NTA NKOTANYI IHINDURA KAMERE NGOME NKUKO NTA NKOTANYI IJYA WUZURA UMWUKA AGAHINDUKA UMUROKORE NYAKURI

BY GRACE MUKANTWARI

Ushobora kubona Inkotanyi ikubwira ko yahindutse, ikakubwira ko yihannye kandi ko yakijijwe itakigendera mu mwijima, ariko uguhinduka kwayo ni ya kamere y’ubugizi bwa nabi iba yayisinziriyemo, ubundi hakagaragara izindi kemere n’imico mihimbano.Iyo rero uri nyiramujya iyo bijyiye, nawe utamba imbyino z’Inkotanyi, umunsi ya kamere yakangukiye, iza isumba zazindi zose zaguhumye amaso, maze Inkotanyi na kamere yayo y’umwimerere ikakubikira ikagukocora ntumenye ikigukubise, uku niko Inkotanyi zigiye kutumaraho abahutu b’umutima muke, batakibasha gushishoza no gushyira mu gaciro, ngo bamenye ko urwango rw’umututsi w’Inkotanyi k’umuhutu rutagarukira mu Rwanda gusa, ahubwo ntirugira umupaka, kuko n’abo muri CONGO RDC, mu Burundi babageze k’ubuce, kandi ko nuwo batarica uyu munsi bazamwica ejo, maze bagasigarana aho yaratuye hategekwa n’umututsi w’Inkotanyi.

Ubu buriganya bwo gushaka kumara Abahutu b’Irwanda, RDC, n’abo mu Burundi, nkuko njye nabashije kubyibonera n’amaso, nanone iyo urebye ukuntu Leta y’Urwanda ihiga aho impunzi y’umuhutu iri kw’Isi yose, yaba ikoresheje intambara, amayeri y’ubucengezi nkuko ibikora muri Nord na Sud Kivu bya RDC cg se i Burundi aho ubu barwana no kwica Nkurunziza ngo basubizeho Umututsi, cg se uko ubona birwa birukankana gushinga za Ambassades aho ariho hose impunzi zahungiye, usanga Abahutu bakomeje gusinzira bazashiduka babaye amateka kw’Isi, kuko wagirango nabo bicwa basinziriye kuburyo ntanubasha gutaka cg ngo akanguke akebure abandi Inkota, ibiziriko, cg uburozi bibunzwa n’abatutsi ba FPR bitarabageraho.

Niba ugira ngo turabeshya uzakurikirane iyi video ya Bwana Paul Muvunnyi nibyo yavugiye kukibuye ababazwa nukok Kagame atamuhaye umwanya wo kumarayo abahutu bose bo kukibuyo ubu hakaba hitwa RUBENGERA..Umviriza Umugome wumuvendesi bita Paul muvunnyi.

Uku kwicwa dusinziriye ntabwo aribyo bitugira abana beza, ntanubwo bizatujyana mw’Ijuru, kuko twahawe imbaraga zo kwirwanaho, ibaze nawe ibizigira dufite, kugira utya ukanigwa n’uruzingo ngo nuko rugufatiranye n’itiro, ubwo se wazasobanura iki imbere y’uwaguhaye ayo maboko yuzuye imirya　? Izo nkotanyi muri ayo mahanga mubamo zihora zijagata, aho kuzihunga,ntabwo ushobora gukoresha ayo maboko yawe asobetse imirya maze ukayereka ko na nyina wundi abyara umuhungu!

Njye ubu nasezereye gutaka no kubogoza , niyemeje kubaho gitwari mu minsi mikeya nsigaje no guhangana nazo, aho gufungwa nzira ingengabitekerezo ngo nuko navuze ngo ko Inkotanyi ari ubwoko bubi, nzafungwa nzize ko ngo nanize Inkotanyi.Ntabwoba n’isoni binteye kugera ikirenge mu cya Rukara rwabishingwe intahana batatu, ningira amahirwe nzazitanga aho kugirango zimfumbize ibigabiro.Niyo nakwisasira Inkotanyi 3 zingeso mbi, Nzaba ntanze umuganda kuko burya ukorora acira aba agabanya.

Aho kugutanga wayitanga kuko burya twese tuva amaraso kandi inkotanyi inizwe izana ifuro, kandi iyo irashwe nayo irapfa. Haranira kuzava ku Isi wemye kandi ugize uruhare mu mateka yo kwibohora no kubohora bagenzi bawe b’abahutu n’abatutsi bakunda amahoro kandi batsikamiwe n’ubutegetsi bwa FPR Inkotanyi .........read more http://intabaza.com/?p=2919

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NIBA IGIHUGU CYABATUTSI GIFATA UMUTUTSI MWENE WABO ARIWE PASTERI GITWAZA PAUL GUTYA NGAHO MBWIRA UKO ABAHUTU BAMEREWE MURURU RWANDA

ABATUTSI KOKO NTIBGIRA INCUTI URABONA UKUNTU UYU MUGABO ABATUTSI BAMEREYE UMUGABO NABI KANDI YARAJYANYE AMATURO MENSHI MURI FPR

Umwami w Umututsi Yuhi VI Bushayija Yatangiye Gufasha Abanyeshuri b’Abatutsi bo mu Rwanda Ashimangira ko Ari Umwami Wabo

By Bigaruka Gilbert, Gisozi

Bamwe mubatutsi rero ntibajya bemera ko ibyingoma Kalinga byarangiye. Yewe nubwo ntumvikana na Mwene Ntibazirikana akanaba numwishwa wingoma Kalinga Paul Kagame imyaka 20 ishize bishe abahutu bakabafatana ubutegetsi ntabwo bagaruye ingirwa mwami mu Rwanda. None ubwo umwami wanyuma yirukanwaga nimpirimbanyi z ubwigenge na democracy mu Rwanda akaba yaraje no kugwa ishanga umurambo we ukagarurwa mu Rwanda nkumufuka wamakara, abatutsi ntibanyuzwe bahise bimikira undi ishanga. Uwo akaba yitwa Emmanuel Bushayija wavutse mu 1960 akaba ashisihikajwe no guhaka abahutu niba yumvako akandonyi ningoyi shiku numujshi wa mwishwa we Paul Kagame idahagije byatuyobeye. 

UMWAMI MUSHYA WABATUTSI BUSHAYIJA NABANYAMAHANGA

Uyu mugabo rero Bushyajia ngo n umwuzukuru w’umwami Yuhi V Musinga ndetse akaba n’umuhungu wa Theoneste Bushayija wavaga inda imwe na Kigeli V Ndahindurwa wameneshejwe nimpirimbanyi za ubwigenge mu Rwanda no guca ingoma yabatutsi ntotezambaga yabami. Bushayija rero aba mumazu yabantu bakennye mubwongereza numuryango we akaba afite imyaka 57 yamavuko. Nkuko tubikesha ikinyamakuru The Sun Emmanuel Bushayija, umwana wa mukuru wa Kigeli V Ndahindurwa wahawe izina rya Yuhi VI Musinga, yavukiye mu Rwanda kuwa 20 Ukuboza 1960, akaba afite abana babiri.

Yakuriye mu buhungiro mu gihugu cya Uganda aho yize amashuri yisumbuye ku ishuri ryisumbuye rya Iganga. Yaje gukora muri Pepsi Cola i Kampala, ndetse akora mu bijyanye n’ubukerarugendo muri Kenya mbere yo kugaruka mu Rwanda muri Nyakanga 1994 akongera kuhava yerekeza mu Bwongereza mu 2000. Aho i Nairobi rero yarari muri groupe yabatutsi bajyaga bahohotera abahutu bakoraga ibyubucuruzi kumuhanda Kigali Mombasa aho abesnhi bagiye banigirwa muri za basement zamazu yo muri Kenya bikozwe nabatutsi bari barahungiye Kenya balimo uwo Emmanuel Bushayija nyine nundi witwa Gregory Karuretwa wahoze atuye hafi yinzu ya Museveni ibarirwa muri Nairobi, Kenya mugace ka Dagoretti, Satellite hafi yamashuri bita Kabiria yigamo abanyarwanda. Ibi bikorwa byanabi tubibutseko yabikoranaga abifashijwemo nabandi batutsi babaga Nairobi nkuwitwa Mpyisi.

UMWAMI MUSHYA WABATUTSI  YUHI VI BUSHAYIJA

Uyu mwami rero akaba aherutse kugwa mumahanga. Bushayija rero wigize umwami akomeje gahunda imwe yabatutsi yo gushaka imfashanyo yiterambere ryabatutsi anavugako ariwe mwami mushya w’u Rwanda. 

Mumugambi rero wabatutsi uyu mwami wahawe izina rya Yuhi VI n’ubwo kugeza ubu atigeze avugwaho rumwe. Nyuma y’ibikorwa yari yagiye akora, yongeye gusubukura igikorwa cya Kigeli V Ndahindurwa atanga inkunga ku bana babatutsi  kugirango bakomeze bige bashizeho umwete muri gahunda yabo ikomeye ya vision 2050 aho abatutsi bagomba kuba aribo besnhi mu Rwanda munzego zose. Haba kwiga, mumilimo itangwa, mubucuruzi ninganda, ndetse nomumilimo yose itangwa mu Rwanda. 

UMUTUTSI WINTAGONDWA TITO RUTAREMARA

Nimuru rwego Bwana Bushayiija aherutse guha inkunga nyinshi kubana babatutsi batandukanye hnao mu Rwanda ndetse no hanze. Umwe mubazihawe numwa wumututsikazi wiga mu Bufaransa tubona kumafoto muriyi nkuru. Ibi akaba ari ugukomeza umugambi ntutsi watangijwe na  Kigeli V Ndahindurwa akiriho ukanakomezwa nabatutsi nka Paul Kagame na Tito Rutaremara nabandi batutsi babahezanguni nka Pasteri Mpyisi. Tubibutseko uyu mupasteri yakoze uko ashoboye abapasteri babahutu bari barahungiye muri Congo na Kenya ndetse nahandi badahabwa ubupasteri abahimbira ko ari interhamwe nubwo twaje gusanga ko ijambo interahamwe kubatutsi riba risobanura Abahutu bose. 

PASTOR MPYISI UMUTUTSI WUMUHEZANGUNI WAKORERAGA UMWAMI KIGELI NYUMA AKAZA KUBA PASTERI MURI KENYA AHO YAFASHE IMPUNZI ZABAHUTU NABI CYANE

Abatutsi rero bo bakaba bafite imiryango myinshi ishinzwe kurwana kubana babatutsi aho bari hose kwisi sinkibipfapfa byabahutu bihora bigenzwa numururumba nurwangano rwa Bangamwabo. Guhera kera rero Umuryango witiriwe umwami Kigeli uzwi nka "Kigeli Foundation" mu myaka yashize uyu mwami wa nyuma w’u Rwanda akiriho, wagiye ushyigikira ibikorwa by’uburezi aho wagiye ufasha abana babatutsi biga mu mahanga ugakora n’ibindi bikorwa byo bijyanye no guteza imbere iyikanyiza ryabatutsi mu Rwanda.

NGUWO UMWAMI KIGELI V NDAHINDURWA WAGUYE MUMAHANGA KUBERAKO PAUL KAGAME YAMWANGIYE GUTAHA

Mbere yuko apfa tariki 9 Werurwe 2016, nibwo umwami Kigeli V Ndahindurwa abinyujije muri uyu muryango, yatangaje ko ateganya gutera inkunga umukobwa w’umunyarwandakazi utaratangajwe amazina ariko wiga ibijyanye n’ubwubatsi muri Kaminuza yo mu Bufaransa, kugirango akomeze kugeza kure amashuri ye.

Umwami akimara gupfa uwari umujyanama we Boniface Benzinge akavuga ko Emmanuel Bushayiya ari we mwami umusimbuye ugomba guhabwa izina rya Yuhi VI ndetse bagatangira n’ibikorwa byo kwereka amahanga ko u Rwanda rufite umwami mushya, n’iyi gahunda yatangijwe na Kigeli yasubukuwe n’uyu Bushayija, ahera kuri uyu mukobwa wumututsikazi wiga mu Bufaransa wahise ashyikirizwa ubufasha yari yaremerewe na Kigeli akiriho.

NGUYU UMWE MUBANA BABATUTSIKAZI KIGELI ARIHIRA AMASHURI MURI GAHUNDA YO GUTEZA IMBERE ABATUTSI KWISI KUGIRANGO BAZAGUMYE BATEGEKE ABAHUTU

N’ubwo Emmanuel Bushayija yakomeje kugenda yerekana kenshi ko ari umwami w’u Rwanda wasimbuye Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, abo mu muryango n’abandi bari abajyanama b’umwami bagiye bagaragaza ko uburyo yimitswemo ari ibintu bidafututse byakozwe na Boniface Benzinge bagamije inyungu zabo bwite. ibyo ariko sibibiazo byabanyarwanda ahbwo nibibazo byumuryango wabo wabatutsi nagahunda mbi bagamije yo gukomeza guharanira guheza abanyarwanda mubucakara bwabatutsi. Abahutu se bo ko birirwa bgaritse amabondo ayo hanze kuki badafasaha imounzi zabo kandi arizo nyinshi kwisi. 

DES IMBECILES CONGOLAIS ET DES FENEANTS HUTUS:N’EST PLUS UN REVE, PLUTOT EST A SA DERNIERE PHASE D’ABOUTISSEMENT: DOIT SE REALISER AVANT DECEMBRE 2016 D’APRES LES CONCEPTEURS. DRC.

By Charles Germain

LES DEUX SOLDATS RWAINDAIS DE LA MINORITE TUTSI EN UNIFORME DE L ARMEE CONGOLAISE

Réveillez-vous et défendez les valeurs de vos nations : – le respect de la constitution : alternance

politique sans glissement constitutionnelle – Dire non à la dictature et dire Oui à la démocratie. Opposer catégoriquement la redéfinition de nos frontières : la balkanisation. Chers compatriotes tout azimut, l’heure a sonné pour que chacun se met debout et dire « Enough is Enough », dire à nos

dictateurs que la fin de leur mandat est venu pour qu’ils se préparent à remettre le pouvoir au peuple.

Partant de ce qui plane le ciel de la République Démocratique du Congo à ce moment crucial de

la fin du mandat de Kabila et qui inévitablement embrasera la sous-région de Grand lacs, il importe de faire une rétrospection sur le calendrier de voyage du président Kabila durant les mois de Juillet – Aout 2016, les événements importantes ci-dessus ont caractérisés ce voyage. – Les massacres de Béni aussitôt après la visite de la ville par le président Kabila ( Kabila a visité la ville de Béni le 3 Aout et les massacres ont eu lieu le 13 et le 14 Aout 2016 ).

Rencontre du Président Kabila et Président Kagame à Rubavu au Rwanda le 12 Aout 2016 , rencontre Kabila et Museveni à Kasese en Uganda en datte du 4 Aout 2016 . – Le séjour prolongé (plus d’un mois) du président Kabila dans la ville de Goma (ville frontalière avec le Rwanda). Après le Marathon de concertation entre les 3 K, nos sources secrètes proches de ces régimes nous signalent ceux qui suivent : Le plan d’implantion de l’Empire Hima est déjà complète est signé et se réalisera en phases suivantes : – Maintenir Kabila au pouvoir à tout prix au-delà de son mandat qui prend fin 19 Décembre 2016 (scenario sans garantie), – Au cas où les manifestations populaires à Kinshasa deviennent incontrôlables par les services de sécurités, Kabila se repliera à son fief de Goma près du Rwanda d’où avec l’aide des oncles il proclamera la naissance du nouveau pays des Volcans qui deviendra plus tard “ l’Empire Hima”. – Mettre en place un nouveau régime à Bujumbura. Nos sources au Rwanda et à Goma font étant depuis le mois de Juillet d’intenses infiltrations des unités de la force spéciale de la RDF accompagnés des unités Sindumuja recrutés et entrainés au Rwanda. Ces unités traversent le Parc de Virunga, passent par Rutshuru (Bwito), se dirigent vers Masisi (Mweso) et continuent à Walikale. De Walikale ils continuent vers les montagnes du Sud surplombant la ville d’Uvira et la plaine de Rusizi.

Au Nord Kivu les forces spéciales de la RDF ont rejoint les troupes sélectionnées parmi les FARDC, bien rémunérés et fidèles à Kabila, le M23, La CNRD-Ubwiyunge (groupe dissident du FDLR, à la solde actuellement de Kigali), plusieurs groupes Mai-Mai payes (Groupe SERUFULI, Groupe Nyatura Kasongo, NDC Tcheka, NDC Rénové Guidon, Candaira, Mazembe, Raia Mutomboki, Ba Noheli, Samuel na Pepe, Bigirabagabo, Ndayambaje Sukisa…) tous en nouvelles tenues des FARDC.

Notre source nous signale également d’importantes quantités du matériel militaire (armes et munitions) en provenance du Rwanda, la distribution de ces armes a eu lieu à Busumba, Mweso, Katoyi et Kibarizo. 

Les receveurs de ces armes sont : Elaston (Mweso), Katoyi (Bigembe, Munyamaliba et Pastine). Les transporteurs de ces armes sont : Kalivita et Seninga deputes fideles à Kabila. Les tenues militaires des FARDC ont été remises à toutes ces troupes et ont été transportées de Goma à Mweso par Berki, commerçant vendeur de ciment à Mweso, son camion charge les tenues en dessous des sacs de ciments. Eminente attaque sur Bujumbura: les unités Sindumuja ont déjà rejoint les unités CNRD-

Ubumwe division Sud commandé par le Colonel Hamada (alias colonel Mulamba) et n’attendent

que le coup de sifflet d’un moment à l’autre avant Décembre 2016.

La Prise de Bujumbura se ferra d’abord par une mis en scène d’une attaque du Rwanda à Bugarama, ensuite l’armée Rwandaise répliquera à la dite attaque comme si provenant du Burundi en province frontalière de Cibitoke et les assaillants se replieront vers Cibitoke. Ainsi le Rwanda utilisera la légitime défense en poursuite des agresseurs sur le sol Burundais et c’est la guerre entre le Rwanda et le Burundi qui sera déclenchée sur base de mise en scène. L’œil du patriote

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PROTEST AGAINST THE DICTATOR PAUL KAGAME AT YALE UNIVERSITY

Dear all,

Thank you for signing our open letter to Yale's President Salovey and Professor Shapiro concerning President Kagame's recent lecture at Yale. Thank you, also, to those of you who were able to attend the human rights teach-in that preceded the lecture. Ultimately, 265 people signed the letter and approximately 50 people attended the teach-in. We are so grateful for your engagement, especially given the University's mere six-day notice of President Kagame's visit. 

HE PAUL KAGAME AT YALE UNIVERSITY

With your help, we were able to engage with President Kagame regarding his human rights record. For those of you who were unable to attend his lecture, a brief recap is provided below. 

• President Kagame's prepared speech focused on Rwanda's "right to achieve the ends of development in our own ways" and the ways in which the West has wrongly spoken from "a position of moral superiority."
• There were a number of questions that engaged with President Kagame's human rights record. Moderator David Simon asked President Kagame whether there is space for democracy and human rights to expand in Rwanda without sacrificing peace and stability. An audience member asked about Human Rights Watch's documentation of hundreds of unlawful, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and another audience member asked about freedom of speech in Rwanda.
• President Kagame's responses denied the veracity of claims of human rights abuse and argued that "perception looms larger than facts." On freedom of speech and political dissent, he responded that there is "a lot of space," that the perception of repression comes from outsiders, and pointed to the fact that 9 political parties exist. On arbitrary arrests and detentions, he responded that they were "old stories that keep being repeated but are false." 

Some relevant press coverage: Yale Daily News and New Haven Register.

In terms of the University's role, we are seeking a dialogue with the administration about Yale giving honors to individuals accused of serious human rights violations and allowing foreign security officers to intimidate members of our community. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any follow-up questions or comments.

Sincerely,

Alisha Bjerregaard, Human Rights Clinical Teaching Fellow, Yale Law School

Louisa Brown, Post-Graduate Fellow, Schell Center for International Human Rights, Yale Law School

Elizabeth Leiserson, Student, Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic,Yale Law School

Hope Metcalf, Lecturer, Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, and Executive Director, Schell Center, Yale Law School

James Silk, Clinical Professor of Law, Lowenstein Clinic, and Director, Schell Center, Yale Law School

Alyssa Yamamoto, Student, Lowenstein Clinic, Yale Law School

Millennial School Students Are Young, Horny And Restless

VOI HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TWERKING BIG

I was invited to a school to deliver a motivational talk to a group of preadolescent and adolescent youngsters.  I regretted the invitation as soon I accepted it because school kids are a difficult proposition. Adults can be forgiving when you are boring, however a young school audience work with the assumption that you will be stale unless you produce hits like Sauti Sol or have a TV show like Jeff Koinange. I did not want to be preachy, with the usual work hard spiel, go to Harvard, be all you want to be.

Standing in front of the young audience, I started by announcing what I thought were ‘my cool’ credentials, ending up quoting the Fresh Prince, Will Smith from a song out of the 80s, “Parents just do not understand” a reference that only their parents would understand. Half the gathering was lost in thought, the other half, looking everywhere but at me and the few who were paying attention refused to laugh at my lame jokes. I kept it short and concluded by pleading with my young audience to share what was truly on their minds and not just want they thought their teachers wanted to hear.

After the short opening remarks, the students were divided into small groups and a group of parents, were tasked with moving from one group to the next, getting up close and personal and offering advice. It was not a very efficient format. All I had was 15 minutes to gain their confidence and create a safe space for them to open up. I stuck to telling stories because even when they missed the point, chances are, someone would remember a story. I could tell, the students were merely tolerating us. Some did not even pretend to be interested. I shared career advice and motivational tips as I restrained myself from shutting down the few brats I encountered. There is always that kid who has life all figured out at 10 years of age.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library

-Frank Zappa

Eventually, I ended up with a group of 12-14 years olds, the ‘seniors’ who quickly cut to the chase, when I implored them not to treat me like some 200 year old relic. They formed a hurdle, whispered among themselves, appointed a spokesman and leaned around him as he spoke,

“There is this girl…..she is crazy…. (Tell me, more son)

…..well she goes around daring guys to get down…know what I mean (I could hazard a guess)

… and if you don’t, she calls you out”.

I told them you could always say “Not interested!” and it is okay. Most of them had a puzzled look.  It was an option that had not being considered.

I could relate with their confusion. In school, reputation is everything and young men would rarely pass up an opportunity to lose their virginity. They felt like their ‘manhood’ was on the line, stuck between status seeking and inexperience; performance anxiety and raging hormones; social awkwardness and peer shame. They were under pressure at 13 years of age, to live up to the expectation that men are supposed to want it all the time. Boys and Men are socialized to make the first move and it can be very confusing when they encounter a forward woman.

We live in a society that polices women’s desires and refuses to acknowledge that women also have high sex drives, just as equal to men. Only that they face greater risks if they are too forward. Such as unwanted pregnancy and subsequent abandonment, the loss of social reputation also known as slut shaming and opening the door to sexual violence. The frequent excuse of sexual crimes is, “She was asking for it”.

We have become part of a society that sets up kids to fail by failing to equip them with the means to understand sexual cravings and protect them from the perversions of adults.  The schools are not equipped to provide sexual education, beyond the stern warning against pregnancy. Religious institutions are frequently caught out falling far short of their own high moral standards. Parents never really got over their repressed sexual issues to offer any meaningful guidance other than, “Don’t bring shame to the family”.

While the children fantasize about sex, the parents deny its existence, leaving room for seriously conflicting messaging. One of the greatest challenges of parenting today is teaching young people to develop healthy attitude towards sex, without burdening them with guilt and the fear of sexual repression that morph into serious psychological problems in adulthood.

Pre adolescents are negotiating for sex on their own terms, unconsciously ruled by fantasy and fear. We have to devise an enlightened approach, to how we talk about sex. The real solutions lie beyond the abstinence-only doctrine, for we cannot ignore the power of the flurry of overt and subliminal sexual messaging that is urging young ones, to get some, all the time.

Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire

-George Bernard Shaw

Of Rwanda’s deaf leadership, blind opposition and undetermined citizenry — Didas Gasana

By Didas Gasana

Few days ago, while the plane was negotiating the force of gravity; at the ground speed of 977Km/hr, altitude: 9734 meters; Direction: 12.090 North East; i made myself comfortable listening to one of Rwanda’s opposition radio programs. Impressed I was not.Two days ago; a friend sent me a clip of Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s speech to a selected few Rwandan universities students at Kigali Convention Center. Impressed I was not.Few hours ago, news reports from Kigali indicated an un-usual citizen action of blocking Kigali city center- Nyamirambo road because of non-payment of the very workers who constructed the road. Impressed I was not.The lowest common denominator in all the three stories is confusion, lack of tact, helplessness and hopelessness. Look, President Kagame- a former rebel leader turned President (Did he leave the army by the way?) is known for many things- including finding you where you are in case you pose a threat to his hold on power. But in the clip, I listened to a desperate general drawing lines that people shouldn’t cross. In my formative years, I used to hear him saying he will go for the enemy in his own operational area. 

This time, he is waiting for the enemy to cross the line (into Rwanda). Things change so fast. Who thought the almighty would feel helpless one day? How things got here is a subject for another day.While dissecting the hopelessness and helplessness, an opposition radio was busy relaying to its listeners how its parent party leaders are hardcore criminals and super dictators. The splinter-group leaders directed all their energies convincing their audience how evil RNC leaders are. I would have given them a benefit of doubt had they not said that General Kayumba Nyamwasa sent Charles Kambanda and I to propagate genocide denial on their former radio. Meanwhile, on another opposition radio, two prominent Hutu oppositions politicians were literally massacring each other.With Rwanda at a presumed near state of war, her opposition is busy massacring each other. Amidst the plot is a terrified citizenry longing for a misplaced hope. Let us be clear: President Kagame has so many credits under his belt. Effectively eliminating political dissent is not an attribute of the weak. How sustainable it is, is a different matter. The opposition as well shouldn’t be robbed of its successes. But rain comes when it is least needed; thus why the citizenry should reclaim their locus standi. And the question is how.Unseen by many, PK’s most important source of power is not the military or his omnipotent intel services. 

It is the Rwandese people. Unquestioning submission to authority and rulers has been long inculcated in our population. The social, political, economic, and even religious institutions of the society — outside of state control — have been deliberately weakened, subordinated, and some replaced by new regimented institutions used by the state or ruling party to control the society. The population has often been atomized (turned into a mass of isolated individuals) unable to work together to achieve freedom, to confide in each other, or even to do much of anything at their own initiative.The result is predictable: the population has become weak, lacks self-confidence, and is incapable of resistance. People are often too frightened to share their hatred of the dictatorship and their hunger for freedom even with family and friends. People are often too terrified to think seriously of public resistance. Instead, they face suffering without purpose and a future without hope. The truth is simple to deduct. Dictators require the assistance of the people they rule, without which they cannot secure and maintain the sources of political power. PK’s source of political power and legitimacy depend on acceptance of the regime, on the submission and obedience of the population, and on the cooperation of innumerable people and the many institutions of the society. 

Full cooperation, obedience, and support increase the availability of the needed sources of power and, consequently, expand the power capacity of any government. On the other hand, withdrawal of popular and institutional cooperation with aggressors and dictators diminishes, and may sever, the availability of the sources of power on which all rulers depend.Without availability of those sources, the rulers’ power weakens and finally dissolves. Naturally, dictators are sensitive to actions and ideas that threaten their capacity to do as they like. Dictators are therefore likely to threaten and punish those who disobey, strike, or fail to cooperate. However, that is not the end of the story. Repression, even brutalities, do not always produce a resumption of the necessary degree of submission and cooperation for the regime to function.The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be free and their willingness and ability to resist efforts to enslave them. Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule. Niccolo Machiavelli argued that the prince “. . . who has the public as a whole for his enemy can never make himself secure; and the greater his cruelty, the weaker does his regime become.” Three of the most important factors in determining to what degree a government’s power will be controlled or uncontrolled therefore are: (1) the relative desire of the populace to impose limits on the government’s power; (2) the relative strength of the subjects’ independent organizations and institutions to withdraw collectively the sources of power; and (3) the population’s relative ability to withhold their consent and assistance.PK’s vulnerabilityRecent history shows the vulnerability of dictatorships, and reveals that they can crumble in a relatively short time span: whereas ten years — 1980-1990 — were required to bring down the Communist dictatorship in Poland, in East Germany and Czechoslovakia in 1989 it occurred within weeks. In El Salvador and Guatemala in 1944 the struggles against the entrenched brutal military dictators required approximately two weeks each. The Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines fell before people power within weeks in 1986.Kagame’s regime of terror appear seems invulnerable to many. Intelligence agencies, police, military forces, prisons, execution squads are controlled by a powerful few. A country’s finances, natural resources, and production capacities are arbitrarily plundered and used to support his regime. 

In comparison, democratic opposition forces often appear extremely weak, ineffective, and powerless. That perception of invulnerability against powerlessness makes effective opposition unlikely.That is not the whole story, however. Identifying the achilles’ heel A myth from Classical Greece illustrates well the vulnerability of the supposedly invulnerable. Against the warrior Achilles, no blow would injure and no sword would penetrate his skin. When still a baby, Achilles’ mother had supposedly dipped him into the waters of the magical river Styx, resulting in the protection of his body from all dangers. There was, however, a problem. Since the baby was held by his heel so that he would not be washed away, the magical water had not covered that small part of his body. When Achilles was a grown man he appeared to all to be invulnerable to the enemies’ weapons. However, in the battle against Troy, instructed by one who knew the weakness, an enemy soldier aimed his arrow at Achilles’ unprotected heel, the one spot where he could be injured.The strike proved fatal. Still today, the phrase “Achilles’ heel” refers to the vulnerable part of a person, a plan, or an institution at which if attacked there is no protection. The same principle applies to ruthless dictatorships. They, too, can be conquered, but most quickly and with least cost if their weaknesses can be identified and the attack concentrated on them.Rwanda at a glance-The cooperation of a multitude of people, groups, and institutions needed to operate the system have been somehow restricted, epitomized by the fact that new political groupings formed in 2010 and later on, attracted huge following.

The requirements and effects of the regime’s past policies have somewhat limited its present ability to adopt and implement conflicting policies.-The system has become routine in its operation, less able to adjust quickly to new situations.-Subordinates fearful of displeasing their master PK more often than not report inaccurate or complete information needed by the dictator to make decisions.-The RPF ideology has eroded, and myths and symbols of the system have become unstable.-Internal institutional conflicts and personal rivalries and hostilities have destroyed and even disrupted, Kagame’s operations.-Intellectuals and students have become restless in response to conditions, restrictions, doctrinarism, and repression.-With so many decisions made by so few people in the system, mistakes of judgment, policy, and actions have resulted.-His internal nucleus has disintegrated, and so has the revolutionary bond that held his party together.-The international community, thanks to the opposition, is bracing for a change.ConduitA Fourteenth Century Chinese parable by Liu-Ji, outlines a somewhat neglected understanding of political power quite well: In the feudal state of Chu an old man survived by keeping monkeys in his service. The people of Chu called him “ju gong” (monkey master). Each morning, the old man would assemble the monkeys in his courtyard, and order the eldest one to lead the others to the mountains to gather fruits from bushes and trees. It was the rule that each monkey had to give one-tenth of his collection to the old man. Those who failed to do so would be ruthlessly flogged. All the monkey’s suffered bitterly, but dared not complain.One day, a small monkey asked the other monkeys: “Did the old man plant all the fruit trees and bushes?” The others said: “No, they grew naturally.” The small monkey further asked: “Can’t we take the fruits without the old man’s permission?” The others replied: “Yes, we all can.” The small monkey continued: “Then, why should we depend on the old man; why must we all serve him?” Before the small monkey was able to finish his statement, all the monkeys suddenly became enlightened and awakened.On the same night, watching that the old man had fallen asleep, the monkeys tore down all the barricades of the stockade in which they were confined, and destroyed the stockade entirely. 

They also took the fruits the old man had in storage, brought all with them to the woods, and never returned. The old man finally died of starvation. Yu-li-zi says, “Some men in the world rule their people by tricks and not by righteous principles. Aren’t they just like the monkey master? They are not aware of their muddle headedness. As soon as their people become enlightened, their tricks no longer work.”With knowledge of aforementioned weaknesses, the democratic opposition should seek to aggravate these “Achilles’ heels” deliberately in order to alter the system drastically or to disintegrate it. The conclusion is then clear: despite the appearances of strength, all dictatorships have weaknesses, internal inefficiencies, personal rivalries, institutional inefficiencies, and conflicts between organizations and departments.These weaknesses, over time, tend to make the regime less effective and more vulnerable to changing conditions and deliberate resistance. Not everything the regime sets out to accomplish will get completed. At times, for example, even Hitler’s direct orders were never implemented because those beneath him in the hierarchy refused to carry them out. The dictatorial regime may at times even fall apart quickly, as we have already observed.This does not mean dictatorships can be destroyed without risks and casualties. Every possible course of action for liberation will involve risks and potential suffering, and will take time to operate. And, of course, no means of action can ensure rapid success in every situation. However, types of struggle that target the dictatorship’s identifiable weaknesses have greater chance of success than those that seek to fight the dictatorship where it is clearly strongest. The question is how this struggle is to be waged. In our case, the trick is the people’s power to resist.Now back to the citizens’ action of blocking the road. These citizens should know or have reasons to know that the degree of their repression is a measure of to what extent they are able to tolerate that repression. In Korea, railway workers brought down a regime. In Tunisia, a hawker set in motion a regime change. How about withholding factors of production rather than demonstrating when your factor of production is not compensated? Supposing Rwandan farmers refuse to sell their produce to food merchants? The regime would be down in days. Supposing public servants stay in bed, the regime would be down in days. On that note; Rwandans have what they deserve.