“Ntawuzongera gupfa….u Rwanda ntabwo rwapfa kabiri…Tuzabaho!”
“No one will ever die like this again…Rwanda will not be killed twice…We will live, the old and young…”
President @PaulKagame#Kwibuka32
“All the testimonies we have heard are grounded in truth. Those who try to deny or change them will face a difficult task to distort such people’s history and shape it as they wish, whether within the country or abroad.”
— President Kagame, speaking at the opening of #Kwibuka32
Happy International Women’s Day! Today and every day, we celebrate the foundational role women continue to play in Rwanda’s transformation. Your resilience, ingenuity and leadership continue to affirm a simple truth: a nation can only truly progress when inclusion and equality are upheld in every sphere. #IWD2026
#RwOT Before you judge…
Here is what I witnessed at the @GraceRoom meetings at @bkarenarw
I am not rwandan and I am not a member of Graceroom ministries but was rather invited as a guest singer you can decide whether I can be a reliable witness or not but let me say what I saw.
First of all these meetings are called thanksgiving because they are mainly about people’s testimonies of what God has been doing in their lives through the ministry of that woman that many are criticizing for successfully organizing events at that level. Were you expecting her to fail just because she is a woman ?
Were you going to troll her if she had not filled that place ? Probably not. Most are hating on her because they can’t understand why such a woman can convince people to wear white and attend in big numbers more than once. Mind you is just a pastor not even an “apostle”
Most of the people you saw, follow Grace Room online ( YouTube) as you know, the ministry doesn’t have a facility to contain all those people you saw in white.
1) 80 % of the testimonies I heard were about young people who were addicted to drugs and are now free from their addictions because of the gospel they heard leading them to salvation.
2) 20 percent of the testimonies are about broken families reunited, physical and emotional healing I sat there and I often do, I never heard anyone telling them to give money in exchange of miracles.
3) I was seated close to local authorities who were also invited there as main partners in what the ministry does in Remera. Believe me they know Graceroom better than some of us commenting here on X, that’s why they attended.
Now I know we have different opinions about the Church and some abuses that exist, I know some churches or ministries have been shut down because of that and I personally explained this matter in an a series of interviews with @JackieLumbasi she can link link them here in the comments. I am not a supporter of those using the gospel for their gains. I was actually glad some of those scammers got exposed and their actions limited by RGB
However we must be careful not to criticize everything without scrutiny or badmouth everyone carelessly. That can even constitute a criminal offense punishable by laws.
On Saturday a particular testimony caught my attention. A man who used to work in local government I think at the cell level came to testify how he lost his job due to him being addicted to alcohol and spending the family money in drugs. He seemed to be known by many people and he openly testified how he got saved through the Grace room ministry and is now free from addiction… I mean who doesn’t want to see more of that in this nation!
The true Gospel brings real transformation in people’s lives.
Among those people in white most come from Kigali, others from different parts of the country, some even from abroad.
I know misery loves company but let’s not criticize someone for merely succeeding in what they do.
Does she have people supporting her ministry of course she does. Even myself I go to sing there because I support what she does as a minister and it’s not a GIG for me!
People are being saved, delivered from addiction, others are supported to abandon prostitution and given capital to start a different life and many can testify. I think it’s that kind of ministry that even the government should support.
On a light note! Instead of merely criticizing maybe go and open a clothing shop and sell white clothes. You will benefit more!
It’s a shame that survivors are so often left to organize Kwibuka events alone. Either at work, church, neighborhoods, etc. Some communities stand back, expecting those who lived through the pain to also carry the weight of remembrance, education, and commemoration.
Abatutsi barenga 2000 batereranywe n’ingabo z’Ababiligi nyuma baza kwicirwa i Nyanza ya Kicukiro. Ntabwo byari impanuka. Byari ubugambanyi.
Kurikira muhango wo kibuka uri buhere ku Rwibutso rwa @NyanzaMemorial kuri iyi QR Code:
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Over 2,000 Tutsi were abandoned by Belgian UN peacekeepers and later massacred at Nyanza. This was no accident. It was betrayal.
Join us as we honour their memory at @NyanzaMemorial.
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Plus de 2 000 Tutsi ont été abandonnés par les soldats belges, puis massacrés à Nyanza. Ce n’était pas un accident. C’était une trahison.
Rejoignez-nous pour honorer leur mémoire @NyanzaMemorial. #Kwibuka31 #NyanzaKicukiro
Circulating that collage picture comparing the Walk to Remember to Interahamwe fleeing to the DRC needs to stop.
It’s inaccurate and misleading.
1. Walk to Remember honors 1M+ Tutsi killed in the 1994 genocide against Tutsi within 100 days
2. The photo of people with bags, bicycles, etc. shows mostly Interahamwe, FAR soldiers, and their families fleeing after the genocide was stopped by the RPF
3. Tutsi victims didn’t get to *pack & flee*. Not even water to drink. They were hunted down in churches, schools, homes.
4. The Walk is a symbol of remembrance, not an exodus.
#Kwibuka31
I would like to thank all our partners and friends who have and are continuing to convey to us messages of solidarity as we commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi for the 27th time. #Kwibuka27
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Hey @johnlegend, we love your voice, but why are you lending it to a dictator and warmonger like Paul Kagame? While you are singing at the #MoveAfrika event in Kigali, Kagame's military forces are attacking neighboring DRC, leaving a trail of terror in its wake.
Is that how you #EndExtremePovertyNOW @GlblCtzn@kendricklamar?
#RDC: Manifestations dans les ambassades à Kinshasa : "Ce sont les infiltrés rwandais qui se sont attaqués notamment aux ambassades de France et Ouganda. Les congolais ont manifesté comme d'habitude d'une manière pacifique. Félicitations à notre police pour sa réaction rapide face aux infiltrés" ( Vice-ministre de l'interieur Eugenie Tshiela Kamba)
Naomie is our national treasure,no drama, no bleaching, no bbl, no accidents,no fakeness,just good vibes and lots of cuteness 🥰
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