In 2009, Pres Kagame responded to criticism from human rights groups like @hrw, saying:
"Some of these groups are extremely ignorant& pretentious, acting as if they know more about Rwanda or what’s best for Rwandans than Rwandans themselves. It’s a challenge, but an easy one to overcome. Their opinions on Rwanda’s reality are completely irrelevant."
@HRF@amnestyusa@JudiRever@Smith_JeffreyT@r_rukaka@Ollegkar@KayumbaDidier@Ali_Rukaliza
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Umuryango wa Mzee Hon. Ambassador Isaïe Sagahutu Murashi wibukwa nk’umwe mu miryango yazize Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu buryo bw’agashinyaguro n’agahinda kenshi. Umugore we Oliva Nsinga Muhoracyeye n’abana babo bane Marie Cyanzi, Joël Shenge, Flora Umulisa na Olivier Rutanga biciwe mw’Iseminari ya Nyundo mu cyahoze ari Perefegitura ya Gisenyi ku wa 07 Mata 1994, Jenoside igitangira. Oliva Nsinga we yakuwe muri bo amaze gukomeretswa bikomeye, bamujyana kuri Cathédrale ya Diocese ya Nyundo aho yaje kwicirwa ku wa 09 Mata 1994. Kwibuka aya mazina ni ukuyaha agaciro,, ni ukugaragaza ko ubuzima bwabo bufite agaciro katazima. Bari umuryango wuzuye urukundo, inzozi n’icyizere cy’ejo hazaza, Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi irabibavutse , ariko amazina yabo akomeza kubaho mu mateka no mu mitima y’abibuka.
Source: Remember Genocide Against Tutsi 1959–1994 (Facebook)
What we wanted was simple. The joy of peacefully having a cup of coffee in #Rwanda like I did this morning! Why couldnt #Habyalimana understand this, forcing us to fight for our rights??
Disagreements is very ok but express your opinion with humility if you truly want to be heard.
Mocking, superior -ish ...👎 That won't achieve anything!
#ThankYou
✊🏾✍🏽: HAPPY HEROES DAY❤🇷🇼
Special Tribute video y'umunyabigwi wacu❤🇷🇼w'ibihe byose, Intwari y'ikirenga y'u Rwanda, Inkotanyi cyane & Pan Africanist wabohoye Mozambique/Uganda n'u Rwanda, Gone but never forgotten, Forever in our hearts and mind Late Maj. Gen. Fred GISA RWIGEMA.
I think, H.E @KagutaMuseveni responded wisely to H.E. #Ndayishimiye’s long speech—apparently written by @kayikwambaT. H.E. Museveni attempted to lecture H.E #Ndayishimiye on the root causes of the conflict in eastern #DRC, including Burundi’s own history. He seemed to be advising both #Ndayishimiye and @FelixUdps not to rely on foreign powers and mercenary manipulation, but rather to listen to their own people and close neighbours.
“That phone call was from the general himself (Makenga)...I went up to wake up my wife and tell her that I’m traveling to Congo.”- Manzi Willy Ngarambe (@RealManziWilly), on the night he was called to govern North Kivu.
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