Ministeries remember staff killed in Genocide

The ministries of Internal Security, Local Government, and Public Service and Labour and affiliated institutions dedicated June 20 to remember former employees in the three ministries that were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The commemoration event started with a walk to remember from the ministerial offices in Kacyiru to Kimihurura roundabout and back to Kacyiru. The Minister for Public Service and Labour, Anastase Murekezi, who spoke on behalf of the three ministries, said though Rwandans were killed, the Rwandan spirit remained alive. “The Rwandan spirit has never died and it continues to drive us to a brighter future,” said Murekezi. Minister Murekezi urged survivors and Rwandans in general to always “remember, unite and renew.” the message of this year’s commemoration theme Former senator Antoine Mugesera outlined poor governance, tribal identity cards, sectarianism and hate propaganda as some of the factors that contributed to the 1994 Genocide against the Tusti Fortune Mukakagatana, one of the survivors, in her testimony, said they were denied equal opportunities with other employees. Mukakagatana worked in the then Ministry of Works between 1988 and 2004. She thanked the current government for uniting and reconciling Rwandans. The three ministries share the same block.

National

Ministeries remember staff killed in Genocide