Former Rwandan Presidential candidate dies at 71

{Former Rwandan Presidential candidate who dared to challenge President Paul Kagame in Rwanda’s first presidential polls since the 1994 genocide dies at 71 due to illness.}

Nayinzira Jean Nepomuscène was born in 1943 in Former Gisenyi Province.

He founded the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) when multipartyism was introduced in 1991.

Mr Nyanzira became a minister in the post genocide transitional government, and later a member of parliament, where he resigned from parliament following an investigation into alleged ‘unworthy’ behaviour, charges he strongly denied.

During the Presidential polls in 2003 Nayinzira got 1% of vote