Today is the 29 years anniversary since the RPF-Inkotanyi liberated Rwanda from the brutal genocidal regime. But the struggle isn’t over yet as residual genocidaires and genocide ideologues continue to mislead the public with their malicious propaganda. This date serves as a clarion call to all Rwandans to collectively fight such a dangerous campaign that intends to destroy what Rwanda has achieved.
On the 4th July 1994, RPF put an end to the 100 days of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Ultimately, RPF halted the politics of divisionism that had started in 1959, the victory allowed more than 700,000 refugees to return to Rwanda.
On the same date, the country was reborn. Rwanda started over, since the genocidal regime had ransacked everything. “When we got here [to Rwanda], there was nothing. Not a single penny in the treasury. They wiped everything; the central bank was left empty… so, we had to build from nothing” President Kagame once said.
The road to rebuild the nation was a bumpy one. Genocide victims were yet to receive justice. The genocidal regime that found a safe haven in the Democratic Republic of Congo, continued to destabilize the country. The international institutions shut their doors on the newly established Rwandan leadership that inherited nothing but debt.
29 years later, thanks to resilience of Rwandan leadership, more was achieved. The country introduced the Gacaca judicial system to eradicate impunity and speed up the case of genocide suspects, tried more than 1,9 million cases.
Beyond that, the economy of Rwanda is now one of the world’s fastest-growing. Rwanda continues to be one of the safest and cleanest countries in the world. Furthermore, Rwanda continues to give a hand to achieve peace, security, and stability to other nations around the world.
All we have now, no one could have dreamt of 30 years ago. That’s why we shouldn’t take the hard-earned peace and stability for granted.
Thus, let’s collectively join forces and fight detractors who always hide behind malicious propaganda that intends to lead general public astray. Most of them are residual genocidaires and genocide ideologues whose remaining weapon is lies and insults. Let’s roll up our sleeves. Liberation resides in the continuity of the struggle.
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