Reformed FDLR Member Living a New Life
AllAfrica.com - 13 hours ago
Until 2007, Denis Murego, worked as umucengezi-an infiltrator who
gathered intelligence information for the DR Congo-based militias who
perpetrated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
His main role was supplying food to infiltrators of the Forces
Democratique pour la Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) militia who often
sneaked into the country from their safe haven in DR Congo.
Today, Murego is a member of KVCS, a cooperative that manages street
parking, thanks to the rehabilitation efforts of the Rwanda
Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) that has so far
resettled over 10,000 former militia members.
Between 1995 and1999, they carried out several incursions inside the
country. To date, their activities have been largely contained even
though there have been isolated cases of grenade attacks in the recent
past attributed to them
Some are more extremist than others, says Murego who rose through the
ranks to become a commanding officer of one of the FDLR units.
"It is composed of militia interahamwe, the former members of the
government forces, known as ex-FAR and a large number of undisciplined
youth who would execute whatever their leaders told them without
thinking twice," says Murego.
"We used to send them for intelligence missions, but we would always
get reports that they were involved in killing the Tutsi. I agree that
some commanders were extremists and intent on exterminating the Tutsi,
but for me, I was interested in fighting the RDF with the aim of
capturing power," he said.
Murego joined the FDLR in 1996 from the volcanoes, after the massacre
of the Tutsi and other returnees from DR Congo who had resettled in
Mudende, Rubavu District.
"At that time, I was still at home. When the incident occurred, Rwanda
Defence Forces fought off the attackers, and we fled our villages in
disarray. In the volcanoes, I met my former colleagues in ex-FAR who
had joined FDLR. They said it was not acceptable for me [not to be
with them] and continue living with the Tutsi whom I fought [in the
past]. I was forced to follow them."
He was immediately appointed commander of Division V, which was in
charge of providing food to the infiltrators during their missions.
In Rwanda, abacengenzi operated in three units called sectors. They
included Lima, Zulu and Mike, all operating in districts bordering DR
Congo such as Rubavu, Karongi and Ngororero.
Some of their heinous activities include the killing of the Tutsi in
Kibilira, the home area of Callixte Mudacumura, the FDLR leader. They
also carried out the Nyange and Muramba secondary school killings in
Ngororero District.
Reintegration:
In 2000, Murego moved to the FDLR headquarters in DR Congo from where
he operated until 2007 when he voluntarily surrendered and sought
amnesty.
Apart from fighting them whenever they attempt to cause insecurity in
the country, the government offers abacengezi an option of abandoning
rebellion and returning home peacefully.
Those who surrender peacefully are taken to Mutobo Demobilisation and
Reintegration Centre before being integrated in society. However,
those who had a role in the Genocide may be held to account.
Jean Sayinzoga, the Chairman of RDRC, said over 10,000 people have
gone through the process that involves three months of training.
Upon reintegration, the former rebels receive start up funds and
benefit from other programs meant to help demobilised RDF soldiers.
Such benefits include medication and shelter.
They are also free to join cooperatives, regardless of their background.
"The objective is to see all the Rwandans united and participating in
the country's development," said Sayinzoga, in response to some who
argue that abacengezi should have limited rights because of their past
misdeeds against their own people.
Sayinzoga said some still harbour Genocide ideology.
"We still have Genocide ideology among the abacengezi, but the
solution is to use the media and international organisations that
reach the Congo, to disseminate information on Rwanda and to sensitize
them against Genocide ideology," he said.
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