Sunday Times’s STEPHEN TUMUSIIME explores you the life of revengeful Evaliste Nsekanabo

Saturday, November 8, 2008 will remain a black day for Kimisagara residents.

A 28 year old Evaliste Nsekanabo ran berserk and slain a married couple in the area. He reportedly murdered Felix Dusingizimana and his wife for allegedly taking his Rwf 500,000. Hours later, he handed himself  to the police.

At Muhima police, Nsekanabo shocked many. "Killing them was the only way to carry my revenge,” Nsekanabo tells Sunday Times. He speaks with a tinge of bitterness. He says he was deeply hurt when the deceased refused to refund his money.

"We had not written any agreement. I just trusted them,” Nsekanabo explains.

Nsekanabo murdered the couple at 5pm. He says he was fed up with life and the deceased deserved it.

"I feel relieved now. I leave everything now in the hands of God,” adds Nsekanabo in an interview at Muhima police.

Who is Nsekanabo?
       
Nsekanabo was born in 1980 in Bugesera, Ngenda Sector Mareba cell to Rutahintare and Mukamisheni. His parents died when he was young and the burden of looking after his siblings fell on his shoulders. To make ends meet, he opted to go to Karangazi in Eastern province to look for odd jobs.

In Karangazi, he first worked in the transport sector carrying people’s merchandises for money. But in Karangazi, life was hell and decided to quit. 

What he earned was small not enough to cater for him and the family. Disgusted, Nsekanabo opted to try chapatti and bake cakes to make a difference in life.

Earning Rfw1500 per day, he managed to make savings worth Rfw500.000 in 6 years. He says he had kept the money in an account with Bank Populaire of Karangazi before he withdrew it for the business with the late Dusingizimana.

Nsekanabo had grown up together with Dusingizimana in the same locality in Bugesera. He says he took him like his brother all the time.

"I trusted him. I used to look at him like a brother and that’s why I opted to give him my money.”

According to Nsekanabo, his friend had advised to him to put their heads together and start business- in second hand clothes. On the fateful day, Nsekanabo says he had asked the deceased to pay back, but the response was heart breaking.

"They had said paying back was not possible since they had no money.”

"They told me nobody had forced me to give them money. That I had to wait.”

"I felt so small and was humbled, not knowing what to do. I felt I had lost all I had worked for and all the value in me. Some one enjoying my money that I had worked for 6 years. It was unbearable,” Nsekanabo says bitterly.

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