By: Command Post
Congolese military officials have finally replaced Col Honore Katembe who has been the military commander for Minembwe axis in Fizi, South Kivu in Eastern DR Congo.
This followed the Banyamulenge outcry accusing Col Katembo of supplying weapons to Mai Mai Yakutumba and the Burundian Red Tabara rebels to kill Banyamulenge minorities.
Sources from Minembwe told this website that after Katembo was nabbed supplying arms to Mai Mai by fellow officers, he shot and killed them to kill evidence.
Col Katembe has reportedly been acquiring guns and ammunition from Rwanda Special Forces currently stationed in Fizi forests to the rebels who have been targeting the Banyamulenge which has left villages destroyed and hundreds of people killed and others displaced.
Rwandan Special Forces crossed to Fizi area claiming it was trying to hunt down rebels belonging to former Rwandan military chief Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa something he dismisses as unfounded lies by the regime in Kigali.
This website has learnt that 5 Congolese military Generals stormed Minembwe for a fact finding mission and assessing the security situation on the ground.
The Generals included the Deputy Chief of General Staff in charge of operations and intelligence, Gabriel Amisi Tango Fort before ordering for the replacement of Colonel Katembo after very many complaints from the locals and authorities in the area about his conduct.
Gen Tango assured the locals that he is determined to bring peace and stability in the war torn Minembwe.
He also pledged that he was going to make more changes within FARDC to ensure that peace returns to Minembwe and mobilize for more humanitarian assistance to ensure that those displaced can return home.
Over 350 cows were recently stolen and four Banyamulenge villages burnt down by Mai – Mai militia in the Itombwe area of Mwenga territory.
The stolen cows were sold in open markets while some are being kept in farms belonging to rival communities.
Most of the affected villages include,
1) Ngoma,
2) Kanogo;
3) Kamombo;
4) Kitasha 2;
5) Mikalati 2;
6) Mutenja;
7) Kabara 1 and 2
8) Kakangara;
9) Timbyangoma;
10) Gahwera;
11) Gaseke;
12) Kivumu 2;
13) Rudabagiza;
14) Irumba;
15) Biziba 1 and 2;
16) Kasologotchi;
17) Kabingo;
18) Kakangara 19) ruganirwa;
20) Ruhemba;
21) Nyamiringa;
22) Nyamulombwa;
23) Tulambo;
24) Uwimbogo;
25) Rushasha;
26) Nkango;
27) Nazareth;
28) Bijanda;
29) Gashasha;
30) Kidasi;
31) Kalingi;
32) Kalingi bijumba;
33) Lwiko;
34) Rubemba;
35) Kalingi bethel / 36) mashamba;
37) Monyi;
38) Karongozi;
39) Rutigita;
40) Mashya;
41) Kabingo 1,2 and 3;
42) Rubibi;
43) Gihuha;
44) Mukumba;
45) Rubarati;
46) Kanono;
47) Kuwagahura;
48) Gatoki;
49) Mbundamo;
50) Gashararo;
51) Tchanzovu;
52) Mugogo;
53) Murambya;
54) Kanogo;
55) Masoro;
56) Kagogo;
57) Kirumba;
58) Kajoka;
59) Gongwa;
60) Gahuna;
61) Bikuba;
62) Bikuba;
63) Bakura;
64) Itara.
65) Bugogoma,
66) Rwitsankuku,
67) Ngoma
68) Kabembwe,
69) Mugono,
70) Rutabura
