Genocide survivors from Rugerero and Nyundo sectors in Rubavu district, Western Province have expressed concern over the incomplete Nyundo Genocide Memorial whose construction started three years ago following the destruction by flooding of River Sebeya.
The remains have been kept in a room of a Nyundo diocese building for six years.
“We can see that local leaders are giving little attention to the construction of the memorial. We can’t manage to visit deceased relatives because coffins are piled in a room and bound to be destroyed. It is sad to see remains of our relatives not accorded decent burial,” said one of genocide survivors Mukamana Marigarithe.
District leaders, residents noted, had promised in 2014 that the memorial would be constructed within three months.
Rubavu district authorities have however said that the memorial will have been completed by the beginning of the commemoration of 23rd 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
“We have pledged to complete construction of the memorial in April 2017. Few activities remain. We don’t know why former leaders failed to keep the promise but we hope it will have been completed by the beginning of 23rd commemoration,” promised the executive secretary of Rubavu district, Nsabimana Sylvain.
The memorial will accommodate remains of 751 people.
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