“ Paul Kagame can be indicted anytime” says ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

Pretoria - In  a recent discussion between Rwanda National Congress secretary general  on the African continent, Mr Kennedy Gihana and the ICC Chief Prosecutor  Ms Fatou Bensouda, it is clear that the gross human rights violation committed in the DRC with the support of the Rwandan dictator ( Paul Kagame) is high on the ICC agenda.

 

“ We do one investigation at a time, We have completed the investigations and indicted General Bosco Ntaganda after we convicted Lubanga. We will investigate any body any where regardless their positions. At this stage I can not say whom we are investigating
or considering to investigate”. Said Fatou Bensouda

When asked why the ICC has not used the same principles that were used to successfully prosecute former Liberian President (Charles Taylor) she reiterated that “if the tribunal for DRC crimes was to be created today, we could arrest Kagame as I speak”.

 “Am real disturbed by the Amnesty International report and other reports coming out of Rwanda about crime against humanity including torture, extra judicial killings, secret detentions of civilians in the hands of military institutions”. Said Fatou Bensouda.

The government of Rwanda, led by Paul Kagame, continues to deny her involvement in the DRC conflicts after several reports by UN group of experts and many rights groups has proved it to be the case. Meanwhile innocent Congolese and young men from Rwanda are subjected to fight for unknown causes.

The leadership of RNC assured her of their support of the work of ICC to help bring justice to the people or Rwanda and the DRC.

B.M Rwarinda

RWANDA NATIONAL CONGRESS MUST BE GUIDED BY ITS GRASSROOT MEMBERSHIP SAYS COLONEL PATRICK KAREGEYA!

Members of Rwanda National Congress who gathered here at The University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg reiterated their commitment and determination to find the lasting solution to their homeland dictatorship!

Mr Frank Ntwali who co-ordinate the RNC activities on the African continent, gave the audience a summary of what the organization has achieved so far and shared his views on the next phase of consolidating the gains achieved and the way forward for the organisation!
He emphasized on the need for the membership and Rwandan community at large to ask themselves the tough questions,and instead of asking what their fellow citizens are doing about the need to build a momentum that will eventually bring changes in their homeland,but rather posing the same question to themselves individually! The audiance were excited to see their fellow comrade(Ntwali Frank) who survived an assassination attempt last month being as vibrant and in good health as ever.

Pastor Andre Munonoka who prayed for the gathering reminded those who were there that they should not fear because theirs is a just cause and indeed the truth they stand for will eventually free our people from the york of injustice and massive disregard of human life that prevails in Rwanda.

Colonel Patrick Karegeya who also graced the occasion, spoke on the need for the Rwanda National Congress branches to take arobust role in formulating policies and determine the direction that the organization should take particularly young people who are the future of RNC!

This meeting was also attended by RNC leader in Malawi,Bwana Shyaka Telesphore.

Ben Rwarinda.

RNC-FDU-INKING COALITION. A SHOWDOWN OF UNITY IN BOSTON-USA

Johannebsurg – A showdown of unity drew a huge attention to the residents of Dartmouth and St. James in Boston, Massachusetts on the 22 August 2012, when members of Rwanda National Congress, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania gathered outside,  where the current President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, together with his fellow countrymen attended the Rwanda Day.

The exiled Rwandans, together with their comrade Dr Theogene Rudasingwa, from the opposition groups such as RNC, FUD-INKING and many others,  made their voices heard. Banners, displaying massages calling on the “dictator Paul Kagame” to be held accountable of the deaths of millions of innocent Rwandese and Congolese, were held up by demonstrators. They also made a call for Paul Kagame to pull out of Congo and to put an end to the continued support of the M23 rebel movement, which is accused by a group of UN experts, of committing atrocities under the command of Bosco Ntanganda.

During the protest, members of the media including Radio Itahuka, an opposition radio station, were present to cover the event. For the audio clip and more insights, go to RadioItahuka’s weblink.

JD Mwiseneza

Johannesburg  

NOBLE MARARA ASOHOYE IGICE CYA 2 KU BWICANYI BWA COL SILAS.

Inkuru dukesha ikinyamakuru "Inyenyerinews" iragira iti:

Nkuko twabibasezeranyije mu nkuru yacu yubushije, tugiye gukomeza tubabwira bumwe mubwicanyi uyu mugabo yakoreye abahutu n’abatutsi batavugaga rumwe na FPR.
Ndetse tunabereka bumwe mu bwicanyi yakoreye bagenzibe babasirikare.
Twashoboye kubabaonera amazina yabamwe murabo:

1. 2/Lt. Rutayisire Epa
2. Sgt. Katabirora
3. Cpl. Ndekezi Francois
4. Cpl. Mufaransa
5. Pte. Kagiraneza
6. Pte. Shonga

‘‘Aba bose babaga mumutwe urinda Perezida Kagame’’

Urutonde rw’abasivile rwo ni rurerure cyane ntitwabashije kumenya amazina kuko byaberaga mugihugu cyose, hakazanwa imirambo mu kigo cya camp jp cg ikajugunwa ahandi, umusivile umwe wabashije kumenyekana amazina ni Kabera Asiere wahoze ari umujyanama wa Prezida Bizimungu Pastor.

Uyu mugabo yarashwe n’ababicanyi twaberetse mu nkuru yubushize, ubu iyo prezida Kagame abajijwe iby’urupfu rwa Kabera asubiza avuga ko yishwe naza mafia, twe twibaza niba mafia zivugwa ari umutwe wari warashinzwe na Col Silas dore ko yatumwaga na Prezida Kagame, kandi banavaga mubamurinda.

Ikindi Col Silas atakwibagiranaho ni indacye (umwobo) yacukuje mukigo kirinda Prezida Kagame mu mwaka 1996, aha yateganyaga kujya aha fungira abantu. Icyo gihe Gen. Kabarebe wayoboraga icyo kigo yarabyanze we avuga ko gereza iri mukigo ihagije. Dore ko irimuri gereza zizwiho guhana bihagije.

Icyo gihe Silas yahise ayigira irimbi rye, abatarajugunwe muri uyu mwobo bajyaga kubata imasaka, aha hakoreshwaga ubwenge bwishi kuko imirambo yambikwaga uniform za gisilikare zambarwaga n’ingabo za FPR Inkotanyi zakoreshwaga zikiri kurugamba(mukotanyi), ibi byarukuyobya uburari kugirango ubona imirambo agire ngo ni ingabo zaguye kurugamba.

Col Silas Udahemuka ubu usigaye ubarizwa ku kibuga cy’indege ikanombe yasimbuwe mukazi yakoraga na Maj.Ronard Rwivanga, musaza wa Rwivanga Charlotte, umufasha wa Gen. Kayonga Charles. Twababwira ko uyu Rwivanga yashyize amaraso mashya muri wamutwe twababwiye ubushize wakoranaga na Col Silas.

Uko abandi bagiye bagorerwa mu kazi:

Maj. Barinda Joseph niwe ushinzwe kurinda urugo rwa Kagame ruri mukiyovu Maj. Iriboneye Ignance ashinzwe kurinda urugo rwa Perezida kagame ruri muhazi.

Cpt. Gasana Innocent (Kibanda) national security services (NSS)

Cpt. Mupenzi Aloys (National Id)

Cpt. Ngomirakiza Alex, uyu niwe ukunze gufatanya n’inzego za police (Special Intelligence) muguhohotera abatuvuga rumwe na FPR, urugero: uyu niwe wakomeje gutesha agaciro Victoire Ingabire, uyu mudamu igihe yageraga mu Rwanda agakodesha inzu I remera yu witwa Twahirwa, uyu Cpt. Alex afatanyije nu witwa Lt. Bimenyimana (ndadaye) ndetse numutwe wa Special Intelligence wa Police uyobowe na chief Supretendent Karisa batesheje agaciro uyu Mudamu, ndetse banatera ubwoba uyu Twahirwa, ageraho asubiza amafaranga y’ubukode yari yahawe na Ingabire Victoire.

Ububuryo bwubugome babukoresha bifashije imodoka zifite ibirango bya gisiville urutseko babihinduranya bitewe nibyo bashaka gukora,hari nigihe bakoresha ibirango bya police cg ibya Leta.

Col Silas ahandi atakwibagirana n’ubwicanyi yakoreye abahutu bahitwa irutongo afatanyije na Commisaire mukuru wa police Gasana Emmanuel (rurayi) ibi byose babikoraga Nyakubahwa President wa Republika abizi Ntibakababeshye.

Noble Marara

TIT-FOR-TAT MASSACRES BY M23 WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM RWANDA. TESTIFIES JASON K. STEARNS

Johannesburg -  Before a jam-packed audience, on the 19^th September 2012 Jason  K. Stearns testified in front of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.

In his testimony, he started by saying “I have been working on the eastern Congo for the past eleven years. In 2008, I was the coordinator of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Congo, and I have also worked on the country for the United Nations peacekeeping mission, as a senior analyst for the International Crisis Group, and as journalist and writer”.

From his research on the ground, he stated the following;

Background to the current crisis

Beginning with the to rise of the new M23 rebellion, is the result of the failure of the Congolese peace process to deal with the persistent causes of conflict in the region. While there are no easy fixes to these deep-rooted challenges, the United States government can help avert a further escalation by helping to broker a settlement. This will require a significant change in how the US engages with Rwanda, but also for Kinshasa to provide the political vision necessary for a solution.

The M23 mutiny

There is no doubt about Rwanda’s involvement. It has been documented by a United

Nations report released in June, by Human Rights Watch, and by the Rift Valley

Institute’s own researchers. In response to this evidence, donors suspended around $90 million in aid to Rwanda, including $200,000 from the US government.

Despite this, the situation has not improved. Rwanda has continued to support the

M23, including by sending in troops to Rutshuru near the Ugandan border in early July. Other armed groups, largely ethnically based, have also gained in strength, in part due to their links to the M23 and the Congolese army’s focus on the mutiny, and have engaged in tit-for-tat massacres of the local population.

He argued that ”The only way this kind of deal can work is if Rwanda plays a part. This means reformulating the kind of pressure put on Kigali, from asking them to stop providing support to the M23 – an outcome that is hard to measure, given the clandestine nature of the backing – to becoming an active part of the solution". "It would have to allow the Congolese government or the United Nations to deploy troops along its border with M23 territory, as well as arrest key leaders of the mutiny, some of whom are based in Rwanda".

This kind of deal will require strong and sustained pressure on Kigali. Donors, chief among them the United States and the international financial institutions where Washington has influence, have some hard choices to make. They can no longer see Rwanda’s admirable successes in health care, education and peacekeeping as separate from its interference in the Congo

In concluding he said that “the situation in the eastern Congo is bleak. But this latest crisis is also an opportunity to change the way the outside world engages with this region, and to address some of the structural problems that have caused these crises to recur with tragic regularity. It is time to act. As a matter of moral consistency, the United States cannot continue to help fund the Rwandan national budget and at the same time continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on programs to stabilize the eastern Congo".

So what are the implications? How will the world view us Rwandans, because of our hungry leaders? Will they swallow their pride and "do the right thing"? Or they will continue to tarnish our image, for the sake of fulfilling their stomachs? its up to you to make a change, and change starts within.

JD Mwiseneza

Johannebsurg  

IT’S A DEMOCRATIC THING TO MOVE ON, SAYS CHIEF MOB OF RNC JOBURG BRANCH, MR HESRON MUKIZA.

Johannesburg – Speaking to Chief Mob of RNC  Johannesburg branch Mr Hesron Mukiza, for him seeing members of political parties choosing to opt out,  sees it as a democratic thing to move on rather than dragging your feet trying to save something that is not working.

Talking about his role in the RNC as Joburg Chief of mobilization, he shared some of the challenges he faced during the initial phase of RNC Africa Chapter. “The challenges that we faced in the start, people were not prepared, most of them were skeptical. Just the thought of hearing that RNC as a party for all ethnic groups, was something that Rwandese didn't see coming. ” Said Mukiza.

“We are advocating for unity. Where people (Hutu, Tutsi and Twas) share ideas, speak freely. Unlike in Rwanda where people are accused of saying what’s on their mind and later are accused of Genocide Ideology”. Added Mukiza.

For him solidarity is a way of life. As party of bringing together Rwandese living in exile, he gave an example of how people continue to unite. “during the first court appearance of Lt Gen Kayumaba Nyamwasa at the Westgate Magistrate Court, in Johannesburg, South Africa people came in numbers and showed their support”.

“As a way of mobilizing people, we did a lot of work. People continue to show their support to our activities as well as to our fellow comrade Kayumba Nyamwasa in his court case appearance. This shows you how people no longer have issues with regards to ethnicity. People are just tired of killing regimes”.

Asked how far RNC has gone in mobilizing people. He said in Kinyarwanda “ijya kurisha ihera murugo” meaning “you first start at you house, before going out“.  “In the first year we made sure we mobilized people around us, those living in South Africa.  I can only speak for my Branch. I think on a broader scale, my superiors are the ones to give you a better picture”.

He warned those that still have a question of whether RNC is a one man party. “Objectives and Values of RNC are well defined/ known and they are readily available. RNC is for you and me, we don’t like people imposing things on us. Members of the branches are the ones to propose or give an idea to what is to be done by the top leadership. That is why we spent time forming structures.”

When asked his views on the resignation of Maitre Evod Uwizeyimana and Alain Patrick Ndengera from RDI Rwanda Nziza, a political party led by Faustin Twagiramungu, he said “ to resign in a political party shows that you are politically matured. You don’t have to sit idle in things you don’t see advancing the cause. Also dragging yourself from things that you see will not materialize, it is always better to seek alternatives.”

“When you see that can no longer fulfill your duties based on certain situations, you rather quite. To me that is freedom of choice. So, Maitre Evode and his colleague, I think they made the right choices.”   

In concluding our conversation, Mukiza said that “Rwandese hold the  secretes with in their hearts. Signs of change are seen every where. That time will come when they will vote democratically their chosen leaders”. 

Paul Karekezi

Johannesburg.

THE SIX ACCUSED IN THE ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE OF LT GEN KAYUMBA NYAMWASA TECHNOLOGICALLY SPEAKING WILL FACE A LONG TIME BEHIND BARS.

Johannesburg – The court case involving the six men accused of attempted assassination of Lt Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa resumed today in Jeppestown, magistrate court. 

On a witness stand stood Erica N Nienwenhuis, a Forensic Analyst from SAPS, Pretoria Central. What is more shocking from the defense team is that, prior to adjoining the proceedings during the last court appearance, the defense team argued on the basis of not having enough time to cross examine the witness.

Today it was a different case. The defense team, loosing touch with base, only managed to ask two questions, which Erica N Nienwenhuis firmly answered and they had no alternative but to cut short their cross examination with her.

Hilda Du Plessis, Senior Analyst Agent at MTN took a witness stand right after Erica, to testify on the database obtained from MTN’s database system detailing/ mapping the records of mobile phone calls, sms and voice mails made between the six accused men.  

The information provided by the service provider, MTN, not only well compiled  before the court, but accurately and point by point maps the modus operand of those involved in the attempted assassination, used. The prosecutor, Shaun  Abrahams, read to the public how the accused men exchanged mobile handsets in order to conceal their activities, while calling each other repeatedly in different locations, exchanging smses with one another, but the failure to catch-up with the technology is slowly catching up with them.

As an example given before the court, state prosecutor, Shaun Abrahams said that: three different SIM (Subscriber Identity Model) card numbers were used on one Phone. The IMEI number (International Mobile Equal pin Identity) of the same phone reflected on the database, being used frequently. The same phone belonged to accused number 5 the man who shot Lt Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa, also  known as Amed Seif before the court.

Shuan Abrahams also told the court that " prior to the attempted murder, 447 calls were made between the accused Richard Bachisa (the then chauffeur of Let Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa) know as accused number 2 before the court and Vincent Ngendo”. 

As the data was read out, two numbers from Rwanda emerged. One of which (+250782276419) belonged to the former Chief of National Intelligence Security Service, Col Emmanuel Ndahiro, who was reshuffled by the president and given a post in the defense ministry. As report by AFP.

The database before the court, clearly implicates all the accused from the date their sim-cards were inserted into their handset to the date that they were placed in custody. From the look of things, they are to remain behind the bars for a long time. The case will resume on the 5^th to the 6^th September 2012.

JD MWISENEZA

Johannesburg