RWANDA HAS MORE THAN THE WILL

As we prepare as a Nation to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi for the 15th time in Rwanda, one can’t help but reflect on the times past and the challenges ahead of us. Any witness to the Rwandan tragedy, near or far, will attest to the fact that what we have accomplished as a people is nothing short of a miracle. For it was and still is hard to imagine that any Nation, however big or small, could pick itself up, dust itself off and start all over by shear will power after a human tragedy of this magnitude. It is quite clear in the minds of our people that Rwanda should serve as a great example of triumph against adversity. We are the living proof that with the right kind of leadership and a clear vision, no mountain is too high to climb, no river to wide to cross. Fifteen years after the fact, it is our great conviction that nothing worse than what we have already overcome could be thrown our way. We are however fully aware that the long road to freedom and emancipation still has its share of challenges and remain mindful of ill will individuals who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of nothing less than the total failure of a Nation they claim to love.
They have gone as far as arguing that the reason to our apparent silence in the face of what we have endured is due to the fact that there was in fact no genocide. This movement is no stranger to anyonewho knows anything about genocide. It is called revisionism and we will fight it with all our might.
Fifteen years after the fact, this movement has grown more sophisticated in its cynical revision of History. It is not only found in the failure to act by those who knew well ahead of time what washappening, but also today in the form of endless criticism of every effort made by our country to lick its wounds and exorcise its demons without any offer of a solution in return.
Who are they to declare as nil the results of Gacaca? Who are they to claim a lack of real reconciliation amongst our people? Where have they been for the past fifteen years as we cried rivers of tears? What advise have they offered in way of solution to help us get where we are now?
We are not a bitter people. History has proven beyond a shadow of doubt that we are forgiving. It is in that spirit that we are once again extending our hands in friendship to all of those willing to accompany us on our journey towards healing as we strive to make a better life for ourselves.
We declare as false the notion that our people should be polarized along ethnic lines. We are one and indivisible and together we shall overcome. Rwanda HAS THE WILL AND is finding THE WAY.Join us for this 15th commemoration; Rwanda has a message to the World.
(Courtesy of By Albert Rudatsimburwa)