Indignation over Rwandan paper's malicious report
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Details Published on Sunday, 02 February 2014 02:24 Written by SUNDAY
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THE public has expressed its dismay at a publication accusing
President Jakaya Kikwete of supporting and holding meetings with rebel
groups opposed to the government of Rwanda.
A cross section of people interviewed by the 'Sunday News' on Sunday
termed the allegations as malicious and aimed at tarnishing the image
of President Kikwete, his government and all Tanzanians.
A senior lecturer in Political Science and Public Administration at
the University of Dar es Salaam, Dr Benson Bana told this newspaper
that the report that appeared in last week's publication in a Rwandan
newspaper, The News of Rwanda was nothing short of distasteful. "It is
the expectation of many people including myself to see the Kigali
administration disowning the report.
The article is damaging to the East African Community (EAC), it is
fuelling mistrust among the two nations, it is irresponsible
journalism and a dent to diplomacy," he said.
Dr Bana said that Tanzanians believe that President Kikwete is a
mature leader and a diplomat and therefore cannot go against his own
efforts of fostering more cordial ties with Kigali.
Ambassador Dr Ahmed Kiwanuka, a seasoned diplomat, said that while the
publications have ill intentions, they were not to be ignored and
needed to be dealt with seriously. Dr Kiwanuka said that the Kigali
administration needed to understand that both Rwanda and Tanzania as
nations cannot shift and go elsewhere because we are all East
Africans.
"The doggedness that the leaders are showing is surprising. I would
like Tanzanians to know that it isn't the people of Rwanda who are the
cause of these ill intentions utterances, but rather some of the
leaders who are visionless," he said.
He reminded Rwanda that history will prove to be the most gullible of
people that Tanzania has never had any ill intentions with its
neighbours and that with Rwanda, tracing back as far as 1958, refugees
have been welcomed and that putting aside the boundaries placed by the
colonial powers, the people in the region are literally brothers and
sisters.
A retired seasoned diplomat who preferred anonymity said that he was
shocked when he read the paper and feels President Kikwete and
Tanzanians at large deserve an apology, because Tanzania has always
been in the forefront in ensuring peace prevailed in Rwanda and
neighbouring countries.
Mr Richard Chacha, a resident of Oyster Bay and a student of
international relations, said that common sense requires the Rwandan
government to instruct the newspaper to retract the article and make
an apology for the sake of the EAC, bilateral relations and humanity.
On Thursday, the Tanzanian mission in Rwanda expressed shock
anddispleasure over reports published by the 'News of Rwanda' that
accused President Kikwete of supporting and holding meetings with
members of rebel groups opposed to the administration in Kigali.
It has described the reports as 'untrue and malicious.' A statement
issued by the Tanzania Embassy in Rwanda through the Directorate of
Presidential Communications in Dar es Salaam said the reports are
"nothing but a bunch of dangerous lies fabricated with obvious
malicious intent to create an impression that Tanzania is working with
enemies and groups opposed to the government of Rwanda."
The statement said that the report and other similar reports published
in recent weeks by the 'News of Rwanda' were not only untrue, baseless
and mere fabrication but also dangerous and threatening the diplomatic
and social relations between the two neighbouring countries.
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