{{The Kwibuka Flame of Remembrance on Sudnay arrived in Nyamasheke District, the eleventh stop on its nationwide tour. }} <\/p>\n
The flame will return to Kigali on 7 April 2014, the start of the national mourning period and twenty years since the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
You can view an interactive map of the tour here.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s community event is hosted by district Mayor Jean Baptiste Habyarimana and will reflect on the events of 1994 as well as the journey of Nyamasheke and Rwanda since. <\/p>\n
The special guest is the Minister of State in Charge of Primary and Secondary Education Hon. Dr Mathias Harebamungu.<\/p>\n
The Flame of Remembrance will be received from Rusizi District by two 20-year-old Nyamasheke students, Alphonsine Uwintije and Antoine Niringiyimana, who attend APEKA secondary school. <\/p>\n
A choir from St Joseph\u2019s School will sing \u2018Urumuri Rutazima\u2019 to welcome the flame. The Master of Ceremony for today\u2019s event is Maurice Bayingana.<\/p>\n
Testimony will be given by Jean-Marie Vianney Bagirishya (41), a survivor of the genocide and now the President of IBUKA in Nyamasheke. <\/p>\n
A poem will be read by Ang\u00e9lique Uwamahoro (16), a student at St Joseph\u2019s School, and a member of the choir there.<\/p>\n
Testimony will also be given by Th\u00e9ophile Turikumwe, a local leader in his village of Kavune in Kagano Sector. <\/p>\n
During the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Theophile was not targeted for killing. <\/p>\n
His family hid Tutsi at their home, including the mother and sisters of Jean-Marie Vianney Bagirishya who is also giving testimony at today\u2019s event. <\/p>\n
As a young man, Th\u00e9ophile saw the extent of discrimination against Tutsi, especially in schools, and will speak about this today.<\/p>\n
A series of horrific massacres took place in Nyamasheke district during the genocide. <\/p>\n
At the Nyamasheke Parish Catholic church over 45,000 people were murdered and around Hanika Catholic Church approximately 11,000 people were killed. <\/p>\n
Many of the massacres occurred under the leadership of a wealthy local rice farmer named Yussuf Munyakazi who led the Bugarama Interahamwe militia. <\/p>\n
On 30 June 2010, the ICTR found him guilty of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n
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