{"id":71247,"date":"2024-04-26T11:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kwibuka-psf-commemorates-businesspeople-killed-during-genocide"},"modified":"2024-04-26T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:18:31","slug":"kwibuka-psf-commemorates-businesspeople-killed-during-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kwibuka-psf-commemorates-businesspeople-killed-during-genocide","title":{"rendered":"Kwibuka: PSF commemorates businesspeople killed during Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Members of the Private Sector Federation (PSF) in Kigali City, officials, security personnel, and Genocide survivors gathered on April 24, at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial in Kicukiro to pay tribute to their fellow businesspeople who were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

The members of PSF pledged to do \u201cbusiness with an impact on the community\u201d, acknowledging their role in national development and rebuilding the country.<\/p>\n

The event began with a \u2018walk to remember\u2019 from IPRC Kigali to the Genocide memorial and served as a reflection on the past and a pledge to unite and prevent future genocides.<\/p>\n

This was followed by the laying of a wreath for the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

PSF acting chairperson Jeanne-Franc\u0327oise Mubiligi expressed gratitude for the collaboration between the government and the private sector.<\/p>\n

Mubiligi emphasised the importance of educating the business community about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remember to build a professional business community where we emphasise the importance of doing our business as professionals with a clear analysis of what we are doing and the consequences it has on our community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mathilda Uwanyirigira, a PSF member and survivor of the Genocide, said before the Genocide, people who were mistreated in school turned to business as a second option, which was not as easy, or facilitated, as it is now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were in primary school we were being mistreated because we were Tutsi, even when you passed the exam they wouldn\u2019t let you go on to the next class,\u201d Uwanyirigira narrated.<\/p>\n

Uwanyirigira lost her husband and some members of her family during the Genocide, however, she is now a well-established businesswoman and is thankful to RPF-Inkotanyi and the country\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda Amb. Charles Murigande also took the time to explain the history of Rwanda before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and how it was stopped. He also emphasised the importance of \u201cknowing our history and fighting those who deny the Genocide against the Tutsi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCommemorating is important, we don\u2019t do it because we want to wake our emotions, but we commemorate for so many reasons, among them to honour and pay respect to those who were killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi,\u201d said the vice president of Ibuka, Louis de Montfort Mujyambere.<\/p>\n

The Mayor of Kigali City, Samuel Dusengiyumva, thanked the private sector for its assistance in rebuilding the nation after the Genocide and commended the resilience of survivors in his closing remarks. \u201cAlthough the private sector was involved in the Genocide, it is crucial to remind them of their responsibility to work toward its prevention.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all the testimonies we heard, I would like to tell you to be strong, we are alive and we have a country,\u201d Dusengiyumva said.<\/p>\n

A munite of silence was observed to pay tribute to victims of the Genocide<\/p>\n

Bonhomme who sings the commemoration songs during the PSF’s commemoration event.<\/p>\n

Charles Murigande lays a wreath to honour victims during PSF’s commmemoration event at Nyanza-Kicukiro Genocide Memorial<\/p>\n

Kigali City Mayor Samuel Dusengiyumva and Charles Murigande light candles during the commemoration event<\/p>\n

Mathilda Uwanyirigira, a PSF member and survivor of the Genocide gives the testimony during the event<\/p>\n

PSF acting chairperson Jeanne-Franc\u0327oise Mubiligi lays a wreath to pay tribute to victims of the Genocide at Nyanza-Kicukiro Genocide Memorial. Courtesy<\/p>\n

The event took place at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial in Kicukiro to pay tribute to former businesspeople who were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

The event took place at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial in Kicukiro to pay tribute to former businesspeople who were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Courtesy<\/p>\n

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