The producers and actors of Musekeweya, an educative radio programme that focuses on eliminating divisionism and promotion of unity and reconciliation Saturday marked five years on Rwandan airwaves.

The Kinyarwanda programme which is packaged as a development communication airs daily on Radio Rwanda and Contact FM.

According to Aimable Twahirwa the Assistant Director of the programme, the journey has been long but due to resilience and support from the public, they are impacting on society.

"Five years down the road we see that Musekeweya is achieving its vision, but this success can be largely attributed to the public which embraced it with enthusiasm and the actors who have done their best to send a constructive message to the masses,” pointed out Twahirwa.

He added that since Musekeweya’s inception in 2004, its listener-ship has been steadily increased due to the constructive lessons and messages it sends out.

"We have received many testimonies of people who have been positively impacted by the messages we portray in Musekeweya and we hope to continue doing this until our society is free from divisionism,” underscored Twahirwa
In her speech, Fatuma Ndangiza the Executive Secretary of Rwanda Unity and Reconciliation Commission expressed gratitude towards the organizers, actors and listeners of the programme for the ‘great’ work they are doing in promoting unity and reconciliation.

"Musekeweya has done a lot in light of fighting the Genocide ideology and promoting unity and reconciliation, the testimonies of people who have been transformed prove that many have been impacted by this soap opera,” declared Ndangiza.

She called upon Rwandans to support such programmes saying they are critically needed to rebuild sanity in the society.

"Genocide was an ideology which was systematically constructed into people…we therefore need programmes like these to uproot divisionism and genocide ideology such that sanity can prevail in our society,” she added

Musekeweya is sponsored by an international agency, La Benevolencia, which opted to use theatre to champion the unity and reconciliation crusade in Rwanda.

The program has been adopted by some radio stations in Burundi due to the prudent massages packaged in the soap opera.       

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