{"id":2000104894,"date":"2026-03-10T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000104894"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:35:35","slug":"gen-muganga-says-soldiers-ready-to-pay-ultimate-price-for-citizens-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gen-muganga-says-soldiers-ready-to-pay-ultimate-price-for-citizens-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Muganga says soldiers ready to pay \u2018ultimate price\u2019 for citizens\u2019 safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gen Muganga made the remarks on March 9, 2026, in Ngarama Sector of Gatsibo District, during the launch of three-month Defence and Security Citizen Outreach Programme 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that the core mission of the Rwanda Defence Force is to protect the country and its people, even if it means paying the ultimate price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNormally, it may not make sense mathematically, but to show how valuable Rwanda\u2019s citizens are, we would accept sending even 1,000 soldiers into battle and have them fall there to protect one Rwandan citizen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen Muganga\u2019s statement comes at a time when some countries have been pressuring Rwanda to remove defensive measures deployed along its border. Rwanda says these measures are intended to prevent attacks from the FDLR terrorist group and allied forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda established the defensive measures following a series of attacks in Musanze District in March, May and June 2022, which Rwanda says involved the FDLR and allied forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities say the measures have helped reduce security threats. In January 2025, Rwanda intercepted several rockets fired toward Rubavu town, although the provocations left ten civilians dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to diplomats accredited in Rwanda on March 7, President Paul Kagame defended the country\u2019s position, saying the defensive posture remains necessary because the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has not dismantled the FDLR genocidal group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2025 governance scorecard by the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) showed strong public confidence in security and stability in the country, with the security pillar scoring 90.02 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force, Mubarakh Muganga, has said the army is prepared to do everything, including sacrificing their lives, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Rwandan citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000104895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000104894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000104895,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MUGAG.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Gen Muganga has reaassured Rwandan citizens on their safety noting that soldiers are ready to pay \u2018ultimate price\u2019. ","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MUGAG.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MUGAG.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MUGAG.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MUGAG.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MUGAG.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000104894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000104896,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104894\/revisions\/2000104896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000104895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000104894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000104894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000104894"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000104894"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000104894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}