By David Himbara
Hopefully you all know people show up to these events in masses ONLY because soldiers make them, not because they want to. Soldiers will bang hard on every door while citizens are still sleeping, and the local police will double-check to make sure everyone left the house to make Kagame happy. Soldiers do so before sunrise, even if Kagame won’t show up till sunset.
They don’t care how hungry or how sick people get can from waiting too long in the freezing cold, burning heat, or pouring rain. Soldiers do the same thing on election day, and they do that every time any RPF official comes to visit.
That’s how Kagame rules Rwanda. That’s how he gathers these crowds. Attending his gatherings is not an option, and nobody is an exception. If you don’t attend, local defense forces will make your name famous; they will make sure you are finished.
By the way – these gatherings are a perfect place for for Kagame’s security services to make arrests. More arrests as everyone goes through the metal detector.
Rwanda under Kagame is not a country. It is just a big prison. | |
