Agaciro is a Kinyarwanda word for worthiness, value or importance. In president Kagame's context however, one would interpret it as "Rwandan self-worthiness."
It is unfortunate that the president seems to lose a plot when tries to instill these empty values in his population. It is evident that the Rwandan population is fond of doing deeds that they don't believe in just to turn a page. This was evident during the genocide days when people were forced to kill their own friends and even family in order to survive themselves. This has lived to haunt whoever did it up to the present day, just because one's mind was not readily convinced for the deed.
What is Agaciro foundation?
who is feeding who?
This is an initiative started by Mr. Kagame and his close allies after the cut of foreign aid due to the allegations that Kagame and his government was supporting a rebel faction in Eastern Congo that is causing tremendous sufferings to the local population.
The international community and the whole world have since asked Kagame to stop his support of these Congolese rebels who have continued to inflict death and atrocities to our neighbor's in the Congo.
On a personal level however, this is very disturbing due to the fact that President Kagame himself has experienced firsthand hand refugee life after fleeing to Uganda Gahungye refugee camp when he was just under five year old.
It is sad to see a person with the same history inflicting atrocities to the same background he was born from.
After the stoppage of the foreign aid that President Kagame enjoyed, he has since started a campaign of milking the local communities as well as those that live far from his authoritarian government.
Due to his dictatorial rule Kagame has always been critical to his own diaspora mostly the Rwandan population living in Belgium, France and Canada due to their Francophone inclement. He has at some point banned the coutry's colonial language and replaced it with English.
This decision took the entire population by surprise given the fact that over 80% of Rwandans were francophone inclined. The French language ban was after Kagame developed differences with France, while he hailed support from the Clinton and Bush American administrations.
Rwandans professionals who had spent most of their lives studying and practicing their professions in French language had to enroll on English language programs just to cope with Kagame's Anglophone.
Schools which were built on French language values way back in time had to change their curriculum while struggling to structure the entire institutions in Kagame's Anglophone.
Now that Kagame is having a tough time with his new Anglophone and Americanised master, one should not be surprised if Rwanda swapped English language to maybe Swahili if not Luganda or even Mandarin as he now panders to the support of China.
When Kagame was a darling to the west, he visited his diaspora at some meetings challenging and daring them to come home and build their country and be given jobs. He has in the past insulted the Belgo-Rwandan citizens; that they were lazy and only survived on government handouts (CAPAS) as he pronounced it.
This was very damaging not only to the Rwandans who are residents in Belgium but also to the European host countries that host a portion of his country's citizens who have for the years felt and made it home.
It is the same Kagame who is now frequenting North America and Europe begging the same diaspora he insulted for their hard earned cash. It is well known that the Rwandan diaspora has in the past boosted the country's economy by the amount of money sent home each year.
Agaciro / Self-Respect:
There is no way Kagame should talk about Agaciro or self-respect when he does not respect his immediate neighbors, in this case the DR Congo. Kagame held the rank of Major in the Ugandan NRA, he has however waged different wars to the same commanders who made him who he is; Lt Gen Kaguta Museveni. Is that Agaciro?
Kagame has disrespected and neglected his elder's orphans and widows, the prime example being Mrs. Janet Rwigema. Here one would list names of widows and orphans of numerous senior fallen commanders that fought for the country that Kagame is presently messing up.
It's sad when Kagame talks about Agaciro, when traditionally he should have taken his best friend and elder brother's widow with the best Agaciro possible. Mrs. Rwigema was continuously supported by Ugandan authorities (Gen Salim Saleh) to be precise until recently when Kagame forcefully stopped this relationship due to his intrigue. Is this Agaciro?
Apart from the senior and junior RPA foreign heroes Kagame has impoverished all staunch RPA wealthy supporters. The people gave all moral and monetary support in order to fight the war both in Rwanda and outside her.
Those of us who are old enough remember the selfless efforts of individuals like Silas Majyambere, Valens Kajeguhakwa, Gakwaya who was slain in cold blood days after he crossed to the RPA controlled zone, Rujugiro, Kananura, Karimba, etc. I wonder if this is the Agaciro he sings about?
Kagame is not fit to sing Agaciro, since his actions are opposite to what he preaches. On the other hand, one must stop to ponder the reason why Kagame is begging the same communities he has been belittling all along.
Could it be due to the continued stoppage of aid? If so then he ought to stop shouting and crying foul and embark on strategies that see his country get on its feet and walk straight.
Or could he be noble enough to leave the Congolese people alone and work on ways he could trade with his neighbours while he gets his aid back as he prepares to wean his country off the donor list once for all graduating to his 2020 vision.
Kagame's ego and greed has out grown his reach in the last few years, he will intimidate and milk whoever is likely to give him any possible cash, however little it seems, just to nourish his lavish lifestyle.
The Agaciro fund therefore is a personal centered deposit designed to serve his own purposes and use.
Kagame is on the other hand an enemy centered individual whose character is to create as many enemies as he can. He is not ashamed of stealing from rich individuals, the poor citizens of Congo or the teachers of Rwanda.
In other words, Kagame deserves Agaciro himself before he preaches it. "Kagame akwiriye kwihesha agaciro…"
Written by Noble Marara
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