This Regime Must Go
Posted by Kalimikashyali on April 6, 2013 at 6:45 AMRwandans are a sound minded people. They should not be bullied into following a failed system. A lot of blood was shed, a lot of sacrifices were made, all of these to secure a dictatorship and a failed system?
As I write this, I am filled with sadness and grief because of shambles my beloved country Rwanda is in. Tribalism, corruption, nepotism and cronyism are the motto for the government in Kigali today. The poor's rights are trampled upon every day, it is outrageous.
The government of Paul Kagame took the dictatorship, tribalism, and cronyism to unprecedented levels. Yet, these were the reasons why they picked up arms and set in motion a ruthless war that saw millions of innocent Rwandans and Congolese perish. It is regrettable that the blood of innocent people was spilled in vain.
Usually, people learn from their mistake. In the past, a lot of countries experienced interethnic feuds. Most countries emerged from those difficult moments stronger and smarter with better systems of government, systems that tried hard to be fair and democratic.
It's funny and it's a point to ponder how the same principle did not apply in Rwanda. Rwanda emerged from its brutal civil war with a system that is disingenuous and fake. On the façade, it looks pretty and polished but on the inside it is rotten. Paul Kagame and his friends in the west will have you believe that all is well in Rwanda. When they describe Rwanda, I think to myself that maybe I need to leave my country of asylum and head back to Rwanda. But when I pick up the phone and call relatives in Rwanda, I get a completely different story. They list all sorts of problems: lack of jobs ( therefore lack of money), lack of decent health care, rotten educational system, lack of modern technology such as a decent access to the internet, lack of food, rotten judicial system, rotten and brutal police force, mere salaries, and more importantly the lack of transparency and cronyism in the public as well as in the private sector, I can go on and on about cries from Rwanda.
Rwandans are used to a hard life, and are used to dealing with problems mentioned above that they are dealing with today without the help from the government. The big problem today is that the Kagame government instead of helping, it implements a lot of policies that add a lot of burden to the already distressed population. Fees of all sorts are collected from a people that have no source of income, people have no freedom to go about their business without the interference of authorities, and people have no say in policies that deeply affect their lives. People are discriminated and a big chunk of the population is treated as second class citizens and is passed over as far as economic opportunities are concerned.
The government of Kagame is supposed to be free of corruption so we've been told over and over again. Reports from inside Rwanda testify otherwise. People have to bribe in order for them to get what they are entitled, and women have to spread their legs. That's the reality. To get a decent job, you have to know somebody or you have to pay up somehow. So how is this any different from the previous system that Kagame and his RPF were supposed to rectify? At least, Habyalimana did not pay lobbies to lie for him to the international community that he was an outstanding leader, and therefore sweep under the rug the truth: a failed system.
How did we get here and more importantly how do we get out of the quagmire Rwanda is in presently?
Our politicians in the past quarter century have been characterized by selfishness, immaturity, and lack of wisdom. The political cul-de-sac Rwanda is in presently is the result of bad decision after bad decision made by corrupt leaders.
So how do we get out of here?
The current regime in Rwanda is part of the problem. THAT REGIME MUST BE OVERTHOWN AND FAST.
Who will depose the mercurial regime in Rwanda?
Rwandans united. All of those who are fed up with Kagame's folies. Rwandans have the tendency to lay back and expect others to do the job. We are in special times where everyones's help is needed. SO WAKE UP PEOPLE. Speak up. Write an article. Contribute your time, or your money. Do something. Whatever it is big or small but do it. I CALL ESPECIALLY ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE. Because public offices in recent past have been held by crooks that discredited the job of being a politician, good people tend to stay away from politics. IT IS YOU GOOD PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH ETHICS, PEACE LOVING PEOPLE WHO WILL RECTIFY THE SITUATION SO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.
Who will lead us?
The opposition needs a though leader. Rwandans right now are like sheeps without a shepherd. They are ready to follow, all is lacking is a leader who knows how to lead. If you look at the political landscape in Rwanda you see Kagame who is tough but also a crook and unfit to continue governing, then you see a lot of immature politicians who are trying to overthrow him, these are people that can't get anything done, they can't unite the opposition, they can't raise money, they can't make alliances with leaders who can lend them a hand, instead of uniting on a common goal they wrangle between themselves, they just kabuki dance and boast about achievements that are invisible.
WE NEED A LEADER THAT IS PATRIOT AND THAT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. WHERE ARE YOU MR OR MRS SANKARA OF RWANDA? STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.
Can the Kagame regime be overthrown?
The answer is a big YES!
Tell me what ruthless regime that lasted an eternity? History does not give you lessons? The Pharaoh, the Nebuchadnezzar, where is the powerful Roman Empire, apartheid in US, apartheid in SA, Saddam Hussein, colonel Kaddafi, need I go on? No evil system can resist a determined people. We are the ones who give Kagame powers he does not possess. We tremble in fear in front of him. WELL, IT IS TIME TO PUT FEAR ASIDE AND STAND UP TO THE BULLY.
Under a ruthless regime such as Kagame's, fear is a normal sentiment. Mandela said and I quote "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." TAKE COURAGE MY PEOPLE, CONQUER FEAR OR BE SLAVES FOR EVER!
Here is step one every Rwandan needs to take. BELIEVE. We can overthrow Kagame. Believe it! YES WE CAN! Say it ( if you are free to do so, else you can say it in your heart ) KAGAME MUST GO!
The first work needs to be done inside every Rwandan who is fed up with Kagame. Get that feeling in you that Kagame is not your president that his regime needs to go! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
What we need to figure out is how to go about overthrowing him and obliterating his ugly system. Put your brains to work people. THINK, THINK, THINK. Talk to people you trust (even you in Rwanda can do this). That will give us a start. Don't let Kagame's statements that he is the only one who can efficiently run Rwanda stand.
One advice to the opposition, please stop quarrels, think of uniting and working together. You are fighting a common enemy. Please!
I MIGHT NOT SUCCEED IN OVETHROWING KAGAME BUT I WILL DIE TRYING.
Bye for now friends and fellow countrymen I love deeply!
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