{UAH} DOES UGANDA REMAIN UNDER APARTHIED?

The 1995 Uganda Constitution Schedule 20 lists Banyarwanda as one of the tribes in Uganda. The events of 1959 in Rwanda led many Tutsis to flee to mainly Burundi, Tanzania, Congo and Uganda. In Uganda they were granted refugee status in compliance with the 1951 Geneva Convention for which Uganda is a signatory. In 1982, even when Rwakasisi attempted to move parliament to revoke the refugee status held by these refugees, the UPC government stood its ground and continued to accord them international protection. Upto 1990, allmost all these refugees still enjoyed international protection. All those people like the Rwigyemas, Kagame etc have never denied that they were refugees in Uganda. Infact to enhance their physical security, Museveni had allowed them to hold firearms by enilisting them in his private security company - NRA. 

When these refugees felt it safe to return home, and since they knew the route they simply drove towards the Uganda/Rwanda border and returned to Rwanda. It took four years to complete the voluntary repatriation process. In the process they founded the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF). The RPF took over government in Rwanda and together with its armed wing the RDF as a strong, motivated and proffessional army, the former Refugees find no shame in identifying themselves as Rwandese of Rwanda.

However, according to Museveni the Banyarwanda who were in the NRA escaped and invaded Rwanda. 

WAS RWANDA INVADED BY RWANDESE TUTSI REFUGEES WHO WERE IN UGANDA OR BY THE BANYARWANDA - AN INDIGENOUS TRIBE IN UGANDA?

INFORMATION IS POWER.

Posted by Uganda - A Change of Guards! 

Viele GruBe

Robukui

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