AfroAmerica Network
Kigali, Rwanda
03.10.01
Political and economic power in Rwanda rests in the hands of people who not only returned from Uganda but also have family links.
Theogene Rudasingwa, the Chief of Staff of Rwandan President Paul Kagame is Gerald Gahima's brother. Gahima is the Rwandan Attorney General. Their sister Beatrice Mukabaranga served as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education shortly after the Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew the former government.
Major Denis Karera is Major Kwikiriza's brother. Their brother Musinge is Deputy Attorney General (Avocat General) at the Supreme Court.
Lieutenant Camille who heads the communications systems of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (APR) is Lieutenant Colonel Karemera's brother, former Minister of Education and ambassador to South Africa.
Lieutenant Colonel Karemera is Donat Kaberuka's first cousin. Their fathers are brothers. Kaberuka is minister of Finance.
Mutemberezi, the Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda is married to Muligande's sister. Muligande is the Secretary General of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Mutemberezi's brother is mayor of Commune Musambira. These are Tutsi returnees from Burundi.
Musoni Protais, Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Interior is Patrick Mazimpaka's brother in law. Mazimpaka is Special Envoy in General Kagame's office.
Dr. Richard Masozera is Aloysia Inyumba's husband. He is director of Immigration and Emigration
Hope Mulera is married to Gasana, the Director General of ENGEN, former BP FINA bought by a South African company.
Other powerful returnees from Uganda are: Colonel Frank Rusagara, former Deputy Minister of Defense; Colonel Andrews Rwigamba, President of military courts; Colonel Frank Mugambage, Commander of the Police; Colonel Kayonga, Advisor to Rwandan President Kagame, Lieutenant Karera, and Lieutenant Camille.
Lieutenant Jacques Nziza oversees the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), a paramilitary agency specialized in carrying out assassinations of RPF enemies while Lieutenant Patrick Karegeya runs External Intelligence, a DMI branch that coordinates assassinations abroad and the looting of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Musoni James is another RPF heavy weight. He represents General Kagame in the RPF. As such he is above Muligande in terms of pecking order. He is also a major figure of Rwanda Revenue Authority.
Some women who joined the RPF during the bush war still play a major role. There are Christine Umutoni, Emilie Rusera, Aloysia Inyumba, Hope Murera, Rose Kabuye,
The RPF recently expelled Kabuye from the National Transitional Assembly (NTA) and there is rumor that she might have been expelled from the RPF and the APR. According to Jean-Pierre Mugabe, a former RPF intelligence officer, she is implicated in the assassination of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana.
The most powerful of these women is Aloysia Inyumba. She has been closely associated with General Kagame since the creation of the RPF. She is Kagame's confidant. She holds the signature and secret numbers of the RPF bank accounts in foreign countries such as Canada, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Political sources say RPF leaders abused most of these women during the bush war. After the victory of the RPF they rewarded them with political positions.
(c)AfroAmerica Network, March, 2001.
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