Kigali, le 14 mars 2013.
En date du 7 mars 2013, Madame Fatuma Mukarwego, une mère âgée de 56 ans a été arrêtée parce qu’elle s’opposait à l’arrachage forcé de ses cultures, sans la moindre compensation.
Après que les habitants du district de Kayonza aient interpellé et dénoncé les autorités locales qui arrachaient et coupaient les cultures en vue de l’aménagement forcé des terrasses radicales, le ministre de l’agriculture, en date du 4 mars, a envoyé des émissaires s’enquérir de la situation. Arrivés sur place, ils ont apaisé la situation, rassurant que nul ne serait plus spolié par l’arrachage forcé des cultures. Madame Fatuma Mukarwego faisait partie des personnes qui ont rencontré lesdites autorités, raison pour laquelle les autorités locales l’ont arrêtée sous prétexte qu’elle instiguait les habitants à la rébellion.
Kigali, March 14, 2012.
On March 7, 2013, Ms. Fatuma Mukarwego, 56 years old, was arrested and put in jail on grounds that she refused to let the authorities destroy her subsistence crops without any compensation.
Following outcries from the population of Kayonza District who were protesting against their local authorities who were destroying their crops by uprooting and cutting them under the pretext of clearing the way for agricultural terraces, on March 4, 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock dispatched a delegation to inquire about the situation. Upon their arrival, the delegation regretted such shameful acts and reassured the population saying that nobody will destroy their crops anymore. Ms. Fatuma Mukarwego, was also among the people who met with this ministerial delegation, an act that got her in trouble because local authorities held her responsible for inciting local populations to rebel against their authorities by not letting them to destroy their crops.
Kigali, kuwa 14 Werurwe 2013.
Tariki ya 7 Werurwe 2013, Umukecuru Mukarwego Fatuma w’imyaka 56 yatawe muri yombi azira ko yanze ko bamurandurira imyaka yihingiye nta ngurane ahawe.
Nyuma y’aho abaturage bo mu karere ka Kayonza bavugirije induru bamagana ukuntu ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Kayonza bwari bwiraye mu myaka yabo bukarandagura, indi bugatemagura mu gikorwa cyo gukora amatarase y’indinganire, tariki ya 4 Werurwe 2013 minisiteri y’ubuhinzi n’ubworozi yoherejeyo intumwa zo kujya kureba uko ibintu byifashe, zihageze zihumuriza abaturage ko nta muntu uzongera kubarandurira imyaka. Umukecuru Mukarwego Fatuma nawe yari mu bantu babonanye n’izi ntumwa za minisiteri y’ubuhinzi, bikaba arinabyo byatumye ubuyobozi bw’akarere bumufata nka nyirabayazana mu kwoshya abaturage bo mu murenge atuyemo kwigomeka ku buyobozi bw’akarere, banga ko barandurirwa imyaka.
Le 7 mars, le responsable du district de Kayonza, Monsieur John Mugabo, a tenu une réunion avec les habitants pour leur dire qu’il allait mettre en prison madame Fatuma Mukarwego pour idéologie génocidaire et d’opposition à la politique de l’Etat. Effectivement elle fut embarquée dans le véhicule et mise en dépôt à la station de police de Kabarondo. Informés de l’incarcération, les membres de sa famille ont essayé d’avertir et de recourir aux autorités de Kigali. Mais sans succès.
Le parti FDU Inkingi dénonce ces actes d’intimidation et de spoliation des biens de la population. Les dispositions de l’article 29 de la Constitution garantissent l’inviolabilité de la propriété privée. Comment dès lors comprendre que des autorités s’en prennent à des citoyens qui s’opposent à la destruction de leurs cultures sans la moindre indemnisation ?
Nous demandons la relaxe immédiate et sans conditions de Madame Fatima Mukarwego. Personne ne peut lui reprocher en effet d’avoir défendu ses droits tels que la Loi le lui autorise. C’est tout simplement ridicule de transformer la lutte pour la sauvegarde de ses droits en crime de rébellion et de propagation de l’idéologie génocidaire.
FDU-Inkingi
Boniface Twagirimana
Vice-président intérimaire
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On March 7, 2013, the Head of Kayonza District, Mr Mugabo John, held a public meeting in which he summoned Fatuma Mukarwego and ordered her to sit down in front of the population. He said that he was going to send her in jail because she harbors genocide ideology and is opposed to government programs. At the end of the meeting, the woman was put in a vehicle belonging to the mayor of the District and was sent to jail at the police station of Kabarondo. Her family tried to alert the Ministry of Local Governance but nothing was done to help this innocent victim. Such a scenario clearly shows that those who are meant to speak for the Rwandan people are the ones who are oppressing them.
The party FDU-Inkingi vehemently denounces such shameful acts aimed at intimidating and oppressing the population. We seize this opportunity to remind the RPF regime that Article 29 of the Rwandan Constitution stipulates that the private property is inviolable. There is no reason for a citizen to be brutalized on grounds that he/she refused to let local authorities destroy his/her subsistence crops without any compensation or reparation. Ms. Fatuma Mukarwego must be freed immediately without any condition because she has not committed any crime. She only did what any good citizen is supposed to do. Standing up for citizen’s rights should not be construed as harboring genocide ideology.
FDU-Inkingi
Boniface Twagirimana
Interim Vice President
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Tariki ya 7 Werurwe 2013, Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Kayonza, Bwana Mugabo John, yakoresheje inama y’abaturage afata Mukarwego Fatuma amwicaza imbere y’abaturage maze ababwira ko agiye kumufunga kubera ko ngo afite ingengabitekerezo akaba anarwanya gahunda za leta. Nyuma y’iyo nama uwo mukecuru yashyizwe mu modoka y’umuyobozi w’akarere ajya gucumbikirwa muri sitasiyo ya polisi ya Kabarondo aho ashinjwa kurwanya gahunda za leta, kugumura abaturage no kuba afite ingengabitekerezo. Umuryango w’uyu mukecuru ukimara kubona ko azize kuba yaranze ko bamurandurira imyaka wagerageje kubimenyesha abayobozi bo muri minisiteri y’ubutegetsi bw’igihugu ariko ntacyo bakoze ngo barengere uyu muturage. Ibi bikaba bisobonuye ko uwo abaturage baregera ari na we ubarenganya.
Ishyaka FDU-Inkingi riramagana uyu muco mubi wo guhutaza abaturage no kubahohotera. Tuributsa leta ya FPR-Inkotanyi ko ingingo ya 29 y’Itegeko Nshinga isobanura neza ko umutungo w’umuntu utavogerwa. Nta mpamvu rero umuturage yazizwa ko yanze ko bamurandurira imyaka yihingiye igomba kumutunga kandi nta ndishyi ahawe cyangwa ikindi cyamutunga mu kimbo cy’ibye byangijwe. Uyu mukecuru, Fatima Mukarwego, akwiye kurekurwa nta yandi mananiza kubera ko nta cyaha yakoze. Ibyo yakoze amategeko arabimwemerera kandi guharanira uburenganzira bwawe ntibivuga kurwanya leta cyangwa kugira ingengabitekerezo.
FDU-Inkingi
Boniface Twagirimana
Umuyobozi wungirije w’agateganyo.
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