Ubutumwa bugenewe Nyamwasa, Rudasingwa, Musonera, Ngarambe n’abo muri RNC bose

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Imana ifite umugambi wo kubaka u Rwanda rushya rutarangwamo amabi ayo ariyo yose kandi izawugeraho ntakabuza.

Kubera uwo mugambi w’Imana, niyo mpamvu RNC Imana yayihinduye nka wa munara w’i Babeli kubera ko yifuza ko mwiyeza ikabeza ikabagira bashya kandi beza mu buzima bushya mu Bwami bwayo. Ngo ibyakorewe mu ibanga byose bizamenyekana.

Imana irabasaba kwicuza no kwihana ibyaha byanyu kugirango ibababarire ibone kubaha igihugu cy’isezerano. Muve mu madini y’inzaduka mujye kwa Padiri mupfukame ku ntebe ya penetensiya musabe Yezu imbabazi cyane cyane ibyaha by’ubwicanyi n’ibindi byose, ndetse munirengere ibyaha bya benewanyu bose nabyo mubisabire imbabazi. Niba aribyo biboroheye mujye kumu Padiri w’umunyamahanga utazi i Kinyarwanda maze mubwire Yezu ibyaha byanyu mubimusabire imbabazi mu Kinyarwanda.

Maze ni murangiza gusaba Imana imbabazi muzisabe n’Abanyarwanda muri rusange.

Muvandimwe Kayumba, wisobanuye kenshi ku bwicanyi uregwa kuba warakoreye Abahutu ariko sinari nakumve narimwe ugira icyo uvuga ku bwicanyi bwakorewe abana b’Abatutsi bazaga kurugamba baturutse mu Rwanda, mu Burundi, no muri Congo. Numvse Musonera agushinja ko ari wowe wari ukuriye abakoraga ubwo bwicanyi; ikindi, uruhare rwawe wowe bwite waba waragize mugufasha Kagame kwikiza abasirikare bose bari bamubangamiye n’abataramushakaga, wigeze kutubwira ko ari wowe wagiye kumukura mu rutoki abandi bamutaye ndibwira ko aribwo yahise akugira umutoni? Ibyo aribyo byose ukuri kose kuruhare rwawe urakuzi mumutima wawe. Mperutse kumva usobanura ko FPR yapfuye muri 1998 no muri 2000 birantangaza nyoberwa niba ari ukwigiza nkana cyangwa waba ariko ubyumva koko kubera ko wenda aribwo wowe waba waratangiye kwigizwayo? Ikintera kwibaza ibyo, none se kuri wowe, Nyuma y’iyicwa rya Rwigema yicishijwe na Kagame akamukurikiza bagenzibe bose, n’abandi bose bicirwaga ku rugamba nka babana navugaga hejuru, burya kuri wowe FPR yari iriho ari nzima?

Muvandimwe Musonera, uti Kayumba niwe wayoboraga ubwicanyi, nonese wowe wakoraga iki; waba se wari uri mubahabwaga ayo mabwiriza yo kwicisha abantu b’inzirakarengane udufuni ukabikora? None se wowe wumva udakwiye gusaba Imana n’Abanyarwanda imbabazi?

Muvandimwe Rudasingwa, rwose politike n’irangamuntu y’amoko n’iringaniza uzi aho yagejeje u Rwanda ariko ukabirengaho ukavuga uti nimvuga iringaniza Abahutu barabyumva vuba imisanzu igwire! Imana irasaba Abanyarwanda kuva mu moko.

Muvandimwe Ngarambe, wowe numvise wibereye kwa Roza, iyo myaku ntayo nshaka...

Bavandimwe, mugarukire Imana ibahe umugisha.

Mbaye mbashimiye, Imana ibibafashemo.

Martin Ntiyamira

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Kagame Is Laughing All The Way To The Bank

Kigali Convention Centre (KCC) is finally here! Congratulations to all those involved in building it since 2008. It has been a long journey.

But like everything else in Kagame's Kingdom there is a dark side - CASH!
While we were sleeping KCC mysteriously got new owners. Guess who are the owners:

The new owners include Prime Holdings and Crystal Ventures. This should come as a shock!
Back in 2006, the Kagame regime assured the IMF that Prime Holdings had ceased to manage public assets after it was caught stealing. Prime Holdings is a shadowy company that was unable to account for funds used to build the current Serena Hotel in Kigali and Gisenyi! Ten years later, the corrupt mafia-like Prime Holdings is back!

Evidently Kagame has rewarded Prime Holdings with an even bigger cake - big money from the US$400 million Eurobond the Kagame regime borrowed to build KCC among other things!
So why did Kagame bring back the thieving Prime Holdings? The same reason Crystal Ventures became a co-owner of KCC. To siphon off CASH!

We hope the IMF is observing this ugly drama that is hidden away by the celebrations around the KCC.




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David Himbara

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Biremezwa ko RNC yari isigaye ifite agatsiko k'abantu bahoze mu gisirikare c'Urwanda b'abatutsi.

Abahoze bagize umurwi nyobozi wa RNC, bemeza ko RNC yari isigaye ifise agatsiko k'abantu bahoze mu gisirikare c'Urwanda b'abatutsi, bakora nk'abafise ubutegetsi bubangabanganywe n'ubwo inzego za RNC zizwi n'amategeko, bakorana na Kayumba Nyamwasa

Ikiranga Ntego RNC

Theogene Rudasingwa, aremeza ko iryo koreshwa ry'agatsiko arega Kayumba ari kimwe mu vy' ingenzi vyatumye akuramwo akarenge na bamwe mu bo bari basanganywe muri RNC.
Mu bari kumwe na Theogene Rudasingwa muri New RNC, harimwo Jonathan Musonera, Joseph Ngarambe, avuga ko bari mu bo batanguranye kuva mu 2010.

Iryo shami risha New RNC, ngo rizotangaza inzego n'uburyo ryubatse mu kiringo c'iminsi 30.
Ariko umuvugizi wa RNC, Condo Gervais, arahakana ko hari ibice muri RNC, agasobanura ko ikibazo kihari ari ico kwubahiriza amategeko.

Arabeshuza ikibazo c'uko hoba harimwo agatsiko k'abahoze ari abasirikare gashigikiye Kayumba, kagenda gateza ibibazo mw'ihuriro RNC, ahubwo akemeza ko hari ikibazo co kubahiriza demokarasi kuri Rudasingwa.
Condo Gervais avuga ko bariko bihweza ikibazo co gusubiriza inzego zo muri 2014 zari zirangije ikiringo cazo.

Condo Gervais yongeye gushimangira ko ata kwicamwo ibice kwabaye muri RNC, akemeza ko muri biro nyobozi bigizwe n'abantu batanu: Kayumba Nyamwasa, Theogene Rudasingwa, Nayigiziki, Condo Gervais na Emmanuel Hakizimana, hamwe na Corneille Minani, ngo Rudasingwa niwe wenyene yavuyemwo.
Nayo mu bahuzabikorwa, Condo yemeza ko uwumaze kumenyekana ko yavuyemwo ari Jonathan Musonera.

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BBC - Gahuza

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What Do you Do When Opposition Dismantles Itself? FDLR, now RNC

"Through the disruptive influence of Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa and his Tutsi military allies, and the acquiescence of Hutu elements in the Bureau of the Executive Committee, a proposal for the reformed statute of the organization was deemed unimportant and shelved, without giving a chance to the Executive Committee, the Political Bureau and RNC members to discuss it, " Dr Theogene Rudasingwa, the embattled leader of Rwandan National Congress (RNC), one of the main Rwandan opposition parties in exile, said in a statement on July 1st, 2016. According to the same statement Major Dr Rudasingwa , his brother Dr. Gerald Gahima, Joseph Ngarambe and Jonathan Musonera have decided to form a new party, "New-RNC".

Former Comrades, Now on Opposing Camps.

Dr Theogene Rudasingwa was distancing himself from the party he co-founded with Lt Gen Karumba Nyamwasa and the late Colonel Patric Karegeya, about five years ago. Lt Gen. Karumba Nyamwasa, Major Dr. Rudasingwa and Colonel Patrick Karegeya were, arguably, the closest aides to the current Rwandan dictator, General Paul Kagame, before fleeing the country. Once in exile, they accused Paul Kagame of being a dictator and an assassin.

 Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa

In good days, Major Dr Rudasnigwa was once Rwandan Ambassador to the United States and the Secretary General of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front, Lt. Gen. Nyamwasa was the overall Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Defense Forces, whereas Col Patrick Karegeya was the Intelligence Chief. Over the last 5 years, Lt Gen Nyamwasa, who has been in exile in South Africa, escaped two assassination attempts by Rwandan Intelligence operatives, according to court ruling in South Africa. Col Karegeya was not luck: he was assassinated by Rwandan government operatives in a hotel in an affluent neighbor of Johannesburg, South Africa (see here).

Hence, the disagreement and break-up between Lt General Karumba and Maj Dr Rudasingwa, has sent waves of disappointment across the opposition. On the other side, according to sources close to Rwandan Government, an upbeat sentiment was palpable among the Rwandan ruling party elites, who seemed to predict the end of RNC as a viable opposition movement.

Reacting to Dr Rudasingwa's statement, his former deputy, Jerome Nayigiziki declared himself the new leader of RNC.

FDLR: Another Discord in the Opposition

The dissension with RNC, a civilian opposition party, created by former Rwandan Patriotic Front senior leaders follows another recent break-up within an armed opposition party, the Democratic Liberations Forces of Rwanda, FDLR. FDLR is composed mostly by former Rwandan Army (ex-FAR) soldiers and Hutu refugees. Their headquarter is in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

General Victor Byiringiro

A month ago, FDLR vice-president, Col Wilson Irategeka, decided to break away from the FDLR and created his own political party, CNRD-Ubwiyunge. He accused the FDLR president, General Victor Byiringiro of divisive politics, incompetence, and other misdeeds. In turn, General Byiringiro, in a statement published on June 8, 2016, said that the FDLR leadership had in reality dismissed Col Wilson Irategeka for disregard of orders and protocols, divisive politics, being an agent of foreign forces, and making of false and defamatory statements against the leadership and other misdeeds.

A war of statements and counter-statements has ensued and is still on-going.

Dissensions: A Sign of Major Weaknesses in the Rwandan Opposition

These discords among two of the main political opposition parties in Rwanda could not came at wrong moment. The Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame has decided to change the constitution of his country and seek a forbidden third term, beginning in 2017. The move was condemned by Rwandan opposition and African Western governments. The condemnation had fueled the momentum of Rwandan political parties as they sought to challenge Paul Kagame's decision in 2017.

In fact, as many observed, "Rwanda today has no civic freedom, no free press or political opposition. It is a small country dominated by one leader," (see our article: Rwanda: What Do you Do When People Dismantle Democracy? NPR Asks of June 2016).

The discords appear to reinforce the points. On the other side, other political observers of the Great Lakes Regions of Africa, in general, and Rwanda, in particular appear to see the upheavals as a good opportunity.

"Perhaps, with the conflicts and dissensions within two of the main Rwandan opposition parties in exile, we may see a consolidation of the various factions of the political organizations around a unified platform, with the aim of challenging the Rwandan dictator, " an RNC leader told AfroAmerica Network.

Maybe, maybe not. Currently, Rwandan opposition in exile is divided into two main camps: armed political opposition and civilian political opposition. The armed political opposition is composed of two major parties: FDLR and National Democratic Congress (NDC), with NDC being a coalition of Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD-Urunana) and Rally of the Rwandan People (RPR - Inkeragurabara). RPR is mostly compose of former RPF members and leaders.

The main civilian opposition parties are: RNC, FDU - Inkingi, and PS-Imberakuri

Hence, it appears that the Rwandan opposition has reached the crossroads and is facing a critical choice: Will they or will they not succeed to form a unified political opposition capable of challenging Rwandan Paul Kagame?

Paul Kagame has been trying to use the Rwandan people to dismantle democracy. Now, it appears that the opposition is trying to use itself to dismantle itself.

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Arusha Needed to Avert a New Political Violence in Rwanda

Theogene Rudasingwa

The political opposition, composed of the following political organisations, namely AMAHORO PC; FDU-Inkingi; PDP Imanzi; PS Imberakuri and RNC (Rwanda National Congress), calls on peace loving people, governments and organisations and particularly friends of Rwanda to impress upon the Rwandan government the need to enter dialogue with the opposition on the basis of the Arusha Peace Agreement which was derailed by the resumption of war in 1994 that gave total victory to one protagonist, the RPF/RPA. We feel very strongly that the conditions that led to war in 1990 and subsequent social upheaval and genocide 1994 are more acute and explosive that they were at the time.

These included, authoritarian form of government, unresolved problem of refugees, regionalism, nepotism, favouritism, lack of a free press, freedom of expression and association. Economic disparities much lower than they are today. Disparities have doubled in the last 20 years and Rwanda is now among the top 15% of the most unequal countries in the world, in a country that is most aided in the region, and where 60% of the population live under poverty line.

The apparent stability masks deep seated tensions and unresolved grievances that are kept under check by the most repressive regime that Rwanda has ever had, which operates beyond borders to hunt down critics and assassinate them. Just to give a few examples, the former Home Affairs Minister Seth Sendashonga, and former member of Parliament Colonel Lizinde were gunned down in Nairobi; while the former Chief Spy, Colonel Patrick Karegeya, was strangled in South Africa. In August, a South African court convicted two Rwandans and two Tanzanians of the attempted murder of General Kayumba Nyamwasa—a former senior military official and leading RNC member—in South Africa in 2010, and sentenced them in September to eight years’ imprisonment. The judge stated that the attack was politically motivated and emanated from a group of people in Rwanda.
With regards to the problem of refugees, Rwanda has now the highest number of refugees of all time, and for the 1st time Rwandan refugees include people of all ethnic groups, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa, of all social status and age, military, business men, young and old people.

The social capital i.e. relationship of trust and frank collaboration between a social grouping like a family, community values and social norms that glue members of a community together have been destroyed by the ruling party indoctrination programme that promotes loyalty to the party and its leader than to any other social network including family.

We are convinced that the cycle of brutal massacres that have bedevilled Rwanda are not a product of congenital brutal hatreds between Hutu and Tutsi but the failure of the political leadership to manage peacefully the naturally divergent interests of people and societal demands without resorting to violence or appealing to ethnic sentiments.
The long negotiations in Arusha in 1992- 1994 had tried to find a formula to end the cycle of violence but was derailed for opportunistic reasons.

The various stakeholders had done a lot of ground work that can be used as a foundation for a new dialogue taking into account the new environment. We feel that the arrogant and militarist attitude of the present Rwandan leadership might lead eventually to another violent change of regime.

We are calling for an all-inclusive national dialogue of all stakeholders in the Rwandan conflict to agree on legal and institutional mechanisms to end the cycle of violence in Rwanda and build a real reconciled, peaceful, prosperous and democratic society.

Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa.
Chair Platform
Washington DC June 24, 2016
E-mail: ngombwa@gmail.com
Tel: 001-240-477-9110

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