Over 40,000 remains of genocide victims to be accorded decent burial in Ngoma

The completion of the memorial will cost Rwf 550 million in two phases. The first in which the remains will be buried has been completed.

The second phase will be made of the genocide museum, detailing killings of Tutsi in Rukumberi.

Ngoma district vice mayor for economic affairs, Jean Marie Vianney Rwiririza has told IGIHE that they are fast-tracking construction activities so that remains from the area will be collected to be accorded decent burial at the memorial by 26th May 2019.

“We are finishing the first phase to be completed at Rwf 240 million in which we want to decently bury remains of victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi laid in different places,” he revealed.

He explained that the remaining part will cost Rwf 310 million. The completion will see Ngoma having two standard memorials at the district level. img-20190402-wa0010-89c9e.jpg

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