During a annual celebration of Rwanda National Heroes day, Gen Rwarakabije who heads Rwandan correctional services operating in prisons told prisoners from Muhanga Prison that during his life in the DRC forests as a FDLR commander, he received letters that encouraged him to keep fighting against the government so to release them from prisons.
He told prisoners his experience as a former commander of FDLR rebels in North Kivu, DRC where he received many letters urging him to keep fighting against Rwanda and overthrow the regime.
The first letter I got was sent by a prisoner who gave it to one of my former soldiers, he revealed.
He said that all of the letters he received were sent by prisoners but with time his convictions to overthrow the Kigali regime disappeared and he decided to return back home.
Gen Rwarakabije said that since the time he came back, he is still confident on the progress that Rwanda has achieved and swore to take part in the efforts to develop the nation.
The Chief of the Rwanda correctional services denied the allegations from different international experts accusing Rwandan forces to have killed refugees in DRC.
I was there as a military senior officer and I didn’t see any Rwandan troop killing a refugee, he said.
He said that Rwanda troops were eager to help refugees to safely come back home but they were hindered by the former FAR (Forces Armees Rwandaises) who closed the refugee camp, Gen Rwarakabije said.
During the cerebration, some of the newly repatriated refugees provided testimonies on their participation in the genocide against the Tutsi.
Those refugees came back after the Gacaca courts closed the audiences.
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