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Congolese Refugees at Kigeme camp received non-food items in donation, from world vision which include bars of soap, hygienic pads and clothes.

Around 4,000 refugees gathered on site at Kigeme Refugee camp in Nyamagabe district to receive the hygiene and sanitation supplies.

“World Vision could have waited to gather more items and food for the camp, but felt the need to intervene sooner because health is a crucial and sensitive issue in camp life” Jimmy Gahima, World Division employee says.

However the area mayor Philbert Mugisha asked the refugees to properly use the supplies given for their health, and not to try to sell them.

“While the non-food items from World Vision are appreciated, many children in the camp still don’t have the right food for a proper diet and we need more help for refugees” Emmanuel Niyibaho, Kigeme camp manager says.

Currently Kigeme camp boosts more than 11,000 refugees in Kigeme camp and on Saturday, the camp stopped receiving more people because it had hit its capacity.

The camp manager disclosed that between four and five hundred refugees were arriving in the camp daily.

However, he said government is now trying to find more land in order to expand Kigeme camp, so it can resume receiving refugees from Nkamira transit camp on the Rwanda-Congo border.

The refugee’s influx started increasing in last 2months when the M23 rebels and government forces tightened fights in Eastern DR Congo forcing locals to free their homes to Rwanda.

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After two weeks of organizing to settle Congolese refugees in Kigeme camp, up to 592 refugees have arrived at the place.

Emmanuel Niyibaho, in charge of Kigeme camp remarks that the number of refugees brought in Kigeme camp depends on the tents available.

“Refugees are living in the camp life. I cannot say they are very okay but they get necessities,” Camp head explains.

Refugees were given food to last for a month before they got transferred from Nkamira camp to Kigeme camp. They are scheduled to receive other portions of food on July 11^th 2012.

There are over 16,000 refugees running away from war between the army and the rebels in the Democratic republic of Congo, and are staying in Nkamira temporary camp.

These refugees add to over 50, 000 Congo refugees who have stayed in Rwanda for 15 years.

Umukozi wa Minisiteri y’Imicungire n’Ibiza n’Impunzi (MIDMAR) akaba n’umwe mu bagize itsinda rimaze iminsi ritegura inkambi ya Kigeme igomba kwakira impunzi ziva muri Congo mu gihe kitarenze ibyumweru 2, aratangaza ko iyi nkambi yujuje ibyangombwa by’ingenzi.

Mu kiganiro twagiranye na Murekezi Gaspard, umukozi wa MIDMAR ushinzwe gusubiza mu buzima busanzwe Abanyarwanda batahuka, yadutangarije ko ahantu iyi nkambi hujuje ibyangombwa bisabwa kugira ngo habe inkambi.

Murekezi yagize ati “ Ibyangombwa birahari.Ubutaka burahari, amashuri arahari hari afitemo imyanya, twasuye ibitaro bya Kigeme kugira ngo turebe ibyakenerwa dusanga nabyo nta kibazo.Twasanze mu by’ukuri nta bibazo bigaragara, n’icyaboneka kubera wenda umubare munini cyangwa ikindi cyavuka, byakemurwa abantu bafatanyije.”

Iyi nkambi iri mu birometero 7 uvuye mu mujyi wa Nyamagabe, itegereje kwakira impunzi zivuye muri Repuburika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo zisaga 8 000.Uretse kuba iri hafi y’ishuri n’ibitaro, iyi nkambi igeramo amazi ndetse ikaba izageramo n’umuriro nk’uko twabitangarijwe na Murekezi.

Ikigo cya Groupe Scolaire Kigeme ni kimwe mu bigo bizakira abanyeshuri b’impunzi.

Murekezi avuga kandi ko mu gihe imyanya yaba ibaye mike mu mashuri yegereye iyi nkambi, MIDMAR ifatanyije n’indi miryango harimo Ishani ry”umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku mpunzi bashobora kuzubaka andi mashuri bakoresheje amahema.

Si ubwa mbere inkambi ya Kigeme igiye kwakira impunzi kuko hari hashize imyaka itatu gusa havuye impanzi z’Abarundi zayimazemo 22.

Biteganyijwe ko iyi nkambi izakira impunzi zisaga 8 000 ziri hafi 1/3 cy’abaturage b’umurenge wa Gasaka urimo iyi nkambi.Gasana Richard,umuyobozi w’umurenge wa Gasaka yatangaje umurenge witaguye gufatanya n’izindi nzego kugira ngo bafashe ziriya mpunzi.

Gasana yagize ati “ kwita kuri bariya bantu ntabwo ari umurenge twenyine, tuzafatanya n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa harimo ingabo,polisi, hari za minisiteri, hari HCR. Ni akazi tubonye kiyongereye kuko twari dusanzwe dufite ariko nta kundi, ni ibisanzwe tuzagakora kandi nidufatanya n’abo bantu nta kibazo bizagenda biza.”

Iyi nkambi ibaye inkambiya 4 mu Rwanda irimo impunzi z’Abanyekongo nyuma ya  Kiziba mu karere ka Karongi,Nyabiheke muri Gatsibo na Gihembe muri Gicumbi.