http://www.inyenyerinews.org/amakuru-2/behind-the-presidential-curtains-why-and-why/ President Kagame told citizens of Rwanda to tolerate and remain silent January 24, 2013 By Rwema IT Webmaster 2 Comments The Rwandan authoritarian regime run by President Kagame has forced the citizens of Rwanda into tolerating and remaining silent about any harassment instigated by either Kagame himself or his security operatives. The population has been reduced to strict "big-brother-like" security surveillance where it is reported that one out of six members of society is reporting on others. A few individuals, who dared to say anything contrary to the government has been either incarcerated, savagely murdered or fled the country in fear for their lives.   The government has passed a bill that allows the secret security operatives to aggressively monitor people's telephones. The internet is heavily censured where websites and controversial blogs are restricted and hacked on a daily basis. Individuals who dare question the government activities get slaughtered like lambs. Individuals are harshly taxed on their limited income. Civil servants, government employees and business owners of all sizes are forced to give away a big chunk of their monthly earnings to the government. Kagame has forced the whole country to pay tax for his ruling RPF, Armed forces tax and Security tax. These harsh taxes have been helped by the cutting of western donor aid due to Kagame's continued destabilisation of the Congo. President Kagame is determined to rule the country with an iron-fist disregarding anybody's view as long as he stays in power. He talks about his buildings and a clean Kigali city but many Rwandans do not benefit from a clean city at all, maintaining hygiene is a human nature which should not be part of a manifesto for a president. President Kagame has been attacking at the western leaders and activists just because he was afraid of his poor human rights record. It's so amazing that Mr President Kagame has never had a chance to learn from his former boss His excellence Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda. When the National Resistance Army liberated Uganda in 1986 the first thing Museveni did was to give necessary support to the orphans and widows of his fallen comrades. It is in this manner that I got a chance to access formal education. "God bless you President Museveni." It was not only me but many more orphans received free educations, implemented by Museveni in Uganda. The next thing Museveni did was to allow King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi to return from exile where he had been incarcerated for many years by preceding regimes. This was an important move fulfilling his promise. Museveni guaranteed to the Baganda that he would repatriate their king and he did it. Museveni further promised the Rwandan refugees that fought alongside him that he would help them return to their motherland, and he did. President Museveni implemented the pension system to support the orphans of fallen comrades as well as widows; this all has become a challenge to President Kagame who has proven to be a very dangerous man to the entire region. Kagame has failed to repatriate the beloved King Kigeli v Ndahinurwa of Rwanda, who was exiled from his kingdom by the colonial masters while he tried to fight for his people's independence. HRH Kigeli has since maintained good contact with his people, and has supported refugees around the globe. He has in the past helped refugees including then young Kagame and his family when he was still a boy on the streets of Kampala. One of the founding objectives of the RPF the present Rwandan ruling party was to abolish all refugees and causes of unrest that dominate our society even today. Although many of the 1960's Tutsi refugees managed to repatriate after the RPF victory, our beloved king was never given a chance of return. President Kagame destroyed all the main plans and has instead become a self centred dictator with no morals. He has destroyed the idea of having political parties contrarily to Uganda where Gen Mugisha Muntu the former Army Commander presently leads the opposition party FDC arguing his point against the NRM the ruling party. Freedom of speech has become paramount in Uganda where media and other organs can speak freely for those who cannot speak for themselves. When the RNC (Rwanda National Congress) was born couple of years ago no one thought that it would have such an impact on the current government, but it's evident that Kagame's plans have slightly changed and his powers have since been shaken. This has lead to more people being jailed and many more have fled the country. The western world that had been Kagame's patron for a long time has since lost confidence in him. During the last few weeks Kagame has been seen getting closer to the citizens of Rwanda by intensifying his community visits. This could be seen as a positive gesture but on the other hand he has been heard lobbying for a third term while on these visits. It has been noticed that Kagame has in the last few weeks hinted on planning to amend the constitution and have no presidential term limits to levy way for him to rule indefinitely. This leaves some of us wonder how this ruthless dictator will be stopped from his endless ruthless deeds. Are any of the opposition groups ready to step into a role of transitional government with a solid plan in place to avoid any further bloodshed that seems to cyclically occur when a leader in Rwanda begins to slide into the dustbin of history? If there is such a group they must be forthright with their plan for Rwanda and aggressive in presenting it to Rwandan citizens around the world. Many of the residents of Rwanda have known no other leader other than President Kagame and with the clear history of violence following leadership change these groups must have such a peaceful plan in place that is realistic and non-violent to the people of Rwanda. Who will come forward and bring peace, freedom and ethnic equality to our land? Noble Marara Edited by Jennifer Fierberg

http://www.inyenyerinews.org/amakuru-2/behind-the-presidential-curtains-why-and-why/ President Kagame told citizens of Rwanda to tolerate and remain silent January 24, 2013 By Rwema IT Webmaster 2 Comments The Rwandan authoritarian regime run by President Kagame has forced the citizens of Rwanda into tolerating and remaining silent about any harassment instigated by either Kagame himself or his security operatives. The population has been reduced to strict "big-brother-like" security surveillance where it is reported that one out of six members of society is reporting on others. A few individuals, who dared to say anything contrary to the government has been either incarcerated, savagely murdered or fled the country in fear for their lives.   The government has passed a bill that allows the secret security operatives to aggressively monitor people's telephones. The internet is heavily censured where websites and controversial blogs are restricted and hacked on a daily basis. Individuals who dare question the government activities get slaughtered like lambs. Individuals are harshly taxed on their limited income. Civil servants, government employees and business owners of all sizes are forced to give away a big chunk of their monthly earnings to the government. Kagame has forced the whole country to pay tax for his ruling RPF, Armed forces tax and Security tax. These harsh taxes have been helped by the cutting of western donor aid due to Kagame's continued destabilisation of the Congo. President Kagame is determined to rule the country with an iron-fist disregarding anybody's view as long as he stays in power. He talks about his buildings and a clean Kigali city but many Rwandans do not benefit from a clean city at all, maintaining hygiene is a human nature which should not be part of a manifesto for a president. President Kagame has been attacking at the western leaders and activists just because he was afraid of his poor human rights record. It's so amazing that Mr President Kagame has never had a chance to learn from his former boss His excellence Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda. When the National Resistance Army liberated Uganda in 1986 the first thing Museveni did was to give necessary support to the orphans and widows of his fallen comrades. It is in this manner that I got a chance to access formal education. "God bless you President Museveni." It was not only me but many more orphans received free educations, implemented by Museveni in Uganda. The next thing Museveni did was to allow King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi to return from exile where he had been incarcerated for many years by preceding regimes. This was an important move fulfilling his promise. Museveni guaranteed to the Baganda that he would repatriate their king and he did it. Museveni further promised the Rwandan refugees that fought alongside him that he would help them return to their motherland, and he did. President Museveni implemented the pension system to support the orphans of fallen comrades as well as widows; this all has become a challenge to President Kagame who has proven to be a very dangerous man to the entire region. Kagame has failed to repatriate the beloved King Kigeli v Ndahinurwa of Rwanda, who was exiled from his kingdom by the colonial masters while he tried to fight for his people's independence. HRH Kigeli has since maintained good contact with his people, and has supported refugees around the globe. He has in the past helped refugees including then young Kagame and his family when he was still a boy on the streets of Kampala. One of the founding objectives of the RPF the present Rwandan ruling party was to abolish all refugees and causes of unrest that dominate our society even today. Although many of the 1960's Tutsi refugees managed to repatriate after the RPF victory, our beloved king was never given a chance of return. President Kagame destroyed all the main plans and has instead become a self centred dictator with no morals. He has destroyed the idea of having political parties contrarily to Uganda where Gen Mugisha Muntu the former Army Commander presently leads the opposition party FDC arguing his point against the NRM the ruling party. Freedom of speech has become paramount in Uganda where media and other organs can speak freely for those who cannot speak for themselves. When the RNC (Rwanda National Congress) was born couple of years ago no one thought that it would have such an impact on the current government, but it's evident that Kagame's plans have slightly changed and his powers have since been shaken. This has lead to more people being jailed and many more have fled the country. The western world that had been Kagame's patron for a long time has since lost confidence in him. During the last few weeks Kagame has been seen getting closer to the citizens of Rwanda by intensifying his community visits. This could be seen as a positive gesture but on the other hand he has been heard lobbying for a third term while on these visits. It has been noticed that Kagame has in the last few weeks hinted on planning to amend the constitution and have no presidential term limits to levy way for him to rule indefinitely. This leaves some of us wonder how this ruthless dictator will be stopped from his endless ruthless deeds. Are any of the opposition groups ready to step into a role of transitional government with a solid plan in place to avoid any further bloodshed that seems to cyclically occur when a leader in Rwanda begins to slide into the dustbin of history? If there is such a group they must be forthright with their plan for Rwanda and aggressive in presenting it to Rwandan citizens around the world. Many of the residents of Rwanda have known no other leader other than President Kagame and with the clear history of violence following leadership change these groups must have such a peaceful plan in place that is realistic and non-violent to the people of Rwanda. Who will come forward and bring peace, freedom and ethnic equality to our land? Noble Marara Edited by Jennifer Fierberg

Howard French Is Right On Rwanda's Paul Kagame.

http://newsrwanda-nkunda.blogspot.com/ Howard French Is Right On Rwanda's Paul Kagame. Our ancestors were wise to note that "the truth crosses the fire without burning." The truth is slowly but surely catching up with Kagame who has built his political legitimacy on pure lies. His record is sinister as this latest gem by the Howard French, a Columbia professor and an-ex journalist with the New York Times shows. The piece has an equally befitting title: The Case Against Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. I will quote a few of the indicative phrases but I urge you to read the piece for a more contextual understanding. You will not be disappointed.  "Leading observers say the reevaluation of Kagame and his legacy is long overdue. Filip Reyntjens, a Belgian scholar whom many consider the world's foremost expert on Rwanda, describes Kagame as "probably the worst war criminal in office today." "In an interview, Reyntjens told me that Kagame's crimes rank with those perpetrated by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein or Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity." " Theogene Rudasingwa, a Tutsi who was appointed Rwanda's ambassador to Washington after serving as an officer in Kagame's army, puts it bluntly: "If you differ strongly with Kagame and make your views known from the inside, you will be made to pay the price, and very often that price is your life." "Kagame tightly controls the country and its citizens through the Tutsi- dominated Army and the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the country's dominant political party. Throughout Rwanda—in every town and tiny village—the RPF is present, not unlike the Stasi in East Germany during the Cold War. While a town may have a Hutu mayor, under Kagame's system government officeholders have little authority compared with the RPF representatives who work in parallel to them and often pull rank."  "The RPF saturates every aspect of life in Rwanda," said Susan Thomson, a longtime Rwanda expert at Colgate University. "They know everything: if you've been drinking, if you've had an affair, if you've paid your taxes." Everything is reported on, Thomson says, and there is no appeal." "Pointing to the origins of the war and its bloody aftermath, Scott Straus, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, said: "An honest analysis ... would show that the reasons for what happened were much more complicated than the idea that the Hutus hate the Tutsis and want to wipe them out." " For one thing, there is abundant evidence that Kagame's forces in the early days carried out targeted executions of the Hutu elite, followed later by much larger extermination campaigns that killed tens of thousands of people." "A year after the genocide had ended, blood was still being spilled, recalls Timothy Longman, then the country director for Human Rights Watch. "People would take me around and say, 'There's mass grave right over here,' and you would ask, 'From when?' And they would say, 'Just from a few weeks ago—not from the genocide,'" says Longman, who now directs the African Studies Center at Boston University." " Furthermore, the report estimated that the RPA killed between 15,000 and 30,000 people in just four of its survey areas in the summer of 1994. Years later a key member of Gersony's team told me that the real number of Hutus killed during this period was likely much higher, but that a low estimate had been published because of fears of a political backlash within the U.N. so soon after its failure to stop the larger-scale killing of Tutsis. "What we found was a well-organized military-style operation, with military command and control, and these were military-campaign-style mass murders," the team member told me." "(In one notorious incident in April 1995, the RPA attacked an internally displaced people's camp in Kibeho using automatic weapons, grenades, and mortars. A team of Australian medics listed more than 4,000 dead when the RPA forced them to stop counting. France's leading researcher on the region, Gérard Prunier, estimates that at least 20,000 more people from the camp "disappeared" after the massacre.)" "The case of Victoire Ingabire, a politician from the opposition, was instructive. When she returned to Rwanda that year, having lived 16 years in exile, to prepare a run for president, her first stop was at the official genocide memorial. "We are here honoring at this memorial the Tutsi victims of the genocide. There are also Hutu who were victims of crimes against humanity and war crimes, not remembered or honored here," she said in a prepared statement. "Hutu are also suffering. They are wondering when their time will come to remember their people. In order for us to get to that desirable reconciliation, we must be fair and compassionate towards every Rwandan's suffering." "Ingabire was promptly arrested and accused of "genocide ideology." During her trial, President Kagame publicly declared that she was guilty."  "As early as 1997, the U.N. estimated that Rwandan forces had caused the deaths of 200,000 Hutus in Congo; Prunier, the French expert, has since estimated that the toll is closer to 300,000. According to the U.N. report, these deaths could not be attributed to the hazards of war or to collateral damage. "The majority of the victims were children, women, elderly people and the sick, who were often undernourished and posed no threat to the attacking forces." The report concluded that the systematic and widespread attacks, "if proven before a competent court, could be characterized as crimes of genocide." "Two years ago, Kagame delivered a lecture in London on "The Challenges of Nation-Building in Africa: The Case of Rwanda." When confronted with a U.N. report that was then making headlines with the suggestion that his forces had committed genocide in Congo, he dismissed such allegations as "baseless" and "absurd." Clearly he was keener to talk about economic indicators and repeat the oft-told success story of his country." "But even that is a truth with modification. Social inequality in Rwanda is high and rising, experts say. Despite an average annual growth rate of about 5 percent since 2005, poverty is soaring in the countryside, where few Western journalists report without official escort." Presonal note: Perhaps this is one big contribution to Rwanda's democracy. Deconstructing the myth of Paul Kagame.

Howard French Is Right On Rwanda's Paul Kagame.

http://newsrwanda-nkunda.blogspot.com/ Howard French Is Right On Rwanda's Paul Kagame. Our ancestors were wise to note that "the truth crosses the fire without burning." The truth is slowly but surely catching up with Kagame who has built his political legitimacy on pure lies. His record is sinister as this latest gem by the Howard French, a Columbia professor and an-ex journalist with the New York Times shows. The piece has an equally befitting title: The Case Against Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. I will quote a few of the indicative phrases but I urge you to read the piece for a more contextual understanding. You will not be disappointed.  "Leading observers say the reevaluation of Kagame and his legacy is long overdue. Filip Reyntjens, a Belgian scholar whom many consider the world's foremost expert on Rwanda, describes Kagame as "probably the worst war criminal in office today." "In an interview, Reyntjens told me that Kagame's crimes rank with those perpetrated by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein or Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity." " Theogene Rudasingwa, a Tutsi who was appointed Rwanda's ambassador to Washington after serving as an officer in Kagame's army, puts it bluntly: "If you differ strongly with Kagame and make your views known from the inside, you will be made to pay the price, and very often that price is your life." "Kagame tightly controls the country and its citizens through the Tutsi- dominated Army and the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the country's dominant political party. Throughout Rwanda—in every town and tiny village—the RPF is present, not unlike the Stasi in East Germany during the Cold War. While a town may have a Hutu mayor, under Kagame's system government officeholders have little authority compared with the RPF representatives who work in parallel to them and often pull rank."  "The RPF saturates every aspect of life in Rwanda," said Susan Thomson, a longtime Rwanda expert at Colgate University. "They know everything: if you've been drinking, if you've had an affair, if you've paid your taxes." Everything is reported on, Thomson says, and there is no appeal." "Pointing to the origins of the war and its bloody aftermath, Scott Straus, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, said: "An honest analysis ... would show that the reasons for what happened were much more complicated than the idea that the Hutus hate the Tutsis and want to wipe them out." " For one thing, there is abundant evidence that Kagame's forces in the early days carried out targeted executions of the Hutu elite, followed later by much larger extermination campaigns that killed tens of thousands of people." "A year after the genocide had ended, blood was still being spilled, recalls Timothy Longman, then the country director for Human Rights Watch. "People would take me around and say, 'There's mass grave right over here,' and you would ask, 'From when?' And they would say, 'Just from a few weeks ago—not from the genocide,'" says Longman, who now directs the African Studies Center at Boston University." " Furthermore, the report estimated that the RPA killed between 15,000 and 30,000 people in just four of its survey areas in the summer of 1994. Years later a key member of Gersony's team told me that the real number of Hutus killed during this period was likely much higher, but that a low estimate had been published because of fears of a political backlash within the U.N. so soon after its failure to stop the larger-scale killing of Tutsis. "What we found was a well-organized military-style operation, with military command and control, and these were military-campaign-style mass murders," the team member told me." "(In one notorious incident in April 1995, the RPA attacked an internally displaced people's camp in Kibeho using automatic weapons, grenades, and mortars. A team of Australian medics listed more than 4,000 dead when the RPA forced them to stop counting. France's leading researcher on the region, Gérard Prunier, estimates that at least 20,000 more people from the camp "disappeared" after the massacre.)" "The case of Victoire Ingabire, a politician from the opposition, was instructive. When she returned to Rwanda that year, having lived 16 years in exile, to prepare a run for president, her first stop was at the official genocide memorial. "We are here honoring at this memorial the Tutsi victims of the genocide. There are also Hutu who were victims of crimes against humanity and war crimes, not remembered or honored here," she said in a prepared statement. "Hutu are also suffering. They are wondering when their time will come to remember their people. In order for us to get to that desirable reconciliation, we must be fair and compassionate towards every Rwandan's suffering." "Ingabire was promptly arrested and accused of "genocide ideology." During her trial, President Kagame publicly declared that she was guilty."  "As early as 1997, the U.N. estimated that Rwandan forces had caused the deaths of 200,000 Hutus in Congo; Prunier, the French expert, has since estimated that the toll is closer to 300,000. According to the U.N. report, these deaths could not be attributed to the hazards of war or to collateral damage. "The majority of the victims were children, women, elderly people and the sick, who were often undernourished and posed no threat to the attacking forces." The report concluded that the systematic and widespread attacks, "if proven before a competent court, could be characterized as crimes of genocide." "Two years ago, Kagame delivered a lecture in London on "The Challenges of Nation-Building in Africa: The Case of Rwanda." When confronted with a U.N. report that was then making headlines with the suggestion that his forces had committed genocide in Congo, he dismissed such allegations as "baseless" and "absurd." Clearly he was keener to talk about economic indicators and repeat the oft-told success story of his country." "But even that is a truth with modification. Social inequality in Rwanda is high and rising, experts say. Despite an average annual growth rate of about 5 percent since 2005, poverty is soaring in the countryside, where few Western journalists report without official escort." Presonal note: Perhaps this is one big contribution to Rwanda's democracy. Deconstructing the myth of Paul Kagame.

[Audio] UBUKUNGU MU RWANDA BWABA BWIFASHE GUTE NYUMA Y'IBIHANO?

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radioitahuka/2013/01/22/ubukungu-mu-rwanda-bwaba-bwifashe-gute-nyuma-yibihano UBUKUNGU MU RWANDA BWABA BWIFASHE GUTE NYUMA Y'IBIHANO? by RadioItahuka Featured Host in Politics Progressive Mon, January 21, 2013 08:00 pm follow h:284593 s:4302291 archived HOST: SERGE GUEST: DR EMMANUEL HAKIZIMANA UBUKUNGU MU RWANDA BWABA BUHAGAZE HE NYUMA YIBIHANO?