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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Igihango cy\u2019urungano, an annual youth forum which brings together the youth to pay tribute to the youth who perished during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and re-commit to \u2018Never again\u2019 this Friday brought 1000 youths together in Gisagara district where strong testimonies were shared in the presence of guest of honor, First Lady Jeannette Kagame.<\/p>\n

Mukiza Willy Maurice, the youth and a son from a family of four whose father Maj. Gen Pacifique Ntawunguka who is a commander of so called Front Democratique pour la Liberation du Rwanda(FDLR), a terror group in DRC was caught with emotions while sharing his testimony.<\/p>\n

The son from a family of four shared the story of his family which is living peacefully in Rwanda and enjoying country\u2019s achievements like any Rwandan, despite his father\u2019s wrongdoings against motherland.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, my mother hid the truth to us, because we were still too little to bear it. I only happened to learn the truth when I was in Primary 5 in Ngororero District,\u201d said the young man tears rolling in the eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would sometimes refuse to go to school because this is the birthplace of my parents; my neighbors knew me, and I wanted to hide. But whenever I went to school, I encountered no problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During the exams, be it regional tests, and even provincial tests, the boy always came first and, from what he learnt from his parents, in the past that would not work because of segregation of the then government.<\/p>\n

He also thought that he would be victim of segregation, but this never happened.<\/p>\n

Then came the national leaving examination.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won excellently the national exams. The fellow top winners in National exams were given several awards including laptops but for me, I didn\u2019t. I though that it was from the same background that they skipped me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One day, Mukiza talked about it to his mother who advised that he should talk about it to his teachers.<\/p>\n

The mother would also advise his son, that for him to study university, he would only need to study hard because the family could not afford tuition in a private university.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would tell my mother that the country could not allow me to study university because of the hostilities of my father, but when I sat the national exams, I passed and was sent to the College of Science of Technology. I was awarded government scholarship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since, I understood that the government does not punish children over the mistakes of their father. I understood that the country has unity. Be it myself, and my siblings, none has ever encountered any problem in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mukiza therefore said that his family has committed to contribute to Rwanda\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have decided to part ways with our father\u2019s behavior of destabilizing Rwanda. I am saddened to see my fellow youth attempting to join armed groups against Rwanda. As far as I am concerned, I cannot sit back if I hear anyone saying bad about Rwanda,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the youth, we should be active and show the truth to genocide denials through internet. I tend to believe that some of them probably didn\u2019t get an opportunity to know the truth about Rwanda.\u201d<\/p>\n

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