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Rwanda: a country not deterred by its horrendous past | TZ
Rwanda has just concluded the Genocide Week, in commemoration of the
almost one million Rwandans who lost their lives in the macabre genocide
of 1994.
For those who know and understand the situation in Rwanda at the
time, a lot has changed in the last 22 years since the Rwanda Patriotic
Front (RPF) came to power. Naturally, there are voices of dissent
against the type of governance President Paul Kagame exercises, a
healthy development in its own right, but these voices should not cloud
the achievements made so far, under not-so-friendly circumstances.
It is imperative to note that the country charted a path of where it
wants to be and how it intends to get there. Not many governments in
Africa pursue such dreams with the nostalgia Rwanda does.
For instance, corruption, one of the biggest impediments to social
development in Africa, has been dealt a death blow and woe betide those
whose penchant it is to dip their fingers in the national coffers.
Several have faced this anti-corruption rigour machine, the most recent
being Dr Rose Mukankomeje, the Director General of the Rwanda
Environment Management Agency (REMA). She is answering to charges.