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PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME
IS INDEED A WAR CRIMINAL He committed some of
his crimes under the disguise of INTERAHAMWE Recently, press
reports, quoting prominent experts of the Great Lakes region, raised again the
issue of impunity of
president Kagame, with regard to the war crimes that he committed or
ordered for. The main
point of this paper is to expose one of the hitherto unveiled faces of his
crimes. Indeed, some
of the crimes which were indiscriminately attributed to Interahamwe
were in actual facts
carried out by none other than Kagame and his henchmen. In their sinister
plans, they would
disguise as the notorious militia Interahamwe. This should however not be
misconstrued to mean
that the latter did not kill. This is not a
hearsays, I am ready to produce evidence and call other people who witnessed
the crimes that
occurred in the following places : 1. When 7th BN was
deployed in areas of Rushashi, Tare, Mbogo, and Rurindo in 1998
the director of
schools at Rwankuba, the Bourgmestre of commune Rushashi as well as the
agriculture officer of
that commune were murdered over the same night. RPF hurriedly
blamed their death on
Interahamwe insurgents, yet they had been killed by its own elements.
2. The same year of
1998 Kagame planned to kill all civilians who where watching the
world cup tournament
in the Hotel called �Pensez-Y� and again blame their death on
insurgents.
Fortunately the operations officer of 7thBN, Capt. Kwizera who had been assigned
the task, got drunk
and failed to properly coordinate the operation. Indeed, when the
soldiers who were to disguise as Interahamwe insurgents reached the Hotel,
they found many RPF
soldiers mixed with the civilian crowd which was watching the world
cup tournament. They
contacted the commanding officer, Major Eug�ne Nkubito, who angrily
told them to tell all
the soldiers present to report to their respective positions. When some
civilians saw that,
they suspected a foul play and also left the Hotel. A few moment later, the
Hotel was burnt to
ashes and so many civilians who remained watching the TV died. After the
operation, Radio
Rwanda announced that the Interahamwe had burned that hotel and killed
many people.
Despite the number of
casualties, Kagame was not happy because the plan did not go the way
it had been hatched.
He summoned himself Capt. Kwizera in the officers� mess, sent his own
presidential jeep to
collect sticks and beat captain Kwizera. The captain was given 100
strokes, demoted to
the rank of private and put behind bars till he was dismissed from the
army. This was done in
public and many people watched the scene. After that action of
burning the Hotel �Pensez-y� and killing the civilians watching the world
cup tournament they
announced as anticipated that, the Interahamwe burnt the Hotel and
killed so many people.
3. Another glaring
example is the killing of western tourists in the Bwindi National Park,
which prominently
featured in western media. RPF immediately blamed it on the
Interahamwe and so did
the western media. Yet, they had been killed by RPF soldiers
disguised as
Interahamwe. The decision to kill western tourists venturing in that area had
been taken manly for two
reasons: The issue of Interahmwe would be more
internationalised if they were accused of killing innocent
western tourists. As a result, RPF would be given a free hand in
fighting them the way
it wants and wherever they are suspected to be; 1 RPF suspected some Europeans of
sympathising with Interahamwe by disclosing to them the positions of
RPF. Moreover, the presence of foreigners near an insurgent area
was hindering RPF
atrocities perpetrated under the disguise of counter insurgents
operations.
I got astonished when
I heard the then attorney general, Gerald Gahima endeavouring to
explain how the
Interahamwe killed the tourists. I don�t think that Gerald Gahima knew
anything about the
plan apart from being told what to say. 4. When the late Andre
Kisasu Ngandu the vice-chairman of the late President Laurent
Kabila was killed, the
Government of Rwanda, which was fighting along side Kabila to
overthrow the
Government of Mobutu, announced that Kisasu Ngandu was killed in an
ambush by the
Interahamwe and the ex-FAZ (ex-Force Arm�es Zairoises). Yet, he was
killed by the RPA
officers and men who are up-to-date serving in the RPF army.
His assassination was
planned by James Kabalebe and Jack Nziza under the orders of Paul
Kagame because Ngandu
was opposed to the killing of refugees. 5. A group of Ugandans
were detained in the former house of the director of special
intelligence Senior
Superintendent Gacinya and killed in November 2004. This house is one
of the clandestine
detention house, where they keep people incommunicado, until they decide
their fate. The house
is located at Muhima and is managed by Assistant Inspector of Police
Munana and Nshuti.
The Ugandan victims
were: 1. Rwemihigo
2. Waswa
3. Richard
4. Katongole
5. Mutume
6. Swaibu
7. and Kato.
After their murder,
the bodies were taken to the Akagera National Park, burnt and the ashes
thrown in the Akagera
River. All these killings were ordered by General Kagame and his
collaborators.
Regarding other human
rights abuses, nearly 11 years after RPF takeover, people are still
being killed and
tortured in prisons by the security organs especially DMI and Special
Intelligence using
electric wires. I once again appeal to
human rights organisations and the international community to make
their own counter
investigations and insure that Kagame is held accountable for those crimes.
It is the only way to
put an end to impunity in the Great Lakes region. Similarly, I call upon
Rwandans to come out boldly and say the truth because not doing so
will boost the
impunity of criminals. Norway, 18/01/2005
Aloys RUYENZI
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Mulindwas Communication Group
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