Rwanda should not be ashamed of protecting suffering Burundians

Editor, RE: “We can’t kick out helpless Burundians: Mushikiwabo” (The New Times, February 10).

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Editor,

RE: "We can’t kick out helpless Burundians: Mushikiwabo” (The New Times, February 10).

For those of us who lived that life of running away from despotic regimes know what it means and takes to make a decision to be a refugee, to run away from your country when leaders turn against the very people they lead.No – our value system cannot allow us to kick them out.

As for some in UN, who always churn out fabricated reports, those are enemy agents who only thrive on other people’s tragedies and miseries or have some disruptive motives intended to tarnish our good image and relations.

If only they can articulate Rwanda’s interest in destabilizing a neighbour when we, are in fact, advocates of greater regional integration for our common socio-economic development.

This is on record; our leader uses every opportunity to do this loudly and clearly. May be this is the sin we are committing. But we shall not apologise because it is the right thing to do.

Karemera