The Untold Stories: No Sanctuary for Dictators, Mubarak has been sentenced to life.
Ecclesiastes 3: 15- 18
“God will call the past to account.  I saw something else under the sun: There is wickedness where justice should be found. There is wickedness where righteousness should be found.  I thought to myself, “God will judge righteous people as well as wicked people, because there is a specific time for every activity and every work that is done.”  I thought to myself, “God is going to test humans in order to show them that they are [like] animals.”
I will again apologize to those who are not Christians, but these words hit my mind and shake my brain, they tear my heart into pieces when I see people who were worshiped, feared, when they are now helpless and hopeless. Do human beings really learn from what they see or feel touched when they see others suffering?
For those who don’t know  Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, he was appointed Vice President of Egypt in 1975, and assumed the presidency on 14 October 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. His almost thirty-year presidency made him Egypt’s longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force, serving as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rising to the rank of air chief marshal. Like his counterpart in Rwanda, he was a darling of the United States and her allies. Indeed, apart from Israel, Egypt under Mubarak was and still is world’s second largest recipient of US aid.
Like Gen. Noriega, Dr. Jonas Savimbi, Gen Pinochet just to mention a few were cherished and honored, praised by the State Department, received prestigious medals from abroad and huge sums of money from the American Taxpayers, but all didn’t know and did not learn from History.
It astonishes me when some people think that they are immune and bullet proofed against these political shocks. Human beings are mortal; killing a fellow human being for the sake of retaining power is not only a misguided belief but also trait of animal character. As I have mentioned above many of the world’s most repressive dictators have been friends of the West. Tyrants, torturers, killers, and sundry dictators and corrupt puppet-presidents have been aided, supported, and rewarded handsomely for their loyalty to West interests. Traditional dictators seize control through force, while constitutional dictators hold office through voting fraud or severely restricted elections, and are frequently puppets and apologists for the military juntas which control the ballot boxes. In any case, none have been democratically elected by the majority of their people in fair and open elections.
They are democratic West’s undemocratic allies. They may rise to power through bloody West-backed coups and rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training or advice from the West and their agencies.
The West military aid and weapons sales often strengthen their armies and guarantee their hold on power. Unwavering “anti-communism” and a willingness to provide unhampered access for  the West business interests to exploit their countries’ natural resources and cheap labor are the excuses for their repression, and the primary reason the  West governments support them.
They usually grow rich, while their countries’ economies deteriorate and the majority of their people live in poverty. US tax dollars and US-backed loans have made billionaires of some, while others are international drug dealers who also collect CIA paychecks. Rarely are they called to account for their crimes. And rarely still, is the US government held responsible for supporting and protecting some of the worst human rights violators in the world.
Below is the list of the worst dictators who ruled their respective countries with an Iron fist yet they received billions of the West in form of aid and loans, but they end up in the fire of eternity. Will our leaders be helped by this list and learn a lesson, may be they can save themselves and their families from humiliation.
Abacha, General Sani —————————-Nigeria
Amin, Idi ——————————————Uganda
Dr.Paul Kagame———————————Rwanda
Banzer, Colonel Hugo —————————Bolivia
Batista, Fulgencio ——————————–Cuba
Bolkiah, Sir Hassanal —————————-Brunei
Botha, P.W. —————————————South Africa
Branco, General Humberto ———————Brazil
Cedras, Raoul ————————————-Haiti
Cerezo, Vinicio ———————————–Guatemala
Chiang Kai-Shek ———————————Taiwan
Cordova, Roberto Suazo ————————Honduras
Christiani, Alfredo ——————————-El Salvador
Diem, Ngo Dihn ———————————Vietnam
Doe, General Samuel —————————-Liberia
Duvalier, Francois ——————————–Haiti
Duvalier, Jean Claude—————————–Haiti
Fahd bin’Abdul-‘Aziz, King ———————Saudi Arabia
Franco, General Francisco ———————–Spain
Hitler, Adolf —————————————Germany
Hassan II——————————————-Morocco
Marcos, Ferdinand ——————————-Philippines
Martinez, General Maximiliano Hernandez —El Salvador
Mobutu Sese Seko ——————————-Zaire
Noriega, General Manuel ————————Panama
Ozal, Turgut ————————————–Turkey
Pahlevi, Shah Mohammed Reza —————Iran
Papadopoulos, George ————————–Greece
Park Chung Hee ———————————South Korea
Pinochet, General Augusto ———————Chile
Pol Pot———————————————Cambodia
Rabuka, General Sitiveni ————————Fiji
Montt, General Efrain Rios ———————Guatemala
Salassie, Halie ————————————Ethiopia
Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira ——————–Portugal
Somoza, Anastasio Jr. ————————–Nicaragua
Somoza, Anastasio, Sr. ————————-Nicaragua
Smith, Ian —————————————-Rhodesia
Stroessner, Alfredo —————————–Paraguay
Suharto, General ———————————Indonesia
Trujillo, Rafael Leonidas ———————–Dominican Republic
Videla, General Jorge Rafael ——————Argentina
Zia Ul-Haq, Mohammed ———————-Pakistan
Jacqueline Umurungi
Brussels.
May be you simply mentioned former presidents and premiers.You obviously omotted incumbents.But the present time is also witnessing filthy dictatorship here and there.Carry on Dear sister.
omitted
p.Kagame is incomparable to those. Thats un instult to Rwandans dear murungi, uzavaho ubone ko nawe wibeshya ugirango urikubeshya abatabeshywa.
Dear Murungi. I really like your english. But i think we are not in english lessons. So can you please give deails about similarities between those dictators? How was their economic situation of their countries, what actually was the main acts of atrocities they committed. How was they played by the US or western countries? i do believe you call your self an expert on Rwanda. so we rwandans want to be told the real truth but with facts. otherwise there will no be dofference between you aND WHAT YOUR ARE FIGHTING AGAINST.Thanks
Stupid Umurungi, no wonder u have allied yourselves with Habyarimana family!!! If it wasn’t for President Kagame i wonder i f u would be able to write this rubbish! You are deranged like your employers . Mubarak is his late 80’s and has ruled Egypt for more than 30 and Kagame has ruled Rwanda for than 8 years, what is have u achieved in your life???? Ask your fellow ngirwabanyamakuru like Kabonero, Gasasira and others what they have achieved!!!
Muzehe,
You don’t display such lack of respect ,it is so shameful for a person who claims to have the ability to take part in a debate.It is a sign of backwedness.You have to respect everybody including those who do not share your political views.In any country ,people cannot think or do things the same way you do.We are different and our differences should be percieved as richness of Rwanda.If somebody do oppose the way the RPF governs Rwanda,they are not criminals.You are like those who killed their fellow countrymen just because they belonged to a different ethnic group.
@ Man, everyone is entitled to have his/her own views, but no one should pretend to be a freedom fighter just because he is indicted or convicted for certain crimes, he is removed from a post!
Niba amashyaka yo mu Rwanda adasakuza, it is not because they are stupid, cyangwa nta bitekerezo bafite!! Bafite aho babiganirira mu rwego rwo kwirinda gushyushya abaturage imitwe, kugirango igihugu kibanze kigire aho kigera. Give me a example where the so called democracy has united people. What we need in Rwanda is anything that would unite the people rather than divide them !!! Would tell me why corruption and crimes are rampant in most of the so called democratic countries in Africa????
MR Narumiwe,
You do not not judge a dictator by his economic achievements.History has it that the former Soviet Union was doing better than the US at a certain point of modern history,but people were going to prison for no reason,others were sentenced to death and excecuted without fair justice,etc.But the country was rich.Libya and Ghadafi is another illustration of a development and dictatorship co-habitating in the same country.Uganda of Idi Amin was not badly off economically.Examples are many.Kagame may develop Rwanda physically,but what lies benearth is what matters most.
God bless Rwanda
Mr Man…thanks for your reply. indeed i mentioned economic situation in order to get a clear comparison not to say that you have to judge accordingly. if you want to shoow a clear picture i think its better to tacckle oll aspect of a country life including economic development. Again i also mentioned that a comparison of Dictatoriship practices was needed. which Umurungi didnt do. we need clear evidence tackling all aspect. a work of an expert not just an incomplete article. this cant really get sipport from the academic community.for me this article doesnt help me to understand why Kagame as a person is still a problem
Mister Rugaju,
You do not need to be an expert to notice that wool is white and charcoal is black.President Kagame is a dictator indeed.He can even be plebiscited by 93% of votes in the modern world.Sme on him ,shame on blindfolded Rugaju.
This so called man, arasetsa kabisa, mu kinyarwanda baravuga ngo utazi ubwenge ashima ubwe, President Kagame ayobora nk’umuntu w’umugabo, niba adakunda akajagari gaterwa na ba rusahuriramunturu, ntabwo aribyo bituma aba dictator. Si wowe rero ibimugira. Igihugu nk’u Rwanda ntabwo gikeneye umuyobozi ujenjeka, kugirango ba rusahurira mu nduru mubone uko mwiba. Nta nubwo dukeneye ibinyamakuru byandikwa n’abantu wagirango n’inkoko zacitse imitwe (headless chicken), umuntu agomba kuba accountable yibyo yanditse, ibyo kandi ni imwe muri principles ya Journalism ku isi hose. Nubwo wasakuza ute rero Kagame ni umuntu w’umugabo kandi afite abamushyigikiye benshi kandi biteguye no kumurwanirira igihe hagira abashaka kumuhungabanya, kuko yadukuye mu mwobo. u Rwanda si USA, si UK, si Uganda, si Kenya. icyo dukeneye ni reconcilliation na confidence building mu banyarwanda, ntabwo ari ba rusahuriramunduru bitwaza ngo democracy!
@ Man, wariyoberewe, banza nta na vision nikinyabupfura ugira. If u insult a president of any government is like insulting all its citizens. Am suprised how u have insulted all the rwandans not forgeting your relatives and those who love u. All along i have been wondering and questioning your manners and fortunately u have presented your self to the public. Washwara sebo.
Muzehe what you are saying is wreckless and completely out of context as far as rule of law and human rights are concerned.
@ Man, what do u mean by the rule of law??? U Rwanda ruri mu bihugu bike by’Africa aho uburenganzira bw’abagore bwubahirizwa, aho Ruswa igenda igabanuka ku buryo bugaragara, aho uburenganzira bw’abana bwubahirizwa. Ubwo se niba nkiko z’i Burayi na Canada zemera ubucamanza bwo mu Rwanda, then rule of law ni ibiki kandi???? Naho human rights se.. uzasome rapport za HRW ku bindi bihugu! uzasanga level of violence and lawlessness muri Egypt, Tunisia, Libya n’ahandi ubu aribwo bimeze nabi!!! Barring economic opportunities, nakwishimira kuba mu Rwanda aho kuba muri DRC, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, SA nubwo wavuga ko bafite democracy kuturusha!!! Uzasome neza ibyo abasirikare ba America bakoze muri Iraq nibyo birirwa bakora muri Afghanistan.
Erega ugomba kumenya ko sometimes ibibazo bibaho muri bihugu bya Africa biterwa n’uburyo buke ndetse n’ubumenyi buke! Ngirango wiboneye ejobundi abantu bapfiriye muri stade muri Egypt kandi ibyo ntibyigeze bibaho under Mubarak.(Biriya biterwa na training nke ku ba polisi)
Look at infrastructure and equipment the developed nations have in place which help them to carry out investigation, naho twebwe abapolisi bacu bakoresha guessing n’amakuru bahabwa n’abaturage (rimwe na rimwe bashobora kubeshyera umuntu). You have to be realistic, nawe utazaba umuyobozi ikizeza abantu ijuru, wagera ku buyobozi bikakuyobera. Kandi ubwo wasanga wirirwa ukubita umugore wawe warangiza ukavuga ngo abantu ni ba dictator!!!
Rugaju is talking nosense.Here we are debating politics.When you say a dictator is a dictator ,you are bye no means insulting him.You are calling a spade a spade.In capital letters if you like KAGAME IS A DICTATOR,then Rugaju GO AND HANG
@ Man..to be frank with u, iyo nsoma message zawe, bigaragara ko ahubwo waba dictator kuruta n’abandi bose babayo, gusa wabuze abo utera ubwoba!!! Ushobora gusanga umugore wawe atajya avuga!!!
@man
Kagama ntabwo azigera aba dictator, kubivuga kwawe ntanubwo byabimugira kuko aharanira icyateza imbere abanyarwanda bose atavanguye. Ntanuwakundwa nabose dore ko na yesu ko yanzwe. Kuvugwa kandi ntawe byishe. Uzumirwa kuko abanyarwanda benshi ntabwo bagitekereza nkawe. Mr.Muzehe ibyavuga kuri mr. man nukuri, waba utuka ukanavuga umubyeyi wakwibarutse nabi ukagirango murugo rwawe habamo amahoro. Ahubwo nugusaba Imana ikamwandika amategeko yayo kumutima we. Naho ubundi narose gasenya igihugu yavuyeho nawe akisenya.
ntitaye kubyo mwese mwavuze, mbonyemo ibintu bibiri:
1. KWIRENGAGIZA NKANA IBIGARAGARIRA AMASO YA BOSE: ibi bigaragazwa n’uko umuntu aharanira kubona ikibi gusa ukagira ngo nicyo yaremewe. kuki mubona dictatorship, mukirengiza ibyiza abenegihugu barimo kubona? kuki mwitwaza ibitabashimishije, mukabyitirira imbaga y’abanyarwanda yose, nyamara atari ukuri? maze igihe nsoma article z’uyu UMULUNGI, sinzi niba ari n’umunyarwanda( abaye atari we namusaba kwita ku by’iwabo kuko nabo ntiborohewe) she is really.really shortsighted and greed at the point of extending her insatisfactions to the general public. i would request you to first focus on your bread, im sure that u don’t get enough i brussel (nanjye narahabaye)
2. GUSUZUGURA N’IKINYABUPFURA GIKE: nk’iriya nkuru wanditse kuri Hon Mushikiwabo, , can u at least make 1% of what she is doing? or you are just an empty drum that always produce noise? kuki bikorohera kuvuga ibibi, ntutekereze ku byiza?
ngendeye kuri ibi byose, i would advise umulungi jacqueline to SHUT UP!!. abanyarwanda bamenye ubwenge, bazi uwo bakeneye n’ubatesha umwanya, bazi neza ibibafitiye akamaro n’ibitazigera bibafasha na rimwe, abanyarwanda ntibakiri ba babandi bumvaga kangura, bagakangurwa no gukora icyo yavuze and keep in mind that what you are doing now, you will be answerable in front of God, as it is written in the bible that..”” muzabamenyera ku mbuto bera”