The Tale of Two Brave, Heroic RPF Inkotanyi Battalions

[jMali]

Hivi Inkotanyi ni ki mdudu gani hicho? murutongore MUKAMASIMBA mchambawima1 Koba JokaKuu jMali Ngongo

inkontanyi iko hivi:

inkotanyi maana yake halisi/original ni askari wa mfalme wa kitutsi King Rwabugili aliyetawala karne ya 19, waliokuwa wanatumika kuwapiga wahutu into submission. Kwenye akili ya mhutu yoyote neno inkotanyi ni neno baya sana kihistoria, Kagame deliberately akaamua kutumia the same word kwa jeshi lake la watutsi la RPA, ambao:

1. Most of them like himself came from royal tutsis families that ran into exile in 1958-59. kagame's Aunt was QUEEN Rosalie...So calling themselves that horrible name was like saying "wafalme wenu tunarudi kuwatawala"

2. RPA since 1990 walikuwa wanafanya guerilla attacks against Hutus, acting the same just like the original Inkotanyi did back in 19th century na kuwezesha utawala wa mabavu wa watutsi over the Hutu for all those years. So what were Hutus supposed to think?

3. Baada ya wahutu kukubali power-sharing kwa kulazimishwa.... na ndege ya rais wao ikatunguliwa.....So any young interahamwe Hutu surely thought: "sisi wahutu ni majority, tumepigwa na jeshi la watutsi since 1990 mpaka 1994, tumelazimishwa power-sharing with minority 15% of the population tumekubali, na sasa rais wetu katunguliwa na wanaofanya yote hawa ni jeshi la watutsi wanaojiita Inkotanyi of all names? the same name of tutsis waliotutawala kikoloni for 400 years!" Since wahutu raia hawana bunduki za kupambana na RPA, wao wakaamua kumalizia hasira zao kwa "inkotanyi" wanaowaweza ambao ni majirani zao, ndugu zao watutsi wa kawaida kwa mapanga na visu. (genocide against tutsis).

Neno lingine Inyenzi (Mende) lilitungwa na muasi wa kitutsi Aloys ngurumbe ambaye alikuwa anapigana na serikali ya mapinduzi ya wahutu toka miaka ya 1960's. Watutsi walijiita inyenzi kwa kujifananisha na mende ambao wanapiga usiku na mchana hawaonekani. RPA nao pia walianza kujiita Inyenzi na kutishia wahutu kupitia radio yao, Radio Muhabura operating from Uganda kuwa "Inyenzi leo tunakuja kijiji fulani " etc, causing terror na displacement ya wahutu for those 4 years. Matokeo yake hata watutsi walio ndani ya Rwanda wakaanza kutaniwa kuwa nao ni Inyenzi, mwaka 1994 utani ukageuka chuki!
Aloys Ngurumbe aliyelianzisha hili neno Inyenzi alikamatwa miaka ya 80 na kuhukumiwa jela, mwaka 1994 Kagame (Inyenzi/Inkotanyi) mwenzie akamuachia huru!!!

Only extremist-Tutsis ndio hawataona kuwa ingawa there is no justification for genocide regardless ya nani kapanga, but surely it was Kagame that calculated it by making calculated provocations like these. Not to mention the FACT that the leader of the interahamwe was a TUTSI robert Kajuga who pretended to be a Hutu (sorta like making sure genocide against his people really happens so kagame can claim to "stop it" ?) Inkotanyi na Inyenzi may be heroes to any extremist-tutsi, but are they heroes to Hutus and twa as well? Hivi kuna mtanzania yoyote atayekubali waarabu wa zanzibar wenye damu ya sultani waanze kuadhimisha "heroic" slave traders names leo hii?

 

[Talkandtalk]

ameuliza swali wewe jibu, inkotanyi ndio nini? au huyu naye sio mtanzania ni 'interahamwe' kama mimi? if not then mtanzania wa kawaida atajuaje maana ya inkotanyi ikiwa wewe mkazi wa 'kigs' hutaki/huwezi kuelezea?

Unemuelezea wewe manake unazijua vyema kuliko mtu mwingine

 

[murutongore]

ameuliza swali wewe jibu, inkotanyi ndio nini? au huyu naye sio mtanzania ni 'interahamwe' kama mimi? if not then mtanzania wa kawaida atajuaje maana ya inkotanyi ikiwa wewe mkazi wa 'kigs' hutaki/huwezi kuelezea?

Sina muda wa kujibizana na wapambe wako ambao hata ku construct sentensi hawawezi. Hata wewe nisingekuwa najibizana na wewe kama ungekuwa mtanzania. I have no problem with tanzanians. Dada yangu kaolewa huko na nina marafiki wengi tu ambao hawa espouse your "interahamwe ideology". Lakini kwa sababu najua wewe ni mnyarwanda with an axe to grind, I will deal with you until my last drop. Comprende?

 

[jMali]

Sina muda wa kujibizana na wapambe wako ambao hata ku construct sentensi hawawezi. Hata wewe nisingekuwa najibizana na wewe kama ungekuwa mtanzania. I have no problem with tanzanians. Dada yangu kaolewa huko na nina marafiki wengi tu ambao hawa espouse your "interahamwe ideology". Lakini kwa sababu najua wewe ni mnyarwanda with an axe to grind, I will deal with you until my last drop. Comprende?

huwezi kusema inkotanyi maana yake nini period!

 

[murutongore]

huwezi kusema inkotanyi maana yake nini period!

Interahamwe maanake ni nini?

 

[MUKAMASIMBA]

Hivi Inkotanyi ni ki mdudu gani hicho? murutongore MUKAMASIMBA mchambawima1 Koba JokaKuu jMali Ngongo

invincible warrior

• Incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable.

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[JustDoItNow]

Wewe unastahili kwenda kwenye jukwaa la watoto international

Unastahili kwenda kwenye jukwaa la Ukabila international

 

[JustDoItNow]

Sina muda wa kujibizana na wapambe wako ambao hata ku construct sentensi hawawezi. Hata wewe nisingekuwa najibizana na wewe kama ungekuwa mtanzania. I have no problem with tanzanians. Dada yangu kaolewa huko na nina marafiki wengi tu ambao hawa espouse your "interahamwe ideology". Lakini kwa sababu najua wewe ni mnyarwanda with an axe to grind, I will deal with you until my last drop. Comprende?

Nonsense ideas. Yaani wewe kumbe umekulia Tanzania kwa mashemeji alafu unaleta Kiburi?
You do not know Tanzanians my friend.

 

[jMali]

jMali
tunakupata jmal. hao makaburu weusi iko siku mtafanikiwa kuwaondoa kwenye madaraka sijawahi ona waafrika arrogant kama watutsi. wana kiburi dharau na ubinafsi wa kutisha. wapo baadhi wenye siha nzuri na wanampinga pk na inkotanyi wenzake na pengine siku moja kutakua na rwanda moja.

mkuu mimi sio mnyarwanda.

 

[mchambawima1]

mkuu mimi sio mnyarwanda.

Eh Jmali, kulikoni? Naona hata waathilika wa sumu zako wanaanza kupata fahamu... Sijui utajifichia wapi... Kama nilivyo kuambia omba Mungu huu mwaka sumu zako zikutoke au ziendelee kukuharibu ubongo wako peke yako na FDLR wako, huku Rwanda tuna dunda tu, zamani mtu akigoogle Rwanda neno linalofwata ni Genocide, siku hizi unachagua cha kusoma... Sema wewe nnakushangaa sana pale unapong'ang'aniza utanzania wakati unakwenu! Tena nchi ya asali na maziwa, nchi "pekee Afrika" ambayo haijawahi kukubali biashara ya utumwa, we usiku na mchana unaponda tu mara Kagame mara RPF mara oh Mfalme... Wacha nikumbushe kwa kuanza na ufalme uliowalinda na kufanya msiuzwe kwa wafanya biashara ya utumwa iwe mzungu au mwarabu...huo huo ufalme imara chini ya uongozi wao hakujawahi kushuhudiwa hitirafu za kikabila mpaka pale mlipolishwa sumu na wazungu(Belgians); bado tuko wote?
Hapo bado sijasema Kagame na RPF yake, nikizisema sifa zake na za RPF itabidi tukeshe lakini tisa kumi ni pale alipowakomboa ndugu zako mwliokuwa mmewateka makambini, kuwarudisha majumbani kwao na kuhakikisha hakuna kisasi! Hivi hata wale waliouwa wengi wao washasamehewa mpaka hivi watu wengine wanatuona machizi mfano wa karibu ni "Amanpour wa CNN" kwenye prog yake, alipigwa na butwaa pale alipokuwa kakaa meza moja katikati ya muathilika na muuwaji aliyemuulia familia yake yote huku wakila chakula kwa pamoja, sasa wewe unataka kusema nini, nchi gani hapa duniani yenye sifa kama hizo za kwenu? Wanyarwanda ni watu sio kujisifu wala nini, kipindi kile mlipobolonga tulikubali matokeo lakini hayakutufanya tukane kwetu sembuse wewe uliyehusika kwa namna moja hau nyingine...wewe bana naomba program ijayo ya "come and see" husikose, nauli utalipiwa tena return ticket na kama hauta tosheka utakuwa huru kurudi ukimbizini Bongo, Iwanyu baragutashya!

 

[JokaKuu]

mchambawima1,

..je, Watutsi walioua Wahutu nao wanaomba msamaha?

..je, mna mpango wowote ule wa kuomba msamaha kwa attrocities dhidi ya wananchi wa Congo?

..wenzenu kule SA wakati wa Truth Commission kila upande uliomba msamaha.

cc jMali, Bulldog, murutongore

 

[JokaKuu]

THE SIEGE OF MANONO, A ZIMBABWEAN SACRIFICE.

By Tawanda Kanhema

A SPELL of silence prevailed over the allied forces military camp in Kamina, eastern DRC, where military officials from Zimbabwe had convened to contemplate on a crucial operation, a military offensive aimed at arm-twisting the resilient rebels and dragging them to the negotiating table.
It was November 23 1998, only three months after President Laurent Kabila's one time allies had waged a full scale war to topple his new government, and they were threatening to overrun government forces and take over Kinshasa.

Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces expediently flew to the government's rescue in a operation code-named ‘Operation Sovereign Legitimacy' and on this day, the generals were deliberating on a bomb attack on a military camp housing thousands of rebels and insurgent government troops at Kalemei.

Wing Commander Gwata, a VIP pilot who had flown the Air Force Commander from Harare to Kamina a few days earlier, was nominated to execute the mission and Director of Air Operations, Air Vice Marshall Elson Moyo gave him an order to bomb the insurgents' base.

At exactly 10pm, a CASA 212 freighter aircraft screeched off the tailored runway, marked with goose-flares, with five 300kg bombs, and headed towards Kalemie, where rebels had just welcomed Rwandese troops returning to the DRC on a mission to destroy what they had helped establish.

Wing Comm Gwata and his companion, Squadron Leader Garwe, along with two paratroopers, were leading the maiden attack in which the Zimbabwean made ‘Marigoma' bombs were used, and as they approached their sleepy target, generals at Kamina Airstrip crossed their fingers in anticipation.
Flying overhead Kalemei, heavily guarded with a network of stinger and surface to air missiles (SAM7s), the soft skinned aircraft soared to 17000 feet to avoid a raging storm and drown its roar, as the two paratroopers started dropping the bombs.

The first Marigoma went off with a massive thud at exactly 12am, and brilliant flares illuminated the crew's view as the aircraft lurched on releasing its load. Rebels in the camp, together with the new arrivals, were neutralized, and as early as 2am, bulletins from SABC started pouring in with news of the attack.

Though the entire DRC airspace was practically unnavigable, owing to dysfunctional air traffic control and obsolete navigational aids, a combination of the global positioning system (GPS) and experience enabled Wing Comm Gwata, who knew the terrain like the back of his palm, to execute the mission with ultimate precision.

The rebels had backed President Laurent Kabila on guarantees of land allocations and security in the eastern border after the ouster of president Mobutu's government, but instead the new government faced pressure from insiders to expel the liberators, considered as having overstayed their invitation.
The attack played a decisive role in the war, as the Rwandese troops withdrew from the front and sent rebels jostling for places at the negotiating table for the first time since the onset of the war, albeit, to buy time, as the war escalated in other parts of the DRC.

Wing Commander Gwata, a Romanian trained fighter pilot whose record stretches back to the liberation struggle, through the Casa Banana offensive during the Mozambican campaign, won the Silver Cross of Zimbabwe for the part he played in Operation Sovereign Legitimacy.

The war escalated, running into 1999. Tropical jungles in eastern DRC echoed with the rattle of machine guns, and the pungent smoke stiffened the
Rebels' resolve, as they started using SAM7 and Stinger missiles that the allies had never anticipated.

As desperate diseases will most definitely require desperate cures, the DRC campaign, far from counter-insurgency warfare as it was, commanded better than conventional military capabilities with innovation and sacrifice.

Another Air Force of Zimbabwe pilot, Squadron Leader Earnest Matsambira, snatched the Gold Cross of Zimbabwe after flying a transport aircraft into the tempestuous assault rifle and missile fire, cruising as low as five meters above the ground, in resupply and paradrop operations in eastern DRC.
"Mission reports from troops on the front were touching and I realised that they were in a desperate situation and needed urgent resupplies of medicines, ammunition and food," he said.

He flew into the fray of enemy fire on three occasions, and the soft aluminium skin of his CASA 212 plane was perforated by bullets as he flew at ultra-low levels to fascinate the enemy and avoid high precision stinger and anti-aircraft fire. Flying at the normal altitude of 300ft would have made his aircraft canon fodder for rebel artillery and he had to risk hitting obstacles to make paradrops of supplies to the troops, who were outnumbered and were at the brink of being overrun by rebels.

Squadron Leader Matsambira was on a resupply mission on the eastern front in Manono on November 23 1998 when Zimbabwean troops, getting low on ammunition and facing increasing resistance from the rebels, made a call for reinforcement of troops. "Under the conditions, it was impossible to resupply, as the troops were not in full control of the airstrip, but I realised that without reinforcement they would be overun."

He surged in with the fixed wing aircraft amid a barrage of mortar bomb attacks and offloaded the ressuplies, landing at short intervals and dropping
supplies as the bombs fell in the place the plane had just left. One mortar hit his the plane's vertical stabilizer and an AK bullet bruised the fuel control cables and engine covers, but he continued to reinforce the dug -in troops until they could make a safe withdrawal.

Sq Ldr Matsambira lived to fight another day, and a few days later, he had to resupply the troops, who despite having withdrawn to another place, were still under enemy fire and could not even collect the supplies that were being dropped by the aircraft.

Four troops ran over a landmine in the tropical rainforest and had to be evacuated from the muddy terrain. His aircraft could practically not land on the unstable terrain, and would only land at the risk of floundering in the mud. The lives of the four troops, burnt allover their bodies and wrapped in bandages, hanged in the balance, "The magnitude of the risk was highly abnormal and but lives had to be saved and I made a suicidal landing and picked the men."

In the depths of the tropical rainforests and jungles, the range of options for the pilot had narrowed down to either flying normally and in full sight of Stinger wielding rebels or flying "with his Belly" and taking a few bullet holes, praying none of them would hit the fuel tank. No lighter moments from the battlefront, Sq Ldr Matsambira recalls fishers on the Congo river diving into the water to avoid the noisy CASA 212Õs expansive wings, as he flew along the river with the aircraft's belly nearly touching the water.

The Gold Cross, reserved only for those whose only other option is to die to save the lives of other men, came after many spasms of sacrifices for Sq Ldr Matsambira, who has specialised in fixed wing aircraft since he graduated from the SF260 basic trainer in 1989.

Wing Commander Gwata and Sq Ldr Matsambira, both of whom were CASA 212 aircraft pilots, agree on one thing about the DRC war, that it was unlike anyhting they had encountered in their entire military career and it commanded extraordinary skills and sacrifices. It was a war in which the line between fighting for one cause and the diametric opposite was just a two hour flight from the battlefront.

Some ‘Banyamulenge' rebels airlifted from trenches and battlefronts around Kinshasa after the ouster of President Mobutu Sese Seko in May 1997 never returned to their homes. The planes that came to take the liberators away were diverted to bases where they rearmed on arrival and started fighting to depose President Kabila.

cc Ngongo, jMali

 

[mchambawima1]

mchambawima1,

..je, Watutsi walioua Wahutu nao wanaomba msamaha?

..je, mna mpango wowote ule wa kuomba msamaha kwa attrocities dhidi ya wananchi wa Congo?

..wenzenu kule SA wakati wa Truth Commission kila upande uliomba msamaha.

cc jMali, Bulldog, murutongore

Good and bad questions all mixed together but anyway let me help you!
Kwanza kabisa ningependa kukufahamisha ya kwamba, baada ya vita vya ukombozi wa Rwanda, watu wengi walianza kumchukia Kagame... Mtu yeyote aliyejaribu kulipiza kisasi kwa wahutu(wenye itikadi kali) ambao walituulia ndugu zetu, adhabu yake ilikuwa kunyongwa, uwe mwanajeshi au raia... Na ndio maana leo hii huwezi kupata wa kuomba msamaha, na hicho kilitufanya tumchukie kweli ingawa baadae tukaja kumuelewa kwani ndio kinacho tutofautisha na wauwaji!
Attrocities unazosema wewe labda haujuwi maana yake, ni kama zile za Siera leon! ambapo watu walikatwa mikono bila sababu, ubakaji na vinginevyo, katika jeshi la Rwanda ukifanya mambo ya hivyo basi wewe ukimaliza jichimbie shimo ujizike kabla wazee hawajakuangukia.
Hayo mambo unayosema ya bondeni(SA) ntakuwa nnakudanganya kwani sijui nani kamfanya nini mwenzake! Ila kama walifikia muafaka basi mungu awabariki... Je wewe ni kitu gani kinachokufanya kuomba model ya SA ndio itumike Rwanda? Kanakwamba ya kwetu haitufai?

 

[JokaKuu]

Good and bad questions all mixed together but anyway let me help you!
Kwanza kabisa ningependa kukufahamisha ya kwamba, baada ya vita vya ukombozi wa Rwanda, watu wengi walianza kumchukia Kagame... Mtu yeyote aliyejaribu kulipiza kisasi kwa wahutu(wenye itikadi kali) ambao walituulia ndugu zetu, adhabu yake ilikuwa kunyongwa, uwe mwanajeshi au raia... Na ndio maana leo hii huwezi kupata wa kuomba msamaha, na hicho kilitufanya tumchukie kweli ingawa baadae tukaja kumuelewa kwani ndio kinacho tutofautisha na wauwaji!
Attrocities unazosema wewe labda haujuwi maana yake, ni kama zile za Siera leon! ambapo watu walikatwa mikono bila sababu, ubakaji na vinginevyo, katika jeshi la Rwanda ukifanya mambo ya hivyo basi wewe ukimaliza jichimbie shimo ujizike kabla wazee hawajakuangukia.
Hayo mambo unayosema ya bondeni(SA) ntakuwa nnakudanganya kwani sijui nani kamfanya nini mwenzake! Ila kama walifikia muafaka basi mungu awabariki... Je wewe ni kitu gani kinachokufanya kuomba model ya SA ndio itumike Rwanda? Kanakwamba ya kwetu haitufai?

..model yenu ni ya Wahutu peke yao kuomba msamaha, au yeyote aliye-committ attrocities dhidi ya wengine kuomba msamaha?

 

[Bavaria]

mchambawima1,

..je, Watutsi walioua Wahutu nao wanaomba msamaha?

..je, mna mpango wowote ule wa kuomba msamaha kwa attrocities dhidi ya wananchi wa Congo?

..wenzenu kule SA wakati wa Truth Commission kila upande uliomba msamaha.

cc jMali, Bulldog, murutongore

Besides everything, tutsi consider themselves to be right, i don't see them regreting for what they have done.

 

[Ngongo]

THE SIEGE OF MANONO, A ZIMBABWEAN SACRIFICE.

The rebels had backed President Laurent Kabila on guarantees of land allocations and security in the eastern border after the ouster of president Mobutu's government, but instead the new government faced pressure from insiders to expel the liberators, considered as having overstayed their invitation.
The attack played a decisive role in the war, as the Rwandese troops withdrew from the front and sent rebels jostling for places at the negotiating table for the first time since the onset of the war, albeit, to buy time, as the war escalated in other parts of the DRC.

Mkuu JokaKuu na hii kitu ndio wameileta EAC ugomvi wote wa kututenga (CoW) msingi wake ni baada ya kuikosa Kivu ya DRC.Kuna yule mjinga msemaji wa kambi ya upinzani alitia aibu sana upinzani kiasi kwamba nikajisemea upinzani Tanzania bado sana kibaya zaidi hata Mbowe alipoulizwa alikubali kwamba huo ndio ulikuwa msimamo wa upinzani ?.

 

[Talkandtalk]

..model yenu ni ya Wahutu peke yao kuomba msamaha, au yeyote aliye-committ attrocities dhidi ya wengine kuomba msamaha?

Tatizo nikwamba unauliza swali ambalo tayari wewe ushajipatia jibu from the beginning, na hii ndio tatizo maanake you only pick answers from one side:
Then kwa kukujibu, Rwanda kuna program ya nd`UmunyaRwanda( I am Rwandese) hii ni program ya serikali through which raia ambaye anahisi amekosa in one way or other to a certain ethnic group willingly asks for a pardon.
We have evidenced both Tutsis and Hutus wakiombana msamaha, hapa kuna Ministers,Wabunge etc.
Hii inafanywa kwa hiali na hakuna shinikizo, haiangalii upande fulani, ila kina jMali ambao wana interest na mgawanyiko wa wanyaRwanda they always oppose this program;

 

[JokaKuu]

Tatizo nikwamba unauliza swali ambalo tayari wewe ushajipatia jibu from the beginning, na hii ndio tatizo maanake you only pick answers from one side:
Then kwa kukujibu, Rwanda kuna program ya nd`UmunyaRwanda( I am Rwandese) hii ni program ya serikali through which raia ambaye anahisi amekosa in one way or other to a certain ethnic group willingly asks for a pardon.
We have evidenced both Tutsis and Hutus wakiombana msamaha, hapa kuna Ministers,Wabunge etc.
Hii inafanywa kwa hiali na hakuna shinikizo, haiangalii upande fulani, ila kina jMali ambao wana interest na mgawanyiko wa wanyaRwanda they always oppose this program;

..unaweza kutuletea habari za waziri au mbunge Mtutsi aliyeomba radhi kwa Mhutu au Wahutu?

..mimi nadhani it is a good program ikiwa itahusisha Wanyarwanda wote bila kujali kabila wala nafasi zao.

..pia nadhani ni muhimu wote waliohusika na mauaji na uporaji nchini Congo wakafikishwa mbele ya mahakama ya kimataifa.

..zaidi, serikali ya Rwanda iache kutoa hifadhi na misaada kwa makundi ya waasi wa Congo kama vile m23.

 

[Talkandtalk]

..unaweza kutuletea habari za waziri au mbunge Mtutsi aliyeomba radhi kwa Mhutu au Wahutu?

..mimi nadhani it is a good program ikiwa itahusisha Wanyarwanda wote bila kujali kabila wala nafasi zao.

..pia nadhani ni muhimu wote waliohusika na mauaji na uporaji nchini Congo wakafikishwa mbele ya mahakama ya kimataifa.

..zaidi, serikali ya Rwanda iache kutoa hifadhi na misaada kwa makundi ya waasi wa Congo kama vile m23.

Well kwa walio interested na ukweli hii kitu wanaijuwa manake it was all over Rwandan media, watu waliombana msamaha kutoka kila kabila, kumbuka this had nothing to do with normal justice system.
Hii ya kuwafikisha waliopora mali ya Congo, then nadhani siwao kujipeleka ila kama una evidence hata wewe unaweza kufanya hivyo, nadhani hilo ni suala linalo iangalia serikali ya DRC na kama haijashtaki, that means there is no evidence..

 

[Ngongo]

Tatizo ni wahutu tu watutsi hawakufanya makosa hata kiduchu.Ndio maana leo Igambire anasota magereza kwa kudai haki kwa wanyarwanda wote posipo kuegemea kabila la kitutsi tu.

Well kwa walio interested na ukweli hii kitu wanaijuwa manake it was all over Rwandan media, watu waliombana msamaha kutoka kila kabila, kumbuka this had nothing to do with normal justice system.
Hii ya kuwafikisha waliopora mali ya Congo, then nadhani siwao kujipeleka ila kama una evidence hata wewe unaweza kufanya hivyo, nadhani hilo ni suala linalo iangalia serikali ya DRC na kama haijashtaki, that means there is no evidence..