{"id":45946,"date":"2022-06-06T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/staff-management-of-kigali-serena-hotel-urged-to-fight-genocide-trivialization\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:24:12","slug":"staff-management-of-kigali-serena-hotel-urged-to-fight-genocide-trivialization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/staff-management-of-kigali-serena-hotel-urged-to-fight-genocide-trivialization\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff, management of Kigali Serena Hotel urged to fight Genocide trivialization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the visit on Saturday 4th June 2022, the hotel\u2019s staff and management were taken through history of Genocide perpetrated against Tutsi and laid wreaths in hour of victims buried there.  <\/p>\n<p>The visit was followed by commemoration talks held at the hotel\u2019s premises. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event; the Country General Manager for Serena Hotels in Rwanda, Daniel Sambai said that the visit was meant to pay homage to victims killed on the basis of their identity. He also urged propagandists trivializing Genocide against Tutsi to stop their destructive ideology. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are doing nonsense. They should return to Rwanda so that those who committed atrocities can face justice. They should also understand that Rwandans are united. That is why you can see such a number of youth coming here to pay tribute to victims killed over their innate personality,\u201d he noted.  <\/p>\n<p>Sambai also called on everyone to embrace the spirit of \u2018Ndi Umunyarwanda\u2019 to strengthen unity among Rwandans and resist propagandists trivializing Genocide against Tutsi particularly on social media to shun misinterpretation and revisionism. <\/p>\n<p>Didace Habiyambere, a Genocide survivor hailing from Ngoma District who also works at the hotel provided testimonies on his ordeal. <\/p>\n<p>He narrated how Genocide against Tutsi unfolded in their village, recalled the courage of brave men who resisted Interahamwe militia until their last breath and how he hid himself day and night until Genocide was stopped.  <\/p>\n<p>Habiyambere thanked RPA Inkotanyi soldiers who came on his rescue during night hours even though his relatives had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>Paulin Rugero, Commissioner at IBUKA in charge of Survivors&#8217; Welfare said that what happened is beyond imagination and stressed the need for concerted efforts to prevent reoccurrence of Genocide.  <\/p>\n<p>IBUKA is the umbrella organization that brings together associations of survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Rugero urged employees of the hotel to dedicate time for teaching of history of Genocide against Tutsi among people with little knowledge about it noting that it will be crucial to fighting revisionism.  <\/p>\n<p>The Executive Administrator of Nyarugenge District, Emmy Ngabonziza also attended the ceremony.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42595 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/576a9860-9eb7c.jpg\" alt=\"Employees of Kigali Serena Hotel with wreaths to be laid at Kigali Genocide Memorial.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42596 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/576a9872-3daf0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42598 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h88a7571-d6924.jpg\" alt=\"The Country General Manager for Serena Hotels in Rwanda, Daniel Sambai laying wreaths at Kigali Genocide Memorial. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42597 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h88a7623-14f40.jpg\" alt=\"The hotel&#039;s employees laying wreaths at Kigali Genocide Memorial. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42594 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h88a7588-bebb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42591 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/576a9946-873f8.jpg\" alt=\"They were taken through history that led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42592 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h88a7553-33f45.jpg\" alt=\"The visit was an occasion to learn from history of Genocide against Tutsi.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42593 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/576a9936_1_-58dcc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42590 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h88a7565-e5820.jpg\" alt=\"The Commander of Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) troops in Nyarugenge and Gasabo, Maj Paul Ndushabandi laying wreaths at the memorial&#039;s mass grave.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The staff and management of Kigali Serena Hotel have visited Kigali Genocide Memorial where over 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are laid to rest. They were urged to keep up their contribution to build Rwandans\u2019 unity.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"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-45946","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\/45946","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45946"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45946"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}