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Five illusions a naïve visitor to Rwanda falls for

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:

He is President of the Republic of Rwanda.
He is the Chairman of RPF, the ruling party and in this capacity, the boss of RPF’s business empire; in other words,
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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1. Ijambo rya Kikwete Perezida wa Tanzania

Ukwezi kwa Kamena kwatangiye hakivugwa byinshi ku Ijambo Kikwete yavugiye Addis Abeba muri Ethiopia asaba ko abayobozi b’u Rwanda na Uganda bagombye gushyikirana n’imitwe ibarwanya ariyo FDLR y’Abanyarwanda na ADL y’Abanya Uganda. Mu Rwanda abantu batangajwe no kumva iryo jambo ndetse abafite uburere bukeya batangira gutuka Perezida wa Tanzania nk’aho aciye inka amabere! Cyakora Umunyamabanga mukuru w’umuryango w’abibumbye Ban Ki-moon we yashimye icyo gitekerezo ndetse atangaza ko azatumira inama muri Nzeri uyu mwaka kugira ngo icyo gitekerezo kinozwe neza. Umuryango SADC w’ibihugu byo muri Afurika y’amajyepfo nawo washyigikiye iki gitekerezo cy’uko FDLR yashyikirana n’u Rwanda na ADL igashyikirana na Uganda.

2.Musenyeri Mbonyintege yaragaciye, Musenyeri Ntihinyurwa aramuruta, Papa Fransisko atumara impaka.

Mu ntangiriro za Kamena Abakirisitu bo mu bihugu binyuranye bakoze isengesho ry’iminsi 9 ryitwa “Neuvaine” ryo gusabira Abihayimana bishwe na FPR Inkotanyi I Gakurazo mu cyahoze ari Perefegitura ya Gitarama. Basabye Musenyeri Mbonyintege Simaragde kubafasha mu isengesho na we akabavugira agasengesho gatoya, cyane cyane ko mu bahaguye harimo Abasenyeri batatu ba Kiliziya Gatulika kandi muri iki gihe Simaragde akaba ari Perezida w’inama y’Abepiskopi mu Rwanda. Musenyeri aho kuvuga ko wenda bamutunguye cyangwa se ko afite imirimo myinshi yagize atya arihanukira ati: “Abanzi barabizi , simvanga amasengesho na Politiki”! Twese tugwa mu kantu. Kuvugira isengesho abapfuye se bijemo politiki gute? Cyakora nyine abamuzi bavuga ko uyu Musenyeri ukunze kugaragara mu kuvuga amasengesho mu bikorwa byateguwe na FPR ashobora koko kuba yaragize ubwoba bwo gusabira abishwe nayo! Mu by’ukuri iyo ubabajwe n’abishwe mu yandi amagambo uba wamaganye ababishe. Musenyeri Mbonyintege rero rwose niba yaragize ubwoba, niba se yarabigize nkana yabuze intege zo gukora umurimo w’ibanze wa gisaseridoti wo guhuza Imana n’abayo. Kugira ngo atange igisobanuro yakekaga ko cyakwakirwa neza abyita politiki kandi atwumvisha ko umuntu nka Musenyeri atakora politiki. Nyamara byagaragaye ko Musenyeri Ntihinyurwa we yemera gusabira izo nzirakarengane zatsembwe na FPR. Ndetse we niyatinye no gutanga ikiganiro kuri ubwo bwicanyi.

Icyakurikiye ibyo ni urujijo hagati y’Abanyarwanda cyane cyane Abakirisitu Gatolika. Bamwe bibazaga niba uwo bafataho urugero rwiza ari Musenyeri Mbonyintege cg se Musenyeri Ntihinyurwa. Impaka zamazwe na Nyirubutungane Papa Fransisko wakanguriye Abakirisitu kwinjira no gukora umurimo wa politiki, ati “gukora politiki ni ikimenyetso cy’ibanze cy’urukundo rwa gikirisitu kuko politiki iharanira imibereho myiza ya bose”. Ndizera ko Musenyeri Mbonyintege adashobora gukaraba ngo abyitarutse nka Pilato mu gihe cy’urubanza rwa Yezu.

3. Inama mpuzamahanga ku Rwanda

Mu Bwongereza ahitwa Brighton hateraniye inama yari yatumiwemo Abanyamashyaka ya politiki na Leta y’u Rwanda hamwe n’abahagarariye amashyirahamwe atandukanye aharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu. Ibyavuye muri iyo nama bigaragaza ko Abanyarwanda bakeneye kuganira kenshi kugira ngo babone umurongo ngenderwaho ufatika wo guhangana n’ibibazo biri mu Rwanda. N’ubwo Leta ya Kigali itohereje uyihagarariye bamwe mu bari mu nama berekanye ko hari ibyo bashima iyo Leta yagejeje ku Rwanda. Byaba byiza ubutaha iyo Leta nayo igiye yohereza umuntu akaza akayihagararira.

4. Rukokoma yimwe viza yo kujya mu Rwanda Semushi agenda wenyine.

Ikindi cyari kitezwe muri Kamena ni itahuka mu Rwanda rya Twagiramungu Faustin uzwi ku kazina ka Rukokoma akaba na perezida w’ishyaka RDI-Rwanda Rwiza, yari gufatanya urugenda na Karangwa Semushi Visi Perezida wa PDP –Imanzi. Abo bagabo bari bateguje ko bazajya I Kigali guhangana na FPR mu gihugu imbere, bakaba baragombaga kugerayo kuwa 21 Kamena. Uko babivugaga wagiraga ngo bamaze kubona ibisabwa byose. Nyamara siko byaje kugenda kuko ku munota wa nyuma Twagiramungu Faustin yaje kwemera ko burya bwose atigeze ahabwa visa kandi ko nta n’ubundi buryo yari yabonye bwo kugera mu Rwanda kuri iriya taliki. Ibi byatumye abantu bibaza byinshi kubyo Abanyapolitiki basezeranya ababafitiye icyizere. Karangwa Semushi nawe kuva yagera mu Rwanda nta wigeze amenya uko amerewe!

Na none mu kwima Rukokoma viza yasabaga , Leta ya kagame yerekanye ko bya bindi bavuga ngo abantu nibatahe biba bitavuye ku mutima, biba ari urwiyerurutso ngo amahanga abarebe neza !

5. Condo Gervais yiswe Kanyarengwe mushya

Mu kiganiro cyahise kuri Radio Ijwi rya Rubanda y’umugabo witwa Simeon Musengimana, kuwa gatandatu taliki ya 22 Kamena, Condo Gervais umwe mu Bayobozi ba RNC Ihuriro Nyarwanda yahaswe ibibazo ku mpamvu ngo ameze nk’uhishira ubwicanyi bwa Nyamwasa na bagenzi be aho kubareka ngo bivugire ku bibazo Abanyarwanda batari bake babibazaho. Condo usanzwe adatinya kuganira yasobanuye ko atavugira ba Nyamwasa, cyakora asobanura uko abona ikibazo cy’Abantu b’abasiviri bishwe mu ntambara z’Abacengezi mu majyaruguru y’igihugu kandi bishwe n’Ingabo zari ziyobowe na Nyamwasa. We ngo asanga kwica abo basivili byari ngombwa cyane mu rwego rwa “stratégie militaire”! Ngo ntiwatsinda intambara utishe abaturage bacumbikira umwanzi bakamuha n’ibyo kurya ! Mu gushinja Nyamwasa ibi, Abanyarwanda benshi bashingira ku ijambo yavugiye kuri imwe mu ma radio mpuzamahanga avuga ko we iyo yamanutse aba adashaka gufata imfungwa, ahubwo ko arasira kwica; ngo azarasa abanyaruhengeri na Gisenyi kugeza igihe bataye itama ryo kurwana! Abantu 90% babajije ibibazo wasangaga bameze nk’ababurira Condo ko RNC izamukoresha nk’uko FPR yakoresheje Kanyarengwe. Hari n’abavuze ko, mu kurimbura abasivile benshi mu cyiswe intambara y’Abacengezi, FPR yari ifite umugambi wihishe wo kugabanya umubare w’Abahutu kandi ko ba Nyamwasa bari mu bateguraga iyo migambi, none ubu bakaba ntacyo batangariza Abanyarwanda.

Icyagaragaye muri iki kiganiro ni uko hari urwikwekwe rwinshi mu Banyarwanda, kandi koko ngo iyagukanze ntijya iba inturo. Bamwe basanga RNC iramutse igeze ku butegetsi ishobora gushyiraho amategeko akingira ikibaba Nyamwasa na bagenzi be kimwe n’abandi bicanyi bose maze Abahutu batigeze babona ubutabera mu myaka 20 ishize bakibagirana. N’ubwo bigoye kumenya Umuhutu ngo umutandukanye n’Umututsi ugendeye ku majwi, abakurikiye ikiganiro babashije kumva ko Abahutu bafite ikibazo kinini cyo kumva bararyamiwe. Hari abanyoherereje ubutumwa bagira bati reba nawe kuva muri 1994, Umuhutu ahigishwa uruhindu ngo ni umwicanyi nta présomption d’innocence ibaho ku Bahutu, bati nyamara Umututsi nka Nyamwasa wamaze abantu akabyigamba abantu b’Abanyabwenge nka Condo bari kumwiruka inyuma bavuga ko akwiye présomption d’innocence. Bongeraho ko babona Umuhutu yemerewe présomption de culpabilité naho Umututsi akagira présomption d’innocence ibi bagasanga bikwiye gucika.

Abandi basanga Nyamwasa ari umuntu ufitiye opposition nyarwanda akamaro ko aramutse afashije guhirika FPR na Kagame nta kibazo cyaba kikiriho. Mu kiganiro cyahise kuri Radio Itahuka ya RNC kuwa kabiri taliki ya 25 Kamena, nabo 90% bahamagaye bashima Condo kuri bo ugaragara nk’umuhuru modéré: Bamushimiye ko agira ikinyabupfura ndetse bikoma cyane Simeon babona nk’Umuhutu w’intagondwa ngo kuko yatinyutse guhangara umu general nka Nyamwasa bo bemera. Hari ndetse bamwe bagaragaje ko babona Simeon ngo akorera FPR akaba afite gahunda yo gutinza ukwibohoza Abanyarwanda bari hafi kugeraho. Gusa abazi Simeon bemeza ko adakorana na FPR, kuko kuri we FPR ari “un movement criminal” ikwiye guseswa.

Ikiganiro cyateguwe na Simeon cyatumye ntekereza ko mu gihe Abanyarwanda basonzeye ubuyobozi butarangwamo abantu bafite ibiganza bijejeta amaraso, ari ngombwa ko habaho ingamba zo kuganira ku bibazo by’Abantu bakekwaho ibyaha nyamara bakaba bagaragaza ubushake bwo gufatanya n’abandi kubaka igihugu gishya. Kuri iki kibazo Ishyaka Ishema ryagize icyo riteganya: Ingingo ya kabiri y’imigambi yihutirwa y’ishyaka Ishema mu gika cya e) igira iti: “Hazategurwa Ibiganiro bihuza Abanyarwanda b’ingeri zose ku byerekeye IMBABAZI ZIDASANZWE cyangwa IBIHANO BYOROHEJE bishobora guhabwa abakoze ibyaha bikomeye, bakaba babyemera, babisabira imbabazi kandi bakaba biteguye gutanga umuganda wabo mu kubaka igihugu gishya”. Uyu niwo muti w’ikibazo.

6. U Rwanda ku rutonde rw’ibihugu umutekano ugenda ugabanuka.

Mu cyegeranyo cya Global Peace Index(GPI) cyashyizwe ahagaragara muri uyu mwaka wa 2013, u Rwanda rugaragara mu bihugu bigenda bigaragaramo umutekano mukeya ku isi. Icyegeranyo cyerekana ko ku bihugu 162 byakozweho ubushakashatsi, u Rwanda ari urwa 135. Mu karere ka Afurika y’uburasirazuba, Uganda iza ku mwanya wa 106, Kenya izaza kuwa 136 naho Tanzania ikaba ku mwanya wa 55, mu gihe Uburundi ari ubwa 144. Mu gihe ibihugu bya Georgia, Tchad na Haiti bigenda bitera imbere mu mutekano, Syria, Lybia n’u Rwanda byo biri ku rutonde rw’ibihugu umutekano ugenda urushaho kuba mukeya.

7. Ishyaka DGPR ryemerewe gukora Kongre ya mbere

Nyuma y’imyaka ine yose ishyaka The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda(DGPR) risaba kwemererwa gukora kongre yo kuritangiza ku mugaragaro noneho muri uku kwezi ryashoboye kubona uruhushya. N’ubwo bwose iri shyaka rigeze ku ntambwe ya mbere ikomeye, ugukererezwa kwaryo kubonwa na bamwe nka wa muntu uguca amaguru yarangiza akaguha imbago ngo ngaho akugiriye neza. Ese wamushimira ko yabaye umugiraneza akaguha imbago cyangwa wamushimira ko yaguciye amaguru?

8. FPR mu mugambi wo gushimangira ipfunnwe mu Bahutu

Ku itariki ya 30 Kamena perezida Kagame yaganirije urubyiruko rwari ruturutse mu gihugu cyose mu biganiro byerekeye amateka. Icyagaragaye kimwe no mu zindi gahunda za FPR, ni uko amateka avugwa igice cyane cyane hagamijwe kwerekana ko Abahutu aribo bonyine bazaniye u Rwanda umuvumo bityo bakaba bakwiye gusaba imbabazi.

Ubwabyo gusaba imbabazi si ikibazo kuko uwakoze icyaha yagombye kuzisaba kandi akagira umutima wicuza. Ikibazo kibaho iyo umukuru w’igihugu yumvisha abantu ko n’abatarakoze ibyaha bagomba gusaba imbabazi ngo kuko ababikoze bakoresheje izina( ubwoko). Kugira ngo bamushimishe, abasore benshi barahagurutse baritotomba ngo bene wabo b’Abahutu bakoze nabi ! Mbese kwishora muri jenoside byagizwe icyaha rusange ntikikiri icyaha gatozi.

Ikindi cyatangaje ni uko nta muntu n’umwe wo mu bwoko bw’Abatutsi wigeze asaba imbabazi ko yaba yarakoze nabi. Tuzi benshi mu Bahutu barenganyijwe haba mu gihe cy’intambara cyangwa se mu gihe cya gacaca. Muri urwo rubyiruko rwasabaga imbabazi harimo abana benshi barokokeye mu makambi y’impunzi, abarokotse agafuni ka FPR i Kisangani… abo bose nta n’umwe uhabwa agaciro ngo nibura hagire n’umusaba imbabazi.

Abenshi babonye ko icyari kigenderwe muri iriya nama ari ugukomeza kurema igitekerezo mu mitima y’urubyiruko rw’Abahutu ko ari abicanyi ko rwose nta kindi bakwiye uretse kugirirwa ubuntu bakemererwa kuba mu Rwanda. Kagame yanagarutse ku rubuga rwa politiki. Ngo nta gihugu na kimwe ku isi gitanga urubuga rwa politiki kurusha u Rwanda. Ngo ahubwo kuri we u Rwanda rwarengeje ibipimo by’urubuga rwa politki ngo kuko “rwemera kubana n’abarwishe”! Kagame yongeye no kugaruka kubo yise abavugira Interahamwe na FDLR ngo n’ibigarasha bakorana, ngo ubutumwa abaha ni uko hari umurongo ntarengwa. Gahunda nk’izi za FPR zirarushaho gutera urwikekwe mu Banyarwanda cyane cyane abo mu bwoko bw’Abahutu kandi bishobora kuzagira ingaruka zitari nziza mu gihe kizaza.

Uko byagenda kose ibi FPR ikora bikwiye guhinduka kandi nta kindi cyabirangiza uretse abantu bisuganyije bagakora revolisiyo izaha Abanyarwanda Ishema ryo kuba abo aribo aho guhora abantu bafite ipfunwe ry’ibyaha batakoze.

Rwanda among ‘least peaceful’ countries, Tanzania high on list.

Génocides rwandais: quelle bizarrerie de vérités

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Génocides rwandais: quelle bizarrerie de vérités ?

Quand on parle du mot « vérité », à mon sens, on veut signifier cet assemblage de faits, dits, et ou observations qui ne peuvent pas être présentés d’une manière opposée sans perdre l’essence. Par exemple si un accident a eu lieu, dire que l’accident n’a pas eu lieu devient le contraire de la vérité car il ne peut pas exister deux vérités opposées parlant d’un même sujet. L’accident ne peut avoir lieu et ne pas avoir lieu à la fois. Du jour au lendemain, le monde adopte de méthodologies pour tester ce qui est dit avant de se prononcer sur une universelle vérité. Dans ce sens, par exemple, certains chercheurs pourraient penser que même dans une société africaine, une révolution doit suivre les étapes de la révolution américaine ou française avant d’être nommée ainsi. Cette pratique de vouloir créer de similarités entre les événements au niveau global tend à devenir biaisée dans le postmodernisme, où l’agrégat de philosophies nourries de rationalité souvent mêlées de l’idéologie est voué à l’échec surtout parce que et la psychologie qui gouverne les comportements, et la tradition qui relie le passé au futur via le présent, et la culture des auteurs des faits, et l’environnement qui loge la scène, rien ne peut être parfaitement universel. Le présent travail constitue un appel à toute personne assoiffée d’être bien informé sur le Rwanda de ne pas se laisser avoir par de démagogiques sources d’informations tant fanatiques que politico-idéologiques, car, la vérité restera toujours unique.

Donnez-moi l’impression que, après avoir lu mon introduction, vous n’allez pas sauter à la fin pour voir mon identité, et le mettre dans le www.google.com/search pour juger prématurément la vérité que je vous apporte. Si vous faites ça, vous voulez savoir si je suis Hutu, si j’ai commis génocide, si je suis Tutsi rescapé ou ex combattant du FPR, si je suis titulaire d’un diplôme ou je suis lauréat d’une grande université… Pourquoi ? Parce qu’à propos du Rwanda, il y a quelque chose que vous attendez de la plume d’un Hutu, contraire à la plume d’un Tutsi, et s’il s’agit d’un académicien, vous vous hâterez de savoir quel côté il supporte. Et pourtant le monde intellectuel aussi peut quelque fois échouer à se détromper. A la recherche de la vérité, le positivisme fait l’analyse scientifique, c’est-à-dire, tester expérimentalement les données avant de prendre la conclusion. Les données dont il est question ici, doivent être collectées soit directement du terrain, ou d’une source sûre et digne de confiance. Celui qui fournit l’information doit être véridique, un point très important si on veut avoir une conclusion qui reflète la réalité. Pourtant, pour certains, la lecture d’un journal même à caractères politiques de manière reconnue, est plus valeureuse que le témoignage oculaire. C’est horrible.

Tout au long de ma dissertation, je souligne génocides au pluriel car après le génocide contre les Tutsis en 1994, le projet Mapping a récemment montré qu’il y aurait eu un autre génocide contre les Hutus les années suivantes au Congo. Au jour qu’il est, le monde est divisé en deux quant à la vérité sur le Rwanda et ses génocides. Il vient d’abord la vérité plus admirée car véhiculée par l’ange anti-génocidaire qu’est Kagame Paul. Celle-ci est basée sur la négligence faite contre le peuple Tutsi depuis la chute du royaume dans les années 60, le génocide contre les Tutsi préparé, perpétré et orchestré par le régime des Hutus (qui sans jugement devront être éternellement baptisés génocidaires). Cette vérité FPRiènne base sa légitimité sur la projection de contrer toute personne qui aurait l’intention de venir achever « le plan » génocidaire, selon lequel les forces stigmatisées de négatives viendraient, mutatis mutandis, faire ratissage des Tutsi encore en vie (unfinished business). A écouter le discours du FPR, tout ce qu’il a pu réaliser notamment chasser une grande force qui a commis le génocide, remettre de l’ordre et reformer les institutions nationales, lutter contre le génocide, etc, en gardant silence sur ce qu’il détruit et tous les prix y subséquents aussi économiques que sociaux, il est très difficile de ne pas tomber amoureux de ces gens-ci qui ont vécu une jeunesse misérable et qui, malgré tout, veulent réconcilier les tués et les tueurs. Pour les très émotionnels comme Pasteur Warren, ils aimeraient être naturalisés Rwandais pour contribuer à cette reconstruction nationale. Pasteur Warren et ses semblables sont trop aveugles et trop muets pour réaliser que Ingabire Victoire n’a aucune liaison avec les FDLR, que GACACA est un système de réglage de compte, que le dialogue franc interrwandais demandé par Faustin Twagiramungu aurait un positif impact sur la vraie réconciliation, et que Gahima, Karegeya, Kayumba et Rudasingwa ne sont pas des fugitifs recherchés par la justice Rwandaise.

L’autre « vérité » est moins connue car réfutée par le pouvoir de Kigali et ses acolytes :Selon celle-ci, le génocide Rwandais a beaucoup d’implications dans l’histoire de la cohabitation Hutu-Tutsi et ce serait trop naïf d’ignorer l’histoire, la guerre du FPR, les tueries commises par le FPR,…si on voulait arriver à une vrai réconciliation. Elle parle du génocide des Hutu contre les Tutsis, mais aussi sans perdre de vue sur celui commis contre les Hutus. Elle condamne le comportement du FPR qui au lieu de voir le génocide comme un mal qui a endeuillé le pays, le voit comme une vache à lait et une arme contre tout opposant politique. A voir cette version, elle vient soulager ceux qui sont laissés de côté ou ceux qui se voient criminalisés tout court parce qu’ils contredisent le FPR. Si on compare les deux camps, sans doute que la vérité est unique : le génocide contre les Tutsi et le génocide contre les Hutus. Le FPR nie le génocide qu’il a commis contre les Hutus mais croit en génocide fait contre les Tutsi. Le FPR va loin jusqu’à dire que celui qui ose prononcer le génocide contre les Hutus est un négationniste avec l’idéologie génocidaire. Le peuple Rwandais libre reconnait les deux génocides et appelle à tout le monde de se libérer contre Paul Kagame qui handicape la réconciliation nationale.

Et qu’en dit le reste du monde ?

Au moment où le peuple Rwandais connait tout (même si des fois il est contraint à rester silencieux) ceux qui peuvent critiquer Kagame sont à l’extérieur du pays, ou en prison. Immédiatement après la prise de pouvoir par le FPR, il y a eu la recherche d’un nom à donner à ce qui venait de se passer au Rwanda. Toujours dans la tendance à tracer des similarités qui régneraient entre les événements, la communauté Internationale s’est basée sur une partie de la vérité de l’horreur Rwandais et a prononcé génocide, considérant entre autre, que les Juifs étaient stigmatisés de noms d’animaux…les Tutsis aussi étaient surnommés cafards (INYENZI)!? … Ici personne n’osera dire que ce sont quelques Tutsi eux-mêmes qui s’étaient choisi INYENZI comme un nom de leur groupe guerrier dans les années 60s ? Par coïncidence INYENZI qui est une abréviation Ingangurarugo ziyemeje kuba Ingenzi ressemble le vocable signifiant cafard … ce qui s’est passé contre les Tutsis est un génocide. Quand le mot génocide apparait, notre chère communauté internationale doit d’abord donner la bénédiction pour que l’assistance apportée aux rescapés du génocide contre les Juifs soit aussi canalisée vers les rescapés d’autres génocides. Le FPR le savait, raison pour laquelle il est prêt à se battre corps et âme contre toute personne qui dirait que ce n‘était pas un génocide. Même quand nous disons que ce mot n’est pas du Kinyarwanda, qu’il fallait créer un vocabulaire en langue nationale, le FPR choisit « Rwandiser » le mot génocide(jenoside) et créer génocidaire avant de le « Rwandiser » aussi(jenosideri). Autre raison qui pousse le FPR à traiter génocide come il le fait, est qu’il veut l’utiliser pour éloigner tout opposant car le crime de génocide n’as pas terme, une fois accusé de génocide, tu es mis hors combat n’importe où tu te trouves, n’importe quand on te trouve. Dans ce cas, un Hutu qui devient populaire ou gagne un gros lot d’argent, ou trouve un boulot bien payant,…celui-ci doit être appelé génocidaire s’il ne s’agenouille pas pour le FPR. La communauté internationale et les ONG activistes des droits de l’Homme, tout le monde sait maintenant. La question qu’il y a est de s’ingérer dans les affaires du Rwanda qui risque un troisième génocide. Ils regardent Kagame qui s’auto proclame vainqueur des élections, un homme qui a tué des millions d’Ougandais, Burundais, Congolais, Rwandais et un homme dont la conversion de cœur est à enterrer. Même si les observateurs n’ont pas été satisfaits par le déroulement des élections de 2003 et 2010, le peuple Rwandais n’a pas protesté contre les résultats lus comme les Ivoiriens l’ont fait récemment.

Deux génocides en corrélation.

Un ami des miens me rappele que à toute action, il correspond toujours une réaction. Et les Latins de dire que Historia magistra vitae(l’histoire, maitresse de vie). Ceci pour vous dire l’histoire nous parle de ce qui s’est passé par déduction la question devient, « et puis ? » Parce que après une action on s’attend à une réaction. Quand Kigali parle du génocide en tant que une réaction, plus qu’ambigüité est mise sur l’action. Tantôt o parle de Habyarimana en tant que planificateur du génocide, tantôt de la révolution des Hutus et du président Kayibanda comme si Kayibanda et Habyarimana partageaient la même idéologie ! Mais alors pourquoi Habyarimana et son prédécesseur devaient tuer les Tutsis comme cru par les uns ? Étaient-ils acteurs ou réacteurs ? Où est l’action où est la réaction ? La réponse sur le génocide des Tutsi peut se retrouver dans le commencement de la guerre d’Octobre 1990. Que celle soit action (à laquelle Habyarimana doit réagir), qu’elle soit une réaction du FPR au régime de Habyarimana, toujours le FPR est impliqué dans le génocide et sans son existence, démontrez comment le génocide aurait été possible. 80000 Tutsis et Hutus immolés dont Habyarimana lui- même et son chef d’Etat major, le FPR chante la victoire (à vaincre sans périr on triomphe sans gloire) et se lance a chasser les Hutus . A faire ceci, le FPR commet un autre génocide. Finalement, nous reconnaitrons que le FPR a été au cœur de tous les génocides qui ont secoué notre patrie.

De quoi souffre le FPR? En fait, à en juger de près, la vérité est très minime dans les discours du FPR : Ils te diront que les Hutus ont tué les Tutsis mais nulle part ne figure que les Tutsis ont tué les Hutus. Ils affirment que le génocide a été possible et rapide parce que Habyarimana est mort dans l’attentat contre son avion, mais ils ne te diront pas que les massacres de Kibeho et des camps des réfugiés étaient la mise en application d’un plan bien raffiné de décimer ce peuple Hutu …ce qui est sans moindre doute un génocide. Quand il arrive à la politique de réconciliation nationale, le FPR semble faire de « jokes » ! C’est le FPR qui intronise la ségrégation en refusant les bourses d’études aux enfants Hutus au moment où les parents de ces enfants doivent payer les taxes pour payer les bourses des Enfants Tutsis. Est-ce comme ça on lutte contre le génocide ? Si les premiers génocides ont résulté de la mauvaise gouvernance, manque d’équité, népotisme e… (allégations du FPR contre le régime du MRND de Habyarimana), de quel bois se chaufferait le FPR pour être capable d’empêcher les mêmes causes de produire les mêmes effets ?

La vérité reste la seule. Une fois elle change de sens, elle n’est plus ce qu’elle était. Tuer égale tuer. Nous savons beaucoup de gens qui ont impressionné le monde comme par exemple Fred Ibingira le premier personnage dans l’histoire de l’humanité à être gradé général étant illettré. Pourtant ceci ne transforme pas leur acte de « tuer » en acte de « sauver ». C’est ça la vérité. La vérité n’est pas celle que Kagame veut que je dise, la vérité est ce qu’elle. Un garçon adolescent est tombé amoureux d’une jeune fille de son âge. Notre gars aurait voulu entendre la fille prononcer qu’elle l’aime. Il lui demanda : « dis- moi la vérité, est-ce que tu m’aimes ? » La fille ne dit mot avant que le garçon insistât : «s’il vous plait dis-moi la vérité ». Et la fille de finir l‘affaire : « si tu veux la vérité, je ne t’aime pas ». Et le garçon déçu dit : « Mais je t’ai demandé de me dire la vérité… » Pour le garçon, la vérité était « je t’aime» , je pense que ce garçon est un membre du FPR. Je rêve …voir un jour le fils du Colonel Bagosora et le fils de général Kagame assis ensemble et prononcer unanimement la vérité en entier.

Chaste Gahunde aka Enock B.SAFARI

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