Five more houses to be demolished in search for remains of genocide victims

In April 2018, in Rusororo and Masaka sectors, more than 37,000 bodies of Tutsis killed in the genocide were found in different pits.

IGIHE has learned that five more houses are also believed to have been built on pits where the Tutsis killed in the genocide were thrown are to be demolished.

Rusororo Sector executive secretary , Alfred Nduwayenzu, told lGIHE that the owners of the houses will be compensated.

“It is true. There are five houses thought to be built on the graves where Tutsis killed in the genocide were thrown. One is in Kariyeri, four others are in Gahoromani,” he said.

He added that the value of the houses will be established sooner such that demolition and extraction of remains are completed this month.

Survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in this area say that they are deeply disturbed by the fact that there are people who have declined to give information about the location of the graves where the bodies were thrown so that victims are given befitting burial.

Emmanuel Nduwayezu, representing Ibuka in Rusororo Sector, requested residents who know where the bodies were thrown to report. “We constantly encourage them to provide information because it is not a problem,” he said.