should seek immediate mental care.

  • Who do Rwandan parliamentarians represent – their own local constituencies, women, civil society, or Rwandan citizens at large?
  • What type of bipartisanship, pluralistic and tolerant culture is the Rwandan parliament building – if any?
  • Which parliamentary committee is genuinely led by the opposition – including those aspects assigned to the opposition in accordance with Commonwealth practices which Rwanda supposedly adheres to due to its membership of this grouping?
  • What progressive laws, comparatively, has Rwandan parliament passed in favor of women – laws that, for example, have far-reaching impact than in neighboring countries whose parliaments have fewer female legislators?
  • Who controls whom in Rwanda – does parliament oversee the operations of the executive branch or is it the reverse?

The answer to each of these questions, for all intents and purposes, confirms the near-total dominance of the executive over other branches of government in Rwanda, especially the subservient Rwandan parliament.

THE REALITY:

Rwandan parliament, its women majority notwithstanding, is a toothless rubber stamp of the one-man iron-fist rule. This is the very same parliament that shockingly gave President Paul Kagame an ovation in 2010 when he violently stated that he would kill a fly with a hammer referring to exiled former Rwandan army chief of staff and former intelligence chief. Where else but in Kagame’s Rwanda would a head of state openly talk of killing people right inside the very assembly that makes laws against such behavior – and instead receive a prolonged applause and enthusiastic response! Among those cheering-on the Rwandan ruler was the 56% female majority and the female speaker of the lower chamber of the Rwandan parliament, Rose Mukantabana, who was little known when she mysteriously acquired the post in 2008, remains undistinguished in 2013.

The current President of the Rwandan Senate, Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, best illustrates the wretchedness of Rwandan politics. This man has held various ministerial portfolios in the Kagame-led government, including higher education, infrastructure, and health before transiting to parliament as one of its vice presidents. Ntawukuriryayo was one of the few politicians allowed to run against the incumbent Paul Kagame on an essentially same political platform in both the presidential elections of 2003 and 2010. This is why Ntawukiriryayo earned the nickname “the stooge.” The incumbent won the elections by a shocking 93% in 2010 while the stooge came second with 5%. Ntawukuriryayo hastened to congratulate Paul Kagame. President Kagame returned the stooge’s favor by nominating him to the Rwandan Senate where he was soon crowned its president. Guess what!? Under the strange Rwandan Constitution, this unelected stooge would be the ruler of Rwanda, were the incumbent to become incapacitated. Hallelujah, Amen! Meanwhile the former President of the Senate, Vincent Biruta, has been recycled back into the Kagame cabinet, as Minister of Education.

For inspiration in female parliamentary leadership, look across the border – the Republic of Uganda – where women form a mere 31% in parliament. Led by Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, Ugandan parliament continues to challenge and change the political status quo since Kadaga made history by becoming the first female speaker in May 2011.

 Kadaga’s long public service as a member of parliament, minister, deputy speaker and now speaker gives her considerable exposure and experience at both the national and international spheres. Kadaga’s strength radiates primarily from the very constituency whose lives she is determined to improve – Ugandan women.

Kadaga does not blindly obey the orders of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – on the contrary she stands up to the Ugandan ruler in defence of parliamentary responsibilities, even though she is a member of the president’s ruling party, the NRM. Speaker Kadaga’s insistency to preserving neutrality in moderating debates between her own party and the opposition is becoming legendary – and a continuous irritation to the ruling elite. And as is widely reported, Kadage has a formidable informal committee of advisers, including sector experts, lawyers, media professionals, MPs, influential religious leaders, and cultural leaders, whom she regularly consults – which provides the Speaker with a knowledge-base that enables her to withstand executive power plays.

No equivalency of a Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga exists in the so-called female-majority Rwandan parliament. What you have in Rwanda instead is yet another PR-inspired fake branding shamelessly masqueraded as “women empowerment.” A Kagada would simply not happen in Rwanda whereby the Constitution makes the head of state quite literally a monarch who determines almost every career and livelihood in public service on the basis of obsequiousness, as laughably illustrated by the case of the President of the Rwandan Senate.

President Paul Kagame personally launched the “the National Information Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Plan” in 2000, which aimed to transform Rwanda into a knowledge based-economy by the year 2020. Phase 1 of NICI (2000-2005) was to create the enabling environment for building a knowledge economy; Phase 2 (2006-2011) was to build the required IT infrastructure and human capital base; in Phase 3 (2012-2016) IT-based services and products would begin to enter the global market place; Phase 4 (2016-2020) would see Rwanda cruising towards becoming a knowledge-based economy with a middle-income status of US$900 GDP per capita – a figure later increased to US$1,200 GDP per capita.

ILLUSION 4:

Our naïve guest nearing her hotel in downtown Kigali had learnt with great admiration of President Kagame’s tireless efforts in transforming Rwanda into a knowledge-based economy. She has over the years followed with great interest the extensive coverage the Rwandan president receives in global media, not least about the many deserving awards he regularly wins for his remarkable efforts. Now to be in Kigali, in the land of a great African IT head of state was so exciting.

She remembered especially how a leading American journal, Fortune, described the Rwandan President when back in 2007 he had lunch with senior Google executives including CEO Eric Schmidt at the company’s campus in Mountain View in California. That is when the Internet giant announced its plans to make available to Rwanda free of charge its Google Apps-web-based applications – something that would change the face of Rwanda in such critical areas as training staff server-maintenance, in buying PC-based software and in developing and maintaining e-mail systems. Who indeed would not be impressed that a country generally known for violence had already by 2007 achieved such an amazing feat – not only computers but also broadband connections previously unheard of in this part of the world.

REALITY:

Unknown to the gullible visitor, most of this was propaganda hot air. In fact Google never set foot in Rwanda – it went to neighboring Kenya instead. For one thing, a Google server/station would probably need some 50 megawatts of electricity which would have plunged Rwanda into darkness as that was the equivalent to total installed power in the country at the time. Worse still, there were hardly any broadband connections in 2007 – In fact, while President Kagame was having a photo opportunity with Google executives, behind the scenes he was busy sacking Terracom, which was supposedly building “the fastest communications backbone in Africa.”

Here is the Rwandan IT reality and the key stages/outcomes in the implementation of President Kagame’s infamous NICI since he launched it 13 years ago.

  • 2000 – NICI Plan launched; Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) later becomes the implementing agency, located directly in President Kagame’s office;
  • 2003 – New NICI Plan driver installed; this is Sam Nkusi, minister of communications supported by Sem Ochuodho as head of RITA – Nkusi is sacked in 2004;
  • 2004 – Preparations for building IT infrastructure begin; Greg Wyler buys Rwandatel with the goal of using it as a backbone to create Africa’s fastest broadband connections, including the infrastructure on the top of Mt Kalisimbi – Greg Wyler is sacked in 2007 when he tries to team up with ‘the father of telecommunications in Africa’ Miko Rwayitare;
  • 2004 – New NICI Plan driver installed; this is Albert Butare, the new minister in charge of communications – RITA’s Ochuodho sacked in 2006;
  • 2006 – Rwanda’s IT Park for creating IT entrepreneurs, start-ups, IT-bases services and products is established at Telecom House supervised by RITA and Minister in-charge of communications;
  • 2006 – President Paul Kagame begins his global campaign to drum support for his transformation agenda towards knowledge-based economy – wins first award for best head of state in Africa in support of ICT – again in 2007 and after; many awards follow;
  • 2007 – New NICI Plan driver installed as Minister Butare is purged of the communications portfolio for ‘poor performance’ – Romain Murenzi becomes the Minister of IT in Office of the President and David Kanamugire as his Permanent Secretary; Nkubito Bakuramutsa becomes head of RITA;
  • 2007 – Rwandatel, after being re-nationalized after the Greg Wyler disaster, is now sold to the Libyans. The determining fact is not IT but to make more cash for building IT infrastructure;
  • 2007 – Korea Telcom begins to build a 2,300 kilometer fiber-optic cable and Kigali Wireless Broadband;
  • 2009 – New NICI Plan driver installed; Romain Murenzi crashes out and resigns – Ignace Gatare becomes the Minister of IT in Office of the President, with David Kanamugire his PS;
  • 2009 – RITA scrapped as a free standing agency; it is incorporated into the Rwanda Development Board – Nkubito Bakuramutsa sacked and replaced by Patrick Nyirishema;
  • 2011 – The Kagame government announces that it is looking for a private operator to manage the completed IT infrastructure worthy over US$100million;
  • 2011 – Rwandatel collapses and is liquidated to pay back debts worth US$89 million;
  • 2012 – Rwandatel’s masks are purchased by Airtel;
  • 2012 – The post of Minister in the Office of the President in-charge of IT is scrapped – Ignace Gatare reduced from minister to Director General of Science and Technology Commission; strangely, IT is at the same time transferred to Ministry of Youth, and Information, Communication and Technology headed by Minister Jean Philbert Nsengimana;
  • 2013 – Remains of Rwandatel , namely its copper wire and fibre as well as customer base are purchased by Liquid Telcom, whose representative in Rwanda is no other than Sam Nkusi;
  • 2013 – RDB announces that the ICT Park at Telecom House “was really a small level pilot” and that the real ICT city will soon be built at the Kigali Special Economic Zone.

According to NICI plan, Rwanda should right now be exporting IT-based services and products. The then RITA’s head, Sem Ochuodho had claimed in 2006 that “By the time the NICI program concludes, we hope to be able to export software and systems worth $50-100 million every year.”

What sort of export software, systems, or outsourced work then is presently being performed in Rwanda after 13 years of implementing President Kagame’s NICI Plan? How many IT entrepreneurs or start-ups have emerged and distinguished themselves in the domestic or foreign markets? Zero! Zilch! Nothing beyond your routine sim-card selling and internet-surfing services led by RPF’s own MTN Rwanda which continues to thrive, while Rwandatel was sold, re-owned and sold again to provide funds for implementing the juvenile NICI Plan.

Now folks, if you wish to cry for your country, read what the current Rwandan officials in charge of IT are telling you with regards to where the 13 years of NICI Plan have taken Rwanda.

What you read on the RDB website confirms one’s worst fears of who is running Rwanda.

Here are the highlights of what they are saying:

  • “Information and Communication Technology is a central engine to driving Rwanda’s transformation to a knowledge based economy”;
  • Rwanda is “acknowledged by allocating a budget to ICT – as a percentage of its GDP – that is at par with OECD countries.”
  • “Rwanda continues to be one of the fastest growing African countries in ICT;”
  • Rwanda’s ICT Competitive advantage includes “cheap labor compared to other countries in the Region”, “low levels of corruption – Zero tolerance” and “strong & visionary leadership;”
  • Total IT infrastructure investment so far is “US$ 150million.”

Surely assure me that these are not April Fools’ Day sick jokes. How can IT possibly be “the central engine” in the current IT shambles in Rwanda? How can “cheap labour” be a competitive advantage in IT? What has “strong” leadership or “zero tolerance for corruption” have to do with IT? And with a mere US$150million IT infrastructure assets, how can Rwanda possibly belong to the same league as OECD countries – do the people running RDB even understand the term ‘OECD’? I doubt President Kagame’s planners – whom he changes like underwear – have even visited their own East African neighborhood, let alone OECD countries. Let them visit Kenya which is currently building ‘Silicon Savannah’ as a regional hub for the next generation of digital industry leaders.

Nairobi is already a hub in its own right – hosting the biggest brands in the world of technology, including Google, Intel, and Microsoft and doing thriving business in millions of dollars. These global players join local actors, not least Safaricom and its innovative invention of M-Pesa to take advantage of the existing hi-tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists ready to become part of Konza Technology City, soon to be the home of Silicon Savannah some 60 outside Nairobi. And while Kagame’s Rwanda talks of US$150million IT development, Konza will swallow no less than US$14.5 billion-worth of infrastructure.

Perhaps the biggest insult to Rwandans by Kagame officials is the lie that the IT Park at Telecom House implemented since 2006 “was really a small level pilot” and that the real thing is about to happen in the Kigali Special Economic Zone.”

Where in the world did you ever hear of a seven-year IT pilot project “which would give us an idea of how an ICT city would be”? The arrogant infant abusing our intelligence by feeding us such trash is not aware that great IT companies started in garages, including Amazon, Apple, and Hewlett-Packard. Somebody tell this would-be public servant that it is the brainpower and innovation, stupid – not space!

Our gullible visitor has over the years swallowed the idea that Rwanda is zero-tolerant for corruption.

ILLUSION 5:

That is because every year you see screaming around the world such headlines as “Rwanda is the least corrupt state in the East African Community.” Rwanda’s Public Procurement Law is also said to be the most stringent in Africa. Passed in 2007, this law enforces transparency, competition, and fairness in tendering and procurement processes, making conflict of interest nearly impossible in Rwanda.

REALITY:

Paul Kagame plays three dominant roles that render him quite literally the ‘owner’ of Rwanda thereby making the conception of “conflict of interest” a sick joke:

  1. He is President of the Republic of Rwanda.
  2. He is the Chairman of RPF, the ruling party and in this capacity, the boss of RPF’s business empire; in other words,
  3. He is the real Chairman of RPF’s Crystal Ventures Ltd, the conglomerate that dominates almost all aspects of Rwandan economy.

This is how Crystal Ventures limited describes itself:

  • “Crystal Ventures Ltd (CVL) is an investment company established in 2009 and it acquired most of the assets of another local investment company which was founded in 1995.”
  • “The company is wholly owned by Rwandan business people who pooled resources together to meet challenges of economic recovery and take advantage of growth opportunities in a virgin environment.”
  • “Having made a few good investments especially in telecoms, the company earned decent returns that were reinvested to create what is now the biggest investment company in the country.”
  • “In the beginning the company enjoyed monopoly power in some of its businesses but over time this has diminished.”
  • “The sectors currently invested in include civil works and concrete products, construction and real estate development, telecommunications, agricultural value addition, aviation charter services, security services, printing and publishing, furniture trading and manufacturing, building materials, media systems, property management and engineering services and diversified investment groups.”
  • “CVL employs over 7,000 people of whom over 4,800 are permanent employees.”

But here is the bombshell. President Kagame’s three roles have merged to such outrageous extent that conflict of interest in Rwanda has lost any meaning – conflict of interest in now ‘normal.’ It is therefore no surprise that Crystal Ventures’ wealth mainly comes from Rwandan taxpayers’ money entrusted to Paul Kagame as the President of Rwanda. In other words, Paul Kagame, the corporate giant, makes of almost all his money from Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda.

These are a few examples that have made the Rwandan President laugh all the way to the bank:

ILLUSION 5: Rwanda is zero-tolerant for corruption

  • CENTRAL BANK OF RWANDA: Crystal Ventures Ltd is renovating the Central Bank of Rwanda – a government entity;
  • NATIONAL STADIUM IN HUYE DISTRICT: Crystal Ventures Ltd has been sub-contracted to build the National Stadium in Huye, Southern Province;
  • KIGALI CAPITAL CITY STREET LIGHTING: Crystal Ventures Ltd was contracted by the Kigali City Council to install street lights in the Rwandan Capital City;
  • KIGALI-RUBAVU HIGHWAY LIGHTING: Crystal Ventures Ltd is installing Kigali-Rubavu highway lighting under ‘rural electrification’ program;
  • BANK OF KIGALI MUHANGA BUILDING: Crystal Ventures Ltd built a five-storey Bank of Kigali building – Bank of Kigali is government-owned; http://www.realcontractorsltd.com/
  • AVIATION CHARTER SERVICES: Crystal Ventures’ executive jets are chartered by the Rwanda government to shuttle President Kagame around the globe.

A key question to ask is this: How does the Rwandan Treasury approve and get away with such expenditures that shockingly contradict every norm and practice of ending the cancer of conflict of interest?

That is easy to answer!

The famously women-dominated parliament is dead. And the Rwandan treasurer and the accounting officer/Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Ms Kampeta Sayinzoga, is a scandalous conflict of interest herself – she is the wife of President Paul Kagame’s nephew Byusa, who doubles as the President’s business partner. It is all in the family.

Folks, such acts would, anywhere else in the world, make a government fall.

Dr David Himbara was the Principal Private Secretary to President Paul Kagame in 2000-2002 and 2009. He was the founding chairperson of the Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU), the founding chairperson of Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the founding chairperson of the Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR).  A Rwandan-Canadian, David Himbara is an independent reform strategist and an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Witswaterand, South Africa which he has been associated with on-and-off since 1994. Himbara left Rwanda and returned to South Africa in January 2010.

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Intwarane za Yezu na Mariya: Ubutumwa Abategetsi b’u Rwanda badashaka kumva ni ubuhe ??

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Itabwa muri yombi ry’Intwarane za Yezu na Mariya  si wo muti w’ibibazo u Rwanda rufite.

Mu gusoza ukwezi kwa Kamena Perezida Kagame yatanze itegeko ku Bahutu bose ryo gusaba imbabazi z’ibyaha kabone n’ubwo baba batarabigizemo uruhare, Rucagu abisamira hejuru Habumuremyi abyita kwibohora ingoyi y’ipfunwe… Intwarane za Yezu na Mariya ku cyumweru gishize zo zashyiriye ubutumwa Paul Kagame ngo natisubiraho azatuma amaraso menshi y’Abanyarwanda ameneka.

Ubusanzwe intumwa ikora akazi ko gutanga ubutumwa yahawe bityo uretse abantu b’abagome, intumwa ntiyagombye kugirirwa nabi. Ahubwo yagombye guhabwa ubundi butumwa ishyira uwayitumye kuko umurimo wayo aba ari ukuba intermediaire hagati y’ uwatanze ubutumwa n’uwo bugenewe. Kuba intumwa yaba ivuga ukuri cyangwa se ibeshya si ikibazo cy’uhabwa ubutumwa. Yego nanone niba ubutumwa buvuga buti “runaka yantumye ngo umpe amafaranga 10,000 mushyire” aha uwagenewe ubutumwa yagombye kwitonda kugira ngo amenye aho ukuri guherereye. Ariko n’iyo utashaka guha agaciro ubutumwa intumwa urayireka igasubirayo ngo ivuge uko byagenze.

Ikibazo cyabayeho ni uko uwagenewe ubutumwa butigeze bunamugeraho. Abamurinda ntibatumye ubutumwa butambuka, Polisi nayo ihuruduka nk’iya Gatera icakira intumwa ishyira mu kagozi. Ku bumvise ubusobanuro commissaire wa Polisi yatanze, we yashinje intumwa ko zakoze imyigaragambyo itemewe ngo kuko aho basengera ari ho bagombaga kuba bari. Ibi bikagaragara ko uyu mugabo ashobora kuba atumva icyari kizinduye Intwarane: Zari zijyanye ubutumwa ntizari zigiye mu Kiliziya.

Commissaire wa polisi akaba mu by’ukuri yatubeshye nkana. None se niba bakurikiranweho gukora imyigaragambyo itemewe n’amategeko abafashwe kandi batarigeze bahakandagiza ikirenge bo barazira iki? Nabo bari mu myigaragambyo? Urugero ni Padiri Eugene Murenzi wafashwe ngo ni uko nawe azi iby’iryo tsinda. Padiri Eugene ntiyigeze ahakana ko nawe ari Intwarane, ariko se kuba intwarane nicyo cyaha? Cyangwa icyaha ni ukujyana ubutumwa( dore ko byo byatekinitswe bigahinduka gukora imyigaragambyo itemewe)? Uko wakwita icyaha kose padiri Eugene ararengana ntaho ahuriye nacyo. Keretse niba bafite akuma kareba imipango iri mu mitima(twakita mipangometre) kakaba kagaragaje ko Padiri nawe yari araye azashyikiriza Paul kagame ubu butumwa.

Padiri_Murenzi_Eugene_ari_kumwe_n_umwana_utavuga_copy_copyKu Ifoto padiri Eugene Murenzi ari kumwe n’umwana utavuga

Iri tsinda ryitwa Intwarane risanzwe ngo rizwi kuko ryigeze no kubonana na Arkiepiskopi wa Kigali cyakora akaba yararisabye ko impano zaryo zajyanwa mu nzego zisanzwe za Kiliziya arizo Umuryango remezo na paruwasi zikoreramo. Ikindi Abaturage bazi Intwarane nabo bemeza ko zitaripfana, ngo ndetse no gufungwa ntizibikangwa kuko uwazitumye afite imfunguzo zifunga n’izifungura. Abafunga murabe mwumva!

Ikindi cyongeye gutangaza muri iki kibazo ni uburyo Musenyeri Simaradge yacyitwayemo. Reka tubanze twibutse ko mu kwezi gushize( Kamena 2013)ubwo Simaragde yitabazwaga n’Abakirisitu ngo abafashe kuvugira amasengesho abantu bishwe na FPR yahise avuga ko atavanga iyobokamana na politiki. Ngo gusabira abo FPR yishe ni politiki. Ubu noneho ku byerekeye umupadiri wafunzwe muri kiriya kibazo cy’Intwarane, Simaradge Mbonyintege( bamwe bahimbye Mbuzintege) yagize ati “abakoze ibyaha bagomba kubihanirwa” kandi nyamara azi neza ko Padiri Eugene atari mu mubare w’abagiye ku rugo rwa Paul Kagame.

Ubutumwa abantu badashaka kumva ni ubuhe?

Mbere gatoya y’uko FPR itera u Rwanda, hateye Abahanuzi bagahanura ko babona u Rwanda rugiye gucura imiborogo. Yewe Bikira Mariya nawe yabonekeye abana I Kibeho asaba abantu kwihana kugira ngo bakumire ibyago byari bigiye kugwira u Rwanda. Uwitwa Magayane yahanuriye Habyarimana arabifungirwa. Ubuhanuzi bwabo bwaje gusohora turumirwa. Zimwe mu mpunzi mu gihugu cya Congo zagenderaga ku buhanuzi bwa Magayane cyane. Akantu kose kabaga zageragezaga kugahuza n’ibyo Magayane yavuze. N’ubu hari byinshi Magayane yavuze bamwe bakeka ko bizatinda bigasohora harimo iyicwa ry’uwo yise Rwabujindiri ngo rurya ntiruhage ngo rigakurikirwa n’amaraso menshi azameneka! Nyuma ya Magayane hari abandi baje kumenyekana  harimo n’umusirikare w’umu sergent witwa Nsabagasani, hari n’abandi benshi.

Mu byumweru nka bibiri bishize hari umwana w’umunyeshuri wafatiwe muri Gisenyi arafungwa ngo yatanze ubuhanuzi buteye ubwoba. Uyu mwana na we nta bwoba yagize bwo gutanga ubutumwa yemeza ko yahawe na Yezu Kristu. Mu butumwa bwe nawe yavugaga ko intambara igiye gutangira kandi ko amaraso menshi azameneka. None akurikiwe n’Intwarane za Yezu na Mariya. Ikibazo gikomeye kiri aha: kuki aba bose bagenda bagaruka ku butumwa busa kandi buteye ubwoba? Ubundi umugambi w’ubuhanuzi si ugukura abantu umutima ahubwo ni ukubahwitura ngo bikubite agashyi maze ikibi gikumirwe. Perezida Kagame aherutse kuvuga ati “ushobora kwanga kubwirwa ariko nyamara ntushobora kwanga kubona”! Niba rero aho kureka ngo abo ubutumwa bugenewe babubone bubatere kwikubita agashyi, mfite ubwoba ko iyi polisi ariyo izatuma ibyo biteye ubwoba bibaho. Ndasoza nibaza niba Paul Kagame we atamenye iby’iyi nkuru? Ese ko tuzi ko ari umurwanyi warwanye intambara nyinshi akazitsinda yaba yagize ubwoba bwo guhamagaza Intwarane ngo nibura mbere y’uko zifungwa abanze yumve ubutumwa zari zimuzaniye? Icyo nkundira igihe ni uko gitanga ibisubizo ku bibazo bitajyaga bibonerwa ibisubizo ku buryo bworoshye.

Amacabiranya ya Rucagu ashyize Ruhengeri mu kangaratete

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Amacabiranya ya Rucagu ashyize Ruhengeri mu kangaratete

indexRucagu ku ifoto ajya mu matwi Paul Kagame ngo banoze umugambi wo kwibasira Abanyarwanda.

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Umugabo Rucagu Boniface akunze kwigaragaza cyane nk’umuntu ukorera FPR ndetse akayikorera kurusha Abayishinze. Byumvikane neza ko kuba umuntu yakwikundira ishyaka iri n’iri akarikorera uko abyumva nta kibazo byari bikwiye gutera. Ikibazo kivuka iyo ishyaka rikandamiza abaturage ku buryo bugaragara maze abantu bagakomeza kuriyoboka no kuritiza umurindi. Biba agahomamunwa iyo abashaka kurebwa neza bashyizeho umurava udasanzwe ndetse bakarusha ba Shebuja kumerera nabi abenegihugu. Umugabo Rucagu Boniface rero wo mu Ruhengeri akaba amaze kurembya abantu abatoteza ngo nibakorere kandi bavuge neza FPR abatabyemeye bagahimbirwa ibyaha bakajugunywa mu gihome.

Rucagu yatangiye kugaragaza kuyoboka kudasanzwe mu myaka yakurikiye ifatwa ry’ubutegetsi na FPR. Abamuzi bemeza ko na mbere ubwo yari muri MRND yajyaga atanga imisanzu rwihishwa muri FPR-INKOTANYI ikiri ku rugamba. Nyuma y’aho mu gihe yari umudepite mu nteko ishinga amategeko bamwe mu badepite b’Abatutsi bamubwiye ko ubutegetsi bwa Habyarimana yarimo bwakoze genocide. Rucagu yaje kuhagirira ikibazo gikomeye akizwa n’ijambo yavuze abwira Abanyaruhengeri ngo nibemere bayoboke rwose baratsinzwe. Iri jambo naryo bamwe barivuzeho byinshi ndetse bamwe berekana ko ririmo amacakubiri: ni ukuvuga ko u Rwanda rurimo abatsinze bagomba kuvuga rikijyana n’abatsinzwe bagomba gukoma amashyi. Perezida Kagame abwira Rucagu ati “ahubwo wowe wemeye kuyoboka ntako usa”. Aba amugabiye Ruhengeri.

Mu gihe Rucagu yari perefe wa Ruhengeri yahinze mu Banyaruhengeri ngo nibinjire muri FPR. Yatangiriye ku bacuruzi n’abanyemari abategeka ko bagomba kurahira kandi bagatanga imisanzu muri FPR. Bukeye kabiri abategeka gukingura imiryango ya business zabo bagaha FPR imigabane. Ng’uko uko FPR yinjiye mu micungire ya buri business ibaho mu Ruhengeri: mu itumanaho, mu mahoteli, mu gutwara abantu n’ibintu, mu ma restaurants,…abari basanzwe bifitiye umutuzo barawubuze kuko FPR aho imaze kwinjira ishaka gucunga byoze yewe n’ubwo yaba ifite imigabane itarenze 15%. Bamwe mu bacuruzi bahisemo guhombya business kugira ngo babone uko FPR ivamo. FPR nayo aho yabonaga hajemo igihombo yahitaga ibwira nyirubwite iti banza ukemure utubazo hanyuma tuzakorana nyuma.

Abandi bantu Rucagu yibasiye ni abize kandi badatinya kugaragaza ibitekerezo byabo. Umwe mubo Rucagu yigirijeho nkana ni Profeseri Faustin Musanganya wigishaga mu ishuri rikuru rya INES RUHENGERI ubu wirirwa azengurutswa mu magereza y’u Rwanda hejuru y’ibyaha Rucagu yamugeretseho ndetse agakomeza no kumukurikirana aho afungiye.

Musanganya Faustin ni muntu ki?

Yavukiye muri Commune ya Kidaho mu Ruhengeri. Arangije amashuri yisumbuye yagiye kwiga amakuru mu gihugu cy’Ububirigi i Louvain aho yakuye impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu ndimi. Nyuma y’amashuri yagarutse mu Rwanda akorera Leta  mu biro bishinzwe inyandiko mu nteko ishinga amategeko. Mu gihe cya Genocide Musanganya n’umuryango we kimwe n’abandi Banyarwanda benshi bahungiye ubwicanyi bwa FPR mu gihugu cya Congo aza kugaruka ubwo impunzi zacyurwanga ku ngufu izindi zikicwa. Ku bw’amahirwe Musanganya yageze mu Rwanda amahoro ariko aho yari atuye i Kigali hari harigaruriwe n’abasirikare ba FPR. Musanganya yagiye ku isambu mu Kidaho maze atangira kwigisha  indimi mu Iseminari ntoya Gatulika ya Nkumba. Uretse kwigisha indimi Musanganya yigishaka imikino njyarugamba( Karate) mu kigo cy’abasirikare cyo mu Ruhengeri. Yaje gukora umushinga Forum des Organisations Rurales(FOR) wari ugamije guteza imbere abahinzi borozi ba Ruhengeri na Gisenyi. Uyu mushinga watewe inkunga na Ambassade y’Ubuholandi bituma utera imbere vuba. Aha rero niho yatangiye kugirana ikibazo na Rucagu. Rucagu yashakaga ko nta wundi muhutu mu Ruhengeri uvugwa atari we. Ikindi yashatse guhatira Musanganya kujya muri FPR ariko aramuhakanira. Icyakurikiyeho ni ukumushinja ingengabitekerezo ya genocide ngo umushinga we ntuha akazi Abatutsi. Musanganya yisobanuye yerekana ko umushinga ukorana n’Abahinzi borozi bose muri Ruhengeri na Gisenyi ko nta muntu wigeze abuzwa amahirwe ye ngo ni uko ari Umututsi.

Byaje gukomeza ariko Rucagu ahora ahonda agatoki ku kandi ngo kuko Musanganya yavuganaga n’Abazungu b’Abaholandi. Mu mwaka wa 2011 mu kwezi kwa kane ubwo hibukwaga jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ahitwa Gikwege muri Muhoza (Ruhengeri)mu gihe abantu bagendaga batanga ibitekerezo kuri jenoside n’uburyo babona ingaruka zayo zakumirwa, Faustin Musanganya yatanze igitekerezo ko jenoside yagombye guhama Leta niba hagaragaye ko yayiteguye. Iki gitekerezo rero Rucagu yacyuririyeho ashumuriza Musanganya ubucamanza, icyaha kiba ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside ngo Musanganya yashatse kuvugira abakoze jenoside. Ng’uko uko Musanganya Faustin bahise bamutambikana.

Mu gihe itegeko rihana ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside ryagaragaraga ko ridasobanutse (kubera ko ryashyizweho n’ubutegetsi budasobanutse) Musanganya Faustin n’abandi bafunzwe n’iryo tegeko ntacyo Leta yabageneye. Cyakora Rucagu we yatekereje ko Musanganya ashobora kuzasubirishamo urubanza agafungurwa. Niko kumuteza za maneko muri gereza aho yari afungiwe maze si ukumutesha umutwe karahava. Muri gereza bamushinje gukorana n’imitwe irwanya ubutegetsi hamwe n’amashyaka akorera hanze. Bamushinje ko yavuganaga n’abarwanya Leta akoresheje telephone mobile ibi bituma bahora bamuzengurutsa mu magereza y’u Rwanda: Ruhengeri, Gisenyi, Kigali,…Hagati aho ibikorwa by’ubucuruzi bya Musanganya Faustin harimo na Hoteli yarimo yubaka byarahagaze ngo ni uko yanze kumvira Rucagu ngo ajye muri FPR. Ng’iyi impamvu nyamukuru y’akarengane ka Profeseri Musanganya.

Umwanzuro.

Abantu bazi guhakirizwa byaba byiza bagiye bihakirwa ariko ntibahitane roho z’inzirakarengane. Rucagu na nyuma yo kuva ku buyobozi wa Ruhengeri yashatse kwiyerekana nk’umuvugizi w’Abahutu bo mu Ruhengeri. Benshi baricecekeye ariko baramuhigira kuko ibyo abakorera atari byiza. Ubwo Rucagu amaze iminsi avuze ko agiye kubwira Abahutu bagasaba imbabazi Abatutsi, mwitege ishyano rigiye kugwira Abanyaruhengeri kuko amacabiranya ya Rucagu ateye ishozi kandi agiye gushyira Ruhengeri mu kangaratete.

 

Appui du Rwanda au M 23: Des parlementaires britanniques exigent des sanctions contre Kigali

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Appui du Rwanda au M23 : des parlementaires britanniques exigent des sanctions contre Kigali
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ivan_lewisIan Lewis in the picture.

En ces moments où la guerre sème pleurs et désolation dans l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo, des voix s’élèvent pour que les tireurs des ficelles soient neutralisés dans un bref délai. Selon des sources dignes de foi, le Parlement britannique s’est appesanti hier mercredi 17 juillet sur le conflit sanglant qui oppose l’armée congolaise aux rebelles du M23. Dépité de l’appui du Rwanda à cette fraction armée, Londres a pris l’option de sanctionner à sa manière ce pays provocateur.
Les débats ont été houleux hier à la chambre basse britannique. A l’affiche, le député travailliste Ivan Lewis est monté sur ses grands chevaux pour décrier le soutien que le pays de Kagame apporte aux pourfendeurs des Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo qui s’en prennent même aux populations civiles.
Conscient du danger que représente la déstabilisation de la RDC et des conséquences néfastes que ces attaques provoquent sur les victimes, le parlementaire Ivan Lewis a demandé au ministre britannique de l’Aide au développement de suspendre toute aide au Rwanda. Pour le député britannique, une telle mesure doit être maintenue jusqu’à ce que Kigali cesse d’apporter son appui au M23 et de s’ingérer dans les affaires congolaises.

GARE AUX MENACES DES ISLAMISTES
Loin de se cantonner à l’appui aux groupes armés qui foisonnent dans l’Est de la RDC, Mc Connell, un autre député britannique, qui préside le groupe parlementaire mixte pour les Grands Lacs, a émis ses inquiétudes face à certaines informations alarmantes. Selon certaines sources qui ont requis l’anonymat, le parlementaire anglais a fait état du soutien des islamistes au mouvement rebelle congolais.
Redoutant des ramifications graves qui ont fait imploser plusieurs zones de tension en Afrique (Mali, Soudan, Nigéria…), entraînant à la fois des attaques terroristes, des prises d’otages et des affrontements interreligieux, le président du groupe parlementaire mixte pour les Grands Lacs a demandé au Gouvernement britannique de revoir sa politique sur la région. Il a, par ailleurs, incité l’Union européenne à s’impliquer davantage dans la résolution du conflit armé en République démocratique du Congo.

EXIT L’ÈRE DE LA COMMISÉRATION INTERNATIONALE !
Cette hausse de ton au Parlement britannique n’est pas à prendre à la légère. L’année dernière déjà, Londres, qui finance plusieurs projets de développement au Rwanda, a dû suspendre son aide pour contraindre les dirigeants de ce pays à cesser d’alimenter la guerre au Congo voisin. La même mesure énergique a été prise par Washington qui a accusé le régime en place de continuer à soutenir les mouvements rebelles. Bien entendu, Kigali s’est vite empressé pour se laver les mains et jouer au Ponce Pilate.
Selon une dépêche récente de l’agence chinoise Xinhua, 51 rebelles du Mouvement du 23 mars ont été tués le mardi dernier dans les combats qui l’opposent à l’armée gouvernementale congolaise au nord de Kanyaruchinya, à 15 km de la ville de Goma. D’après la coordination de la société civile du Nord-Kivu, parmi les 51 corps dont celui d’un officier du M23, 15 portent l’uniforme de l’armée rwandaise et sont « identifiés comme véritables sujets rwandais ».
Face à ces informations émanant des sources diverses, il appert que le régime rwandais est de plus en plus dans le collimateur de la communauté internationale. Bénéficiant jadis de la commisération de l’opinion internationale après le génocide de 1994, le régime de Paul Kagame semble dépasser les limites en continuant à alimenter une guerre de plus en plus sanglante au Congo démocratique.
Kinshasa, 18/07/2013 (Forum des As, via mediacongo.net)