{"id":39832,"date":"2019-08-08T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rotary-club-governor-pays-tribute-to-genocide-39832\/"},"modified":"2019-08-10T18:27:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:27:50","slug":"rotary-club-governor-pays-tribute-to-genocide-39832","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rotary-club-governor-pays-tribute-to-genocide-39832\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary Club Governor pays tribute to genocide victims at Kigali Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kemajou who is on a week-long visit to Rwanda went to the memorial accompanied by the delegation of staff from Rotary Club Kigali Mont Jali including Rugera Jeannette who also deputizes the Governor of Rotary Club in District 9150 which covers 10 countries including Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>They were taken through the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and watched a film on genocide and testimonies of the heinous killings which took lives of over 1 million victims.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kemajou was moved by such cruel atrocities and called on joint efforts to desist genocide ideology and prevent the re-occurrence of genocide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been moved by what happened in Rwanda. I am a Cameroun national, a country that also experienced extreme killings. I am aware of the sufferings my surviving parents endured when other people were killed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda\u2019s transformation over the past 25 years makes me wonder how it came to be. I am optimistic that people in my country will sit together joined by as brotherhood spirit, overcome racial discrimination and live peacefully,\u201d added Kemajou.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that Rwanda and many countries in different corners of the globe should come to learn from Rwanda as a role model with a fast development pace and commendable unity and reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to witness the country\u2019s transformation. Many people need to visit this memorial and learn from Rwanda\u2019s history and draw a lesson that no one should discriminate others over ethnics, religion, race or beliefs,\u201d said Kemajou.<\/p>\n<p>During her stay in Rwanda, Kemajou will visit different activities and meet with members of Rotary Clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Rotary club is an organization purposed to bring together businesses and professionals to provide humanitarian services and providing support in addressing problems facing the world by combating illiteracy and poverty, contributing to the provision of safe water, handling disputes and fighting disease.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda has six clubs of Rotary Club including, Kigali Mont Jali, Musanze, Kigali Virunga, Kigali Doyen, Gasabo and Butare with 104 members.<\/p>\n<p>Rotary Club District 9150 was established in 1982. It comprises of Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Tchad, and Sao Tom\u00e9-et-Principe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31378 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-118.jpg\" alt=\"The Governor of Rotary Club District 9150, Anna Kemajou Nkodia has visited Kigali Genocide Memorial where she paid tribute to over 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31377 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-112.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31376 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-102.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31375 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-91.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31374 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-70.jpg\" alt=\"They were taken through the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. They watched a film on genocide and testimonies of the heinous killings which took lives of over 1 million victims\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31383 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-64.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31382 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/7-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31381 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31380 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/9-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31384 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/11-54.jpg\" alt=\"The Governor of Rotary Club District 9150, Anna Kemajou Nkodia with Rugera Jeannette, the Deputy-Governor of Rotary Club in District 9150\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31379 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-38.jpg\" alt=\"Governor Kemajou was moved by the cruel atrocities and called on joint efforts to desist genocide ideology and prevent the re-occurrence of genocide\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Rotary Club District 9150, Anna Kemajou Nkodia has visited Kigali Genocide Memorial where she paid tribute to over 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi laid to rest there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39832","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39832"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39832"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}