Posted on February 15, 2014 by Joel under Rwanda
Interesting allegations regarding recent unrest in Burundi emerged from Charles Kambanda’s Facebook page this week. I have summarized Kambanda’s posts in the following paragraphs, as they reflect on a region that many American Anglicans have ties with.
Kambanda alleges that according to intelligence reports from Burundi there was a plan to assassinate the Hutu president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza. A couple weeks ago, the world would have awoken to the news of President Nkurunziza’s assassination. Ugandan and Rwandan bosses hatched this plan. Rwandan bosses would immediately have started butchering the Tutsi in Burundi and blamed it on the Hutu. These same Rwandan bosses would then declare that Rwandan troops had moved in to Burundi to stop a genocide. The plan from Kigali was to appoint the now fired Tutsi Vice President of Burundi to lead the country through an indefinite “transitional period.” This would have equated to Rwandan and Ugandan leadership ruling Burundi.
What did President Nkurunziza do to provoke this alleged plot? Kambanda says that Nkurunziza allowed Tanzanian forces to use Bujumbura as a base to smoke Kagame out of the DRC. Nkurunziza is also accused of passing sensitive intelligence information to South African and Tanzanian troops that was important for their military campaign against M23. It is also believed that some influential Tutsi in Burundi support the Rwandan National Congress (RNC). Kigali bosses want a chance to eliminate those Burundian Tutsi. Kigali bosses are also scared that the Hutu leader of Burundi might be considering allowing anti-Kagame armed groups to operate from Burundi.
In addition, until shortly before the dismantling of M23, Rwandan special forces were in control of Burundi. President Nkurunziza switched his allegiance from Rwanda to Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete for protection. FULL STORY
