Turatsinze to be buried today

The body of former Managing Director of the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) Theogene Turatsinze, arrived in Kigali on Tuesday.

Thursday, October 25, 2012
The late TheogeneTuratsinze.

The body of former Managing Director of the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) Theogene Turatsinze, arrived in Kigali on Tuesday.The youthful banker was last week found murdered in Maputo, Mozambique two days after he went missing. Rwanda condemned the murder and demanded that the government of Mozambique conducts investigations and bring to book those responsible.There was a major outpour of emotions from family and friends of late Turatsinze as they received the deceased’s body at Kigali International Airport.Among those at the airport included the vice president of the Senate, Bernard Makuza.Turatsinze is remembered as an ardent sportsman. He hosted the Rwandan volleyball team to a dinner gala in Mozambique and also accompanied the Rwanda National Team to the U-17 World Cup in Mexico..Rwanda’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Vincent Karega, told the media last week that the motive behind the killing could have been "kidnap” but no one tried to ask for a ransom until his body was discovered tied by ropes and floating in the sea”.Turatsinze was an accomplished businessman and a vice Chancellor at a private university in Maputo.A requiem service will be held today at Regina Pacis Catholic Parish in Remera ahead of the burial at Rusororo Cemetery in Gasabo District.