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Abicanyi ba Kagame bakomeje gukorera ibikorwa by’iterabwoba abagize umuryango w’umwanditsi mukuru w’Umuvugizi


Abicanyi ba Kagame bakomeje gukorera ibikorwa by'iterabwoba abagize umuryango w'umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi

Umwe mubicanyi ba Kagame yafatiwe kurukuta rw'inzu ya bamwe mu muryango w'umwanditsi mukuru w'umuvugizi batuyemo muri Uganda ,uwo wafashwe yurira urwo rukuta akaba agikurikiranwa na polisi yo muri Uganda.
Nyuma y'aho inzego z'umutekano z'igihugu cya Suwede zikoze igikorwa cy'ubutwari cyo kwirukana ku butaka bw'icyo gihugu uwitwa Evode Mudaheranwa, wari maneko wa Kagame muri ambasade y'u Rwanda i Stockholm, iyirukanwa rye rikaba ryaratewe no kuba yarakoreshaga akazi kokuneka bamwe mu banyarwanda bahungiye muri Suwede, kugirango bamufasha kugera kuri Gasasira Jean Bosco,umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi, kugirango yicwe ariko Imana igakinga akaboko,inzego z'umutekano za Leta ya Suwede zahisemo kumwimura aho yari atuye, ari nako zikurikiranira hafi ibikorwa bya Evode Mudaheranwa washakaga kwica Gasasira Jean Bosco , mbere y'uko uyu yirukanwa ku butaka bwa Suwede mu kwezi kwa kabiri 2012.
Inzego z'ubutasi za perezida Kagame zakoreye umuryangowa Gasasira ibikorwa by'iterabwoba n'iyicarubozo.
Ubwo uyu mwicanyi Evode Mudaheranwa yari akimara guhabwa amasaha 48 kugirango abeyavuye ku butaka bwa Suwede, perezida Kagame yahise aha amabwiriza inzego z'umutekano w'igihugu National Security Services ndetse n'urwego rw'ubutasi rwa police "Special Intelligence" kugirango zifate bamwe mu bavandimwe ba Gasasira Jean Bosco. Maneko za Kagame zahitse zifata barumunaba Gasasira zibakorera ibikorwa by'iterabwoba n'iyicarubozo.
Mu bikorwa by'ubugome ndenga kamere ,zabasanze mu rugo iwabo, zibahohotera imbereya mama wabo, zibavusha amaraso, umwe muri bo zimujyana muri gereza ya polisi ya Kabarondo, zimushyikiriza umwicanyi ruharwa witwa Chief Suprintendet Murangira Tom, uyu akaba ari we wahise atangira ibikorwa by'iyicarubozo kuri uyu murumuna wa Gasasira, hafi yo kumuca ukuboko, ari na bwo yamukururaga bimwe mu bice by'ubugabo bwe, muri uku kumushinyagurira Murangira akaba yaramwicaga urubozo amubwira ngo nahamagare mukuru we Gasasira,ukomeje kunenga perezida Kagame amutabare. Yaje kurekurwa ari indembe,ukuboko kwe kw'iburyo kutagikora, hafi gucika, ari na ko abo bicanyi baperezida Kagame, mbere yo kumurekura, bamubwiye ngo natahe, nabyara azaba ari umugabo.
Undi muvandimwe wa Gasasira yaje gushimutwa n'itsinda ry'abicanyi ba Kagame, bari batumwe n'undi mwicanyi ruharwa, CP Kalisa Faustin. Aba bicanyi, bari bagizwe na AIP Rwagisha Vianney na CPL Kataraiha Silus, bakaba barabanje kumutwara i Kami, ahobatangiriye kumukoreraho ibikorwa by'iyicarubozo, birimo kumutwikisha ipasiy'amakara mu mugongo, mbere y'uko bamuvuna urubavu rumwe no kumukomeretsa mu buryo bwa kinyamaswa.
Akivirirana ndetse afite ibisebe kuva mu mutwe kugera ku maguru no mu mugongo, ACP Kalisa Faustin yakuye murumuna wa Gasasira ahantu yari afungiye amezi agera arindwe muri gereza ari munsi y'ubutaka umuryangowe utarongera kumuca iryera. Ari nabwo CP Kalisa Faustin yamukuye muri iyo gereza ye yabigenewe yuzuye amaraso n'ikomere ku mubiriwe wose kubera iyica rubozo yari yakorewe bamushikiriza inama yari igizwe n'abiyita abanyacyubahiro, bafata ibyemezo bikomeye mu nzego nkuru z'Igihugu , ari bo Lt Gen Karenzi Karake Emmanuel, Brig Jack Nziza, minisitiri w'ubutegetsi bw'igihugu, Musoni James,n'umwicanyi ruharwa ACP Kalisa Faustin. Muri iyo nama yari igizwe n'abo banyacyubahiro bafite abana bangana na murumuna wa Gasasira wari wishwe urubozo azira gusa isano afitanye na Gasasira , bamuhagaritse imbere yabicanyi ba perezida Kagame arinakwo ajejeta amaraso imbere yabo banya cyubahiro batigeze bagira isoni cyangwa ngo bagirire imbabazi uwo mwana wari wakorewe yicwa rubozo azira amaherere ahubwo , minisitiri Musoni James atazuyaje yahise abwira murumuna wa Gasasira ko «nta yandi makiriro afite niba atavuze abantu bakoranana mukuru we mu kazi k'itangazamakuru». «Ni wowe murumana wa Gasasira? Uziuburyo mukuru wawe asohora buri gihe inkuru zitunenga hamwe na perezida nta makiriro ufite, ugomba kuryozwa inyandiko za mukuru wawe niba utatubwiye abakorana na we».
Kuruhande rwe, umwicanyi Brigadier Jack Nziza, we yahise ahamagara umupolisi mukuru witwa ACP Shema Charles, uyu akaba ari umuvandimwe wa Gasasira ,amubwira ko bafashe murumuna wa Gasasira kandiko bafite amabwiriza aturutse Ibukuru yo ugukorera iyica rubozo uyumwana, ibi bikaba byari mu rwego rwo kwihimura kuri mukuru we, kubera inyandiko asohora mu Umuvugizi zinenga ubutegetsi bwa Kagame .
Umuvugizi ukaba warashoboye kumenya ko icyo gikorwa kibisha cyo kwica urubozo no gushinyagurira uwo mwana, cyari kiyobowe na Lt Gen Karenzi Karake, umuyobozi w'urwego rw'ubutasi (NSS), wari wigize ntibindeba, dore ko nyuma y'aho uwo mwana ababwiriye ko ntaho ahuriye n'ibikorwa bijyanye n'umwuga wa mukuruwe, ko ndetse badaheruka kuvugana, Gen Karenzi Karake yategetse CP Kalisa Faustin kumusubiza muri gereza kugirango akomeze gukorerwe ibikorwa by'iyicarubozo. Uyu mwana yaje kurekurwa nyuma y'amezi arindwi ari indembe,dore ko yari afungiwe munsi y'ubutaka , aho maneko za Kagame zifite gereza yabigenewe aho zicira rubozo abo zishaka zisanzuye.
Undi murumuna wa Gasasira yahohotewe n'abagize inzego z'umutekano zo mu Rwanda,mbere y'uko yiyemeza kuzihungira muri Uganda. Nubwo yakekaga ko wenda ari ho azagirira agahenge, ntibyamuhiriye kuko yaje guhagarikwa n'abantu biyitaga abapolisi ubwo yajyaga muri Kongo, anyuze ku mupaka wa Bunagana. Afatwa agambaniwe n'umuntu wari hafi y'umuryango we, wahise arya akara inzego z'ubutasi za Kagame, zikamushumuriza inyeshyamba za M23, dore ko yaje kubimenya ubwo yahatwaga ibibazo n'abantu bambaye imyenda ya gisirikare kandi bavuga ikinyarwanda, aba bantu bakaba baramuregaga kuba icyitso cy'Umuvugizi, bityo afungirwa aho muri Kongo, ariko umwe mu bo bakoranaga yaje gufata amafaranga yagombaga kuranguramo ibintu muri Kongo, ayatangamo ruswa kugirango abo bicanyi ba Kagame abamukure mu nzara; yahise ahagarika akazi ke kugirango akize ubuzima bwe.
Inzego z'ubutasi za Kagame zakoreye ibikorwa by'iyicarubozo zinashimutabamwe mu bagize umuryango wa Gasasira aho wahungiye muri Uganda.
Tariki 29 z'ukwezi kwa cumi n'abiri 2012, umuryango wa Gasasira wari umaze guhunga u Rwanda kubera kubuzwa amahwemo n'inzego z'ubutasi za perezida Kagame, wajegutungurwa n'igikorwa cy'ubwicanyi ubwo imodoka, yagaragaraga nk'iy'abantu bashinzwe umutekano, yarenze umuhanda wa kaburimbo n'umuvuduko udasanzwe, iza isatira barumuna ba Gasasira babiri bari hafi y'aho batuye muri Uganda. Umwe muri barumuna be yashoboye kwirukanka akiza amagara ye, naho undi kubera igihunga n'ubwoba, yahise yikubita hasi, mbere y'uko iyo modoka isubiye inyuma igamije kurangiza ubuzima bwe. Yaje kumuvuna ukuguru, abaturanyi b'aho umuryango wa Gasasira wari utuye hamwe n'abavandimwe be, batabara uwo murumanawe, bamutwara mu bitaro bya "Mulago Hospital".
Akigerayo,icyaje gutungurana nuko maneko za Kagame zaje gukoresha bamwe mu byitso byazo bibarizwa muri Uganda, biza gutera ubwoba no guha amabwiriza abaganga bo muri ibyo bitaro bya Leta ya Uganda, ko murumana wa Gasasira, wari indembe n'ukugurukwe kumanitse hejuru, atagomba kuvurwa. Ni ko byaje kugenda kuko abaganga bamugeragaho bose bamuhaga umuti wo kumworohereza ububabare gusa, ariko bakanga kubaga ukuguru kwe kwari kwavunitse bikabije, bakamubwira ko ukutavurwa kwe kandi arembye cyane bibabaje, ariko ko bari bafite amabwiriza yo kutamuvura kubera impamvu za politiki.
N'agahinda kenshi, umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi yaje gutabaza bamwe mu bagize umuryango ushinzwe ibibazo by'impunzi muri Uganda (Inter aid), abaforomokazi bawo bazakujya kwinginga abaganga bo mu bitaro bya Mulago aho uwo mwana yari arwariye,babasaba ko yavurwa, nyamara aba baganga bararuca, bararumira.
Nyuma yuko bigaragaye ko abicanyi ba perezida Kagame bari bafite ibyitso mu nzego zitandukanye zo muri Uganda kugera no mu bitaro bikomeye bya Leta nka Mulago, kandiko bari bagamije kwica urubozo murumuna wa Gasasira, Umwanditsi mukuru w'umuvugizi yaje gutabaza minisitiri wa Uganda ushinzwe ububanyi n'amahanga, Hon Sam Kutesa, amubwira ukuntu umuryango we ukomeje gutotezwa no kwicwa urubozo no mu gihugu cya Uganda wahungiyemo, kugera n'aho murumuna we wahutajwe n'abicanyi ba Kagame ibitaro bya Mulago yari arwariyemo bikanga kumuvura. Ku munsi wakurikiyeho, minisitiri Sam Kutesa yaje gukora igikorwa cy'ubutwari n'ubutabazi,ategeka abaganga bo muri ibyo bitaro kwita kuri iyo ndembe, ari bwo yahise ijyanwa mu cyumba kibagirwamo abarwayi barembye cyane (salle d'opération),bamushyiramo icyuma cyunga ukuguru kwari kwavunitse, ari na bwo mu minsi micye yaje gusezererwa.
Maneko za Kagame zanakoresheje bamwe mu bagize umuryango wa Gasasira mugushimuta mubyara we yareraga.
Ku itariki ya 14 z'ukwezi kwa kane 2013, Umuvugizi washoboye kumenya amakuru yerekanaga ko umwe mu bavandimwe ba Gasasira wari warahungiye mu Bwongereza, ari we Maninga Frank, yari amaze gukandagiza ikirenge muri Uganda, ku butumwa bw'inzego z'ubutasi za perezida Kagame, zarizigamije kumukoresha mu kumunga umuryango wa Gasasira (enemy infiltration) no kuwutesha umurongo (sabotage). Izi nzego zari zigamije no kuwufata bugwate kugirango bazajye bawugabaho ibitero shuma no kuwica urubozo mu rwego rwo gutesha umutwe umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi, kugirango aho gusohora inkuru zivugira abanyarwanda, ahubwo arangarire ku bibazo bamwe mu bagize umuryango we bahungiye muri Uganda, baterwa na maneko za Kagame.
Iyi migambi mibisha Umuvugizi umaze kuyitahura,wahise umenyesha bamwe mu bashinzwe inzego z'umutekano muri Uganda ko Maninga Frank, impunzi yari yarageze mu Bwongereza ivuga ko yahunze ubutegetsi bwa Kagame,yari agarutse muri Uganda avugako ngo aje guhinga ikawa muri icyo gihugu, ariko ukuri kukaba ari uko byari urwitwazo, dore ko twashoboye kumenya amakuru mbere yaho ko yari mubutumwa bw'akazi ko kugirango afatanye na Gen Mugambage, uhagarariye u Rwanda muri Uganda, kugirango bajye bagaba ibitero shuma ku muryango wa Gasasira wahahungiye, ibi bitero bikaba byari bigamije kumutesha umutwe kugirango areke umwuga we w'itangazamakuru.
Mu rwego rwo kugaragaza ko iyi migambi ya Frank Maninga yari yatahuwe neza, umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi yahise amwoherereza message kuri telefoni igendanwa nomero 00256787617945, amubwira ko ikimuzanye muri Uganda akizi, ko atazanywe no guhinga ikawa nkuko yabivugaga, ko ibyo byari urwitwazo gusa (undercover business), ko ahubwo azanywe no kumunga umuryango we no kuwangisha Gasasira hamwe n'ukuwutesha murongo kugirango maneko za Kagame zizaje zibica urwagashinyaguro nkukwo zishakiye doreko ariyo nzira perezida Kagame asigaranye yonyine ,yo kugirango atere ubwoba umwanditsi mukuru w'umuvugizi aho kugirango yandike inkuru zifitiye abanyarwanda akamaro,arangazwe n'ibikorwa by'iterabwoba rya Kagame hamwe nabo bafatanyije kwogozaigihugu .
Akibona iyi SMS ya Gasasira, Maninga Frank mu minsi micye yahitse , asubira mu Bwongereza shishi itabona, ariko asiga abibye yakawa yavugaga yari yaje guhinga, doreko iyo kawa yavugaga atari ikawa nkiyi dusanzwe tunywa ahubwo yari ikawa y'ukubiba urwango hamwe n'ugutesha umurongo abagize umuryango wa Gasasira. Ku itarikiya 26/05/2013, mubyara wa Gasasira yareraga, ari we Bunyenyezi Benon, wari warahungiye muri Uganda hamwe na bamwe mubagize umuryango wa Gasasira yaje gushimutwa na maneko za Kagame mu masaha y'umugoroba, kugeza uyu munsi akabayaraburiwe irengero.
Umuryango wa Gasasira wanatewe ku manyway'ihangu.
Amakuru Umuvugizi ukomeje kubona, yemeza ko uruvunge rw'abasore bavuga ikinyarwanda, ku itariki ya 29 z'ukwezi kwa gatanu 2013,rwagabye igitero ku muryango wa Gasasira aho utuye mu nkengero z'umugi wa Kampala, umwe afatirwa hejuru y'igipangu na bamwe mu bagize umuryango we,bafatanyije n'abaturanyi babo ndetse na polisi iza kuhagera yirukankana urwo ruvunge rw'insoresore rwari rugamije kugirira nabi umuryango w'umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi aho wahungiye muri Uganda. Kugeza ubu twandika iyi nkuru,uwo wafashwe aracyahatwa ibibazo n'inzego za polisi ya Uganda zamutaye muri yombi.Ibi bikaba byarabyaye nyuma y'iminsi micye nanone ambasade y'uRwanda muri Uganda yari amaze iminsi ikora igenzura ku muryango w'umwanditsi mukuru w'umuvugizi aho utuye ukoresheje umwe mubasaza baturanyenuwo muryango, unafitanye Isano n'umwe mubanyamabanga ba Gen Mugambage Frank, uwo musaza akaba afite ishingano zo ukuneka umuryango wa Gasasira aho wahungiye muri Uganda arinakwo atanga amakuru kwa Gen Mugambage Frank hamwe n'ukwa maneko John Ngarambe.
Andi makuru Umuvugizi washoboye kumenya nuko perezida Kagame yahaye amabwiriza minisitiri Musoni James gukoresha bimwe mubyitso afite mu nzego zitandukanye zishinzwe impunzi muri Uganda, akoresheje ambasade y'u Rwanda muri Uganda, kugirango batange amafaranga ayo ari yo yose yo kugirango umuryango w'umwanditsi mukuru w'Umuvugizi we kugira aho utarabukira mu rwego rwo gukomeza kuwugabaho ibitero biwuhutaza, ibitero bigamije kubica uruhongohongo nka ka gaca kageze mu mishwi y'inkoko. Ibyo byose bikaba bigaragaza urwego umunyagitugu Kagame agezeho mu kwanga itangazamakuru hamwe n'abanyamakuru baryo bigenga.
Ubwanditsi.

Membe: Kikwete won’t apologise to Rwanda


Membe: Kikwete won't apologise to Rwanda

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By Samuel Kamndaya The Citizen Reporter  (email the author

Posted  Saturday, June 1   2013 at  21:16

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The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.

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Dodoma. President Jakaya Kikwete will not apologise to Rwanda or change his stand that the Rwandan government should negotiate with rebels.

The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.

Mr Membe said there was no way the Head of State could apologise for saying the truth and stating a fact.

He reiterated Tanzania's position that Rwanda had no option but to get into peace talks with rebels most of whom are fighting President Paul Kagame's regime from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forests.

He said fighting the rebels unsuccessfully for 17 years necessitated the need to negotiate with them.

According to Mr Membe, Tanzania sees the presence of such rebels in the DRC forests as a setback in the region's peace process.

"Rwanda has opposed President Kikwete's statement but the President will not apologise because his statement was based on facts….Rwanda should take this advice….Our President cannot apologise for saying the truth," Mr Membe said shortly after Parliament endorsed the ministry's Sh138.36 billion budget for 2013/14 fiscal year.

During last week's 50th anniversary of the African Union in Addis Ababa, President Kikwete called on Rwanda to hold talks with Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels because the military option had failed to end the war with them.

Kigali has strongly opposed the proposal, with Rwanda's Foreign Affairs minister, Ms Louise Mushikiwabo, quoted by Radio France Internationale (RFI) as describing Mr Kikwete's remarks as "aberrant" and "shocking".

She told RFI on Monday that Rwanda would not consider negotiating with people who were responsible for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.

"Those who think that Rwanda today should sit down at the negotiating table with FDLR simply don't know what they are talking about," she said.

She said it was unfortunate that the rebel group had sympathisers in the region, including President Kikwete.

She urged President Kikwete to retract his comments. She told RFI that she did not expect President Kikwete to suggest that Rwanda negotiate with "known terrorists" since he had served as a Foreign Affairs minister and knows the FDLR background.

She added that Mr Kikwete could be just another sympathiser for the group whose ideology is still being fought in Rwanda and worldwide. The chairman of Rwanda's Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Gideon Kayinamura, is also on record as having categorically stated that suggesting negotiations with the FDLR militias was a big insult to Rwandans.

Rwandans living in the US have also petitioned President Barack Obama not to listen to such positions and continue with support to Rwanda and the region to bring FDLR criminals to justice.

The US government has already reinstated a $5 million prize on the FDLR rebel leaders, like Sylvestre Mudacumura and labelled the group as a terrorist movement in the region.

But winding up the debate for his ministry's budget in the National Assembly yesterday, Mr Membe said Mr Kikwete had no ill-intention in the proposal he made during the 21st African Union Summit on May 26.

According to him, it was high time Rwanda considered the fact that peace was made with enemies and that negotiations could only be made with enemies and not friends.

Mr Membe also told the National Assembly that the government would consider taking to DRC eight journalists to cover the country's peacekeeper forces in the Eastern side of the country.

"Our forces in DRC are doing a wonderful job and have been received with jubilation and we hope they will keep the spirit alive by demonstrating our values and hospitality," he said.

Mr Membe, however, noted that there was propaganda aimed at mudslinging Tanzanian forces and thus plans were underway to send reporters under army guidance to report their activities.

"We will soon send eight reporters to DRC where they will document activities by our forces which are already there of peace restoration in the eastern part of the country," he said.

A total of 1,283 soldiers will be sent to Congo from Tanzania to form the UN Force Intervention Brigade made up of 3,069 soldier.

Membe: Kikwete won’t apologise to Rwanda


Membe: Kikwete won't apologise to Rwanda

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Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa,Bernard Membe, 

By Samuel Kamndaya The Citizen Reporter  (email the author

Posted  Saturday, June 1   2013 at  21:16

IN SUMMARY

The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.

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Dodoma. President Jakaya Kikwete will not apologise to Rwanda or change his stand that the Rwandan government should negotiate with rebels.

The proposal was made in good faith, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe told Parliament yesterday.

Mr Membe said there was no way the Head of State could apologise for saying the truth and stating a fact.

He reiterated Tanzania's position that Rwanda had no option but to get into peace talks with rebels most of whom are fighting President Paul Kagame's regime from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forests.

He said fighting the rebels unsuccessfully for 17 years necessitated the need to negotiate with them.

According to Mr Membe, Tanzania sees the presence of such rebels in the DRC forests as a setback in the region's peace process.

"Rwanda has opposed President Kikwete's statement but the President will not apologise because his statement was based on facts….Rwanda should take this advice….Our President cannot apologise for saying the truth," Mr Membe said shortly after Parliament endorsed the ministry's Sh138.36 billion budget for 2013/14 fiscal year.

During last week's 50th anniversary of the African Union in Addis Ababa, President Kikwete called on Rwanda to hold talks with Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels because the military option had failed to end the war with them.

Kigali has strongly opposed the proposal, with Rwanda's Foreign Affairs minister, Ms Louise Mushikiwabo, quoted by Radio France Internationale (RFI) as describing Mr Kikwete's remarks as "aberrant" and "shocking".

She told RFI on Monday that Rwanda would not consider negotiating with people who were responsible for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.

"Those who think that Rwanda today should sit down at the negotiating table with FDLR simply don't know what they are talking about," she said.

She said it was unfortunate that the rebel group had sympathisers in the region, including President Kikwete.

She urged President Kikwete to retract his comments. She told RFI that she did not expect President Kikwete to suggest that Rwanda negotiate with "known terrorists" since he had served as a Foreign Affairs minister and knows the FDLR background.

She added that Mr Kikwete could be just another sympathiser for the group whose ideology is still being fought in Rwanda and worldwide. The chairman of Rwanda's Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Gideon Kayinamura, is also on record as having categorically stated that suggesting negotiations with the FDLR militias was a big insult to Rwandans.

Rwandans living in the US have also petitioned President Barack Obama not to listen to such positions and continue with support to Rwanda and the region to bring FDLR criminals to justice.

The US government has already reinstated a $5 million prize on the FDLR rebel leaders, like Sylvestre Mudacumura and labelled the group as a terrorist movement in the region.

But winding up the debate for his ministry's budget in the National Assembly yesterday, Mr Membe said Mr Kikwete had no ill-intention in the proposal he made during the 21st African Union Summit on May 26.

According to him, it was high time Rwanda considered the fact that peace was made with enemies and that negotiations could only be made with enemies and not friends.

Mr Membe also told the National Assembly that the government would consider taking to DRC eight journalists to cover the country's peacekeeper forces in the Eastern side of the country.

"Our forces in DRC are doing a wonderful job and have been received with jubilation and we hope they will keep the spirit alive by demonstrating our values and hospitality," he said.

Mr Membe, however, noted that there was propaganda aimed at mudslinging Tanzanian forces and thus plans were underway to send reporters under army guidance to report their activities.

"We will soon send eight reporters to DRC where they will document activities by our forces which are already there of peace restoration in the eastern part of the country," he said.

A total of 1,283 soldiers will be sent to Congo from Tanzania to form the UN Force Intervention Brigade made up of 3,069 soldier.

Belgique: Pour un embargo militaire contre le Rwanda et l’Ouganda | intal


POUR UN EMBARGO MILITAIRE CONTRE LE RWANDA ET L'OUGANDA


Un rapport de l'ONU désigne sans ambiguïté le Rwanda et l'Ouganda comme commanditaires d'une « rébellion M23 », qui sème la terreur au Nord Kivu.

Pour cette raison, les soussigné(e)s exigent de notre gouvernement une démarche ferme pour imposer un embargo militaire contre les fauteurs de guerre, le Rwanda et l'Ouganda. Ceci implique :

  • l'arrêt immédiat de toute forme de coopération militaire avec les armées et gouvernements rwandais et ougandais, en ce compris la participation de ces armées dans des mission de paix de l'ONU (comme c'est le cas au Darfour et en Somalie)
  • l'interdiction de toute livraison d'armements au Rwanda et à l'Ouganda

Ce pétition est soutenue par : AMUKA, Médecine pour le Tiers Monde, UJAMAA, Piscine d'activités, intal


Friday, 31 May 2013

The Tanzanian Government Blog: Rwanda's reaction to President Kikwete's statement shocking


Friday, 31 May 2013

Rwanda's reaction to President Kikwete's statement shocking

On 26 May 2013 in Addis Ababa the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, convened the first meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and Region. It was at this important meeting where the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete made what many level headed commentators have referredto as candid and commonsensical remarks about the protracted conflicts in the Great Lakes Region. President Kikwete - a seasoned and consummate diplomat who has helped broker many peace deals in Africa - remarked that it was high time Rwanda and Uganda gave serious attention to peace talks with FDLR and ADFrebels respectively. He said, and correctly so, that it was evident the barrel of the gun cannot bring about the ultimate answer as testified by the recurrence of fighting in our region. He never condoned the role that the FDLR rebels played in the 1994 genocide. He was being reasonable and pragmatic.
Rwanda should know better than any other country that there is no way Tanzania would condone or sympathize with the perpetrators of genocide. To make suchinsinuations is, quite frankly, demonstration of breathtaking ignorance about Tanzania's enviable and unparalleled history - the history of speaking out against any forms of crimes and injustices. Moreover, for Rwanda to make such insinuations is to show just what a short memory span this country has.
Admittedly, genocide brought about painful and unforgettable misery to the people of Rwanda but its spillover effects were felt well beyond its borders. The effects of genocide were felt right inside Tanzania which had to shoulder the burden ofproviding for thousands of Rwandan refugees. By the way, Tanzania has a long history of taking good care of Rwandan refugees both before and after genocide.The sons and daughters of the Rwandan refugees benefitted from Tanzania'sgenerous education system by studying, for free, at the country's Universities and many of them are now occupying high positions in the Government of their motherland.

So given the foregoing, I have to say that I have been taken aback by ourneighbors' over-reaction to what was a completely innocuous statement byPresident KikweteIndeed, what the President said could (and should) have been said by other leaders a long time ago. What he said is a no-brainer!  It is commonsensical!  Negotiations have a much better chance of resulting into durable peace than the use of force. Thus, I find the reactions from Rwanda not only disturbing but also objectionable and utterly impudent! What is even more shocking is the discourteous behavior shown by the Rwanda's Foreign Minister.  She seems to be getting too much big for her boots as to suggest that PresidentKikwete's statement was absurd! She even has the audacity to ask that he should retract it. If anything, I think it is our Foreign Ministry which should summon the Ambassador of Rwanda in Dar es Salaam and ask him to clarify his Minister's inadvisable utterances.
For far too long now the international community has adopted a softly softly approach with respect to Rwanda and this has meant that this tiny country getsaway with literally everything, even murder. Rwanda has become like a spoiled child - untouchable and overly sensitive to everything even the slightest suggestion of censure. Rwanda has a tendency of not taking kindly any form of criticism whether from within or without. And its leadership comes across as snobbish and delusional. May be the western countries' plaudits about its so called success storyhave finally got into the heads of Rwandan leaders so much that they think they know it all.
For Rwanda to say that they cannot engage in talks with FDLR rebels because of their role in 1994 genocide is to allow themselves to be the captives of the past. History is replete with numerous instances of former sworn enemies burying their hatchets and extending an olive branch to one another for the sake of peaceful coexistence and future prosperity. This happened in South Africa where ANC and other progressive movements sat down with the perpetrators of one of the most brutal and inhumane policies in the history of mankind (apartheid) and agreed to work together in an inclusive and democratic society. Similarly, after many decades of committing some of the most heinous crimes against the people of Angola, UNITA is now part of the democratic government of that country. And in 2011, US and its allies initiated direct talks with some elements of the Taliban in Doha (Qatar), if my memory serves me well.
Rwanda should wake up and smell the coffee! Being delusional has not workedand won't work.  It is now close to 20 yrs since the 1994 genocide and during all that time Rwanda has not been able to achieve its objectives visa vis FDLR rebelsthrough the use of force.  Any sane person in Kigali should see the wisdom of changing the tactic/strategy which is, for all purposes and intents, what our President said in the Statement. Rwanda should understand that by calling for direct talks, Tanzania does not suggest, by any stretch of imagination, that the architects and executors of genocide should go scot free. Not at all! Talks can, and indeed should, offer the mechanism of dealing with known perpetrators of genocide by isolating them from non-perpetrators such as those born after 1994.This is just one example of approaching talks. I am sure there are many others.
But talking of genocide, am wrong in recalling that even President Kagame himself was once found to be complicit in this crime by a French Magistrate? I recall that Rwanda's reaction to this finding was, as we have come to expect, fast and furious to the extent of severing its diplomatic relations with France. Again, this goes to show that this "spoiled child" can't stand any sort of censure or straight talking. I also recall that as recent as last year a UN report revealed that Rwanda's Kagame had committed or assisted in committing genocide in DRC!
Despite all this compelling evidence, neighbors of Rwanda are still ready to engage that country in talks. Why can't Rwanda show the same attitude? And lest he forgets, Kagame himself and his RPF henchmen come from a background of rebellion. They were rebels operating from Ugandan forests before taking over power in 1994. However, despite their "rebels" status they were invited and took part in the Arusha peace process of the early 1990s.  
Finally, I have a gut feeling that Rwanda doesn't want FDLR rebels to go awaythat's is why it is vehemently opposing the suggestion of talks which is one sure way of ending this conflict once and for allThis because, the perpetual presence of FDLR rebels in DRC gives Rwanda a convenient excuse to interfere in the DRC's affairs thereby making the country ungovernable for its own economic and geopolitical interests. I read somewhere that Rwanda's army – which is one of the biggest for a country of that economy and size - is mainly sustained by the exploitation of DRC's natural resources. So, Rwanda goes into the DRC on the pretext that it is in hot pursuit of the FDLR rebels but in actual fact what it does is to plunder the resources.
And Rwanda is particularly angry with Tanzania because by being part ofMONUSCO in DRC, its misdeeds will be exposed and curtailed by our non-nonsense troops. So the over-reaction to our President's innocuous statement should not be seen in isolation. It is part of the frustration born out of the uneasy situation which Rwanda finds itself in as a result of our troops being part of the UN/SADC intervention force in DRC.
I submit.
Concerned Citizen.

-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”

-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».

-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

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