Residents of Munini village in Rwimbogo Sector in Gatsibo District are courageously determined to fight genocide ideology and consolidate the gains by Rwandans twenty years after the 1994 genocide against Tutsi that claimed a million lives.
IGIHE visited Munini village where residents were attending the afternoon community discussions aimed at sensitizing people against Genocide ideology and understanding the Rwanda history and path to development, unity and reconciliation.
With written guidelines from the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide in Rwanda (CNLG), the Cell Executive Secretary Mr. James Musoni presented to residents a guidelines of the discussions.
Simon Nsizerubaye 40, resettled at Munini from the Musanze District in the north. He gave an example of Victoire Ingabire who was sentenced to 15 years in Prison for undermining the 1994 genocide perpetuated against the Tutsi and so Mr. Protogene Habimana who thanked the government for reviving the Rwandans unity through the NDI UMUNYARWANDA (I am a Rwandan) program.
Mr. Jean Damascene Tuyishimire was 10 and in P.4 when the genocide began. He and his family were in former Gikomero Commune, Kayaga Sector, Kandama Cell presently Gasabo District, Rutunga Sector, Kacyatwa Cell, Kandamira Village. His father had gone to find a place among his relatives in Tanzania who had taken refuge there in 1959.
He said On April 7, the interahamwe militias raided. Mother deceived them she was Hutu and asked them to allow her to bring the identity card. We followed her and escaped, he said.
I and my sister lost the whereabouts of mother. We only saw her after the genocide. 14 of our family members were massacred including uncles and brothers.
He recalled some notorious interahamwe militias like Kibaganyana, Decider, Sabina and peter.
These had put a measure at a road block at Mubuga, Gikomero road and whoever was taller than the measurement was a Tutsi and would be killed.
Jean Damascene Tuyishimire says he gained hope when he saw himself at school again and the sisters. He is in his 2nd year studying engineering at ISPG at Gitwe in Ruhango.
James Musoni Executive Secretary Munini Cell
Jean Damascene Tuyishimire a genocide survivor
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