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Kuwa 2 Gicurasi uyu mwaka wa 2013, abayobozi , abakozi, abaturage hamwe n’abafite ababo bari abakozi b’ibitaro bya Muhororo bishwe muri Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi muri Mata 1994 bibutse kunshuro ya 19 abantu 8 bahiciwe.

Ahishakiye Emmanuel, Umuyobozi w’ibitaro bya Muhororo yavuze ko abakozi b’ibitaro bazakora uko bashoboye bagakomeza kwita kubarokotse bo mumiryango y’abari abakozi b’ibyo bitaro.

Abakozi b’ibitaro bya Muhororo biyemeje kwita kurwibutso rwa Kibirira

Icyo gikorwa kikaba cyarashimangiwe haremerwa umugore witwa Murekatete Francine ufite umugabo we wibiciwe muri ibyo bitaro, akaba yarahawe inka yo korora, ndetse hanatangwa umusanzu ungana n’amafaranga ibihumbi 200 wo kwita kurwibutso rwa Kibirira rushyinguye mo imibiri y’abo bantu.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Ngororero wungirije ushinzwe imibereho myiza Nyiraneza Clotilde akaba yarashimiye Leta y’u Rwanda ko umutekano w’abacitse kwicumu umeze neza kandi ubu ibitaro byiciwe mo abantu  bikoreshwa mukuvura abababaye. Ku itariki ya 2 Gicurasi, nibwo abo bakozi 8 biciwe mubitaro bya Muhororo.

About 420 houses have been constructed for the vulnerable and poor genocide survivors in Nyabihu district and 9 houses are yet to be constructed for those who are still renting and squatters explains Anastase Juru the coordinator of IBUKA in Nyabihu district.

Anastase Juru says that if the 9 houses are constructed and the 100 houses that are in deplorable state can be renovated, the problem of lack of decent accommodation would be completely solved.

Twahirwa Abdoulatif, Mayor of Nyabihu District

Abdoulatif Twahirwa the mayor of Nyabihu district says the 9 houses that need to be constructed will be constructed by the end of the next economic year and even the houses that need to be renovated to solve the accommodation issue of genocide survivors over and done with.

“Compared to where we are coming from, I can proudly say that genocide survivors are moving towards better lifestyles and social welfares’ says the mayor. He went on to say that as the leaders, they will keep on supporting the genocide survivors for them to get better lives, get to development and become self reliant.

In the meeting that convened on Tuesday the 30^th.April.2013, the issues of accommodation houses that need to be renovated were discussed extensively and it was agreed that it will be dealt with the money collected from people as the support for genocide survivors during the Memorial Week.

Abakozi 25 ba hotel Virunga ikorera mu karere ka Musanze, kuri uyu wa gatanu tariki 03/05/2013 bibutse jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu rwego rwo gufata mu mugongo abayirokotse.

Nk’uko byatangajwe na Munyankusi Jean Damascene wari uhagarariye hotel Virunga muri iki gikorwa, ngo ubuzima bwabo ni ubwo kwakira ababagana, akenshi baba bishimye nabo bakabafasha kwishima babagezaho serivisi za hotel. Kuri uyu munsi rero ngo bashyize hasi ubwo buzima basanzwemo bifatanya n’ababuze ababo muri jenoside.

Ubwo bari bamaze gusura urwibutso rwa Muhoza ndetse no kurushyiraho indabo, aba bakozi berekeje mu kagali ka Mpenge, umurenge wa Muhoza baremera umuntu umwe bamushyiriye ibikoresho bitandukanye birimo matela, ibyo kurya ndetse n’amafaranga mu rwego rwo kumutera inkunga nk’uwarokotse jenoside.

Akimanzi Felix ushinzwe uburezi mu murenge wa Muhoza, yashimye iki gikorwa cy’abakozi ba hotel Virunga, avuga ko aribo ba mbere bafashe umwanya wo kwibuka jenoside nk’abikorera ku nshuro ya 19, aboneraho gusaba abandi bikorera kubafatiraho urugero.

Nshizirungu Aimable, uhagarariye IBUKA mu murenge wa Muhoza, yavuze ko inkunga z’ibintu n’ubwo ziba zikenewe atarizo za mbere ziba zifuzwa mu gihe nk’iki kiba kibakomereye, ashimira abakozi ba hotel Virunga ku bw’igikorwa cyiza bakoze.

The  District Mayor in Ngororero Mr. Gideon Ruboneza has  assured quick operations in solving some of issues affecting genocide survivors especially cases about property possessions, finishing unfinished court cases and giving accommodation to those in need.

Mayor Ruboneza

Ruboneza explains that having such problems 19 years after the genocide is not due to carelessness but lack of capabilities from the district and cases that are solved by law which takes time to rule them out.

Another limitation to solving such problems of the 1994 genocide survivors is the large number of poor and needy people that need support and that are supported slowly depending on the lack of economic stability of the district.

Jean d’Amour Niyonsenga the representative of the 1994 genocide survivors in Ngororero district says there are always such issues because some genocide perpetrators refuse to pay for the compensation of properties as ruled by court intentionally when they have the means to pay.

Niyonsenga goes on to say that for people who were ordered to pay compensation for the destroyed properties during the 1994 genocide but are not capable of paying back are to be used in community work for the country’s development. The government should extend the courtesy to support the people who were to be compensated through the community work done by the perpetrator.

Ngororero district management as well as IBUKA promised advocacy to make the complaints of the 1994 genocide survivors known.

The governor Eastern Province Odette Uwamariya said that the main thing that can be done to help genocide survivors overcome trauma is helping them with their day to day problems.

The governor said this after confirmation from the mayor of Kayonza district John Mugabo on the 12/04/2013, of a very big deduction in the number of genocide survivors still with the problem, which gives hope that these people are overcoming the bad history the faced and now working to development.

“Though there is a reduction in trauma amongst the survivors, these people still move with such and this is the reason we have to help them with other problems especially in their homes”, said Uwamariya.

She added on saying that the government will continue helping the genocide survivors with their problems to help them overcome they trauma they live in.

She called them on not to stay with the memory of the bad history but instead to work hard and be able to develop.

The genocide survivors in Kayonza therefore thanked the government for all the efforts put in helping them overcome their problems.

“I would like to thank the government for increasing the number of genocide survivor students it supports in the different universities, for the houses constructed for many”, said Ignace Munyabuhoro the representative of the survivors in Kayonza.

She asked the different district leaders and the government to continue helping them promising to put all the government programmes organised for them into practice.

Ibitaro bya Ruhango byubatse mu murenge wa Kinazi

Ubuyobozi n’abakozi b’ibitaro bya Ruhango byubatse mu murenge wa Kinazi, byaremeye imiryango umunani y’abarokotse jenoside batishoboye.

Mu cyumweru cyahariwe kwibuka abazize jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu 1994, nibwo ibi bitaro byafashe iya mbere bikusanya amafaranga agera ku bihumbi 180 biyaguramo amatungo magufi y’ihene agenerwa abarokotse jenoside barimo impfubyi n’abapfakazi.

Imwe mu miryango yaremewe amatungo magufi

Umuyobozi w’ibi bitaro Dr Habimana Valens, avuga ko nk’abaganga bagomba kumva ko badakwiye kwita ku kuvura abantu gusa, ahubwo ngo banagomba gutekereza no ku iterambere ryabo, akaba asaba abandi bantu bose gukomeza kurangwa n’umutima w’urukundo.

Bamwe mu barokotse jenoside yakorewe abatutsi bahawe izi hene, bagaragaje ibyishimo by’uko babonye iri tungo, ngo bakaba bagiye kurifata neza kugirango rizororoke rishobore kubateza imbere.

Veneranda Niwemugore ni umukecuru w’imyaka hafi 80, yavuze ko ashimishijwe n’uko abonye itungo naryo yagiraga. Yagize ati “ubundi natungwaga n’umwana wanjye kandi nawe udashoboye kuko nta sambu tugira nta hepfo nta harugu, ariko ubu ndizera ko aka gatungo kagiye kutwunganira”

Ubwo aya matungu yashyikirizwaga banyirayo mu bitaro bya Ruhango tariki ya 17/04/2013, umuyobozi w’akarere ka Ruhango wungirije ushinzwe imibereho myiza y’abaturage Mugeni Jolie Germaine, yavuze ko ibi bitaro bigaragaje urugero rwiza ngo kuko bakoze iki gikorwa mu gihe abarokotse bakibukaba ababo.

Mugeni akomeza vuga ko abarokotse jenoside yakorewe abatutsi bahuye n’ibibazo byo kubura imiryango y’ababo ndetse bakanabura imitungo yabo, akaba ariyo mpamvu ibikorwa nk’ibi byo kubaremera biba bikwiriye.

Ibitaro bya Ruhango bigaragaye mu bikorwa byo gufasha abatishoboye nyuma y’igihe gito bitangiye, kuko byatangiye imirimo yabyo tariki ya 28/05/2012.

Guverineri w’intara y’uburasirazuba Uwamariya Odette asanga gukemura ibibazo by’ihungabana ku bacitse ku icumu rya Jenoside, ari ukubanza mbere na mbere kubafasha kuva mu bibazo barimo.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Kayonza Mugabo John tariki 12/04/2013 yavuze ko umubare w’abahungabana mu gihe cyo kwibuka ugenda ugabanuka ugereranyije no mu myaka yashize. Ibyo ngo bitanga icyizere cy’uko abarokotse Jenoside bagenda bagerageza kurenga amateka banyuzemo baharanira kwiteza imbere nk’uko yakomeje abivuga.

Guverineri w’uburasirazuba avuga ko n’ubwo bivugwa ko ibibazo by’ihungabana byagabanutse umuntu aba agendana na byo, ari na yo mpamvu avuga ko gukemura ibyo bibazo kwambere ari ugufasha uwarokotse kuva mu bibazo afite uyu munsi.

Agira ati “N’uwagufasha gute ntiyakugarurira umuvandimwe, inshuti yawe, umubyeyi wawe cyangwa umwana wawe. Ariko uko tugenda tuva mu bibazo tugenda tubona ubuzima bushoboka kuko ubusanzwe n’urupfu rubaho. N’ubu tugenda Atari Jenoside umuntu arapfa, kandi abizera Imana batubwira ko urupfu ariyo nzira itujyana mu ijuru”

Yongeyeho ko leta izakomeza kugira uruhare mu gufasha abarokotse Jenoside kuva mu bibazo barimo, anasaba abaturage kurushaho kwegera no gufasha abarokotse Jenoside.

Umuyobozi w’inta y’uburasirazuba asaba abarokotse kudaheranwa n’amateka ngo babure umwanya wo gukora ngo biteze imbere. Hamwe no kubabara no kwibuka abacu tugomba no gukora kugira ngo dutere imbere nk’uko yakomeje abivuga.

Yongeraho ko n’ubwo bigoye ko umuntu yibagirwa abe yabuze mu buryo bw’amaherere, atari na byiza guheranwa n’umubabaro ngo umuntu yibagirwe gukora.

Munyabuhoro Ignace uhagarariye abacitse ku icumu bo mu karere ka Kayonza, avuga ko leta igerageza gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo ibibazo by’abacitse ku icumu bibonerwe ibisubizo. By’umwihariko ashimira leta ko yongereye umubare w’abanyeshuri bacitse ku icumu yishyurira muri za kaminuza, akanavuga ko hari benshi bubakiwe kandi bakubakirwa amazu akomeye ugereranyije n’imyaka yashize.

Yasabye ubayobozi kuva ku rwego rw’akarere kugeza ku rwego rw’igihugu kurushaho kuzirikana abarokotse Jenoside, anavuga ko abacitse ku icumu batazatezuka na rimwe gushyira mu bikorwa gahunda za leta.

The 1994 genocide survivors in Gicumbi district still have a problem of accommodation and about 170 houses need reconstruction. This was said by Alexander Mvuyekure The mayor of Gicumbi district on Monday the 15^th.April.2013.

Bosco Kimonyo

“We are working on strategies to provide solutions to the accommodations problems of genocide survivors that include renovating about 170 houses and constructing 22 new houses” said the mayor.

These houses will be renovated on the support of the alms collected from Gicumbi district residents in supporting the genocide survivors trying to curb down the effects of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.

Gicumbi district has already collected more than Rwf20 million in the one week of the commemoration period.

Ruvune memorial site in Ruvune sector is already under construction and people whose people, family members, friends and loved ones were laid to rest in this memorial site appreciate the district administration for this project.

Bosco Kimonyo the representative of families with their loved ones laid to rest in Ruvune memorial site appreciated the government for taking care of its people especially genocide survivors.

Leaders laying wreaths of flowers at Ruvune memorial site

He asked people to fight genocide ideologies and make sure genocide does not happen again ever.  He also presented the problems affecting genocide survivors in Ruvune sector especially not getting their properties compensated, unfinished cases and lack of clerks to make their compensation payment possible.

The coordinator of IBUKA in Gicumbi district says commemoration is so important to all Rwandans especially genocide survivors who get hope to move on with life and a better future.

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.

The residents of Bisika village in Mpanda cell in Byimana sector, Ruhango District have been applauded for the need to support genocide survivors even though there is no 1994 genocide survivor residing in this village.

During the closure of the memorial week on Saturday the 13^th.April.2013, the residents of Bisika village collected about Rwf110.000 and gave it to the executive secretary of Mpanda cell Sothene Habarurema to be given to vulnerable genocide survivors in another village.

Bisika residents in a gathering

Abaturage ba bashimiwe cyane uruhare bagaragaje mu bikorwa byo gufasha abatishoboye barokotse jenoside

“It was gratifying to receive this money and seeing the motivation of Bisika village residents to support the genocide survivors in this period” said the executive secretary of Mpanda cell. This money was added to other collected money and they bought small bulls and gave them to Antoine Nashamaje and Bosco genocide survivors in this cell.

Jean Marie Nahayo The executive secretary of Byimana sector says “this is a sign of a big step taken by people towards unity and reconciliation taken by Rwandans.”

Apart from financial support given by Bisika village, residents of this village participated fully in the reconstruction of Byimana memorial site. The reconstruction involved taking off the tree fence and putting in place a brick fence and cleaning it.

Jean Marie Nahayo says “for the Byimana memorial site to be fully reconstructed, these residents participated fully. The basic renovation work required Rwf2.5 million but it was instead constructed worth2.4 million with Rwf1million from the district and the remaining Rwf1.4 was contributed by people in this sector.”

For Bisika village to be having no single genocide survivors is because even before the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, there were no Tutsi residents in the village.