Behind The Presidential Curtains: We Paid Our Dues!!!
Written by Noble Marara
“A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible” (Thomas Hardy).
President Paul Kagame’s demoniac killing of his own colleagues and men who served him or those he served under has been going on for so long. I remember a couple of years ago the “Behind The Presidential Curtains” joined many others who had on previous occasions reported some of the historical bush killings which were ordered by Kagame. Lt Ruyenzi and Lt Ruzibiza (RIP) narrated Kagame’s killings.
At some point these writers and witnesses were called names of being disorderly and many more insults. However President Kagame did not stop there instead he continued killing innocent civilians and colleagues. Kagame was successful in many ways whenever it came to ordering the killings of especially civilians and civil servants. Today I will not mention any names because nowadays, Kagame has come out publically to explain his perceived ‘rationale’ for killing and ordering all his servants/subordinates to kill his opponents. I remember some time back President Kagame would try his best to hide the secrets of his killings and at times he sacrificed his men who he believed would open up to the normal people on the secrets of what they would have participated in. The same reason he wanted ‘Gen.’ Bosco Ntaganda to be killed by Col. Sultan Makenga.
Now President Kagame admits to have ordered some killings and that he will continue to kill anybody who opposes him. No wonder Kagame and his government welcomed the murder of Colonel Patrick Karegeya (RIP). Of course, like I stated there is no room in this article to mention all names of those he has killed as the list is endless. However we also have to remember that there those being hunted around the globe, in reference to whom, Kagame continues to stress that ‘it is a matter of time’. A friend of mine, who is a reliable source, told me that the day when Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa’s Johannesburg home was attacked, President Kagame had arranged a party to celebrate that night had the callous mission been successful. Bear in mind this is celebrating the death of his elder son’s, Ivan Cyomoro’s, Godfather, but also a former colleague who served his country and Kagame for all those years.
Although President Kagame has always shown being brainless and ill-bred, uburere bukye, there are a few things he mastered in his life. Kagame believes that once someone is dead, then everything else about that person is all dead and dusted. Boy, the assinationation of Colonel Patrick is proving him as he haunts him more in death than he had ever imagined. Also Kagame started ordering killings in his early twenties. While working as intelligence officer he would order the killings of just suspects and there was no question because he was trusted by Museveni and Gen Rwigema (RIP). Little did they know that they were nurturing and creating a serial killer.
If there is one thing that the whole world respects is the International Community and the United Nations but that does not apply to Kagame. With Kagame, he believes that he is above any organisation and that they are only there to promote the American interests. He thinks that as long as he maintains his relationship with America, he foolishly believes that there will be no harm for him enforcing his misguided ideas in anyway. President Kagame also heavily relies on the sensitive part of his country’s past, the 1994 Genocide, to target anyone opposing him, including the Human right organisations, nongovernmental organisations (NGO’s) and any opposition leader, activists or journalists inside his country or outside.
The stigma faced by the International Community of not doing much during Genocide has helped Kagame develop his way of governance, where he kills and cannot be stopped. President Kagame is short sighted when it comes to defining things, he believes that anyone who speaks out negatively about his government is a terrorist, of course none of them is a terrorist and never was terrorism in Rwanda other than the rule of terror by Kagame’s regime. Instead there was genocide(s) and killings. President Kagame however ‘stage manages’ grenade attacks, and then instructs for terrorism charges to be drawn to his innocent and harmless critics. For us who know this game, called ikinamicyo in Kinyarwanda, better sometimes just laugh.
Having spent some time studying in Fort Leavenworth College Kansas (USA), Kagame came back trying to copy and paste the USA way of killing or executing terrorists. What President Kagame failed to do, is to differentiate terrorism and being in opposition or critical to government failings. In America criticism is a virtue rather than a vice, something that is contrary to what President Kagame’s perception of those who criticise his government as being enemies of the state. Criticism of government action is a fundamental democratic value that whoever equates it to terrorism should be condemned to the archaic ages. By terrorising those who exercise their fundamental and constitutional right of expressing their views, whether critical or not, to the state, Kagame has turned into a terrorist himself.
As I write this article Kagame is Isolated with only Uganda and Kenya in the region as the only countries that he can turn to as friendly nations. Rwanda is indebted to the neck, with the ordinary citizens being conned into lending money to the government in the name of “lending government Rwandan Francs 100,000 for a little profit BNR project”. The government has borrowed and borrowed through conventional means and the end up in selling bonds to ordinary poor citizens. Kigali is shining but the National bank is empty and heavily indebted. Thank God the European Union has got something to offer soon. Since DRC became untouchable and Burundi running away from Kagame for their dear life to stand firm with Tanzania, Rwanda’s plans to enlarge the marked was affected and so the investors have had to sit and watch first. The RPF flagship 2020 Vision, by Kagame’s own submission during the recent so-called ‘leaders retreat’, has hit the dead end. This is a fact that vindicates some of us who warned of the consequences of the ‘cow boyish mafia’ adventures that were wasteful and dangerous like hunting around the Globe perceived enemies and sponsoring endless wars in DRC.
Recently President Kagame developed a new strategy of confiscating the citizenships of those who opposes him, he also advised his right hand men to find a way of changing and applying the Law where necessary to stop anyone who has lived outside Rwanda to advocate for Rwandans. Kagame believes that the best way forward is to stop dual citizenships. However he does not recall that even foreigners are allowed to advocate for anyone because Activism has no borders.
I remember Kagame’s first days when he could not even speak in front of any audience. He lacked confidence during his first days speaking in public. Like Theogen Rudasingwa stated on a recent interview on Radio Itahuka, people like Theogen, Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Mazimpaka, Pasteur Bizimungu, Colonel Patrick Karegeya (RIP) and others used to coach him what and how to address audiences. As time went on he developed the coping mechanism of relying on blaming, scapegoating and reassuring in his words. In other words Kagame believes that he is the only one who has worked hard for Rwanda. Kagame is determined to kill anyone who do not follow his ideologies, something that has caused anxiety especially to those who know him better.
I remember in one of my articles titled “Rwanda is Ruled by a Mad Man”, a lot of people stood up and said that I probably had some personal issues with Paul Kagame. I responded by saying that was not possible because he was someone up there and I was so young and in lower ranks, and so would not have had a personal matter with him. However I had managed to work out that the man required psychological help. Now there are the same people contacting me, surprised on how quick I managed to understand the man. Lt Ruzibiza (RIP) and Lt Ruyenzi, I salute you for standing up at the right time to expose the monster. Also others not mentioned for security reasons and those I never had a chance to meet or know about, your activism will always be remembered. This war of seeking change will continue until the last man. The late American President J.F. Kennedy famously stated, “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”. Afande Major Baingana (RIP) said that Major Kagame was physically unfit and mentally sick to lead the force. We now see that he was right. Comrades we have paid our dues but we still have a journey to finish I love you all.
Don\’t thing President Kagame is the problem rather the Rwandans and the globe are because they don\’t or hardly see to what is exposed to them about him.
Noble, Greetings and many thanks for what you have devoted 4 with your whole strength and soul, so as to become a true master in the times ahead and this will definitely result into aiding many generations now and for the future as well.
Noble, i was exactly missing your next mind life experience thoughts about the very desperate, exhausted and dieing regime of which Rwandan people have suffered, died, tortured and imprisoned.
Noble, you wrote to the world web saying that, the country Rwanda was being led by a very mad president and many people never believed you and even some persons wished to hear you dead like kagame and many others.
When Major Baingana predicted from his life and mind experience to his colleagues that, the TALL MAN MAJOR KAGAME was truly unfit and unable to COMMAND the army that was very tasked to make a difference in Rwanda, they never believed him and many others might have tried and attempted to show their suspicions and dangers of kagame but were similarly neglected or ignored and even being called many different nick names for the purpose of isolation and elimination.
Therefore, when do people believe the good and deny the dangers? i think, many times people try to attempt to believe the danger FIRST and come to accept the GOOD later. People don\’t watch and see in the same distances and this way of our nature, has absolutely contributed to the survival of kagame until 2day ( nabwo twebwe abantu tureba mubirometero biresya)
for example, i can try to watch and see some dangers today and my very close friend, may see and realize the same dangers in some 3 years ahead and this is the main reason now your people are coming back to you and say, Do you know Noble < what you wrote some 3 years back was right because we are experiencing it now as well.