Kigali, 21 May 2021- The Ministry of Infrastructure and Ministry of Justice honoured the employees of the former Ministry of public works and Energy (MINITRAPE), former Ministry of Transports and Communications (MINITRANSCO), and Ministry of Justice massacred during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, an activity that started with laying a wreaths at the memorial built in Kimihurura, and lighting the flame of hope. They also observed a moment of silence as a sign of respect to the victims. 

The victims remembered include 126 employees of MINITRAPE, 74 employees of MINITRANSCO and 22 of MINIJUST.

Addressing participants, Ministers Gatete and Busingye emphasised that remembering the victims will never stop. They insisted on the fact that it is the responsibility of everyone to fight against Genocide ideology and denial. They highlighted that the country is now in safe hands and cannot be destabilized because it is built on a very stronger pillars that cannot be vulnerable to genocide anymore.

They further reiterated the commitment of the staff of two Ministries to render full support to genocide survivors and continue striving for a peaceful country free of Genocide ideology.

The 27th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi was marked under the theme “Remember-Unite- Renew”.  It was also marked a public talk by Dr. Jean Damascène Bizimana, the Executive secretary of the National Commission for the fight against Genocide (CNLG), on the historical background of the preparation and the execution of 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the Genocide ideology in the above Ministries. There was also a testimony by André Gisagara, a former staff in bother MINITRANSCO and MINITRAPE.