To the Mbonyumutwa family who continue to defend the legacy of their genocidal father and grandfather, the time has come to confront the undeniable truth. Facts are stronger than denialism, and history will not be rewritten to suit their false narratives.
Gustave and Ruhumuza Mbonyumutwa the sons of Shingiro Mbonyumutwa, a convicted genocidaire (and grandsons of Dominique Mbonyumutwa one of the architects of the ideology of genocide in Rwanda) have consistently attempted to whitewash their family’s role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
As founding members of Jambo ASBL, a Belgium-based association that exists to perpetrate genocide denialism, they have repeatedly portrayed their family as victims, accusing the government of “slander.” Shameless liars that they are!
They also falsely allege that they are barred from “returning to their homeland.”
In reality, what they fear is not slander, but confrontation with truth and justice.
Their father Shingiro Mbonyumutwa played a big role during the 94 Genocide Against the Tutsi as chief of staff to his boss Jean Kambanda, a mass murderer that together with Theodore Sindikubwabo headed the so-called interim government that implemented the bloodbaths up and down Rwanda.
Shingiro Mbonyumutwa was directly involved in drafting the so-called “civil self-defense” directives issued in 1994 documents which accelerated the mass killings of the Tutsi. On April 21, 1994nthe man even joined other “Hutu Power” extremists on Radio Rwanda, broadcasting “a call to action” that urged Hutu militias and soldiers to intensify the killings in several prefectures.
Despite clear and documented evidence, including Mbonyumutwa’s own confessions, his sons continue to deny Shingiro’s involvement. Not only that, they actively engage in genocide denialism themselves.
Gustave Mbonyumutwa, for example, testified during the ICTR trial of MRND ideologue Mathieu Ngirumpatse. In court, Gustave Mbonyumutwa shamelessly claimed Ngirumpatse was innocent and went as far as to say he had never witnessed any genocide in Rwanda, asserting that he only heard of it after arriving in Europe. This statement, made in his capacity as a representative of Jambo ASBL, underscores the organization’s mission to distort historical truth.
To these defenders of denialism whether in Jambo ASBL, FDU-Inkingi, or any allied group any attempt to document or teach the genocide of the Tutsi is branded as propaganda. But the truth is neither fragile nor erasable. The memory of the genocide is safeguarded not just by survivors but by the Rwandan Constitution and a collective national will.
The Mbonyumutwas claim Rwanda bars them from returning. Yet, their sister lives in Rwanda and runs her business in peace.
The truth is they fear not “persecution” but accountability.
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