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The Minister of Education Dr. Vincent Biruta has thanked Burera residents and leadership for all the support given to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi survivors.

The Minister thanked them on the 13^th/04/2013 while concluding the 19^th commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Burera district where he said that everything went on as planned during the whole one week’s period

“These people have contributed a lot in getting support for the genocide survivors, helping them become self-reliant, and this is why we have to thank them”, said Biruta.

The contribution made to the survivors was about Rwf 17million, with 500.000USh, about 1ton of maize, which will all go into helping them with the different problems they face.

Francoise Kayitesi a genocide survivor with 3 children who had nowhere to stay was able to get a house and other home necessities like beds, mattresses, and food stuffs.

Some of the genocide survivors got gardens from which the can do farming and therefore be able to live better lives.

The minister asked Burera residents to continue with this good heart so that they can help the survivors also develop and become self-reliant in life.

“The contributions made will be used to help the survivors and it will be accounted for every year”, added on the minister.

“If problems still exist then we will have to take another step, collect funds which will help solve such problems”, explained Biruta.

Concluding the commemoration period in Burera took place at Rugarama memorial site which has about 46 bodies of the genocide victims.

19 years after surviving the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis that shook all the pillars of their lives, they are fine just because they have been striving for self reliance.

This was said by genocide survivors in Burera district who say their remaining problem is their children who finish secondary school but fail to get means to get to the universities.

Fabien Niyonsenga the coordinator of IBUKA in Burera district

Fabien Niyonsenga the coordinator of IBUKA in Burera district says for Rwanda to stand against and fight the effects of genocide that was perpetrated against Tutsi in 1994 permanently, it needs to prepare the youth.

Most of the genocide survivors’ youth in this district finish secondary schools and those who fail to get the government pass mark for the scholarship fail to get means for higher education. “We need support for the education of our youth who cannot provide for themselves for them to be able to compete on international job markets with other Rwandans.”

Samuel Sembagare the mayor of Burera district promised the district’s continuous support to survivors of 1994 genocide against Tutsis in any possible way. He asked genocide survivors to be strong while commemorating striving to be self reliant.

Ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Burera busaba abaturage bo muri ako karere ko abubaka amazu maremare cyangwa se ahuriramo n’abantu benshi, kuyashyira ho uturindankuba kugira ngo barinde abateraniramo gukubitwa n’inkuba.

Mu karere ka Burera hakunze kugaragara imirabyo myinshi mu gihe cy’imvura akenshi n’inkuba zikubita abantu. Ibyo kubera ko akarere ka Burera kari ahantu hatumburutse hagizwe n’imisozi miremire cyane.

Akenshi iyo ari mu gihe cy’imvura, muri ako karere inkuba zikunze gukubita abantu biturutse ku kutamenya kuzirinda.

Sembagare Samuel, umuyobozi w’akarere ka Burera, asaba abakuriye insengero, abafite amazu ateranira mo abantu benshi kuyashyira ho uturindankuba byihuse.

Akomeza avuga ko kandi hari amabwiriza leta y’u Rwanda yashyize ho azatuma abaturage birinda inkuba. Amwe muri ayo mabwiriza harimo ko bibujijwe gukoresha mudasobwa, telefone ndetse n’ibindi bikoresho bikoresha amashanyarazi igihe imvura iri kugwa.

Muri ayo mabwiriza kandi harimo ko bibujijwe kugama munsi y’igiti mu gihe imvura irimo igwa.

Abahanga mu bijyanye n’inkuba bavuga ko inkuba ari nk’umuriro w’amashanyarazi. Ituruka ku ngufu zo mu kirere nazo ziba zaturutse ku ihurirana ry’umwuka ukonje n’ushyushye.

Izo ngufu hari igihe zishaka kumanuka mu butaka, zigashaka inzira nko mu giti kirekire, inzu ndende cyangwa se ahandi hantu hari amazi. Aho izo ngufu zinyuze zirahangiza kuko ziba zifite ubukana bwinshi.

Some of the youth residing on Bushongo Island on Lake Burera in Rugarama sector in Burera District say that their lack of development is mostly due to lack of transportation facilities at this island.

If by chance the youth can move over to the inland away from this island, they can do trade and develop themselves which is not so easy on the island as one of them Bonavanture Sebatware explains.

Bushongo islanders listening to their leaders

“I would like to trade but I cannot manage it here on the island. Transporting goods from the other side to this island needs me to have a boat, a lifesaving suit which I don’t have” says Sebwatare.

The Marine Police that operates in Lake Burera has a law that a boat without an engine cannot carry more than 3 people and the 3 have to be putting on lifesaving jackets. This law makes life difficult for the islanders as whoever goes against it is fined with Rwf20.000.

“Apart from complications one can pass through to get to do something like trade, getting customers at this island is not possible and that would be ultimate loss” says Maniraguha. “Islanders like buying their goods off the island and with their small number, trading here would not be successful.”

The youth on this island usually do farming and with good climate, they produce enough and sell them off the island and live on that.  They say for them to do any other kind of business, they need to do so out of the island which is much more difficult.

Bushongo Island from a distance

Bushonga Island is in Burera district with about 10 hectares. It is resided by 68 families with 386 people in Rurembo cell and Rugarama sector.

There are no infrastructure on this island, for medical services, water, electricity and other services; they access that after an hour’s journey through the water to the neighboring area.

Rugarama sector as well as Burera district administrations is planning on soliciting investors to buy this area for investment and expropriate these families.

Bushongo Islanders say they have heard this story of being expropriated for a long time and they no longer believe it.

39 Twa families in Butaro sector in Burera district have received 2hectares of land so as to cultivate and have food for consumption.

After being shifted from Nyakatsi houses in 2011 where they lived in poverty, the Twa have been settled in semi permanent houses in Nyamicucu cell in Butaro sector of Burera district.

After they requested for the land, Burera authorities bought them two hectares of land nearby whereby they cultivate and harvest grouped in cooperatives, authorities reveal.

However, the unprivileged say it would be better if the land is divided and each of them gets a portion and manages it.

We shall continue to help them because they are Rwandans like others who should not lag behind in development.

To improve on their mind set, the 39 Twa families were on June 28^th 2012 wedded in civil marriage after along time of living together illegally.

Maximilien, Munyampirwa, executive secretary of Butaro sector explains that mindset change was achieved after sector administration explained to them the importance of being legally married.

The vice mayor for social affairs in Burera district has urged parents to take good care of their children and give special attention to those with disabilities and love them love them.

This was said by Florence Uwambajemariya On the Monday the 11^th.June.2012 in Burera district during the opening of African child week.

“Parents should help and support all children especially those with disabilities and take them as normal children because they have same rights as others like education, medical and others.” she said.

In this function that was held in Kinoni sector in Burera district, it was found out that some parents hide their disabled children and abuse their rights.

Uwambajemariya explained that people were created in the image of God and they are the most knowledgeable of all creatures and that’s why they should use their knowledge in helping others who need help and support each other.

She asked children to be well disciplined and have dignity and Rwandan values in their families and pay attention at school so as to pass. They should help each other and especially those with disabilities.

People with disabilities on any part of their body are capable of using other body parts and develop themselves and the worst disability is mental.

The African child week was started on the 11^th.June.2012 and will end on the 16^th.June.2012 during the actual celebrations of African child’s day. The day’s theme will be “let’s protect, respect and promote disabled children’s rights and stop children labour.”

African child day was put there by the African Union in 1990 in a way of protecting children’s rights that were being abu8sed everywhere in Africa.

Umuyobozi wungirije w’akarere ka Burera ushinzwe imibereho myiza y’abaturage arasaba ababyeyi kurera uko bikwiye abana babo cyane cyane bita ku bana bafite ubumuga kuko nabo ari abana nk’abandi.   Kuri uyu wa mbere tariki ya 11/06/2012 mu karere ka Burera ubwo hatangizwaga icyumweru cyahariwe umwana w’umunyafurika, Uwambajemariya Florence yavuze ko ababyeyi bakwiye kwita ku burere bw’abana bose. Yagize ati “ababyeyi bagomba gufasha abana bose by’umwihariko umwana ufite ubumuga bakamufasha, bakamubona nk’umwana nk’abandi, ko afite uburenganzira nk’ubw’abandi bana: akaba afite uburenganzira bwo kwiga, kwivuza ndetse n’ibindi byose byatuma agira ubuzima bwiza”.

Muri uwo muhango wabereye ku murenge wa Kinoni mu karere ka Burera hagaragajwe ko hari bamwe mu babyeyi muri ako gace bahisha abana babo bafite ubumuga. Babahisha abashyitsi baje kubasura ndetse ngo ugasanga abo bana baravukijwe uburenganzira bwabo. Umuntu yaremwe mu ishusho y’Imana kandi afite ubwenge buruta ubw’ibindi biremwa niyo mpamvu ubwo bwenge Imana yamuhaye agomba kubukoresha afasha mugenzi we batameze kimwe, abantu bakuzuzanya  nk’uko Uwambajemariya yabisobanuye. Yakomeje asaba abana nabo kurangwa n’ikinyabupfura mu miryango yabo kandi bakurukira mu ishuri kugira ngo batsinde.

Abana nabo barashishikarizwa gufashanya, bafasha cyane cyane bagenzi babo bafite ubumuga nk’uko yakomeje abisobanura. Ufite ubumuga ku mubiri wese arashoboye kuko akoresha izindi ngingo zasigaye akabasha kwiteza imbere. Ubumuga bubi ni ubwo mu mutwe nk’uko Uwambajemariya abihamya. Icyumweru cy’umwana w’umunyafurika cyatangiye tariki ya 11/06/2012, kizakomeza kugeza tariki ya 16/06/2012 ari nabwo hazizihizwa nyir’izina umunsi mukuru w’umwana w’Umunyafurika. Insanganyamatsiko y’uyu mwaka igira iti “Turengere, twubahe, duteze imbere uburenganzira bw’abana babana n’ubumuga kandi turandure imirimo mibi ikoreshwa abana”. Umunsi mukuru w’umwana w’umunyafurika washyizweho n’umuryango w’ubumwe bw’Afurika mu mwaka wa 1990 mu rwego rwo kurengera uburenganzira bw’umwana bwarimo buteshwa agaciro hirya no hino muri Afurika.  

Minisitiri w’Intebe ashyikiriza inka abazigabiwe na ba Gitifu b’Iburasirazuba

Ubwo basozaga itorero bamazemo iminsi 10 mu Ntara y’Amajyaruguru, Abanyamabanga Nshingwabikorwa b’Utugari tw’Intara y’Iburasirazuba biyise Imbimburiramihigo basize bagabiye inka 6 abaturage batishoboye, bishyurira ubwisungane mu kwivuza abandi 7 bo mu Murenge wa Kinina mu Karere ka Burera kabakiriye mu gihe bari mu mihigo y’itorero.

Inka 5 zaturuste mu mafaranga yakusanyijwe n’aba ba Gitifu b’Iburasirazuba bose, inka ya 6 ikaba yatanzwe ari umwihariko waturuste ku Mbimburiramihigo z’Akarere ka Nyagatare.

Umukuru w’Itorero ry’igihugu bwana Rucagu Boniface yavuze ko aba Banyamabanga Nshingwabikorwa  b’iburasirazuba bagaragaje umuhate n’umurava ndetse n’ikinyabupfura bihebuje mu gihe bari mu itorero, none bakaba bubatse umubano mwiza n’abaturage ba Burera babakiriye mu Itorero, ndetse nabo bakabaremera muri gahunda ya perezida wa repubulika ya Gir’Inka.

Rucagu Boniface uyobora itorero ry’igihugu, yashimye n’abayobozi b’Uturere n’Intara izi ntore zikomokamo uburyo bifatanyije n’izi ntore mu kurushaho kunoza imihigo yazo ndetse no gutaramana nazo ubwo zasozaga itorero.

Intara y’Iburasirazuba igizwe n’Utugari 503 ariko abitabiriye iri torero ni Abanyamabanga Nshingwabikorwa 496. Ab’igitsinagabo ni 391, mu gihe abagore ari 105 bose bakaba bari baratangiye iri torero ku itariki ya 23-05-2012.

Umuhango wo gusoza iri torero wayobowe na Minisitiri w’intebe Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, witabirwa n’umunyamabanga wa leta muri MINALOC minisiteri y’ubutegetsi bw’igihugu ushinzwe imibbereho myiza y’abaturage, Madamu Alvera Mukabaramba, Guverineri w’Intara y’amajyaruguru Bwana Bosenibamwe Aimee, Umuyobozi Mukuru muri MINALOC ushinzwe Imitegekere y’Igihugu, Fred Mufulukye n’abandi bayobozi banyuranye.

John Mugabo, Mayor of Kayonza district

Kayonza district mayor, John Mugabo has revealed that population density can lead to job creation to those without land for agriculture activities.  

John Mugabo said this while talking to journalists after Eastern province parliament meeting recently, where all local authorities displayed what they do.

Some of Kayonza district authorities made a study trip to Burera district in order to learn from the district that used to be last but now has a place among the districts that execute well performance contracts.

Mugabo explains that what inspired Burera residents to become job creators is land scarcity. Because they are a dense population, residents without land for cultivation thought of another way to achieve development.

Although there is no population density in Kayonza district unlike Burera, Mayor Mugabo asserts that residents especially youth will be sensitized to learn the good culture of job creation from Burera residents.

While there are lands lying idle in Kayonza, some youth say they are jobless and cannot develop. Mugabo highlights that youth and residents will have to change their mind set first.

The Association pour la Promotion des Initiatives de Base (APIB) has given various tools for different technical skills to the poor community in Cyanika and Gahunga sectors in Burera district, an event done this April2012.

Those who were given these tools either learnt tailoring, carpentry, construction, weaving and others.

Jean Bosco Kanyabugarura a resident of Gahunga sector who did tailoring thanked APIB for teaching him this skill as it made him get out of poverty, apart from getting money, Bosco makes his own clothes.

He went on to say that those who feel that they have to wait for the government support because the period, at which this country has reached, everyone has to work hard towards development.

Emmanuel Ntuyenabo a resident of Cyanika sector who was trained in carpentry said that he has at last mastered the skill and he gets temporary jobs and he gets money to support his family.

Jean Marie Vianney Nkanika the executive secretary of Cyanika sector said that APIB has exemplary supported Burera district in helping the poor and formerly isolated society, requesting more Organizations and Individuals to continue doing the same for Rwandans.