Urwibutso rwa Gisenyi rwiswe komini rouge rutarashobora kuzura kubera kubura ubushobozi

Ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Rubavu n’abayobozi bo mu nzego z’ibanze hamwe n’abayobozi b’inzego za IBUKA na CNLG mu karere bemeranyije ko amafaranga agera 10% yatanzwe mu gaseke ko gutera inkunga abacitse ku icumu rya Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi muri Mata 1994 azakoreshwa mu kubaka urwibutso rwa Komini rouge rutaruzura ngo abahajugunywe bashobore gushyingurwa mucyubahiro.

Mu cyumweru cyo gutangiza icyunamo cy’iminsi 100, abaturage bo mu karere ka Rubavu bashoboye gukusanya inkunga igera kuri miliyoni 39 548 425, ariko abaturage bavuga ko ayo mafaranga yagaruka mu mirenge agafasha abacitse ku icumu kuko bitabashimisha kubona abavandimwe babo hari abakinyagirwa ndetse abandi bakagira amazu adafite ubwiherero.

Ubuyobozi bw’akarere na IBUKA mu karere ka Rubavu bukavuga ko kuri iyi nkunga bwagira amafaranga bubonaho kugirango ashobore gufasha akarere kubaka urwibutso rugomba gushyingurwamo mucyubahiro abantu biciwe ahitwa komini rouge, cyane ko ibyobo bajugunywemo abantu nanubu batarakurwamo imyaka 19 ikaba ishize.

Umwaka wa 2012 ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Rubavu na Ibuka bavugaga ko bazakora ibishoboka urwibutso rwa Komini rouge rugashobora kubakwa, nyamara nubwo amafaranga yakusanyijwe yakoreshejwe ururwibutso ruracyaneye byinshi, ubuyobozi bwa Ibuka mu karere bugasaba abatanga inkunga kwibuka ko uru rwibutso rucyeneye kubakwa kandi abarujugunywemo bari batuye mucyahoze ari perefegitra ya Gisenyi.

Nkuko byemejwe mu nama igaragaza amafaranga yatanzwe nicyo azakoreshwa umuyobozi bw’akarere  ka Rubavu Sheikh Bahame Hassan avuga ko amafaranga angana  na 10% ariyo azakoreshwa mukubaka urwibutso, asigaye agafasha abacitse ku icumu, cyakora avuga ko gufasha abacitse ku icumu Atari ukubashyira ibyo kurya, ahubwo ngo ni ukubafasha gusana inzu zatangiye kwangirika.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Rubavu ashimira abaturage bagize umutima wo gutanga kuko bigaragaza ubushake bafite bwo gufasha abacitse ku icumu batishoboye, agahamagarira n’abandi gutera intambwe yo gufasha kugira ngo barusheho kwigira no kwiha agaciro bacyemura ibibazo bifitemo.

Byimana genocide memorial centre that has been permanently rebuilt

Survivors of 1994 Tutsi genocide in Byimana sector in Ruhango district have revealed that they are happy because the bodies of their genocide victims are lying in a descent grave.  

This comes after genocide survivors used to complain about Byimana memorial center that was not renovated to the standards.

However, despite of the complaints, the memorial site was rebuilt during the 19^th genocide commemoration week costing Rwf2.4 million, one million contributed by Byimana sector residents that reside outside the place and another million from Ruhango district administration.

Rebuilding Byimana genocide memorial site was decided on during the meeting

The decision to renovate the memorial site was agreed on during the meeting of Byimana sector authorities and Kigali town residents born from Byimana sector on February 24^th 2013.

The executive secretary of Byimana sector, Byimana Jean Marie Nahayo explains that renovation activities were done quickly so that survivors do not continue to be affected by the fact that their deceased are not properly protected.

Though renovated, the remaining work such as putting tiles on the inside grave walls is expected to cost Rwf400000, Rwf450000 for pavement, construction of the grave covering Rwf8 million and Rwf3 million for the construction of the second grave.

Imva y’urwibutso rwa Nyundo rwangijwe n’amazi bituma imibiri yimurwa

Abadepite bagize komisiyo y’ubumwe bw’abanyarwanda, uburenganzira bwa muntu no kurwanya Jenoside mu nteko ishinga amategeko bashimye imishyikirano hagati y’akarere ka Rubavu na Diocese ya Nyundo kuhagomba kwimurirwa urwibutso rwa Nyundo nyuma y’uko urwari rushyinguwemo imiri y’inzirakarengane z’abatutsi bazize jenoside yabaye muri Mata 1994 rwangijwe n’amazi yatewe n’ibiza.

Nyuma yo kwangizwa n’amazi imibiri yari muri izi mva yabaye yimuriwe kuri Diocese kugira ngo harebwe ahandi hakubakwa urwibutso rutangizwa n’ibiza rwashyingurwamo iyi mibiri, Diocese ya Nyundo ikaba yaremeye gutanga ahantu hakubakwa urwibutso nubwo ubuyobozi bwa Ibuka mu karere ka Rubavu bugaragaza impungenge z’uko kuhubaka bizagorana.

abagize komisiyo y’ubumwe bw’abanyarwanda, uburenganzira bwa muntu no kurwanya Jenoside mu nteko ishinga amategeko banasuye ikiyaga cya kivu na hotel serena basobanurirwa amakuru yavugwaga ko hari imibiri y’abazize jenoside muri iyi hotel yari igihe kubakirwaho, bakaba bamazwe impungenge na Ibuka ivuga ko ayo makuru atariyo kuko amakuru bafite yagaragaje imibiri ihari.

Kabanda Innocent ukuriye ibuka mu karere ka Rubavu avuga ko imibiri yari ihari hagiye kubakwa itangi (tank) y’amazi kandi ko bashoboye kumvikana n’imibiri igashakishwa ikaboneka.

Buranga memorial site in Kivuruga sector in Gakenke District which has precisely 989 bodies of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis is soon to be renovated to be one of the best memorial sites in the district with required  standards.

Buranga memorial site

The renovation of this memorial site is yet to begin as on Tuesday the 22^nd.JHan.2013, the bodies laid to rest in this memorial site will be will taken out of their places for the renovation of the memorial site to commence.

The renovation process will first deal with the area where the victims’ bodies will be put then a house where the tools that were used in the massacre will be put and lastly where the photos of the victims buried in this memorial site will be put as Julienne Mukamukesha a worker in the commission that fights against Genocide (CNLG) explained.

Mukamukesha went on to say that this renovation is to make the memorial site a better one and with all requirements so that whoever visits will be able to understand everything that transpired during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.

She made it clear that that transferring the bodies of genocide victims is in no way related to mocking of the genocide survivors but just a short period of way of renovating the memorial site.

All people who delivered speeches during the meeting preparing this program on the 17^th.Jan.2013, called upon genocide survivors to own this program and ensure smooth operations while all people have to support genocide survivors in this trying period especially those that would be traumatized by this program.

This meeting was prepared by the district administration with the support of CNLG and AVEGA to explain to genocide survivors the reasons why the renovation program has to happen.

Burying Tutsi victims in Memorial sites provided by the government is a way of giving them human value  that they lost when they were killed, Oscar Nzeyimana the Mayor of Rusizi District said during the function to bury the remains of 33 genocide victims at Rusizi genocide memorial site on the 3^rd.July.2012.

In this function, the genocide survivors from families of the deceased appreciated the way of getting the information where their relatives were buried so as to lay them to rest in respect which shows the extent of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda and that they will be able to let go after burying their relatives’ remains.

Oscar Nzeyimana thanked the families of the deceased to have cooperated with the administration and accepted to exhume those who were buried in different places in their families to bury them in the memorial site so as to be cared for by memorial site management.

Nzeyimana Oscar went on to say that when people are not buried in their rightful place it delays development of the people as the land of which people are buried would be needed for developmental projects.

It is expected that Nyarushishi genocide memorial site that is in Nkungu sector when it is completed fully, all genocide victims in Rusizi district will be transferred there because it will be big and up to date.

Workers of Mpanga prison said, Murambi genocide memorial site  visit will give them an insight in their work after seeing the evidence of genocide and getting explanations about the history of how genocide was planned, perpetrated and its effects.

Then were explained all about the history before and after the 1994 genocide Against Tutsi in general and specifically the history of former Gikongoro prefecture during the Workers of Mpanga prison visit to Murambi genocide memorial site that is located in Nyamagabe district.

They also got to see the evidence of the genocide that was done to Tutsis specifically those who had sought refuge in the building of the school that was still under construction at Murambi hill at the same place this memorial site was built.

Eugene Bisengimana the acting director of Mpanga prison said that the fact that their workers managed to visit this memorial site has left them more understanding to some things some of them took for granted as some of these workers were still young during the 1994 genocide.

“those young men and women you see there were children during the 1994 genocide, visiting this memorial site was like them knowing the real truth of what happened due to the evidence of which was kept well that provided them with an insight in genocide more than they knew.” Eugene Bisengimana clarified.

According to the number provided by workers of this memorial site states that about 50.000 Tutsis lost their lives at Murambi hill and most of them are laid to rest in Murambi memorial site.

Mu marembo y’Urwibutso rwa Bisesero harimo amacumu 9 n’ibuye, nk’ikimenyetso cy’intwaro n’Ubutwari by’Abanyabisesero.

Kuva mu 1959 kugeza mu 1994, abatutsi bo mu Bisesero bakunze kurangwa n’ubutwari ntagereranywa mu bihe bitandukanye. Mu gihe mu bindi bice abatutsi batwikirwaga, bakameneshwa abandi bakicwa, abagize amahirwe bagahunga, abo mu Bisesero bo ngo bagerageje kwirwanaho bahangana n’abicanyi bakoresheje amabuye n’amacumu.

No muri Mata 1994, ubwo jenoside yayogozaga igihugu nabwo borongeye bagerageza kwirwanaho, ariko umwanzi yaranze abarusha imbaraga hagwa abarenga ibihumbi 50 mu mezi 2 gusa kubera ko hakoreshejwe imbunda za rutura kandi abicanyi bari baturutse impande zose z’igihugu.

Ibi ni ibyemejwe n’umukozi wa komisiyo y’igihugu ishinzwe kurwanya jenoside (CNLG), Mugabarigira Stanley ushinzwe urwibutso rwa Bisesero. Yasobanuriraga abakozi bo mu buyobozi bukuru bushinzwe abinjira n’abasohoka mu gihugu bari basuye urwibutso rwa Bisesero kuwa gatandatu (23/06/2012), ababwira muri make amateka y’ubutwari bwaranze Abanyabisesero.

Nk’uko Stanley abisobanura, jenoside itangira Abanyabisesero bagerageje gukomeza ubutwari bwaribusanzwe bubaranga bishyira hamwe bahangana n’interahamwe zakoreshaga imihoro n’amahiri, bo barwanisha amacumu n’amabuye kuva kuya 7 Mata kugeza kuya 30 Kamena 1994, kuburyo babashije nabo kugira abo bisasira.

Umusaza witwaga Birara ni we wari uyoboye Abanyabisesero abatinyura kwihagararaho, akabasaba kudasubira inyuma kugira ngo batangire interahamwe zitabasha kugera aho bari bahishe abagore, abana, ndetse n’inkomere. Rimwe na rimwe baranatinyukaga bakamanuka bakivanga n’interagamwe ntizirabukwe bamara kwicamo bake bagasubira ku musozi kurinda ababo.

Ntibyatinze ariko uwari Ministre w’itangazamakuru icyo gihe, Niyitegeka Eliezer yakoranyije inkoramaraso zo hirya no hino mu gihugu afatanyije n’uwari prefet wa Kibuye Kayishema Clement bazana interahamwe n’abasirikare baturutse imihanda yose (Gisenyi, Ruhengeri, Gikongoro, Cyangugu n’ahandi) maze ku batutsi basaga ibihumbi 50 bari bahungiye ku musozi wa Bisesero harokokamo abatagera ku bihumbi 3.

Nyuma ni bwo abafaransa baje (Mission Turquoise) bashuka abo ibihumbi 3 ngo ni bave mu bwihisho babarinde, ariko bashaka ko bajya ahagaragara interahamwe zikabatsemba. Ni ko byaje kugenda hanyuma ku bihumbi 3 bari barokotse hasigara abatarenga igihumbi gusa.

Mugabarigira Stanley, umukozi wa CNLG asobanura amateka ya Bisesero

Nk’uko Stanley akomeza abisobanura, urwibutso rwa Bisesero rwubatse rukurikije amateka yaranze izo ntwari zirwanyeho zikoresha amacumu n’amabuye.

Mu marembo hari amacumu 9 n’ibuye rimwe rinini nk’ikimenyetso cy’ubutwari n’intwaro by’Abanyabisesero, n’amakomine 9 yari agize Kibuye, hakaba n’ibyumba 9 biri ku musozi, na byo biranga ayo makomine uko ari 9. Hariho n’ingazi (stairs/escaliers) zizamuka ku musozi wa Bisesero nk’ikimenyetso cy’inzira y’umusaraba bagendaga banyura benshi bakomerekejwe n’ibisasu, abandi bagenda batemwa n’interahamwe zari zimaze kubona ubufasha bw’abasirikare zikabafasha kubigaranzura.

Kugeza ubu urwibutso rwa Bisesero ruracyatunganywa. Biteganyijwe ibyo byumba 9 biri ku musozi, bizahabwa amazina ya komine zari zigize Kibuye mu Rwanda rwa mbere no mu gihe cya jenocide. Ibyo byumba bizanashyirwamo inyandiko zisobanura amateka ya jenocide muri ayo makomine n’uko abatutsi bahakomokaga bagiye bicwa.

 Members of Cell Advisory Committee of Kabeza cell in Kanombe sector-Kicukiro District have visited Murambi Memorial centre where 1994 genocide against Tutsi victims are laid to rest.

Murambi genocide memorial center

When visiting the genocide memorial centre on June 2^nd 2012, advisory committee members revealed that their aim was to see and believe the history of genocide that claimed 1 million Rwandans in 100 days.

Over 18000 genocide victims that were massacred at one school on Murambi hill are buried in Murambi memorial site.

After being told the indicators of Rwandan history before and during genocide, Bonaventure Nzamwita, president of the committee highlights that every Rwandese should participate in rebuilding the country that was ruined by genocide tragedy.

“Every family was affected by 1994 Tutsi genocide, whether participants or survivors.  Time has come for us to live in together in Rwanda as our motherland,”

Committee members donated Rwf18000 to Murambi memorial center.

Workers laying down flowers to the mass grave

 Action Aid workers in Rwanda has recently visited Murambi 1994 genocide against Tutsi memorial centre in a move to honour the victims.

During the visit, Action Aid workers were explained for history of Murambi memorial and witnessed survivors testify on how massacre was done in the place where the grave is built.

The testimony entailed how Tutsi from different corners of Murambi, gathered and hid at Murambi vocational school were brutally murdered by Interahamwe and soldiers.

Josephine Uwamariya, Director for ActioAid- Rwanda commented on what happened in Murambi as painful and said its everybody’s duty to build a better Rwanda.

Talking about bad leadership that killed what it should have protected, Uwamariya urged residents to learn from the history.

“We should learn from history and strive to prevent genocide from happening again in Rwanda or elsewhere in the world,” adds Uwamariya.

After the visit, Action Aid workers gave the contribution of Rwf200000.

On April 27^th 2012, a group of different leaders visited Hanika 1994 genocide against Tutsi memorial centre in Macuba sector where 8206 bodies of genocide victims are laid to rest.

The group included some of Nyamasheke advisory committee members of Nyamasheke and karambi sector, karambi sector workers, religious leaders, Head teachers, Health centre leaders, and business community representatives.

Victims buried in this center were from Karambi and Macuba sectors that make what was called Gatare sector.

Angelique Mukangira, who survived cruel death in this place testified on how the killers cast aside humanity and acted as wild animals, leaving orphans and widows with shattered hearts.

Mukangira is thankful to the United Nations that made sure that 1994 Tutsi genocide survivors get hope for the future.

Damas Uwimana, executive secretary for Karambi sector revealed that memorial site is history we should look at and commemorating is thinking about that bad history that was a result of bad leadership, with an aim creating new history for generations to come.

President for advisory committee of Karambi sector Aloys Muhawenimana, who led the group said that the purpose of the visit was: to show the leaders the consequences of bad governance.

“We want leaders to work with the present good leadership in valuing the lives of Rwandese, remember the genocide victims of karambi sector buried in Hanika, and comfort the genocide survivors in this place and the rest of Rwanda.”

He also stressed on restoring the value to the bodies of genocide victims through supporting those who clean memorial places while appreciating FPR soldiers, dead and alive ones for risking their lives and stop the 1994 genocide when killers were determined that no Tutsi survives.

Muhawenimana concluded her speech asked the people present to fight genocide ideologies and urging them to adopt the culture of peace, unity and development for a better Rwanda.

The group that visited Hanika memorial center left the contribution of Rwf100, 000 to Macuba sector.