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[RwandaLibre] RDC: l'ONU salue les redditions des FDLR

 

RDC: l'ONU salue les redditions des FDLR

Jeune Afrique - 13 hours ago
31/05/2014 à 11:05 Par AFP     


Des rebelles hutu rwandais dans la fôret de Panga près de Goma en RDC,
le 6 février 2006.© AFP

La Mission de l'ONU en République démocratique du Congo a encouragé un
processus de redditions de combattants hutu rwandais des FDLR commencé
vendredi dans l'est du pays mais a souligné que seul le temps pourrait
déterminer le sérieux de l'initiative.

Réfugiés dans l'est de la RDC depuis 1994, les rebelles des Forces
démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) sont accusés d'avoir
participé au génocide des Tutsi, qui a fait au moins 800.000 morts
selon l'ONU. Vendredi, 105 hommes se sont rendus avec 100 armes à
Kateku, localité agricole à environ 220 kilomètres au nord de Goma, la
capitale de la province du Nord-Kivu. "Pour la première journée, c'est
un bon début, mais peut mieux faire", a déclaré à l'AFP le général
Abdallah Wafi, numéro deux de la mission de l'ONU(Monusco).

"Nous encourageons le processus, nous avons mobilisé toutes nos
ressources (militaires et logistiques), mais (...) seuls les jours à
venir vont déterminer la crédibilité et le sérieux du processus. Pour
l'instant, il est trop tôt" pour crier victoire, a-t-il ajouté.

Sur 105 rendus, seuls 97 ont finalement été transférés par la Monusco
à Kanyabahonga, au sud de Kateku. "Certains sont retournés de là où
ils venaient. Même certains ayant des visages connus, ils se sont
éclipsés en douce au moment d'embarquer dans les camions", a expliqué
le général. Parmi les personnes "connues" ayant fait marche arrière,
il a cité le "colonel" Wilson Irategeka, secrétaire exécutif ad
intérim des FDLR, et indiqué que, pour l'heure, ceux qui se sont
rendus comptaient des "officiers subalternes" et pas de grands chefs
recherchés par Kinshasa ou la Cour pénale internationale.

Samedi, la Monusco doit commencer le processus de triage et
d'identification des ex-combattants.

Les FDLR, très affaiblies, comptent environ 1.500 rebelles selon
l'ONU, Kigali avançant le chiffe de 4.000. Elles sont surtout
disséminées dans les Nord- et Sud-Kivu, où elles sont accusées de
graves exactions contre les civils (viols, meurtres, pillages,
enrôlements d'enfants...). L'armée et les Casques bleus promettent
depuis plusieurs mois de les "neutraliser".

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[RwandaLibre] CANADA'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW UGANDAN LGBT ACTIVISTS INTO THE COUNTRY SPEAKS TO A WIDER HYPOCRISY

 

CANADA'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW UGANDAN LGBT ACTIVISTS INTO THE COUNTRY
SPEAKS TO A WIDER HYPOCRISY

By Muna Mire May 29 2014

A contingent of Ugandan LGBT activists were recently denied visitor
visas to attend World Pride 2014, which will be held in Toronto this
summer. The move comes as a surprise given the Canadian government's
strong, condemnatory stance on Uganda's repressive regime
criminalizing homosexuality.

The contingent of activists comprised of ten men and women who are all
currently risking their lives in the fight for LGBT rights on the
ground in Uganda—were invited to a human rights conference at the
University of Toronto taking place June 25-27. Just one member of the
contingent, keynote speaker Dr. Frank Mugisha, a highly prominent
advocate and a 2014 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, is able to come
to Canada on a multiple-entry visa he had been issued for previous
travels.

Brenda Cossman, conference co-chair, told the Toronto Star that it
remains critical to the global solidarity movement that the contingent
be able to attend the World Pride human rights conference. The
conference wants to hear from the delegation so that effective
allyship is possible from abroad.

"We are at risk of losing their voices," said Cossman.

Dr. Mugisha is a lawyer and the executive director of Sexual
Minorities Uganda (SMUG), an umbrella NGO that describes itself as
aiming "to liberate LGBT in Uganda." SMUG is a network of
organizations serving LGBT people across Uganda that came about in
2004, including smaller organizations like Icebreakers Uganda (serves
LGBT Ugandans who are in the process of coming out), Spectrum Uganda
(focuses on the health and well being of LGBT Ugandans), and the
Transgender Initiative Uganda.

Mugisha was close friends and colleagues with the former advocacy
officer at SMUG, David Kato. Kato, considered a father of the Ugandan
LGBT rights movement and "Uganda's first openly gay man" was murdered
in January 2011 shortly after successfully suing a tabloid for
publishing the names, photos, and addresses of 100 suspected LGBT
Ugandans with the order to "hang them." Several people on the list
were viciously attacked, and many went into hiding afterwards.

Mugisha is himself the plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by SMUG and
supported by the Centre for Constitutional Rights, against American
evangelical Scott Lively and Abiding Truth Ministries (considered a
hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center) for his work on the
Anti-Homosexuality Act and in cultivating a culture of homophobic
populism in Uganda. Lively has personally endorsed the death penalty
for LGBT individuals.

What's worse, The Fellowship Foundation or "The Family"—the same US
religious group that organizes the National Prayer Breakfast at the
White House—also provided "a base of inspiration and technical
support" for the Anti-Homosexuality legislation in Uganda.

Since the bill was signed into law in February 2014, SMUG reports that
anti-gay attacks have increased ten-fold, including lynchings, mob
violence, evictions, arson, blackmail, firings, and arrests. Within
days of the legislation going into effect, another list of 200 alleged
homosexuals was printed in a newspaper. Dr. Mugisha's name was on it.

Uganda has made life hell for LGBT people.

John Baird, Canada's foreign minister, took a strong stance against
the legislation in February, antagonizing Ugandan politicians who
frame their virulent legislation as anti-colonial. "This act is a
serious setback for human rights, dignity and fundamental freedoms,
and deserves to be widely condemned," he said at the time, "Canada
will speak out."

Baird went on to invoke the legacy of David Kato, who was bludgeoned
to death with a hammer in his own Ugandan home.

Why, then, has Canada denied 9/10 visas to a contingent that includes
Kato's friends and colleagues, who are currently fighting for LGBT
rights on the ground in Uganda? The hypocrisy is stunning. The
applications were rejected due to a combination of reasons. It appears
the government is concerned the ten would seek asylum in Canada, a
worry that is deeply disappointing, especially in light of Baird's
comments. Other official reasons for their refusal into Canada
include: lack of previous travel history, lack of family ties in
Canada (really?), andinsufficient funds for the trip. Read: too poor.

Hardcore evangelical Americans are not alone in providing material
support for the Anti-Homosexuality Act on the ground. Previously,
Ottawa provided nearly half a million dollars in funding to an
anti-gay religious group to do development work in Uganda. When taken
with the backstory of Canada quietly bankrolling groups that support
homophobic legislation and denying visas to LGBT Ugandans, Minister
Baird's condemnations of Uganda carry little weight. For that matter,
so do President Obama's. Until Western governments admit their
complicity in both colonialism and in fueling supposedly anti-colonial
homophobic populism, indictments of Uganda ring hollow.

In a piece recently written for the Guardian, Mugisha explains the
paradox succinctly, "I want my fellow Ugandans to understand that
homosexuality is not a western import and our friends in the developed
world to recognise that the current trend of homophobia is."

VICE reached out to Baird's office for comment and was referred
instead to Minister Chris Alexander's office at Citizenship and
Immigration which is currently working with MP Craig Scott to try to
expedite the reapplication process and reverse the decision:

"Our Conservative government was among the first to speak out against
state-sponsored homophobia in Russia. We welcome resettled gay
refugees from Iran and around the world. We have led the international
response to repression of the LGBT community in Uganda and elsewhere
in Africa. Citizenship and Immigration Canada will continue to do
everything it can, under our immigration laws, to make this conference
a success. Under Canadian law, decisions on individual visa
applications are made by highly-trained public servants," a
spokesperson said.

MP Craig Scott has said he expects "the right thing" to be done in the
end. With the conference set for the end of June, the clock is ticking
to process the applications which will be resubmitted this week,
according to Cossman. It seems, however, that the story of Canada's
role in supporting (or undermining) LGBT rights in Uganda goes beyond
issuing ten temporary visas—and that's a larger conversation we
haven't had yet.

@muna_mire

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[RwandaLibre] Comatose Burundi Student to be Flown Home: Brutally Beaten up in Punjab.

 

Comatose Burundi Student to be Flown Home: Brutally Beaten up in Punjab.
IBTimes (India) - World 12:07 30-May-14May 30, 2014 16:35 IST
Photo: Yannick Nihangaza, a Burundi national, had come to India to
study Computer Science.

It's been over two years that Burundi national Yannick Nihangaza has
been lying in a vegetative state in India, where he had come to pursue
higher studies. However, the Punjab government has finally decided to
bear the cost of flying Yannick back to his country in an air
ambulance.

On 22 April 2012, the 24-year-old, who was pursuing a Bachelor's in
Computer Science from Lovely Professional University (LPU), was
attacked by nine youngsters in Jalandhar, in what is believed to be a
racially provacated ambush. Yannick was brutally beaten up and left
for dead.

The attack left Yannick in a comatose state, and it is understood that
the youngster has no chance of ever making it back to a normal life.
The incident drew only minor attention in the country. But following
pressure from the international community, the Punjab government
arrested seven of the nine accused youth, who wer sentenced to a
10-year prison term.

For the last two years, Yannick's father Nestor Ntibateganya has been
requesting the Indian government to help him take his son home. After
repeated petitions, the Punjab government has now arranged an air
ambulance to shift him back to his home in Bujumbura, Burundi's
capital city.

Nestor, a 60-year-old economist, has been living in India for the past
two years, looking after his son. During this period, he met several
politicians in Punjab, trying to get their help in getting his son
home.

The father let out his anguish in a heart-warming letter, published by
Hindustan Times.

"I sent my son to this country to study. He was a harmless, great
child and outstanding student who was constantly busy learning the
skills needed for his future... He was not out on the street to learn
how to kill, steal or do other kind of evil like that done to him by
these killers who are the citizens of your great nation," Nestor had
written to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on 20 June 2012.

"I am writing to you as a father writing to another father, someone
who has known and experienced love of a child and has given care and
love to other human beings like you."

And Badal has now decided to bear the expenses to send Yannick home
(estimated around Rs 75 lakh).

Yannick has been lying in coma at a Patiala-based private hospital.
His brain is severely damaged, and there is very little scope that he
will ever walk again.

"It is good that the government has finally agreed to shift my son and
hope that when it materializes, it happens safely as Yannick is too
weak," TOI quoted Nestor.

Though a final date has not yet been finalised, Yannick is expected to
be flown to Brumic Medical and Research Centre, Burundi, in the next
few days.

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[RwandaLibre] Re: Tanzania-Rwanda relations may worsen - MPs

 

"But in response Membe
hit back when responding to MPs' views, accusing the shadow minister
of acting on behalf of a foreign country." Tanzania Foreign Minister.

Voilà la triste réalité de la politique contemporaine aux Grands Lacs
Africains. On est rendu à "acheter" l'opposition pour qu'elle pose des
questions embarrassantes au parlement! Mais comme c'est souvent le cas
quand on use ses culottes sur les bancs de l'opposition, le chien
aboie et la caravane passe...

Sibomana Jean Bosco.

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[RwandaLibre] Rwanda National Congress goes for new faces in party elections 

 

Rwanda National Congress goes for new faces in party elections


The East African, 3 hours ago
By Joint Report The EastAfrican
Posted Saturday, May 31 2014 at 14:51

IN SUMMARY
Party announced that it will not participate in the 2017 presidential
elections. Save for Dr Theogene Rudasingwa, a former director of
Cabinet in President Paul Kagame's office, the opposition group said
former officials will serve the party in other capacities. Observers
say omission of two former senior state officials who still cause
unease in Kigali could be a calculated move to remove "most wanted
men" from the party's leadership.

The Rwanda National Congress, an exiled opposition group operating
from Washington, last week held elections that injected fresh blood
into the party's leadership.

However, the party announced that it will not participate in the 2017
presidential elections because it wants to unite Rwandans first before
pushing for regime change.

Save for Dr Theogene Rudasingwa, a former director of Cabinet in
President Paul Kagame's office, the opposition group said former
officials will serve the party in other capacities.

Dr Gerald Gahima, former prosecutor general and former army chief of
staff Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa have been left out in the new line-up.

Observers said that omission of the two former senior state officials
who still cause unease in Kigali could be a calculated move to remove
"most wanted men" from the party's leadership.

But the new RNC officials maintained that Dr Gahima and Mr Nyamwasa
are still party leaders, even without portfolios.

"Gen Nyamwasa, Dr Gerald Gahima and Joseph Ngarambe are founding
members of the RNC," said Dr Rudasingwa, the party's co-ordinator.

"They have been, and remain, our active leaders. They do not need
formal positions to give guidance and lead in all we do."

New line up

The new line up comprises Dr Emmanuel Hakizimana, a lecturer of
economics in Canada, as secretary general. He was a lecturer at the
National University of Rwanda before going into exile.

Dr Hakizimana has not been indicted by Kigali like other former RPF
officials in the RNC ranks, but he is not known in Rwanda as a
politician.

Dr Rudasingwa, the new co-ordinator, though well known, cannot set
foot in Kigali for fear of being arrested.

There are 11 political organisations in the country. Nine of these are
working under the aegis of the Political Forum, which has been accused
of working with the ruling RPF.

FDU-Inkingi and PS-Imberakuri of the jailed opposition leaders
Victoire Ingabire and Bernard Ntaganda respectively are not registered
and therefore cannot participate in elections.

Mr Ntaganda is expected to finish serving his jail term in June.
Another group of opposition parties including RNC, which caused
excitement in and outside Rwanda when it was launched in 2010, operate
from exile and their operations within the country are clandestine.

Exiled groups and unregistered parties cite harassment of opposition
leaders as a hindrance to democratic growth, but the government says
some opposition groups lack ideology and are working with dangerous
groups like the FDLR.

ALSO READ: Rwanda opposition wrangles are a symptom of an ideological vacuum

"We already have activity in Rwanda; of course clandestine since the
regime has made it clear RNC members must be in jail or be killed," Dr
Rudasingwa said in reference to arrests of opposition leaders and the
recent killing of ex-spy chief Col Patrick Karegeya in a South African
hotel. Rwanda government has distanced itself from the murder of Col
Karegeya.

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[RwandaLibre] Kigali, Dar face off again over DRC conflict

 

Kigali, Dar face off again over DRC conflict



Diplomatic tensions between Tanzania and Rwanda appeared set to
escalate as the two countries once again traded accusation over the
latter's alleged backing of rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo. TEA Graphic

The East African, 4 hours ago
By JOINT REPORT The EastAfrican
Posted Saturday, May 31 2014 at 14:51

IN SUMMARY
This is not the first time the countries are trading barbs. Tension
was initially sparked off by President Jakaya Kikwete's suggestion
that the Rwandan government should hold peace talks with the FDLR
rebel group to end violence in the eastern DRC.
Sources say the soured relations between the two vitiates the
atmosphere required to promote the integration process during Heads of
State Summit needed to sign off on key protocols.

Diplomatic tensions between Tanzania and Rwanda appeared set to
escalate as the two countries once again traded accusation over the
latter's alleged backing of rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo.

Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Louis Mushikiwabo on Friday
responded to the claims by her Tanzanian counterpart Bernard Membe
that the defunct M23 rebel forces that fought the DRC government until
recently was a creation of the Rwandan government, saying, "That M23
business is a tired story that has no place in the region right now.

"As for Tanzania's foreign minister whose anti-Rwanda rant in
parliament I heard, he would benefit from a lesson in the history of
the region."

Mr Membe, while appearing before the country's parliament, is reported
to have said: "When I told the BBC that Rwandans were causing
instability in eastern Congo, I meant what I said... it's the UN's
Group of Experts that originally accused Rwanda, not me."

"Rwanda and other reasonable actors in the region and afar are engaged
in finding lasting peace, so we can dedicate more time to improving
the lives of our citizens," Ms Mushikiwabo said in an e-mail to The
EastAfrican.

This is not the first time the countries are trading barbs. Tension
was initially sparked off by President Jakaya Kikwete's suggestion in
May 2013 during an African Union meeting in Ethiopia that the Rwandan
government should hold peace talks with the FDLR rebel group to end
violence in the eastern DRC.

READ: Unease in Kigali over Kikwete's call for talks with FDLR

Rwanda, which regards the Hutu group as genocidaires who played the
leading role in the 1994 genocide, termed President Kikwete as a
"sympathiser" of the FDLR.

While addressing senior military graduates in north Rwanda, President
Paul Kagame noted in reference to President Kikwete's advice, "I kept
quiet about this because of the contempt I have for it. I thought it
was utter nonsense. Maybe it was due to ignorance but if this is an
ideological problem for anyone to be thinking this way, then it better
stay with those who have it."

Sources say the two leaders have tried to avoid each other by dodging
meetings and scenarios that could bring them together. At regional
level, they say, the Heads of State Summit is needed to sign off on
key protocols, but the soured relations between the two vitiates the
atmosphere required to promote the integration process.

READ: All eyes on Dar, Kigali ahead of meeting

Mr Membe was reacting to concerns expressed by Ezekiah Wenje, the
shadow foreign minister, while presenting alternative budget proposals
in parliament, that the allegations Membe made against Rwanda on BBC's
Focus on Africa programme last September would worsen the diplomatic
tensions between the two countries.

But Mr Wenje said Mr Membe's comment, together with the government's
silence on claims by former Rwandan prime minister Faustine
Twagiramungu that he had visited Tanzania to seek advice on how FDRL
could take over in Rwanda, would only serve to deepen tensions between
the countries.

Be careful

"The statement by Mr Membe will worsen the relationship with our
neighbour Rwanda. It is important that national leaders be careful
about making such statements," said Mr Wenje.

Mr Membe acknowledged that relations between Rwanda and Tanzania were
strained because opportunists took advantage of the situation to fuel
diplomatic tensions between the countries.

However, Mr Membe reiterated that the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) were Rwandans, who fled to eastern DRC
after the 1994 genocide while the Banyamulenge who formed the M23
rebel group that fought the DRC government for years, were Tutsi from
Rwanda.

Tanzania's recent decision to expel 3,500 Rwandese illegal immigrants
heightened the tension.

READ: Tanzania sends Rwandans home, relations sour further

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[RwandaLibre] Rwandan rebels begin to surrender, but demand talks with Kigali

 

Rwandan rebels begin to surrender, but demand talks with Kigali

Photo: A militant from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
Rwanda (FDLR) squats near a pile of weapons after their surrender in
Kateku, a small town in eastern region of the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), May 30, 2014.

(Reuters) - Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
began what they claimed was the first step in disarming their fighters
on Friday, but warned that continuing the process would depend on the
government in Kigali agreeing to talks.

Kigali needs to come to the table now. I agree with the Kigali line
that you do not negotiate with terrorists and that is the only
possible way to describe the FDLR. This partial surrender however
changes the dynamics somewhat and if Rwanda is serious about cleaning
this mess up now is the time to compromise.

The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) said last
month that they would "lay down their weaponry and consecrate
themselves to political struggle."

About 100 fighters surrendered during a ceremony in North Kivu
province, handing in weapons including some heavy artillery, according
to a Reuters witness.

Charly Kasereka is on the ground in Bulessa Village‬ which may suggest
that the surrender is gathering pace although I would take that with a
grain of salt.

Charly tweets: Just 105 militiamen with 102 weapons present at
much-touted #FDLR"surrender"

Photo: Charly Kasereka in a bulletproof (I assume) vest second from right.

"With this act of good faith the international community is called to
assume its responsibility to obtain a political dialogue among
Rwandans," said FDLR president, General Victor Byiringiro.

Authorities in Rwanda have repeatedly rejected the possibility of
negotiations with the FDLR, which Kigali considers a terrorist
organization that espouses a genocidal ideology.

The ball would seem to be in President Kagame's court.

Composed in part of former soldiers and Hutu militia who fled into
Congo after massacring around 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus during
Rwanda's 1994 genocide, the FDLR has since sought to topple the
government of President Paul Kagame.

They are regularly accused of human rights abuses, including civilian
massacres. And this week FDLR fighters burned homes and schools in
North Kivu's Walikale district during clashes with a rival militia
group, according to United Nations-sponsored radio.

Their presence along the border has also served as a pretext for
Rwandan military interventions in Congo, helping fuel nearly two
decades of conflict there that have killed millions.

Friday's ceremony was attended by representatives of Congo's U.N.
peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, the South African Development
Community (SADC), and the International Conference on the Great Lakes
Region.

The FDLR has on previous occasions said it was ready to disarm, only
to later backtrack. And most officials remained cautious, however, and
shied away from making pledges to support talks with the Rwandan
government.

"There will be no negotiations with the FDLR. They have offered to
surrender, and we will see if this process is effective," Congolese
government spokesman Lambert Mende said.

Over 25,000 FDLR fighters have demobilized since 2002, but those
numbers have slowed to a trickle in recent years. The estimated 2,000
remaining rebels have hidden themselves among communities in Congo's
dense forests.

Last year, bolstered by a special Intervention Brigade with a robust
mandate to carry out offensive operations, MONUSCO launched a military
campaign against the remaining armed groups operating in the volatile,
mineral-rich borderlands.

"We hope that the commanders join this process (of demobilization),
not just the militiamen, because we have a mandate to neutralize armed
groups and want to see an end to the FDLR in Congo," said one U.N.
official, who asked not to be named.

I will update this later. Hat Tip Charly Kasereka.
Posted by H Stewart at 6:26 PM 
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[RwandaLibre] Tanzania-Rwanda relations may worsen - MPs

 

Tanzania-Rwanda relations may worsen - MPs

IPPmedia - 12 hours ago
BY POLYCARP MACHIRA
31st May 2014
Photo: Ezekiel Wenje

A war of words between Tanzania and Rwanda may soon resurface as the
parliament was this week dragged into discussing tension between
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Relations between Tanzania and Rwanda took a plunge in May 2013
following President Jakaya Kikwete's appeal to Rwanda to engage FDRL
rebels in talks.

Media reported that Kikwete's suggestion at a meeting of the Great
Lakes countries, which met on the sidelines of the African Union
summit in Addis Ababa, did not go down well with Rwandan President
Paul Kagame. Rwandan government links the FDLR with the 1994 genocide,
in which over 800,000 people, mainly Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were
killed.

M23, which dominated the North Kivu Province since the end of the
Second Congo War in 2003 before it was defeated last year by a joint
force from Tanzania, South Africa and Malawi, is a reincarnation of
the National Congress for Defence of the People.

In April, 2012 up to 700 former CNDP soldiers mutinied against the DRC
government that was being supported by the peacekeeping contingent of
the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco).

The debate about Rwanda and the DRC featured in Tanzanian parliament
mid this week during the ongoing budget session.

Presenting the Opposition's statement to the ministry of Foreign
Affairs and International Cooperation's 2014/ 2015 budget estimates
shadow minister, Ezekiel Wenje accused Foreign Affairs minister Mr
Benard Membe for causing diplomatic tensions between the two
countries.

He accused the minister of uttering inflammatory words against Rwanda
instead of using diplomatic language and refraining from interfering
in other country's affairs.

Wenje, who is also the Nyamagana MP, earlier told Parliament that
Membe's remarks on the BBC's Focus on Africa programme had worsened
the fragile relations between Tanzania and Rwanda.

He said such comments could only heighten confusion and anger among
ordinary citizens of the two countries. The shadow minister claimed
that Membe said Rwanda had exported insecurity and instability to
eastern DRC after sending rebels into country.

He said the minister made inaccurate statement. But in response Membe
hit back when responding to MPs' views, accusing the shadow minister
of acting on behalf of a foreign country.

He stood his ground, saying what he said was the truth, which had even
been documented by UN experts. Membe said Tanzania was playing a key
role in finding lasting peace in the Great Lakes Region.

Winding up debate on his ministry's 2014/15 budget proposals in
Parliament, Membe offered to resign if Wenje would provide documentary
proof that he was wrong when he said last September that the
Banyamulenge in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were ethnic
Tutsis originating from Rwanda.
"This is a fact that cannot be denied," he said.

He said the Banyamulenge, who formed the M23 rebel group that fought
the DRC government for a number of years, were Tutsis originating from
Rwanda, while members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
Rwanda (FDLR) were Rwandans, who fled to eastern DRC after the 1994
genocide.

"When I told BBC that Rwandans were causing instability in Eastern
Congo, I meant what I said...it's the UN's group of experts that
originally accused Rwanda, not me," Membe told Parliament.

He admitted that relations between Tanzania and Rwanda were strained,
but added that "opportunists" had taken advantage of the situation to
fuel diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

Some members of parliament who talked to The Guardian here expressed
fear that Rwandan government may react to the debate that took place
in the parliament, causing heated debate among legislators.

Maswa West Member of Parliament, John Shibuda (Chadema) noted that it
was wrong for the parliament to dwell so much on discussing other
countries knowing the relations between Tanzania and Rwanda are
delicate.

"I know that Rwandans might hit back to this discussion as they have
always done mainly through the media" he said. He blamed the
government for making such a strong statement on Rwanda.

His sentiments were echoed by Bariadi West Member of Parliament, John
Cheyo (UDP) who also noted that the debate went a little bit off the
truck and may have diplomatic consequences.

He said Tanzania has played a very important role in enforcing peace
within the region and the continent at large, thus should refrain from
anything that can blemish its image in the international community.

The Nyamagana Member of Parliament, Ezekiel Wenje while speaking with
The Guardian at the parliament grounds maintained that it was wrong
for Tanzania to have such position against a neighbouring country,
saying the strained relationship might continue.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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