The government has condemned and demanded an investigation into the murder of Theogene Turatsinze, a Rwandan who was found dead in Maputo, Mozambique on Monday.In a statement received yesterday by The New Times, the High Commission of Rwanda to the Republic of Mozambique condemned the murder in the strongest terms. “The Government of Rwanda has called upon the Government of Mozambique to investigate the case and bring the culprits to book and is committed to follow it up and support the family during this trying time,” reads the statement.“He was an active member of the Rwandan Diaspora in Mozambique…had become a role model for a …. number of young Rwandans who had got employed in his consultancy firm,” it added.Turatsinze was a prominent businessman in Mozambique and the vice-president of a private catholic university in Maputo.The statement added the deceased was an active member of the Rwandan Diaspora community in Mozambique and played a key role in organising meetings there.He reportedly went missing last Friday evening after parting with a delegation of investors who he had dropped off at a hotel. The deceased’s car was found parked and intact.He was the Managing Director of the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) between 2005 -2007.Jeanette Niwemugeni, a niece to the deceased told The New Times during an interview on Tuesday that her late uncle was soon launching an international business school in Maputo.She described the 38-year-old uncle who is survived by a widow and no children as a peaceful personNiwemugeni added that arrangements have been made to have the deceased’s body buried in Rwanda.“We are told the body may arrive on Tuesday next week…police is still investigating,” she said by telephone last evening.Rwanda’s envoy to South Africa Vincent Karega in an e-mail to The New Times earlier said police in Maputo was yet to make a statement on the matter.Turatsinze has been living in Mozambique since 2010.The motive behind the killing is yet to be established. His body was discovered tied with ropes and floating in a lake.
