Never Again - Rwanda genocide

[Niwemugizi]

Katika maisha yangu kuna kitu hakitakuja kunitoka katika kumbukumbu zangu, nilikuwa mtoto mdogo sana wakati mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda yanatokea lakini nilichokiona kinasikitisha sana mpaka leo,nikiwa mkazi wa Kagera nilijionea kwa macho maiti zikipita mto Kagera. Kila siku huwa sipati jibu je maiti zile zilikuwa za Wahutu ama ni za Watusi? Nasema hivo maana eneo karibia zima la upande wa kasikazini mwa Rwanda lilikuwa limeshikiliwa na majeshi ya RPF. Kinachonisikitisha kwa sasa ni kwamba Rwanda mwezi huu itaenda kuadhimisha miaka 20 ya mauji ya kimbari lakini mpaka sasa watu wanakufa tu ingawa si kwa kiwango kile cha mwaka 1994. Ziaidi ya yote ni kwamba Rwanda hata kama mtu akiumwa na mbu utasikia wanalaumu genocide, yaani Rwanda inatumia neno genocide vibaya, hata mtu akipigana na mke wake chumbani utasikia genocide, wakiwa wanachangia majeshi yao kwenda kulinda amani hawakosi kutamka neno genocide,wakiguswa kuhusu DRC utasikia genocide, rais wao akiwa popote pale hata awe amekaribishwa ikulu ya Washington hatatoka bila kutamka neno genocide. In short wanatumia neno genocide km sympathy ya kutaka waonewe huruma wakati wao sio wa kwanza kuwa na genocide.

Nani hakumbuki Kosovo na Bosnia watu walivokufa? Lakini wapi ulisikia Kosovo na Bosnia inaongelewa kama genocide ya Rwanda? Ifike mahali waseme yaliyotokea yameshatokea sasa wanatakiwa kusonga mbele Rwanda yenye amani na utulivu, ifike mahali yale mafuvu waliyoyakusanya kwenye jumba la maonyesho nayo yaondolewe maana yanazusha hisia zingine kwa vijana ambao wakati mauaji yanatokea walikuwa hawajazaliwa maana kwa upande wangu hayana mafundisho yoyote. What is so special or what is behind Rwanda genocide?

 

[bornagain]

Katika maisha yangu kuna kitu hakitakuja kunitoka katika kumbukumbu zangu, nilikuwa mtoto mdogo sana wakati mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda yanatokea lakini nilichokiona kinasikitisha sana mpaka leo,nikiwa mkazi wa Kagera nilijionea kwa macho maiti zikipita mto Kagera. Kila siku huwa sipati jibu je maiti zile zilikuwa za Wahutu ama ni za Watusi? Nasema hivo maana eneo karibia zima la upande wa kasikazini mwa Rwanda lilikuwa limeshikiliwa na majeshi ya RPF. Kinachonisikitisha kwa sasa ni kwamba Rwanda mwezi huu itaenda kuadhimisha miaka 20 ya mauji ya kimbari lakini mpaka sasa watu wanakufa tu ingawa si kwa kiwango kile cha mwaka 1994. Ziaidi ya yote ni kwamba Rwanda hata kama mtu akiumwa na mbu utasikia wanalaumu genocide, yaani Rwanda inatumia neno genocide vibaya, hata mtu akipigana na mke wake chumbani utasikia genocide, wakiwa wanachangia majeshi yao kwenda kulinda amani hawakosi kutamka neno genocide,wakiguswa kuhusu DRC utasikia genocide, rais wao akiwa popote pale hata awe amekaribishwa ikulu ya Washington hatatoka bila kutamka neno genocide. In short wanatumia neno genocide km sympathy ya kutaka waonewe huruma wakati wao sio wa kwanza kuwa na genocide.

Nani hakumbuki Kosovo na Bosnia watu walivokufa? Lakini wapi ulisikia Kosovo na Bosnia inaongelewa kama genocide ya Rwanda? Ifike mahali waseme yaliyotokea yameshatokea sasa wanatakiwa kusonga mbele Rwanda yenye amani na utulivu, ifike mahali yale mafuvu waliyoyakusanya kwenye jumba la maonyesho nayo yaondolewe maana yanazusha hisia zingine kwa vijana ambao wakati mauaji yanatokea walikuwa hawajazaliwa maana kwa upande wangu hayana mafundisho yoyote. What is so special or what is behind Rwanda genocide?

Umesema kweli ingawa historia si rahisi kufutika wangeangalia namna ya kuiandika na siyo kuweka mafuvu maana mimi kusema ukweli sijawahi kuona sehemu ambayo wamekusanya mafuvu ya binadamu, binadamu hata kama ni marehemu they have their respect. Hahahaha unamaanisha Kagame kwa sasa yupo Brussels kwenye mkutano wa EU and Africa partnership kwa hiyo hatatoka kimya kimya bila kutamka neno genocide?

 

[jMali]

Katika maisha yangu kuna kitu hakitakuja kunitoka katika kumbukumbu zangu, nilikuwa mtoto mdogo sana wakati mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda yanatokea lakini nilichokiona kinasikitisha sana mpaka leo,nikiwa mkazi wa Kagera nilijionea kwa macho maiti zikipita mto Kagera. Kila siku huwa sipati jibu je maiti zile zilikuwa za Wahutu ama ni za Watusi? Nasema hivo maana eneo karibia zima la upande wa kasikazini mwa Rwanda lilikuwa limeshikiliwa na majeshi ya RPF. Kinachonisikitisha kwa sasa ni kwamba Rwanda mwezi huu itaenda kuadhimisha miaka 20 ya mauji ya kimbari lakini mpaka sasa watu wanakufa tu ingawa si kwa kiwango kile cha mwaka 1994. Ziaidi ya yote ni kwamba Rwanda hata kama mtu akiumwa na mbu utasikia wanalaumu genocide, yaani Rwanda inatumia neno genocide vibaya, hata mtu akipigana na mke wake chumbani utasikia genocide, wakiwa wanachangia majeshi yao kwenda kulinda amani hawakosi kutamka neno genocide,wakiguswa kuhusu DRC utasikia genocide, rais wao akiwa popote pale hata awe amekaribishwa ikulu ya Washington hatatoka bila kutamka neno genocide. In short wanatumia neno genocide km sympathy ya kutaka waonewe huruma wakati wao sio wa kwanza kuwa na genocide.

Nani hakumbuki Kosovo na Bosnia watu walivokufa? Lakini wapi ulisikia Kosovo na Bosnia inaongelewa kama genocide ya Rwanda? Ifike mahali waseme yaliyotokea yameshatokea sasa wanatakiwa kusonga mbele Rwanda yenye amani na utulivu, ifike mahali yale mafuvu waliyoyakusanya kwenye jumba la maonyesho nayo yaondolewe maana yanazusha hisia zingine kwa vijana ambao wakati mauaji yanatokea walikuwa hawajazaliwa maana kwa upande wangu hayana mafundisho yoyote. What is so special or what is behind Rwanda genocide?

Muongo siku zote huwa anarudia rudia uongo wake kutokana na hali ya kisaikolojia waingereza wanaita "guilty conscious". ukimsingizia kuwa mtu ni mwizi, halafu akapigwa akafa, utajikuta kila siku unasisitiza kuwa "alikuwa mwizi" hata kama hujaulizwa!

Hizo swali la maiti za mto kagera ni mojawapo tu ya ukweli ambao kagame na kundi lake wanafunika.

Najinukuu toka uzi mmojawapo humu humu JF maneno niliyowahi sema wakati nikijadili the so called 'genocide against tutsis'.
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IDADI NA TAKWIMU YA WAHANGA:



Sensa rasmi ya serikali kufanyika Rwanda kabla ya genocide ya 1994 ilifanyika mwaka 1991. Sensa hii inasema idadi ya watutsi wote Rwanda ilikuwa 596,400, au 8.4% ya wanyarwanda wote wakati huo. Hivyo logically haiwezekani uwe na vifo kuanzia 800,000 hadi millioni vya watutsi mwaka 1994, miaka mitatu tu baadae. Maana yake utakuwa umemaliza watutsi wote, ambao wangebaki wangekuwa watoto wa miaka 3 tu yaani waliozaliwa baada ya sensa.


Baada ya kuingia madarakani serikali ya Kagame ilinyofoa vipengele vyote vya asilimia za wahutu na watutsi na sasa haichapishi asilimia au idadi kamili za wahutu na watutsi badala yake inachapisha idadi ya jumla tu. Yenyewe imeweka idadi tu jumla ya watu 7,148,496 mwaka 1991. Source: National Institute of statistics Rwanda. Hivyo hii 8.4% inapatikana katika vyanzo vingine huru. Vya kwangu baadhi ni hivi hapa: (prof Congleton, prof Hillman, prof konrad; 40 years research on rent seeking2: rent seeking in practice. springer-verlag berlin Heidelberg; 2008, pg 193).


"Monbiot takes issue with our claim that the "great majority of deaths were Hutu", and calls this "as straightforward an instance of revisionism as I've ever seen". But Rwanda's 1991 census estimated the Tutsi population at 600,000, and some 300,000 Tutsi survived the violence of 1994. Whether 800,000 or 1 million people perished, the great majority of deaths must have been Hutu. The standard account of the "Rwandan genocide" is monumentally flawed. We also cite a 1994 US state department memo that Kagame's forces were killing "10,000 or more Hutu civilians per month" source: the guardian uk

"There are an estimated 300,000 survivors of the Rwandan genocide" source: Rwandan survivors. o Hii takwimu ya asilimia 14% watutsi ni baada ya genocide sio kabla, na vile vile ni estimation tu sio exact kama ilivyo kwa sensa. o
Mwaka 2005, jumuiya ya wahanga wa genocide wa kitutsi inayoitwa Ibuka ilifanya sensa ya nyumba kwa nyumba kupata idadi ya watutsi waliokufa kwenye genocide. Zoezi hili lilipata Baraka za serikali, lilikuwa wazi na lilitangazwa sana kwenye media ili wananchi watoe ushirikiano. Walipata idadi ya vifo vya watutsi 355,745 tu! Kwa maana nyingine kila mwaka, ikifika ile siku ya maazimisho ya genocide, watutsi waliofiwa, wanaadhimisha vifo vya ndugu zao 355,745 tu si zaidi ya hapo! Serikali ya Kagame ikakataa kuchapisha matokeo haya. sensa hii ilifanyika hili halina ubishi, pili; matokeo yake yakazuiwa kutolewa. Source: proxylake.

Quote: "The Rwandan gov of the RPF prefers to maintain this confusion. That is why it has refused to reveal the number of dead Tutsis and dead Hutus. It prefers things blurred so the world does not know the extent of massacres committed against the Hutu by the RPF and to inflate the number of Tutsi victims. It is necessary to note that the census of the population organized under the supervision of the UN (UNDP, UNFAP, CEA) and with the aid of countries such as the USA and Canada that terminated on the 15[SUP]th[/SUP] of August, 1991 fixed the total number of Tutsis in the country at 8.4% of the population of 7,099,844 persons. Thus, the numbers that suggest that the entire Tutsi population was massacred between April and July 1994 are simply fantasies." Source: The New World Order Ideology and Africa, Tatah mentah, 2010, pg242.


Conclusion: Serikali ya Kagame kwa makusudi haitaki wahutu wahesabu watu wao waliokufa kwa sababu kwa mahesabu ya vifo 800,000 mpaka milioni, wahutu watakuwa zaidi ya 400,000 au angalau nusu ya wahanga wa genocide. Ndio maana sasa badala ya kuitwa Rwandan genocide, sasa inalazimishwa kuitwa genocide against Tutsis! Ili iwe kosa kuhesabu wahutu nao kama wahanga wa genocide.

Kama watutsi wenyewe waliofiwa wanaomboleza vifo chini ya laki nne, hao kadiri ya laki nne mpaka 6 wengine ni akina nani? Serikali inajuaje kuwa hawa ni watutsi bila ushahidi wowote? Victoire ingabire amefungwa miaka kibao kwa kosa la kuuliza swali "when will our dead (hutus) be remembered"?


"But the recent volume of supposed 'Genocide Deniers Inc.' includes articles by some very accomplished and highly respected Rwanda scholars, including professors David Newbury, Catherine Newbury, and Dr. Scott Strauss. None of these accomplished academics have ever previously fallen anywhere near the category 'genocide deniers'." source: Pentagon releases satellite photos of 94 genocide.

 

[jMali]

Umesema kweli ingawa historia si rahisi kufutika wangeangalia namna ya kuiandika na siyo kuweka mafuvu maana mimi kusema ukweli sijawahi kuona sehemu ambayo wamekusanya mafuvu ya binadamu, binadamu hata kama ni marehemu they have their respect. Hahahaha unamaanisha Kagame kwa sasa yupo Brussels kwenye mkutano wa EU and Africa partnership kwa hiyo hatatoka kimya kimya bila kutamka neno genocide?

tatizo ni hio "historia" kuwa sio kweli. kagame na kundi lake wana historia yao na majority ya wananchi wana ya kwao. Historia ya yule "mwenye bunduki" kwa wakati huo ndio ya kweli.

 

[bornagain]

tatizo ni hio "historia" kuwa sio kweli. kagame na kundi lake wana historia yao na majority ya wananchi wana ya kwao. Historia ya yule "mwenye bunduki" kwa wakati huo ndio ya kweli.

Nimekusoma vizuri sasa unachokimaanisha kweli mwenye bunduki RPF ndiye aliefanya mauaji ya kutisha

1) There Were Several Forms of Violence at Once

In certain respects, we are all quite familiar with what took place in Rwanda between April and July 1994 – 100 days that will be remembered for some time. As discussed now globally, a group of extremist Hutu (members of the Rwandan Armed Forces [the FAR], the Presidential Guard, national police, the “Zero Network death squads” as well as affiliated militias: the Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi, hereafter the FAR+) targeted their ethnic rivals – the Tutsi (Gourevitch; Human Rights Watch; ICTR–Prosecution; Mamdani; Power; Prunier; Straus). The FAR+ systematically engaged in their abuse and killing. This readily and appropriately led to claims of genocide – the systematic attempt of political authorities in Rwanda to eliminate, in whole or in part, members of an ethnic group and, indeed, some observers referred to the events in question as the clearest example of the concept since the Holocaust. The only variation among those advocating this position was exactly how many people were involved with the killing. The controversy: Some highlighted a small clique whereas others highlighted a large proportion of the Hutu population.

A growing and diverse group of academics, politicians and students of African politics, however, disagree with this exclusive characterization, noting that other forms of killing were also occurring at the same time and place. Typically, the identity of perpetrators, victims and motivations differentiate these “other forms”.

For example, many of the researchers above generally acknowledge that ethnic Tutsi were not the only targets of the FAR+, identifying that politically “moderate” Hutu were targeted as well. This was done in order to eliminate resistance to the government (commonly referred to as politicide in the literature [Harff and Gurr; Harff]). Some note that both Hutu and Tutsi (combatants as well as civilians) were killed in the civil war being fought between the FAR+ and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (hereafter the RPF). These could alternatively be classified as battle-deaths, war crimes or crimes against humanity, depending upon the identity of victims, motives, circumstances and manner in which people were killed. There are others who note that there was a large degree of random political violence taking place or what is referred to as “wilding” (Fujii; Hatzfield). In this situation, ordinary/non-government affiliated Rwandans (both Hutu and Tutsi) squared off against other Rwandans (both Hutu and Tutsi) in an attempt to exact revenge for personal wrongs, financial gain or collective hatred – some ethnic, some political and some idiosyncratic in nature. More recently, individuals have argued that the RPF engaged in reprisal killings as they entered Rwanda (Gersony/UN; Des Forges/Human Rights Watch; Pean; Spanish court). As this is viewed as being disconnected from the military engagements undertaken during civil war but involved with state consolidation, these represent a distinct form of political violence. Finally, there are those who suggest that all of the different forms of conflict identified above were present (ICTR–Defense). Here, within a Hobbesian “war of all against all”, all hell broke loose.



2) The Perpetrators Include the Extremist Hutu Government, the Rwandan Patriotic Front as well as ordinary Rwandans

Our major insight from our research concerns the fact that there were different types of violence that took place that can only be determined from viewing the conflict spatially. Individuals were killed all throughout Rwanda during 1994 but exactly when and where these deaths were generated is extremely important. The location and timing are crucial because the control over different locales varied over time. At certain points, the FAR (the extremist government) were in control, in other times it is not clear who was in control (the rebels as well as the government were fighting to get the advantage) and in still other times the RPF was in control. This control issue is important for understanding and classifying the violence. For example, if the extremist Hutu (FAR) government was in control of territory where violence occurred, then the killings could be genocide, politicide or random violence = depending upon exactly who engaged in the killing. What is important is that the state/government was in control. If neither the state nor the rebels were in control, then killings would fall under the category of civil war. If the rebels (the RPF) were in control, then killings could be reprisal or random.

To ascertain these three broad categories of violence: state (FAR)-affiliated, on the battle front and rebel (RPF)-affiliated, we mapped the violence. The following animations illustrate these attempts, beginning with an animation of battlefronts, an animation of violent deaths and then an overlay of deaths with battlefronts.

Animation of Battle-fronts



Animation of Violent Deaths and Battle-fronts



What is clear from the animations is that violence took place in three distinct areas, under the jurisdiction of three distinct contexts: 1) under the control of the FAR, 2) under the control of the RPF and 3) on the battlefront between the FAR and the RPF. Additionally, one can see that RPF advancements into the country appear to escalate and not de-escalate the violence.



3) The Majority of Victims were Likely Hutu and not Tutsi

According to conventional wisdom, government personnel targeted citizens – either directly or indirectly through militias and citizens targeted their neighbors. In addition to this, we add two other dynamics: government personnel targeting rebels and rebels targeting citizens. Unfortunately, the distribution of activities across categories is never discussed. Much is made of citizens turning on their family members but given the large size of many of the killings identified above, this was clearly not the way that the majority of individuals in Rwanda died. An emphasis on the inter-personal dynamics makes for great book and article titles but it does match up with the evidence.

The information on behavioral distributions is important because it assists one in understanding why activities were undertaken. If, for example, the majority of the victims were produced from government targeting citizens – which was the case above, then it compels the researcher to discover exactly what type of relationship existed between citizens and authorities. On this point, there appears to be diverse opinions. In one view, governments are killing a citizenry that is clearly identified, categorized and defined. In another view, however, governments are killing a citizenry that they generally find unclear, mobile and alien. We support the latter position and thus suggest that the killings were more driven by the clearer defined enemy from without than to the less clearly defined enemy within; this actually also explains the behavior of the RPF as they came into the country. There are several reasons for this position.

First, there was massive population displacement within the country which hindered state as well as rebel observational capacity. As the International Panel of Eminent Personalities notes (page 37), between 1990-1992, RPF

1. •advances through the north and north-east, combined with the government’s cynical anti-Tutsi propaganda, produced a massive movement of terrified Hutu into settlement camps in the centre of the country. In a short time, close to 300,000 Rwandans, mostly Hutu, had been driven from or had fled their land to become “internally displaced persons” (the term used to distinguish refugee groups who do not flee across national boundaries) within their own country. In early 1993, another large-scale RPF attack led to a further million, again mostly Hutu, being displaced (emphasis added).
   

We thus argue that at the onset of mass political violence 1/8th of the Rwandan population was living outside of their home territory – where they would most assuredly not be known. Add to this a new influx of largely Hutu from Burundi who fled from political violence there. This displacement problem is only increased over the course of the conflict resulting in approximately 3 million people being outside of the country after the 100 days and untold numbers living outside of their home cells/communes/prefectures.

Second, there has been much discussion of the ability of individuals within Rwanda to discern between Hutus and Tutsis. Essentially, these are distributional issues like that identified below in the figure.
View attachment RPF Killings.pdf

REFFERENCE
http://www.genodynamics.com/Site_7/Readings_files/Ntab-RPF killings in Rusum-1
Three Things to Know about Rwanda 1994

 

[Niwemugizi]

REFFERENCE
http://www.genodynamics.com/Site_7/Readings_files/Ntab-RPF killings in Rusum-1
Three Things to Know about Rwanda 1994

Huyo mtumishi wa UNHCR ndiye kamaliza kila kitu, kila mara nilikuwa nikiwaza mbona upande wa mto Kagera ulikuwa umekaliwa na RPF sasa kwa nini watusi walikuwa wanasema kuwa zile maiti zilizokuwa zinatiririka kwenye mto Kagera walikuwa wanasema eti ni za ndugu zao? Haya sasa murutongore, MUKAMASIMBA njooni huku mtoe nondo zenu kuitetea RPF maana keshokutwa ndiyo mnaadhimisha miaka 20 ya kimbari lakini watu makini wanaendelea kuwafunua na kuwaweka peupe peeeee

 

[IDUNDA]

Katika maisha yangu kuna kitu hakitakuja kunitoka katika kumbukumbu zangu, nilikuwa mtoto mdogo sana wakati mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda yanatokea lakini nilichokiona kinasikitisha sana mpaka leo,nikiwa mkazi wa Kagera nilijionea kwa macho maiti zikipita mto Kagera. Kila siku huwa sipati jibu je maiti zile zilikuwa za Wahutu ama ni za Watusi? Nasema hivo maana eneo karibia zima la upande wa kasikazini mwa Rwanda lilikuwa limeshikiliwa na majeshi ya RPF. Kinachonisikitisha kwa sasa ni kwamba Rwanda mwezi huu itaenda kuadhimisha miaka 20 ya mauji ya kimbari lakini mpaka sasa watu wanakufa tu ingawa si kwa kiwango kile cha mwaka 1994. Ziaidi ya yote ni kwamba Rwanda hata kama mtu akiumwa na mbu utasikia wanalaumu genocide, yaani Rwanda inatumia neno genocide vibaya, hata mtu akipigana na mke wake chumbani utasikia genocide, wakiwa wanachangia majeshi yao kwenda kulinda amani hawakosi kutamka neno genocide,wakiguswa kuhusu DRC utasikia genocide, rais wao akiwa popote pale hata awe amekaribishwa ikulu ya Washington hatatoka bila kutamka neno genocide. In short wanatumia neno genocide km sympathy ya kutaka waonewe huruma wakati wao sio wa kwanza kuwa na genocide.

Nani hakumbuki Kosovo na Bosnia watu walivokufa? Lakini wapi ulisikia Kosovo na Bosnia inaongelewa kama genocide ya Rwanda? Ifike mahali waseme yaliyotokea yameshatokea sasa wanatakiwa kusonga mbele Rwanda yenye amani na utulivu, ifike mahali yale mafuvu waliyoyakusanya kwenye jumba la maonyesho nayo yaondolewe maana yanazusha hisia zingine kwa vijana ambao wakati mauaji yanatokea walikuwa hawajazaliwa maana kwa upande wangu hayana mafundisho yoyote. What is so special or what is behind Rwanda genocide?

kusema ukweli, mauaji ya kimbari Rwanda yanasikitisha mno, kupita kiasi. nilibahatika kusoma sana historia yake, nimeona picha na nimesoma vitabu vingi sana. nimeandika pia thesis kuhusiana na topic inayogusa genocide ya Rwanda katima masters yangu ya sheria. kila mwanadamu anatakiwa kusema "never again", na ninaamini haitakuja kutokea tena hapa africa na dunia kwa ujumla.

mambo mengi yalinisikitisha, lakini kitu kilichonisikitisha zaidi ni kuona wamagaribi wanatuma ndege zao kuja kuwachukua raia na wanajeshi wao na kuwaacha raia wa kitusi mikononi mwa wauaji. watoto wadogo, wanawake, walemavu na raia wasio na silaha waliachwa mchana kweupe.....wabelgiji,wafaransa na wamarekani walikuja kuondoa raia wao wote ikijumuisha na wale wengine waliokuwa wanajeshi...wakati wanawaondoa waliokoa hata mbwa wao wa kizungu wakapandisha kwenye ndege. kumbuka, wakati wanaondoka wauaji walikuwa wameshika mapanga yao wanasubiri evacuation ya wamagaribi ikamilike ili waanze kazi. ni mauaji ya kusikitisha sana.

nchi za africa mashariki zilikaa kimya bila kutuma jeshi kwenda kuokoa watu wasiuawe. siku 100 za mauaji watu zaidi ya laki nane,...only in a hundred days watu wote hao na tumekaa kimyaaa hata kuingilia kati akuna.

jambo tunalotakiwa kujua ni kwamba, genocide is the worst crime of all in this world kwasababu its a crime against a group sio against individual persons. ni tofauti na makosa mengie kabisa kwasababu mtu anauawa sio kwasababu ametenda kosa fulani bali ni kwasababu yeye ni miongoni mwa member wa kundi fulani la watu. you are killed just because you are a member of a group. hivyo hata mtoto mdogo aliyezaliwa leo anauawa kwasabab "kwanini umezaliwa mtusi?"...just like that, wazee, wagonjwa ambao hawajafanya hata kosa, kina mama wanaonyonyesha,wenye mimba etc anawindwa kwasababu ni miongoni mwa watu wa kundi fulani ndio maana anauawa....hakuchagua kuzaliwa kwenye kundi lile na ni Mungu alimfanya azaliwe kwenye kundi lile na anauawa kwasababu tu yeye ni mtu wa kundi lile (hapa namaanisha kabila lile,dini ile, taifa lile n.k).

watusi rwanda walikuwa wanawindwa hata na majirani zao walioishi nao miaka na miaka, ni kama kumwinda mnyama vile, try to imagine wewe hapo unayesoma hapa unawindwa kabisa kama vile wanyama wanavyowindwa na unauawa. try to step into their shoes....walikuwa kwenye wakati mgumu sana. kwenye roadblocks walikuwa wanakagua vitambulisho ambavyo wabelgiji waliwagawanya kwa ukabila kwenye vitambulisho, ukionekana wewe ni mtusi unashambuliwa on the spot, waliwindwa kama wanyama, waliuawa kwa ukatili usiopimika. the same to jews kule ujerumani. sipendi hata kutafakari kwasababu inaumiza sana. Mungu awasamehe wote waliofanya hayo mambo jamani.

 

[jMali]

kusema ukweli, mauaji ya kimbari Rwanda yanasikitisha mno, kupita kiasi. nilibahatika kusoma sana historia yake, nimeona picha na nimesoma vitabu vingi sana. nimeandika pia thesis kuhusiana na topic inayogusa genocide ya Rwanda katima masters yangu ya sheria. kila mwanadamu anatakiwa kusema "never again", na ninaamini haitakuja kutokea tena hapa africa na dunia kwa ujumla.

mambo mengi yalinisikitisha, lakini kitu kilichonisikitisha zaidi ni kuona wamagaribi wanatuma ndege zao kuja kuwachukua raia na wanajeshi wao na kuwaacha raia wa kitusi mikononi mwa wauaji. watoto wadogo, wanawake, walemavu na raia wasio na silaha waliachwa mchana kweupe.....wabelgiji,wafaransa na wamarekani walikuja kuondoa raia wao wote ikijumuisha na wale wengine waliokuwa wanajeshi...wakati wanawaondoa waliokoa hata mbwa wao wa kizungu wakapandisha kwenye ndege. kumbuka, wakati wanaondoka wauaji walikuwa wameshika mapanga yao wanasubiri evacuation ya wamagaribi ikamilike ili waanze kazi. ni mauaji ya kusikitisha sana.

nchi za africa mashariki zilikaa kimya bila kutuma jeshi kwenda kuokoa watu wasiuawe. siku 100 za mauaji watu zaidi ya laki nane,...only in a hundred days watu wote hao na tumekaa kimyaaa hata kuingilia kati akuna.

jambo tunalotakiwa kujua ni kwamba, genocide is the worst crime of all in this world kwasababu its a crime against a group sio against individual persons. ni tofauti na makosa mengie kabisa kwasababu mtu anauawa sio kwasababu ametenda kosa fulani bali ni kwasababu yeye ni miongoni mwa member wa kundi fulani la watu. you are killed just because you are a member of a group. hivyo hata mtoto mdogo aliyezaliwa leo anauawa kwasabab "kwanini umezaliwa mtusi?"...just like that, wazee, wagonjwa ambao hawajafanya hata kosa, kina mama wanaonyonyesha,wenye mimba etc anawindwa kwasababu ni miongoni mwa watu wa kundi fulani ndio maana anauawa....hakuchagua kuzaliwa kwenye kundi lile na ni Mungu alimfanya azaliwe kwenye kundi lile na anauawa kwasababu tu yeye ni mtu wa kundi lile (hapa namaanisha kabila lile,dini ile, taifa lile n.k).

watusi rwanda walikuwa wanawindwa hata na majirani zao walioishi nao miaka na miaka, ni kama kumwinda mnyama vile, try to imagine wewe hapo unayesoma hapa unawindwa kabisa kama vile wanyama wanavyowindwa na unauawa. try to step into their shoes....walikuwa kwenye wakati mgumu sana. kwenye roadblocks walikuwa wanakagua vitambulisho ambavyo wabelgiji waliwagawanya kwa ukabila kwenye vitambulisho, ukionekana wewe ni mtusi unashambuliwa on the spot, waliwindwa kama wanyama, waliuawa kwa ukatili usiopimika. the same to jews kule ujerumani. sipendi hata kutafakari kwasababu inaumiza sana. Mungu awasamehe wote waliofanya hayo mambo jamani.

wewe kutokana na historia yako uliyosoma unaweza kutuambia sababu za msingi za kutokea kwa genocide? what happened? ni nini kilichopelekea wahutu kuua watutsi?

 

[RockSpider]

Hapo wazungu wanasema Give them more guns ...let em kill themselves... Blacks ni Shida kubwa...

 

[kamili]

Katika maisha yangu kuna kitu hakitakuja kunitoka katika kumbukumbu zangu, nilikuwa mtoto mdogo sana wakati mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda yanatokea lakini nilichokiona kinasikitisha sana mpaka leo,nikiwa mkazi wa Kagera nilijionea kwa macho maiti zikipita mto Kagera. Kila siku huwa sipati jibu je maiti zile zilikuwa za Wahutu ama ni za Watusi? Nasema hivo maana eneo karibia zima la upande wa kasikazini mwa Rwanda lilikuwa limeshikiliwa na majeshi ya RPF. Kinachonisikitisha kwa sasa ni kwamba Rwanda mwezi huu itaenda kuadhimisha miaka 20 ya mauji ya kimbari lakini mpaka sasa watu wanakufa tu ingawa si kwa kiwango kile cha mwaka 1994. Ziaidi ya yote ni kwamba Rwanda hata kama mtu akiumwa na mbu utasikia wanalaumu genocide, yaani Rwanda inatumia neno genocide vibaya, hata mtu akipigana na mke wake chumbani utasikia genocide, wakiwa wanachangia majeshi yao kwenda kulinda amani hawakosi kutamka neno genocide,wakiguswa kuhusu DRC utasikia genocide, rais wao akiwa popote pale hata awe amekaribishwa ikulu ya Washington hatatoka bila kutamka neno genocide. In short wanatumia neno genocide km sympathy ya kutaka waonewe huruma wakati wao sio wa kwanza kuwa na genocide.

Nani hakumbuki Kosovo na Bosnia watu walivokufa? Lakini wapi ulisikia Kosovo na Bosnia inaongelewa kama genocide ya Rwanda? Ifike mahali waseme yaliyotokea yameshatokea sasa wanatakiwa kusonga mbele Rwanda yenye amani na utulivu, ifike mahali yale mafuvu waliyoyakusanya kwenye jumba la maonyesho nayo yaondolewe maana yanazusha hisia zingine kwa vijana ambao wakati mauaji yanatokea walikuwa hawajazaliwa maana kwa upande wangu hayana mafundisho yoyote. What is so special or what is behind Rwanda genocide?

kama Cambodia wanahifadhi mafuvu ya waliouawa miaka ya 70 na 80, kama Israel haiachi kutamka yaliofanywa na Ujerumani zaidi ya miaka 70 iliopita huko Ujerumani na inatumia sababu hiyo dhidi ya Palestine na mataifa yanayowazunguka, sioni sababu na nitashangaa kama wasipoweka kumbukumbu hizo. Tutakuwa watu wa ajabu duniani kama tutaanza kusema yaliotokea ni uongo wa Kagame na RPF, otherwise pepo la Intarahamwe limetuingia. Ni vizuri jumuia ya kimataifa na sisi jirani na Rwanda tukaonesha masikitiko yetu kwa kutokuchukua hatua haraka katika zile siku 100. Hakuna mauaji mabaya kama yale yaliowahi kutokea Africa hata kule tulipopeleka majeshi yetu. Na hakuna ushahidi unaoonesha hayawezi rudia. Usikerwe na mafuvu kerwa na Genocide. Kagame weka misingi mizuri isijirudie tena.

 

[Alvin Slain]

Hujambo na karibu katika mtiririko wa matukio ya umwagaji damu uliotukia mnamo mwaka 1994 nchini Rwanda.

Kila mwaka mwezi april raia wa nchini Rwanda hufanya makumbusho ya umwagikaji damu uliokuwa wa kiwango cha juu zaidi yaliyofahamika kama Mauaji ya Kimbari.


Wahutu na watuts wameishi kwa miaka mingi kwa utulivu na amani hadi pale mauaji ya kimbari yaliposhika kasi.

Nchini Rwanda kwenyewe watafanya maombelezo kwa siku zisizopungua saba.


Lakini wananchi wengi bado hawana imani na nchi yao kwani kuna vikundi vingi vilivyokimbilia msituni dhidi ya serikali iliyopo madarakani.


Mauaji ya kimbari yalivitesa vizazi vya kihutu na watuts hasa pale yalipotokea mauaji ya rais wa wakati huo Juvenal Habyarmana.

Juvenal Habyarmana aliuawa muda mfupi baada ya kuingia katika anga ya Rwanda akitokea Mjini Arusha kusuluhisha mgogoro dhidi ya vikundi vya wahutu na watutsi.

Ingawa ufafanuzi kuuhusu Mahakama Maaulum kwa ajili ya Rwanda ukiendelea na Uchunguzi,Washukiwa kadhaa wamefikishwa katika mahakama hii.

Hata hivyo tume huru iliyoundwa na Umoja wa Mataifa mwaka 2009,Imeshindwa kufikia maazimio ya Mahakama maalum kwa ajili ya Rwanda.

Maofisa kuuhusu haki za binaadam wakiiwakilisha Ufaransa walimnyoshea kidole rais aliyeko madarakani Paul Kagame kwa kufadhili vikundi vya watuts dhidi ya wahutu.

Hatua hii ilifanya Ufaransa kupoteza sifa yake kwa Rwanda hadi pale mazungumzo ya hivi karibuni yaliporejea.

Takribani watu laki nane ikiwa ni miongoni mwa watutsi na wahutu waliuawa.

Inadhaniwa Idadi ya watu wote waliouawa ilikuwa ni asilimia 20% ya watu wote nchini Rwanda.

Pamoja na juhudi nyingi zilizofanyika kuleta usawa kati ya wahutu na watuts hali bado haijawa ya kuridhisha.

Ni mapema mno kusema maumivu ya kimbari yatakwisha lini.


Je unadhani Africa imejifunza nini kutokana na mauaji ya Kimbari?

 

[Koba]

Niwemugizi hate zitakumaliza usipoangalia.

 

[Koba]

Muongo siku zote huwa anarudia rudia uongo wake kutokana na hali ya kisaikolojia waingereza wanaita "guilty conscious". ukimsingizia kuwa mtu ni mwizi, halafu akapigwa akafa, utajikuta kila siku unasisitiza kuwa "alikuwa mwizi" hata kama hujaulizwa!

Hizo swali la maiti za mto kagera ni mojawapo tu ya ukweli ambao kagame na kundi lake wanafunika.

Najinukuu toka uzi mmojawapo humu humu JF maneno niliyowahi sema wakati nikijadili the so called 'genocide against tutsis'.
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IDADI NA TAKWIMU YA WAHANGA:



Sensa rasmi ya serikali kufanyika Rwanda kabla ya genocide ya 1994 ilifanyika mwaka 1991. Sensa hii inasema idadi ya watutsi wote Rwanda ilikuwa 596,400, au 8.4% ya wanyarwanda wote wakati huo. Hivyo logically haiwezekani uwe na vifo kuanzia 800,000 hadi millioni vya watutsi mwaka 1994, miaka mitatu tu baadae. Maana yake utakuwa umemaliza watutsi wote, ambao wangebaki wangekuwa watoto wa miaka 3 tu yaani waliozaliwa baada ya sensa.


Baada ya kuingia madarakani serikali ya Kagame ilinyofoa vipengele vyote vya asilimia za wahutu na watutsi na sasa haichapishi asilimia au idadi kamili za wahutu na watutsi badala yake inachapisha idadi ya jumla tu. Yenyewe imeweka idadi tu jumla ya watu 7,148,496 mwaka 1991. Source: National Institute of statistics Rwanda. Hivyo hii 8.4% inapatikana katika vyanzo vingine huru. Vya kwangu baadhi ni hivi hapa: (prof Congleton, prof Hillman, prof konrad; 40 years research on rent seeking2: rent seeking in practice. springer-verlag berlin Heidelberg; 2008, pg 193).


"Monbiot takes issue with our claim that the "great majority of deaths were Hutu", and calls this "as straightforward an instance of revisionism as I've ever seen". But Rwanda's 1991 census estimated the Tutsi population at 600,000, and some 300,000 Tutsi survived the violence of 1994. Whether 800,000 or 1 million people perished, the great majority of deaths must have been Hutu. The standard account of the "Rwandan genocide" is monumentally flawed. We also cite a 1994 US state department memo that Kagame's forces were killing "10,000 or more Hutu civilians per month" source: the guardian uk

"There are an estimated 300,000 survivors of the Rwandan genocide" source: Rwandan survivors. o Hii takwimu ya asilimia 14% watutsi ni baada ya genocide sio kabla, na vile vile ni estimation tu sio exact kama ilivyo kwa sensa. o
Mwaka 2005, jumuiya ya wahanga wa genocide wa kitutsi inayoitwa Ibuka ilifanya sensa ya nyumba kwa nyumba kupata idadi ya watutsi waliokufa kwenye genocide. Zoezi hili lilipata Baraka za serikali, lilikuwa wazi na lilitangazwa sana kwenye media ili wananchi watoe ushirikiano. Walipata idadi ya vifo vya watutsi 355,745 tu! Kwa maana nyingine kila mwaka, ikifika ile siku ya maazimisho ya genocide, watutsi waliofiwa, wanaadhimisha vifo vya ndugu zao 355,745 tu si zaidi ya hapo! Serikali ya Kagame ikakataa kuchapisha matokeo haya. sensa hii ilifanyika hili halina ubishi, pili; matokeo yake yakazuiwa kutolewa. Source: proxylake.

Quote: "The Rwandan gov of the RPF prefers to maintain this confusion. That is why it has refused to reveal the number of dead Tutsis and dead Hutus. It prefers things blurred so the world does not know the extent of massacres committed against the Hutu by the RPF and to inflate the number of Tutsi victims. It is necessary to note that the census of the population organized under the supervision of the UN (UNDP, UNFAP, CEA) and with the aid of countries such as the USA and Canada that terminated on the 15[SUP]th[/SUP] of August, 1991 fixed the total number of Tutsis in the country at 8.4% of the population of 7,099,844 persons. Thus, the numbers that suggest that the entire Tutsi population was massacred between April and July 1994 are simply fantasies." Source: The New World Order Ideology and Africa, Tatah mentah, 2010, pg242.


Conclusion: Serikali ya Kagame kwa makusudi haitaki wahutu wahesabu watu wao waliokufa kwa sababu kwa mahesabu ya vifo 800,000 mpaka milioni, wahutu watakuwa zaidi ya 400,000 au angalau nusu ya wahanga wa genocide. Ndio maana sasa badala ya kuitwa Rwandan genocide, sasa inalazimishwa kuitwa genocide against Tutsis! Ili iwe kosa kuhesabu wahutu nao kama wahanga wa genocide.

Kama watutsi wenyewe waliofiwa wanaomboleza vifo chini ya laki nne, hao kadiri ya laki nne mpaka 6 wengine ni akina nani? Serikali inajuaje kuwa hawa ni watutsi bila ushahidi wowote? Victoire ingabire amefungwa miaka kibao kwa kosa la kuuliza swali "when will our dead (hutus) be remembered"?


"But the recent volume of supposed 'Genocide Deniers Inc.' includes articles by some very accomplished and highly respected Rwanda scholars, including professors David Newbury, Catherine Newbury, and Dr. Scott Strauss. None of these accomplished academics have ever previously fallen anywhere near the category 'genocide deniers'." source: Pentagon releases satellite photos of 94 genocide.

Na hii migazeti yako mirefu iliyojaa fantasy za kiwendawazimu wapelekee wehu wenzako mliosoma pamoja University of Interahamwe

 

[MUKAMASIMBA]

World leaders have descended on Kigali to join the people of Rwanda in remembering and honouring the more than a million compatriots killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
At least seven Heads of State and several statesmen and women from around the world had arrived in the country by press time last evening ahead of today’s main commemoration event at Amahoro National Stadium in Remera, Kigali, to be held under the theme “Remember, Unite, Renew”.
Among the Presidents in town include Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Other dignitaries who arrived yesterday include the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Burundi First Vice President Prosper Bazombaza, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Tanzanian former president Benjamin Mkapa, and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
The US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, is leading the US delegation, which also includes Russell Feingold, the special representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hundreds of delegates, including foreign political leaders, celebrities, scholars and activists are expected to attend the national commemoration ceremony, expected to be widely covered by the global media, with many international media organisations having sent in crews.
Notable absentee is France which pulled out of the commemorations at the last minute in protest of what they termed as Rwanda’s renewed accusations of Paris’ well documented involvement in the 1994 Genocide.
Former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who will be attending the event, criticised his country’s action describing it as “childish reaction”.
The British delegation is led by Foreign Secretary William Hague, and also includes the Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds.
Expected to lead the Belgian delegation was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders, and Jean-Pascal Labille, the Minister of Development Cooperation.
They were to be accompanied by, among others, the families of the ten Belgian paratroopers killed in Kigali on April 7, 1994, just hours after the shooting down of the plane that was carrying then Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which has since been blamed on extremists within his camp, to create the excuse for carrying out the genocide.
The Belgian UN peacekeepers were killed around the same time as then Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu whom they were guarding, as genocide got underway in earnest.
Across Rwanda, citizens are expected to converge at venues in their respective villages (smallest administrative unit) to pay homage to Genocide victims.
At the stroke of noon today, the whole country will also observe a minute’s silence in remembrance of Genocide victims.
President Paul Kagame’s Genocide anniversary speech will also be broadcast on all TV and radio stations, and will be followed by citizens meeting in their villages.
The national flag and indeed flags of other countries represented in Rwanda will also be lowered to half-mast throughout the official mourning week.
A three-month nationwide tour of the Kwibuka (Remembrance) Flame is among the activities carried out in the build-up to the 20th Genocide anniversary.
The Flame, which was lit on January 7 and made its final stop on Saturday – at the Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre Kigali (former ETO Kicukiro) in Kicukiro District –, officially marking completion of its tour of all the 30 districts, will be returned to the Kigali Memorial Centre this morning ahead of the start of today’s ceremonies.
Today’s commemoration events will start with the lighting of the National Flame of Mourning at the Kigali Memorial Centre by President Kagame and the First Lady, Jeannette Kagame. The flame will last for 100 days, equal to the number of days the Genocide lasted.
While officially the national mourning will last for a week, commemoration activities will go on for three months – through July 4, the day when the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA), the armed wing of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) took Kigali and stopped the killings.
President Kagame and the First Lady will also lay wreaths at the memorial, home to the remains of at least 250,000 Genocide victims. Also to pay their respects at the memorial are the visiting Heads of State.
Besides President Kagame, others expected to speak at the main commemoration event at Amaharo stadium include Ban Ki-moon and President Museveni.
In 1994, the UN significantly downsized its peacekeeping mission, paving the way for widespread killings, especially around Kigali where Unamir soldiers were based.
A National ‘Walk to Remember’ is also scheduled to take place later this afternoon led by President Kagame.
The march, expected to attract many youths, will start from the Parliamentary Buildings in Kimihurura and end at Amahoro National Stadium, where a national vigil will subsequently begin.
Similar walks will take place in other countries around the world, with the involvement of Rwandans in the Diaspora, as a show of solidarity with Rwanda and in remembrance of Genocide victims.
The UN set aside April 7 as the day of the Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Contact email: editorial[at]newtimes.co.rw

 

[Waterloo]

100 days of killings without take any immediate action the world must be answerable for sure

 

[mwekundu]

First suspect wa Rwanda Genocide nasikia ni PK yeye ndo alipanga plot ya kumuuaa Juvenal Hyeberiana na ndo inaaminika mwanzo wa visasi na hiyo civil manslaughrer war?sasa mbona hakamatwi?

 

[reandle]

I can see still kuna kutoaminiana ama msuguano wa chini kwa chini kati ya Tanzania na Rwanda, probably na DRC ambayo ndiyo kiunganishi cha mgogoro kati ya Tanzania na Rwanda! Nchi zote katika ukanda wa afrika mashariki zimetoa viongozi wao wakuu wa serikali except Tanzania and DRC!!

Anyway, it's not the big issue in any way... nawatakiwa maombelezo mema yatakayokuwa na lengo moja tu... kuonesha kwamba ukabila na kitu chochote sawa na hicho ni masuala yasiyo na tija na mara zote mwisho wake ni majuto. This can happen anywhere particularly in Africa! Wakenya wameonja machungu yake! Yesterday i was shocked nilipokuwa naongea na mdogo wangu anayesoma boarding... I was so shocked niliposikia kwamba shule anayosoma kuna udini balaa...wakristo na waislamu si wamoja! The way anavyoongea, inaonesha wazi kwamba hali si shwari kwenye shule zetu... kuna kila dalili kwamba hapa Tanzania taasisi za elimu, kuanzia A-Level hadi chuo kikuu ni majiko makuu yanayopika na kuchochea chuki miongoni mwetu! Bado najivunia, tangu nianze darasa la kwanza hadi namaliza chuo, sikupata hata mara moja kujiunga na jumuiya yoyote iwe ama ya kidini ama ya kikanda/kikabila... jumuiya ambazo zimejaa kwenye vyuo vyetu!

 

[JustDoItNow]

World leaders have descended on Kigali to join the people of Rwanda in remembering and honouring the more than a million compatriots killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
At least seven Heads of State and several statesmen and women from around the world had arrived in the country by press time last evening ahead of today’s main commemoration event at Amahoro National Stadium in Remera, Kigali, to be held under the theme “Remember, Unite, Renew”.
Among the Presidents in town include Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Other dignitaries who arrived yesterday include the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Burundi First Vice President Prosper Bazombaza, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Tanzanian former president Benjamin Mkapa, and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
The US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, is leading the US delegation, which also includes Russell Feingold, the special representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hundreds of delegates, including foreign political leaders, celebrities, scholars and activists are expected to attend the national commemoration ceremony, expected to be widely covered by the global media, with many international media organisations having sent in crews.
Notable absentee is France which pulled out of the commemorations at the last minute in protest of what they termed as Rwanda’s renewed accusations of Paris’ well documented involvement in the 1994 Genocide.
Former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who will be attending the event, criticised his country’s action describing it as “childish reaction”.
The British delegation is led by Foreign Secretary William Hague, and also includes the Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds.
Expected to lead the Belgian delegation was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders, and Jean-Pascal Labille, the Minister of Development Cooperation.
They were to be accompanied by, among others, the families of the ten Belgian paratroopers killed in Kigali on April 7, 1994, just hours after the shooting down of the plane that was carrying then Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which has since been blamed on extremists within his camp, to create the excuse for carrying out the genocide.
The Belgian UN peacekeepers were killed around the same time as then Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu whom they were guarding, as genocide got underway in earnest.
Across Rwanda, citizens are expected to converge at venues in their respective villages (smallest administrative unit) to pay homage to Genocide victims.
At the stroke of noon today, the whole country will also observe a minute’s silence in remembrance of Genocide victims.
President Paul Kagame’s Genocide anniversary speech will also be broadcast on all TV and radio stations, and will be followed by citizens meeting in their villages.
The national flag and indeed flags of other countries represented in Rwanda will also be lowered to half-mast throughout the official mourning week.
A three-month nationwide tour of the Kwibuka (Remembrance) Flame is among the activities carried out in the build-up to the 20th Genocide anniversary.
The Flame, which was lit on January 7 and made its final stop on Saturday – at the Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre Kigali (former ETO Kicukiro) in Kicukiro District –, officially marking completion of its tour of all the 30 districts, will be returned to the Kigali Memorial Centre this morning ahead of the start of today’s ceremonies.
Today’s commemoration events will start with the lighting of the National Flame of Mourning at the Kigali Memorial Centre by President Kagame and the First Lady, Jeannette Kagame. The flame will last for 100 days, equal to the number of days the Genocide lasted.
While officially the national mourning will last for a week, commemoration activities will go on for three months – through July 4, the day when the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA), the armed wing of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) took Kigali and stopped the killings.
President Kagame and the First Lady will also lay wreaths at the memorial, home to the remains of at least 250,000 Genocide victims. Also to pay their respects at the memorial are the visiting Heads of State.
Besides President Kagame, others expected to speak at the main commemoration event at Amaharo stadium include Ban Ki-moon and President Museveni.
In 1994, the UN significantly downsized its peacekeeping mission, paving the way for widespread killings, especially around Kigali where Unamir soldiers were based.
A National ‘Walk to Remember’ is also scheduled to take place later this afternoon led by President Kagame.
The march, expected to attract many youths, will start from the Parliamentary Buildings in Kimihurura and end at Amahoro National Stadium, where a national vigil will subsequently begin.
Similar walks will take place in other countries around the world, with the involvement of Rwandans in the Diaspora, as a show of solidarity with Rwanda and in remembrance of Genocide victims.
The UN set aside April 7 as the day of the Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Contact email: editorial[at]newtimes.co.rw

Na hii Genocide ya sasa hivi anayoifanya Kagame chini kwa chini?

 

[iparamasa]

its good kwamba tanzania haikutuma viongozi wakuu coz the truth is,it was genocide against the rwandan people,not only tutsi,kagame hataki kukubali kwamba hata innocent hutus were caught in between,hivi RPF wakati inaingia rwanda haikuua? au akiua mtusi anakuwa hana kosa,ila muhutu akuia ndo inakuwa kosa? je hizo maiti za enzi za genocide nani alizifanyia analysis akajua kuwa zote ni za watusi? kagam kama anasema ameondoa ukabila na ana nia hiyo kwanini anasema ni genocide against tutsi kwa kutaja kabila? hao wahutu wanajionaje na wanaonwaje na wenzao? hata timing ya genocide inaonyesha wazi ilipangwa na kagame pale alipotungua ndege,TANZANIA HAIWEZI KUPELEKA K-IONGOZI MKUU KWENYE ''A LIE CEREMONY''

 

[iparamasa]

Mahakama ya arusha kuhusu mauaji ya kimbari itakuwa haijamaliza kazi kama kagame atakuwa hajasimama pale akiwa na pingu mikononi,ni mtuhumiwa namba moja