{{Sixteen staff members of Rwamagana hospital including, doctors and nurses killed during the 1994 genocide against ethnic Tutsis were honoured on April 25}}.
The event was held in line with marking the 19th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against ethnic Tutsis.
The victims were doctors and nurses including health workers at Rwamagana hospital and nearby health centers.
Mourners marched in a Walk to Remember from the hospital to Kigabiro memorial cemetery, where the hospital staff lay wreaths.
Dr. John Bosco Nkuranga, the the hospital director, said “Remembering is a moral obligation. The hospital staff died in the service of the people. They worked against all odds to keep treating the sick, until they met brutal death.”
John Munyaneza, the chairperson of Ibuka in Rwamagana district urged suvivors to strive for self-reliance after the horrific events of 1994 was possible.
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