East African Community has plenty of experience to learn from Rwanda

Editor,Rwanda’s story might be different from that of the other East African region in terms of gravity and intensity of horrible massacres that ravaged the country and claimed more than a million innocent lives during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, but I think that we [our countries] are the same in one way or another.

Monday, July 08, 2013

Editor,Rwanda’s story might be different from that of the other East African region in terms of gravity and intensity of horrible massacres that ravaged the country and claimed more than a million innocent lives during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, but I think that we [our countries] are the same in one way or another.Think of Kenya for instance in 2007 and 2008 when the country was engulfed in political violence. The difference is how fast Rwanda has learnt, it’s like a ball hitting the ground, and the harder it hits the higher it rises. This is the difference with Rwanda, and that is where the rest of East African countries need to learn from. I salute you Ernest for this reflection. Good job.Tobby, TanzaniaReaction to Ernest Rwamucyo’s opinion, "Rwanda’s Liberation Day: Five points for reflection”, (The New Times, July 8)