The body has been found today morning in Kiruhura village, Nyabugogo cell floating in the river.
Residents have told IGIHE that the body might have flowed from Gatsata sector in Gasabo district.
“We saw the body flowing from Gatsata around 8am but we are not sure if he was killed or drowned. The body had started swelling,” said Solange Mutuyimana.
The executive secretary of Nyabugogo cell, Nkurayija Christophe, has said that the deceased has not yet been identified.
Drocella Mukaniyonsenga, a resident of Gatsiro has told IGIHE that their health post was inaugurated one year ago but is currently used for other purposes that they still make long walks to access health services.
“The health post was completed one year ago. It is however used to store mosquito repellants,” she said.
Considering the situation experienced by neighbors, Emmanuel Nturanye from Kagaro cell requested relevant authorizes to intervene so that the recently inaugurated health post can be used appropriately to serve residents.
“We hardly accessed health services after traveling long distances to Gihundwe or Nkanka. We need assistance from relevant authorities to ensure the health post is put to good use to fast track services,” he noted.
The mayor of Rusizi district, Ephrem Kayumba has revealed that nurses from nearby health centers will be assigned to these health posts on rotational basis as they await a durable solution.
“We have agreed that health centers will assign nurses to attend to patients at these health posts three days per week to reduce long-walks. We are also engaging with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Public Service and Labor so that these health posts can get permanent workers,” he noted.
Rusizi district has 46 health posts. Eight of them are not operational while the majority of the rest is managed by private investors who don’t work with Mutuelle de Santé.
The call was made on Saturday during the commemoration of Tutsi killed in the area during which three remains of Genocide victims recently exhumed from different graves in Mbazi and Nyagisozi sectors of Nyamagabe district were buried decently.
These remains were buried at Mbazi Genocide Memorial which is home to 1367 victims killed for innate personality.
Speaking during the ceremony, the mayor of Nyamagabe district Bonaventure Uwamahoro commended Genocide survivors for resilience, contribution to national development, promoting unity and reconciliation by forgiving offenders who killed relatives and living in harmony with them.
He requested residents to stand united to resist propagandists denying and trivializing Genocide against Tutsi and reveal whereabouts more victims are dumped so that they can be accorded decent burial.
“We must stand united against people denying and trivializing Genocide against Tutsi. We still have people harboring genocide ideology but we need to be on common ground to resist them. I am optimistic that we shall defeat them under the guidance of our visionary leadership,” he said.
“We also request residents to reveal whereabouts Genocide victims are dumped to be buried decently and continue unity and reconciliation journey as we seek to prevent reoccurrence,” added Uwamahoro.
Michel Rugemana, a Genocide survivor who attended the ceremony said that Nyamagabe is among areas where Tutsi were heinously killed during Genocide following years of oppression.
He thanked RPF Inkotanyi soldiers for stopping Genocide, restoring hope and promoting unity and reconciliation among Rwandans.
These meetings are scheduled on 17th and 18th May 2021.
It is expected that French President Emmanuel Macron will chair the meeting discussing how Sudan can be helped to restore good reputation at the global scene.
President Kagame has met with Kristalina Georgieva , the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and his counterpart of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde ahead of scheduled conference on Sudan and Summit on Financing African Economies.
Jeune Afrique recently revealed that Kagame is also expected to meet with former France military officers deployed on working mission in Rwanda between 1990 and 1994 during the liberation struggle.
Rwanda, France have been going through the journey to revitalize worsened relations due to the lack of willingness to admit complicity during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.
In 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron commissioned a team of expert researchers and historians to review archives on Rwanda, France relations between 1990 and 1994 analyzing the country’s role during Genocide against Tutsi.
The report presented to Macron on 26th March 2021 revealed that France bears “heavy and overwhelming responsibilities” over tragic history that led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi which took lives of over 1 million victims.
The Government of Rwanda welcomed the report saying it “represents an important step toward a common understanding of France’s role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi”.
Recently in April 2021, Prof. Vincent Duclert who headed the team of expert researchers and historians who analyzed French Government’s official archives presented the report to President Paul Kagame in Kigali.
On 19th May 2021, Rwanda released own report showing France’s role during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.
Bob Muse, a partner at Levy Firestone Muse presented findings of the report to the Government of Rwanda during a special cabinet meeting that convened at Village Urugwiro.
The 600-page report is entitled “A Foreseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government in Connection with the Genocide against the Tutsi.”
Appearing on RBA talk show in April, the Minister of Justice and State Attorney General Johnston Busingye explained that the report ‘is a great milestone’ that emphasizes facts spoken about France for so long and observed that its findings complement ‘Duclert report’.
President Kagame delivered the message today as he addressed the official opening of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee Meeting.
The meeting was also attended by the President of the World Football governing body (FIFA), Gianni Infantino and CAF President, Patrice Motsepe.
President Kagame said that there is convergence between politics and other duties which requires great perfection to serve interests of citizens.
“I do politics for a living, but I also make sure that I have to do or get involved with good politics. It is not just politics, it is good politics. And because of that background, I find almost in everything, politics or there is convergence between politics and everything else,” he said.
Kagame observed that what the development of sports requires is similar to what is taking place across the political spectrum and stressed need for team work to achieve maximum results.
“…And that is not by accident, it is because there are similarities irrespective of whatever sector you are looking at. If you look at sports, sports teams, clubs, whatever from football to any other sports, builds on a number of things. And becomes similar to everything we do in politics. Whether it is Government or any other kind of politics,” he said.
“It is about leadership. You need to have leaders, you need to have vision, and then when it comes down to details, you find that we want to work as a team in our daily exercise of duty. Whether it is football, any other sports, or Government, and so on. In the same exercise of duty, we want also to be humble about it. That is what will give us maximum results,” added Kagame.
The President told participants to work together not only as teams that are involved in doing whatever specific task but also think about others beyond specific teams.
“If you have Government […] you see all that through it. It is a Government and team, but a team serving what purpose? It is for the citizens of our country,” he noted.
Kagame told gathered participants to set ambitious targets, strive for inclusive development leaving no one behind to achieve a desired level of satisfaction.
“Apart from the vision therefore, you also have to have an ambition. You need to have a drive you want to achieve. In this achieving, there is no body excluded including you. Achieving gives you a level of satisfaction,” he stressed.
“But do you want to achieve alone, be satisfied alone. Then you will have breached certain rules of the principles I was talking about. Because you can’t be happy alone until members of the team and beyond are also happy. You need to be thinking of others,” emphasized Kagame.
The President also reminded participants of their duties to promote football on African continent.
“If we carry in our minds the convergence we are talking about, we have duty to football, to Africa and Africans as well. So what do we aspire in delivering our mission as representatives, leaders of football and sports but also what does that mean to our continent. No one of us here doesn’t know our problems whether it is in politics but I will not talk about that for today. In fact, that means, we also have problems in our football organizations and we affect each other. Again there is that convergence,” he noted.
“For football, we know what we represent and what we want, what is our mission, what we feel as individuals that you should be looking at or be doing differently for us to be able to deliver our mission of improving politics or particularly football on our continent. I guess this is our task,” stated Kagame.
The main items on the Executive Committee Agenda relate to the implementation of the Pan-African Schools Football Championship, the CAF/FIFA Refereeing Agreement and the FIFA-CAF USD 1 billion Infrastructure Development project.
Amongst some of the matters under discussions are 2022-2024 competitions calendar and the challenges relating to the pre-match Covid-19 testing.
The Former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger who currently serves as the world football body FIFA Chief of Global Football Development also attended the meeting in which he shared an insight into prospects to promote football.
