{UAH} NEW DIASPORA INITIATIVE TO DEDFEND RWANDAN'S IMAGE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

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Do you still wonder why many Rwandans from diaspora have been flocking to Africa lately? They have been holding a huge session in Kigali to support the Paul Kagame government. But I need to raise a specific name this morning of Teta Kananga that I have high lightened in the piece, remember when we were still running the Uganda Community Center in Toronto? That very same Kananga remember how he was playing a Ugandan, he was the vice chair at one point and I publicly resented it, and how he did many of the functions for us as a fellow Ugandan? And how many times was I attacked when I raised his nationality? And how many times was I called a racist for I cautioned you all in this city, that we must not allow Rwandans to run our community? And every one pleaded so hard how the man was a Ugandan. Every one pleaded how he cannot even speak Rwandan but Luganda, how every one called him a Mukiga. He somehow just disappeared from the city. Well he left and not for Uganda, this Mukiga man is back into his country. And  today he is officially speaking for the Rwandan government, not Uganda government but Rwanda government. In fact this very same Teta Kananga was the one that was working with Claude Dusaidi to run the Uganda organization in this city. If you remember Dusaidi that was a teacher in York University then ended up a Rwanda diplomat that died in South Africa. The third Rwandan that was running our organization in this city was Grace Galabuzi. It simply amazes me how time has over and over came to my rescue, for I did not write this piece, it has just popped up on my screen few minutes ago, and there is your Teta Kananga. This piece is running in today's Rwandan times.

 Now understand why Rwandans have been flocking into Rwanda lately pretending to be in Kenya watching Kenyan election.

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New diaspora initiative to defend Rwanda's image and achievements

The New Times

 Patrick Nzabonimpa

Monday, August 22, 2022

A group of Rwandans living in the diaspora have started a movement, 'Rwanda My Home Country,' which aims to spotlight all positive developments taking place in Rwanda as well as opportunities that are available in the country.

The movement, whose motto is 'Protect the brand,' will be based in the United States but have members across different countries worldwide.

According to Nsengiyumva Rutsobe, the initiator of the movement, the initiative was created to support and accelerate what the country is already doing.

"We take our country as our personal business. Being Rwandan is our identity. That pride is what we want to protect and sell. We have to fight for it," he said.

He added: "Our movement's uniqueness is that it's strictly patriotic. We aim at spreading patriotism by heart. What will be done is purely volunteerism."

He also mentioned that different people have made sacrifices for Rwanda to be where it is today, hence their movement is set to sustain what has been achieved, adding that it will work with different institutions to reach its goals and objectives.

Innocent Habumugisha, who lived in diaspora but currently lives in Rwanda, said the movement comes at a time when people, who oppose the Government of Rwanda, disgrace it and spoil its image, have emerged and thus it is going to help fight them.

"Rwanda has achieved a lot 28 years after the Genocide against the Tutsi. That is the brand we are going to protect, not forgetting that people are embarrassing our country and are denying Genocide. We are going to fight them by using facts," he said.

He said that they also aim to feed Rwandans who were born in diaspora with the right information, adding that they expect new testimonies to be given in line with sharing Rwanda's facts.

Habumugisha also noted that they are set to create task forces with different people in various countries, adding that they will be admitting new members who will also be trained on how best they can use social media to collect and provide true information about Rwanda hence protecting its image.

Teta Kananga, who is part of the Canadian diaspora, said that they are also looking forward to expanding a pool of Rwandans who are able to learn and understand core values of Rwanda, its culture and most importantly Kinyarwanda, so that they can be able to move conversations with the language.

She declared that they are also encouraging Rwandans in diaspora to remember where they came from and visit Rwanda given that they have found it as a life-changing opportunity.

Renowned traditional singer, Intore Masamba, who is also part of the initiative, noted that throughout his travels abroad, he has found out that Rwanda's art and music is loved and therefore can be used by the movement to gather people and mobilise them on protecting Rwanda's image and achievements.

He is aware that some Rwandans in diaspora have established troupes as channels to 'embarrass' the country, he said, and that some singers have also made songs that encourage people to hate the country.

"Rwandan artistes can also use their art to tell positive facts about Rwanda, exposing those providing false information. We want people to know that this Rwanda is not a gift," he said.

"People sacrificed their lives so that we can have it. We also plan to involve friends of Rwanda so that they can help us to spread the truth."

editor@newtimesrwanda.com

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