The Last Prince Left Standing In King Paul's Court - James Musoni

The Last Prince Left Standing In King Paul's Court - James Musoni

James Musoni is the longest surviving minister in Rwanda - which is no easy task in King Paul's kingdom. Musoni has been a minister for over 10 years, and 14 years as a senior "public" servant. No one in Rwanda has survived Kagame that long.
Here is Musoni's Bio:

• Minister of Infrastructure (2014 - present);
• Minister of Local Government (2009-2014);
• Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (2006-2009);
• Minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives (2005-2006);
• Commissioner General of Rwanda Revenue Authority (2001-2005) and
• Deputy Commissioner General of Rwanda Revenue Authority (2000-2001).

Part of the explanation for Musoni's survival is that he is the real CEO of Crystal Ventures, Kagame's money machine. Musoni is also the real boss of RPF, Kagame's political machine.
But in a crony system where it is "person eat person" as we see with the fall of Eugene Gasana and Agnes Binangwaho, every crony sooner or later, falls!
Will the last man standing fall, too? Watch the drama unfold.
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David Himbara

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Now that Kagame Has Dumped Eugene, What Happens To The Eugene Gasana Jr Hospital in Kigali?

Now that Kagame Has Dumped Eugene, What Happens To The Eugene Gasana Jr Hospital in Kigali?

The hospital project was commissioned by the Eugene Gasana Jr Foundation set up to improve access to cancer treatment for children in Rwanda. The project was apparently co-founded by the now dumped ambassador Eugène-Richard Gasana. The project is named after Gasana's son, who received cancer treatment in the United States.

Pictured here is the architectural design of the Gasana Hospital. Construction on the hospital was set to begin in 2015 and completed in 2017.

Located in the Gahanga District, Kigali, Rwanda, on a 4 Hectare site, the hospital was to provide lodging facility for patients as well as residential housing for physicians and nurses. The design of the 100-bed hospital draws on Rwanda's traditional architectural - something like Kagame Convention Centre😬😎👀.
So has Kagame dumped the hospital, too, assuming it was already being built?
No one can accuse Kagame's Rwanda of being boring - in the North Korea of a thousand hills, wonders never cease😜

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David Himbara

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Rwandan Ambassador, Eugene Richard Gasana Fired Due to In-house Scandals?

Rwandan Ambassador, Eugene Richard Gasana Fired, for Belitling US Ambassador Power or Due to In-house Scandals?

On August 10, 2016, Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame has fired Rwandan UN Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana. According to sources in Rwanda,  the ambassador was expected to be recalled, but not fired. Hence firing the ambassador came as a surprise.

On Monday March 21, 2016,   Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, a close confident and alleged business associate of Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame, transformed the United Nations Security Council into a circus during a debate on Conflict and Peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa (see here). Rwandan

Ambassador Gasana, reacting to comments made by US Ambassador Power,  praising Rwanda for its remarkable progress since the 1994 civil war and criticizing General Paul Kagame for oppressing his people,  made a raging attack on  Ambassador Power. Ambassador Power had  remarked that“the continued absence of political space — the inability of individuals and journalists to discuss political affairs or report on issues of public concern — poses a serious risk to Rwanda’s future stability.”  Ambassador Eugene Gasana, wagging a finger,  belittled  Ambassador Power and  uttered that Ambassador Power  should not “confuse her name with her assignment,” before adding that “Ms Power doesn't have power over Rwanda.”  and that no one  is allowed to  criticize the Rwandan dictator General Paul, whom he called  “this very precious man” and “[his] hero.". He then threatened the UN Security council with the words:"Don't ever dare, ever, to treat him that way.”

Ambassador Power ignored him. In fact, in diplomatic circles in New York  Ambassador Eugene Gasana, who also, while based in New York,  was  Rwandan Minister of State for Cooperation was famous for his  erratic behaviors and sudden bursts of emotions and speeches full of verbal violence, finger wagging, disdain, and utter arrogance. Hence, only UN outsiders  were shocked by  Ambassador Gasana's rambling and insults and sarcasms  heaped on US Ambassador Samantha Power.

After the UN Security Council incident, many expected Ambassador Gasana to stay for a while and be reassigned to another country or keep his cabinet position, to save his face while at same time pleasing the United States government.

Then, Ambassador Gasana recently made another mistake. A Rwandan tabloid wrote that Eugene Gasana may be the biological father of one of  Rwandan General Paul Kagame's children. As usual, the short tempered Eugene Gasana published a lengthy statement denying being the biological father of the child and asking the tabloid to retract the story and apologize to him and to General Paul Kagame's wife, Janet.

Many observers wondered why a UN Ambassador and cabinet minister made such an official  statement reacting to a tabloid's article. According to sources in Rwanda, this incident has embarrassed General Kagame and may have precipitated his decision to fire one of his closest aides and business associate, in line with the biblical proverb: "Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.", even if the fool was there to honor the dictator.

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Eugène-Richard Gasana Is Finished

Eugène-Richard Gasana Is Finished by Paul Kagame

Rwanda is officially a nation of spies. People are employed to spy in each village, street, and in each building complex. This is the case in Rwandan diaspora. The sole purpose of spying is to keep an eye on others in their ‘area’ and reporting them to President Paul Kagame if something appears to be amiss. The thoroughness with the regime pursues this mission is such that no-one wishes to cause offence.

Wise Rwandans in and outside the country keep their thoughts to themselves unless they wish to invite trouble. In this sense, Rwanda is a perfect example of a nation run on fear.
The only remaining problem for Kagame is loyalty within his narrow circle of trusted sycophants. The ranks within this grouping is shrinking, too.

• A few weeks, health minister Agnes Binagwaho was dumped. She was one of the few long term sycophants that had managed to survive for a long time.

• It is now the turn of Eugene Gasana, Rwandan ambassador to the UN. So trusted by Kagame that Gasana was even a cabinet minister for cooperation while living outside Rwanda. Don't ask me how he conducted ministerial duties while living in New York!

Gasana is now dumped - recalled from ambassadorship! What has he done? No one knows for sure. Methinks, however, that Gasana forgot that in Kagame's Rwanda you keep your thoughts to yourself or you are finished. In the recent past, we saw Gasana outspoken even challenging the Americans at the UN. More recently we saw Gasana debating in the media whether or not he is the real father of one of Kagame children. That debate may have been the straw that broke the camel's back.

Who is next? Watch out!

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