The Rwandan Patriot

Dr David Himbara never recovered from being refused entry into Village Urugwiro. Around the end of 2009, Himbara was replaced from his job in Office of the President. The following day, Himbara woke up very early as usual going to work. At the entrance, the presidential security couldn’t let him in. It’s obvious, because security protocols require that any guests are recorded beforehand. He had no invitation. Arrogant as he had always been, Himbara probably imagined that he would walk into the presidential office whenever he pleases. I highly doubt anyone else, including the President’s family, apart from the First Lady perhaps, have that right of unfettered access. The Presidency and the holder, is an institution of a country, whose security becomes of paramount importance. However, Himbara had convinced himself, from years of having access there, that he could walk in at anytime he wished. In his usual English language bravado, Himbara shouted at the guards at the entrance, a...

  Playing the usual suspect, Dr David Himbara rants about a new innovative financing program by the IMF, from which Rwanda has acquired $319m. For his blog readers, Himbara paints the financing as adding to Rwanda’s debt portfolio. The IMF, World Bank and other international bodies have assessed Rwanda’s borrowing as manageable, reason being that for every cent taken in, there is a clear plan as to what it will do and how it will be repaid. Historically, nations have relied on taking risk to be able to get significant resources for development. Countries need big money, which very often isn’t available locally. The uniqueness of the IMF program is such that only three nations, including Rwanda globally have been able to tap from the Fund. The IMF’s experts are better placed to determine Rwanda’s ability to do good with the money. Himbara’s twisted propaganda against the IMF funding is the usual blackmail, with the hope that the Rwandan government comes out on the defensiv...

Last week, the government of DR Congo assumed it had the upper hand, claiming that M23 rebels, and by extension Rwandan troops massacred 120 civilians in Kishishe. The numbers have since changed. I won’t speak of the outlandish fabrication that Rwandan troops are on Congolese soil. It needs to be treated with the contempt it deserves. The mere suggestion that Rwandan troops have killed civilians, should make it to the Guinness Book of World Records, as one of the most deranged claims of the century. The people of countries where Rwandan troops have actually operated or still do, must be laughing so loud. I won’t have to say much, instead recommend you ask the Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado region, Haitians, South Sudanese, Central African Republic (CAR),   Malians, and Darfurians, to mention but a few. In Congo itself, Rwandan troops brought home hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees, saving them from disease, hunger and all the bad that war creates. Arising from the Rwa...