The president of the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission has called on Rwandans to sustain the fight against genocide ideology.

Bishop John Ruchayana made the remarks Thursday evening as Serena Hotel staff commemorated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, at the hotel premises in Kigali.

"Genocide ideology is the most dangerous ideology that no man should ever think about,” he said, adding that it claimed over a million lives of "our people and this should never happen again.”

Ruchayana said all those who still harbour genocide ideology should first be checked to see whether they are mentally well.

"No normal person in Rwanda, especially having seen what happen in 1994 and the consequences of its aftermath, can still hold such beliefs,” he said.

The Mayor of Nyarugenge District, Kayisime Nzaramba, challenged the youth to be at the forefront in creating a peaceful society.

"We shall not at anytime tolerate anyone who ideally disorients people,” she said.

"We need to all ensure peaceful co-existence and say no to genocide ideology in Rwanda and beyond its boundaries.”

Didace Habiyambere, a survivor and Serena staff, commended the Government for restoring the dignity of Rwandans.

"When we were growing up, Tutsi were treated as second class citizens, tortured and demonised but all that ended with the government of national unity,” he said.

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