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Ms.Ngeruka
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Ms.Ngeruka
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International Relations. Feminist. Creative. Aesthete. Content Creator. (She/Her)
Katılım Mart 2015
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As commemoration week comes to and end, I thought I’d reflect a bit on my experience with Kwibuka and grief as someone born in a liberated Rwanda. Hope it speaks to you all! Twibuke twiyubaka ❤️🩹🕯️
open.substack.com/pub/ngabz250/p…
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To every young Rwandan out there…please take time to visit a memorial, listen to testimonies or read books. Don’t do it for the sake of it…listen, learn, reflect and truly feel it. Yes, the truth will be painful but it is a necessary pain. It matters that you know!
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How Gacaca courts still shape justice 32 years after Genocide
newtimes.co.rw/article/34793/…
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That’s what’s happening to the Palestinians and Sudanese right now… it’s so heartbreaking to see it happen again
Kenny@grikrr
Sometimes I’m quite baffled how everyone let it slide. The genocide against the Tutsi was literally organized in plain sight. No one called out The hate speech, the dehumanization and everything that was ongoing. Yet they have the audacity to tell us how to grieve.
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“Engagement does not require perfection. It requires intention. It requires choosing accuracy over convenience, and responsibility over silence. It also requires humility, the willingness to learn from those who lived through what we did not, and to speak with care about what carries deep historical weight.
The fear of getting it wrong is real. But so is the cost of saying nothing.”
#kwibuka32 🕯️
Read our @Mutunzi_Neza ’s piece:
open.substack.com/pub/nezac/p/we…
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#Kwibuka is not just about memory, it is about responsibility.
Are we, as youth, living up to that responsibility, or slowly losing the essence?
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/mutavu/p/k…
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"To name the Genocide against the Tutsi accurately is not political. It is factual. It is a refusal to participate in erasure," writes @KellyMutesi.
#Kwibuka32
newtimes.co.rw/article/34759/…
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There is no such thing as the 'Rwandan Genocide.'
In this piece, I share part of 6-year-old Marriene Mamashenge's testimony.
This generation will not allow over a million people to be killed: once in reality, and again in denial.
Read more: newtimes.co.rw/article/34759/…
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We are the generation that inherited what that grief built. Which means our goal is not to arrive, we are already here. Our duty is to make sure the question of arriving too late is never asked again. In memory. In truth-telling. In refusing to let hate and genocide ideology spread unchallenged in our region. In showing up, not only in remembrance, but in action. By doing, not just by being. That duty is the honour of our lives. 🤍
Read more: newtimes.co.rw/article/34740/…
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We owe future generations of Rwandans more than survival,
They deserve to inherit a secure united and bold Country and an integrated and Confident Africa.
H.E Paul KAGAME.
#Kwibuka32
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I wrote a lil smth. I’m not really a writer but I’d appreciate it if yall would read it and give your opinions open.substack.com/pub/hannahkayi…
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With all due respect,
While the cooperative model and reported salary increase are positive steps, there are still valid concerns worth addressing... perhaps not here, but in a different public space that would allow the concerned parties to listen. This matter has been dragged here for far too long.
1⃣Shifting the cost of basic tools like brooms to workers raises efficiency questions. Bulk procurement by the @CityofKigali or cooperatives would likely reduce costs significantly and ease the financial burden on workers. Even if it is "less than 2%," this is not negligible for them, especially as a recurring expense. Umukubuzo barawuhindura surely.
2⃣ This situation suggests a communication gap. If workers or the public perceive the system negatively, it may indicate that the rationale/benefits/ expectations of the new model were not clearly or consistently explained. A reform can be well-designed, but without proper communication, it risks misunderstanding and mistrust.
3⃣Last but not least, to those attacking the messenger @mugishajessy (or even Spokesperson @EmmaClaudine), we see you hiding behind your keyboards.
Instead of engaging with the issue, you chose to attack the individual, his looks, and his character. Shame on you. He took his time to speak with the workers, to listen, to understand, and to use the platform he has to raise their concerns. That is what active citizenship looks like.
In 2024, he even stepped forward to file for parliamentary candidacy as an independent. That level of courage and determination is something many young people can learn from.
We never claimed to be perfect. But if anything, this moment shows that freedom of speech exists in #Rwanda and young people choose to exercise it, loudly and responsibly.
Naho ibigarashi mwihishemo hano, mutuve mu matwi turabarambiwe.
Emma Claudine@EmmaClaudine
FACTUAL CLARIFICATION ON SANITATION WORKERS IN #KIGALI Recent claims circulating on social media regarding the treatment of street cleaners in #KigaliYacu are inaccurate and misleading. Since last year, street cleaning services across major roads of the City of Kigali have been delivered through structured Youth Cooperatives. These cooperatives not only ensure the cleanliness of the city but also provide organised employment, improved livelihoods, and access to social protection for their members. The facts are clear: ▶️ All staff receive their salaries on time. Any irregularities, when identified, are addressed immediately. ▶️ Since the establishment of the cooperatives, salaries have increased by 40%, driven by improved efficiency and better management of resources. ▶️ As part of this improved system, low-cost items such as brooms are gradually acquired by the workers themselves. This approach reduces operational costs and is one of the key factors that made it possible to achieve the 40% salary increase. The cost of a broom represents less than 2% of a worker’s monthly salary. ▶️ All workers are paid through formal banking systems, enabling contributions to the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) pension benefits. ▶️ In districts such as @KicukiroDistr, members participate in the INGOBOKA savings scheme, which provides structured support during social and family events; and will soon help them pay for Health Insurance for their families. ▶️ Recent Cooperative-run shop established allow members to access essential goods at affordable prices, with flexible payment arrangements. ▶️ All cooperatives operate under formal contracts with the City of Kigali that safeguard members’ rights, welfare, and working conditions. These systems reflect a deliberate and ongoing commitment to protect the dignity of street cleaners, improve livelihoods, and ensure structured and accountable service delivery. The @CityofKigali remains firmly committed to continuously strengthening these systems and addressing any identified gaps through appropriate channels. Rwanda will continue to progress through collective effort, starting with recognising and valuing essential workers whose contributions are vital to national development, including street cleaners. Thank you.
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Our country being riddled with people like this who are paralyzed in thought cosplaying as free-thinkers is the reason we have so much corruption and oversight in our municipal government. Our president is asking us to hold leaders accountable, wowe uri mu ubu bugambo..🤦🏿♂️
Source@krissvicc
@mugishajessy @RIB_Rw Aside from your "legs distracting investigators" 😅 I'm curious to know_with all this intensity and energy_what you're after, because you're clearly not the affected party in this complaint being filed_muri makye, izo mpuhwe ubafitiye ni nyabaki..
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1. Saying it’s “Inacurate and misleading,” invalidates the accounts of women who have expressed that what you are detailing is not the reality (cc @mugishajessy )
2. The fact that CoK cannot acquire brooms for the CITY OF KIGALI to be cleaned is baffling! Wild, actually!
Emma Claudine@EmmaClaudine
FACTUAL CLARIFICATION ON SANITATION WORKERS IN #KIGALI Recent claims circulating on social media regarding the treatment of street cleaners in #KigaliYacu are inaccurate and misleading. Since last year, street cleaning services across major roads of the City of Kigali have been delivered through structured Youth Cooperatives. These cooperatives not only ensure the cleanliness of the city but also provide organised employment, improved livelihoods, and access to social protection for their members. The facts are clear: ▶️ All staff receive their salaries on time. Any irregularities, when identified, are addressed immediately. ▶️ Since the establishment of the cooperatives, salaries have increased by 40%, driven by improved efficiency and better management of resources. ▶️ As part of this improved system, low-cost items such as brooms are gradually acquired by the workers themselves. This approach reduces operational costs and is one of the key factors that made it possible to achieve the 40% salary increase. The cost of a broom represents less than 2% of a worker’s monthly salary. ▶️ All workers are paid through formal banking systems, enabling contributions to the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) pension benefits. ▶️ In districts such as @KicukiroDistr, members participate in the INGOBOKA savings scheme, which provides structured support during social and family events; and will soon help them pay for Health Insurance for their families. ▶️ Recent Cooperative-run shop established allow members to access essential goods at affordable prices, with flexible payment arrangements. ▶️ All cooperatives operate under formal contracts with the City of Kigali that safeguard members’ rights, welfare, and working conditions. These systems reflect a deliberate and ongoing commitment to protect the dignity of street cleaners, improve livelihoods, and ensure structured and accountable service delivery. The @CityofKigali remains firmly committed to continuously strengthening these systems and addressing any identified gaps through appropriate channels. Rwanda will continue to progress through collective effort, starting with recognising and valuing essential workers whose contributions are vital to national development, including street cleaners. Thank you.
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