Leaders from Kampala University visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, denouncing those who continue to deny the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, stating they saw clear evidence of the atrocities.
On Thursday last week children of the founder of Kampala University in Uganda, Prof. Kateregga, arrived at the Kigali Genocide Memorial located in Gisozi.
They paid tribute to the over 250,000 Tutsi victims buried at the memorial.
Muhamad Faki Dungu Kateregga, son of Prof. Kateregga, said that in 1994, when he was still young and living in Uganda, news reached him that Tutsi were being killed in Rwanda.
“The news came to Uganda that our fellow Brothers and sister were being massacred there at the time I was still young and didn’t know the impact but growing up it was sad that this happen to humanity and we hope that it doesn’t happen again.”
Rashida Kateregga, daughter of Prof. Kateregga and Vice Chairperson of the Kampala University Board of Directors, condemned those who deny or minimize the Genocide against the Tutsi, affirming that she saw the evidence with her own eyes.
“If we see what we have seen today , it is very difficult to deny the evidence is there, It is very evident that it happened so , it is very difficult for anybody to actually say that not happened”
During their visit to Rwanda, Prof. Kateregga’s children also inaugurated the offices of their Kampala University branch, located in Remera, Kigali.
Ugandans are well aware of the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi, and some of them take part in commemorative activities for the 1994 Genocide.
In this country near of Lake Victoria, memorial sites have been built to bury the Tutsi victims who were killed and thrown into rivers and streams in Rwanda, which carried their bodies into Ugandan territory.
In Uganda, about 11 000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are buried in three memorial sites.
Which are: Ggolo Memorial in Mpigi District, with 4,771 victims; Lambu Memorial in Masaka District, with 3,337 victims; and Kasensero Memorial in Rakai District, with 287 victims.
NTAMBARA Garleon
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