RWINKWAVU - Wolfram Mining and Processing (WMP) company workers, paid tribute to colleagues that perished during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on Friday.According to Bonaventure Manirakiza, an official at the company, at least 24 miners were brutally murdered in Rwinkwavu sector.Manirakiza lamented that the Genocide left families in abject poverty because the most active members were the main targets.He noted that WMP was committed to assisting the families, adding that basic needs to economic emancipation would be availed to the survivors.“We lost our colleagues who were dedicated to mining…they had wives and children who were also wiped out by the killers. This is a sad moment when we remember our ugly history.”“We have established a sustainable system of helping the few survivors to live a meaningful life. We shall be assisting one family after another as we did today.”Jean Paul Ndahayo, 55, a miner said that miners have vowed to live a different life in the aftermath of the horrible days of conflicts and violence.He said that the days of commemoration in mines were normally characterized by reconciliation lessons.“We hold interesting debates on why Tutsi were killed, how Rwanda should move forward after the Genocide and what reconciliation demands. In essence, miners say they will never allow any primitive acts of extermination in society again,” he said.Alexia Irahoza, a survivor living in the area applauded the company’s efforts to make lives of survivors better.
