Guteza imbere ahantu nyaburanga bifasha mu iterambere (Foto/Interineti)

Mu rwego rwo kurushaho guteza imbere ubukerarugendo, ahantu nyaburanga hitwa ku Mukore wa Rwabugiri mu Karere ka Ngororero, kuri ubu hatangiye gutunganywa mu rwego rwo gufasha ba mukerarugendo, abashakashatsi  bifuza gusura aho umuzungu Von gotzen yahuriye bwa mbere n’umwami mu Rwanda, ibyo kandi bikaba binakorwa mu rwego rwo kurushaho guteza imbere ubukerargendo.

Nk’uko bitangazwa n’abaturage ndetse n’abayobozi b’ako Karere, aho hantu nyaburanga hazafasha cyane abaturage mu kubika amateka no kuyageza ku bandi ndetse ngo hanategerejweho umusaruro dore ko ba mukerarugendo bazahasura bazajya basiga amadovize.

Ruboneza Gedeon, Umuyobozi w’Akarere ka Ngororero yadutangarije ko gukangurira abantu kuhasura byatangiye, ibyo ngo bigakorwa binyuze  mu Kinyamakuru cy’Akarere ka Ngororero “Magirirane Magazine” no mu zindi nzira zirimo amanama n’ibindi.

Ruboneza yagize ati “Ku  Mukore wa Rwabugiri ni ahantu heza kandi nyaburanga, hazadufasha kurushaho guteza imbere ubukerarugendo mu gihugu cyacu by’umwihariko mu Karere ka Ngororero gasa nakasigaye inyuma ku bukerarugendo.”

Bamwe mu bahazi nka Muzehe Edouard na Gatabazi Antoine, bavuze  ko aha hantu habereye amateka menshi cyane cyane ayaranze ukuza kw’abazungu mu Rwanda n’imibanire yabo n’abami kuko ariho umwami Kigeli IV Rwabugiri yakiriye umuzungu wakandagiye mu Rwanda bwa mbere, ariko uyu von Gotsen akaba yari yarakiriwe I rwamagana na Shirangabo akaba umuhungu wa rwabugiri.

Abo baturage bakaba barashishikarije bagenzi babo kuzabyaza umusaruro aho hantu no kuzajya bakira neza ba mukerarugendo n’abashakashatsi banyuranye bazajya bahasura.

NDOLI Darius-Managing Director Mgeni Adventures Ltd

Rwanda being a country of a thousand hills has got many beautiful things including rivers and lakes, mountain Gorillas, wild animals and many others that attract tourists from all over the world. Rwanda has three national parks which are; Akagera National Park in Eastern province, Nyungwe National Park in Western Province and Volcano National Park in Northern Province.

On 19^th January 2012,we visited MGENI ADVENTURES LTD at prince House, Remera-Gasabo district a company that has dealt in Tours and Safaris, Car rentals, Airport pick up and drop off and Hotel reservations for two years but with branches in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Ndoli Darius, Mgeni Adventures Managing Director who is one of the founders and Chairman of EATN (East African Tourism Network) has 11 years of experience in Tourism in addition to attending various International Trade fairs in USA, Europe and Asia as he told the reporter.

Highlighting challenges faced, Darius indicated lack of enough accommodation especially in Akagera national park as the main problem.

“Visiting the Park requires tourists to be there by 6:00am yet it’s a long journey from Kigali to that place. So you need to spend a night around there to be on time” There is one hotel in Akagera which is very expensive and without enough accommodation in addition to poor service delivery, adds Darius.

He continues to say that compared to other national parks in the neighboring countries, Akagera is not well developed yet it has variety to be seen: different bird species, lakes, crocodiles, Hippos among others. RDB-tourism department knows about the problem of accommodation but no quick effort has been made by the government to solve the problem.

In abid to improve tourism industry in Rwanda, Darius request the government to think about Akagera like how other national parks of Rwanda are taken care of or privatize it to Investors to better develop it for the good of the country and residents.

Also, there is a need for Government Tourism Information Centres in different places of Rwanda  because tour companies have to go looking for tourists in trade fairs yet if the GTIC was there, tourists would access easily tour operators and vice versa.

Darius further said that for the local community to benefit from the national park, they should be sent to school or sensitized on how they can work together in cooperatives and make crafts that attract tourists. He advised people in the same business to love and respect their profession because tourism requires honesty, in other words they shouldn’t promise what they can’t offer.

Kivu ni ikiyaga giherereye mu burengerazuba bw’u Rwanda hagati yarwo na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo. Amakuru agaragara ku rubuga rwa interineti www.lakekivu.org avuga ko gifite ubuso bungana na kirometerokare (km²) 2730, kikaba kiri ku butumburuke bwa metero 1463 hejuru y’inyanja, aharehare kuruta ahandi hafite ubujyakuzimu bwa metero 485.

Ubu bujyakuzimu bwacyo bugishyira mu biyaga 20 bya mbere bifite ubujyakuzimu burebure cyane ku isi.

“Kivu ikiyaga gitangaje”. Aya ni amagamabo yanditse ku byapa bigaragara ku nkengero z’ikivu mu karere ka Nyamasheke byahashyizwe na Minisiteri y’Ibikorwaremezo. Ibi byapa biriho ubusobanuro ku kiyaga cya kivu bivuga ko muri cyo habonekamo imyuka ya Carbon dioxide ndetse na methane, iyi myuka imaze ibinyejana byinshi yirema kandi yivanga n’amazi ikaba yiganje mu mazi ari munsi ya metero 260.

Amagambo agaragara kuri ibi byapa avuga ko ikiyaga cya Kivu kirusha ibindi biyaga byose byo ku isi kugira gaz methane nyinshi mu mazi yo mu ndiba yacyo.

Hari abibaza niba gaz methane yo mu kiyaga cya Kivu idashobora gutomboka ikaba yatwara ubuzima bw’abantu nk’uko imyuka ya carbon dioxide yo mu kiyaga cya Nyos giherereye mu majyaruguru y’uburengerazuba bwa Cameroun yatombotse, mu ijoro ryo kuya 21 kanama 1986, maze igahitana ubuzima bw’abantu, ndetse n’ikiyaga cya Manoun nacyo kiri mu gace kamwe na Nyos mu mwaka wa 1984 cyatombotse kigahitana abantu 37.

Amakuru agaragara ku rubuga rwa internet rw’akarere ka Nyamasheke avuga ko, Madamu NATACHA TOFIELD PASCHE, inzobere mu by’ibiyaga, yavuze ko gaz zishobora gutomboka ari uko ingufu zayo ziruse iz’uburemere bw’amazi azitsikamiye. Kugeza magingo aya, uburemere bw’amazi bukubye inshuro ebyiri ingufu za gaz. Ibi bikaba bivuga ko idashobora gutomboka kuko itekeye mu ndiba y’ikiyaga kandi ikanaba iri kure y’inkombe. Ariko kuko gaz metani yiyongera, igomba gucukurwa kugira ngo itazaruta uburemere bw’amazi, kandi bigakorwa ku buryo bunoze ku buryo bitahungabanya ikiyaga.

Nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuhuzabikorwa wa gahunda yo kurinda ubudahungabana bw’ikiyaga cya Kivu muri minisiteri y’ibikorwaremezo, Madamu Umutoni Augusta, ikiyaga cya Kivu gihatse  ubukungu bwinshi, bikaba ari inshingano za buri wese guharanira umutekano wacyo hagati mu mazi no ku nkengero zacyo.

Mu rwego rw’ubukungu, Kivu itunze abantu benshi bakoreramo uburobyi n’ubucuruzi. Urubuga rwa internet rw’akarere ka Nyamasheke ruvuga ko mu Kivu harimo ubwoko 31 bw’amafi, kikaba kandi gifite gaz nyinshi ishobora gucanira kimwe cya kabiri cy’abatuye u Rwanda mu gihe cy’imyaka itanu, ishobora kandi gukoreshwa mu gutwara imodoka, guteka, n’ibindi. Uretse n’ibyo, Kivu ni ikiyaga kiberanye n’ubukerarugendo.

In a meeting with local leaders in sectors neighbouring the Akagera National Park, Francois Kanimba, Trade and Industry Minister said the government has adopted a policy that is going to put an end on conflicts between the Park and  people whose crops were destroyed by wild animals.

During the discussions, Minister Kanimba said that the compensation policy has already been enacted and will be implemented very soon to compensate those who lost their properties.

An electric wall between the park and residential areas is currently under construction to prevent wild animals from crossing over and destroy people’s crops and sometimes taking lives of unfortunate ones.

The sectors bordering with the Akagera National Park are Nasho, Mpanga, Nyamugari and Mahama.

IBUKA, the main Genocide Survivors’ Association in Rubavu district is seeking financial support to build a memorial site and burry over 3000 bodies that have spent 17 years in Red zone in Gisenyi sector.

According to Kabanda IBUKA’s Director in Rubavu district, Red zone is a place with horrific memories and bad history. Prisoners dug pits where killers dumped/buried Tutsis (dead or alive). Vicitims were told that they were being taken to safety.

From then on, Red zone was considered as a mass grave standing for a memorial site, for there was no other place provided for burying the victims. Kabanda condemned local leaders for being less concerned with the problem.

“It’s not an issue of money but less concern from leaders who thought it was not necessary. We talked over it several times until we were tired. But now the problem will be solved thanks to present leadership” IBUKA’s Director in Rubavu added.

The new leadership set up a master plan indicating where a new memorial site will be erected. Construction of the site which is estimated to cost nearly Rwf 90 million might take long to complete because of insufficient funds available as Kabanda emphasises.

The genocide memorial site will comprise three parts; one part showing the colonial era in the history of Rwanda, the second part will showcase the so-called 1959 revolution and the third part will provide the A-Z details of the 1990-1994 genocide. Kabanda further said that upon completion, the Western Province will take over the responsibility of the site will because it will be explaining the history of the Genocide in what used to be Gisenyi Prefecture, now part of the Western Province.

Mugisha Francois in charge of youth culture and sports in Rubavu district says there is no other source of finances apart from contribution from local residents, banks, restaurants, organisations and other donors. BRALIRWA, the national brewery also pledged to make a contribution. Local residents raised Rwf 12 million from last year’s (2011) Remembrance Week (Icyunamo).

IBUKA has urged genocide survivors in Rubavu district, other local residents and Rwandans in general to contribute for the memorial site so as to offer a decent burial to genocide victims dumped in the notorious Red zone. “We need you to help us each your capacity and sensitize non genocide survivors to help us complete this project that has taken 17 years before implementation”. IBUKA’s boss in Rubavu.

Bodies of victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis are still piled up on top of each other in holes and the weapons used to kill them can be seen atop. Construction works are scheduled to commence on January 2012 with hope that it will be completed by 2013 depending on the availability of funds.

The genocide victims of 1994 at Kabuye memorial site in Ndora sector and Gisagara district were collectively buried in a small piece of land without being enclosed in a special way due to hard situation, but currently, after a period of 18years,   a more decent grave stands to testify for the historical fact that disgraced Rwanda; a country that has become the only heroine from her ruins.

There are three genocide memorial sites in Gisagara District, namely Kabuye, Kabirizi and Kansi memorial sites including others which were built by relatives of the victims in places where the fallen brothers and sisters used to live before the genocide. However, local leaders say that bodies in family memorial sites must be exhumed and reburied into the main memorial centres.

One of the small memorial sites is located at Gisagara Catholic Church and victims’ relatives in the area have raised concerns over the relocation of the yard, saying that the victims were killed in the church, hence the best memorial site, but others be exhumed and reburied into the main memorial centers. Nearly 4400 genocide victims are laid to rest at Kabuye memorial site.

Kuwa mbere tariki ya 17 Mutarama, Ikigo cy’Ingoro z’Igihugu z’Umurage w’u Rwanda (INMR) cyagenderewe n’itsinda ry’intumwa za EAC. Bagenzwaga no gusuzuma imikorere y’icyo kigo kugira ngo barebe niba cyajya mu mubare w’ibigo by’icyitegererezo byo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC).

Nyuma yo kuzengurutswa mu byumba by’Ingoro y’Umurage y’i Huye, ari na yo cyicaro cya INMR kuri ubu, aho beretswe uburyo ikigo cyakira abashyitsi, abagenzwaga n’isuzuma bicaranye n’ubuyobozi bw’ikigo maze bubasobanurira imikorere yacyo.

Twifuje kumenya niba nyuma yo kwihera ijisho no kubwirwa uko ikigo gikora hari amahirwe abari bagize itsinda baha INMR, maze Charles Gahima, Umuyobozi wa Rukara College of Education, akaba n’umwe mu bari bagize iryo tsinda atubwira ko igisubizo kuri icyo kibazo kizaboneka nyuma.

Charles Gahima kandi yasobanuye ko iri suzuma batangiye tariki 17/01/2012,  ryatangiriye mu Rwanda kuri INMR rikazakomereza i Burundi aho bazasuzuma imikorere y’ikigo cy’ubushakashatsi mu by’ubuhinzi (ISABU), hanyuma muri Kenya, Uganda na Tanzaniya.

Ibigo bisuzumwa hagamijwe kureba niba byaba iby’icyitegererezo ni amashuri makuru na kaminuza, ibigo by’ubushakashatsi n’iby’ikoranabuhanga, ibitegura gahunda z’amajyajyambere, iby’umuco (indimi, ubukerarugendo na siporo) ndetse n’iby’amahugurwa.

Iri suzuma ribaye ubwa kabiri. Ni iryo gusoza iryatangiye umwaka ushize ritari ryarangiye. Muri iryo ryakozwe umwaka ushize, ibigo bine by’u Rwanda byari byemejwe ko ari iby’icyitegererezo. Ibyo ni IRST, Tumba college of technology, KIST n’Ikigo cy’igihugu cy’ibizamini.

Gahima yavuze ko ikigo kibaye icy’icyitegererezo kitaba kikirebwa nk’icy’igihugu kirimo, ahubwo kiba kibaye icya EAC. Ibindi bigo bikora nka cyo byo muri EAC bizajya biza kukigiraho, gitange n’amahugurwa. Ibyo bigo kandi bizashakirwa inkunga kugira ngo bibashe kurangiza neza inshingano zabyo.

It is almost 18years since the 1994 genocide committed against the Tutsi occurred in Rwanda.

KayigyiAnge Claude who is responsible for commemorationactivitiesin Nyanza district said that manygenocide memorial sites need help for their re habilitation.

Burera district lies in the northern part of Rwanda, adjacent to the Ugandan border, and between the cities of Ruhengeri and Byumba. It is home to Lakes Burera and Ruhondo, and the Virunga Lodge hotel, which lies between them, commanding views of the lakes and the nearby Virunga mountains, making it one of Rwanda’s tourist spots.

Among the tourist attractions in the district includes ‘semaka’ rock which lies in gisovu cell in cyanika sector. The rock originated from volcanic eruptions that occurred in the past from muhabura dormant volcano.

The rock has a very long cave and is covered by beautiful vegetation. People neighboring the rock said that the history of this rock is not well known but its name is attributed to an old man who lived in the caves of the rock whose name was semaka.

This rock is located 1 kilometer from Musanze-Cyanika road and about 3 kms from Burera Lake.One of the residents Nshimiyimanareiterated that into the cave is a long vent line that connects the cave to lake burera .

He said; “I once passed there with my friends and we came out near the lake, but it is advisable to pass there while with someone who knows the place better because one can die in there if you pass in the wrong route due to many caves down there one can even get lost.”

Because of its location, tourists have visited the rock several times. Among other tourist attractions in this district includes the tomb of RukararwaBishingwe former Rwandan King historically known to be the first black man who killed a white colonialist, Burera Lake, Muhabura volcano,Urugezi swamp to mention.

For people living anywhere and are not able to make a trip to Rwanda, there is a solution in form of a new phone application called ‘Discover Rwanda’ that you can simply download onto your Smartphone which will give you rare access into Rwanda’s beauty.

The Application which is downloadable on iPhone and iPad was launched December 06 2011 in The Hague, Netherlands, by the Rwandan embassy there.   

“The goal of this initiative is to have a modern and up-to-date publication about Rwanda available,” said ambassador Immaculée Uwanyiligira, in a statement released January 16.

“…but definitely also to increase awareness about the diversity of the green and hilly country in East Africa, like the Akagera National Park (savanna) in the east and the Nyungwe National Park (tropical forest) in the south where chimpanzees and other primates can be spotted. Here, a canopy walk was opened last year, where people can walk between the trees at an altitude of 50 meters.”

The application buys US$3.99 (Approx. 2,400 Rwf). There is both an English and Dutch version of the software and also comes in form of a magazine tour of Rwanda.

The teaser text of the brand new app reads: “Always wanted to look one of man’s closest cousins in the eye? Then this app about Rwanda, the land of eternal spring, may be right up your alley, too! Discover more about some of the most beautiful places in Africa in this interactive magazine completely designed for the iPad.”

‘Discover Rwanda’ is the most complete and comprehensive travel app available about any East African country, say the developers.

It basically offers a lovely reading and browsing product, which is very inspiring material for anybody interested in Rwanda’s nature, culture, history and geography. To inform potential investors, the Rwanda Special Edition has a separate chapter about doing business in Rwanda: Business & Investment. As one would expect from an app there are plenty of interactive elements, like maps en links to more info.

The app also offers stories about silverback gorillas – but there is a lot more do discover about Rwanda. The first issue of the app offers content like ‘Rwanda, the green heart of Africa’, ‘The Geological history of the area’, ‘Volcanoes National Park’, ‘Akagera National Park’, ‘Nyungwe Forest National Park’, ‘Rwandas major lakes’. Buyers of the Rwanda-app in the AppStore will receive regular updates with relevant news about Rwanda.