Entertainment spots to close as Rwanda commemorates Genocide

As we prepare for the 18th edition of the commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, beginning Saturday, April 7, the country is meant to pause and think about the victims of the Genocide. Television and radio stations, even privately owned ones, will play programmes relating to Genocide commemoration from April 7 to 14. There will be no entertainment business throught out this period.During the Genocide, more than one million Tutsi were killed by Hutu extremists.K-Club proprietor, Emile Mulego, said that it was such a terrible thing the nation went through.“It’s quite unbelievable when you tell a foreigner that a million people were massacred within such a short period of 100 days. It’s very hard to forget what happened during that time; it happened 18years ago, although it seems like yesterday,” said Mulego. His perspective on the week was that though nightspot owners would not be in business, it is appropriate for everyone to remember the victims, and support the survivors overcome life’s ever new and unending challenges. “We ought to show that we are always there for one another and that genocide should never happen again.” The business mogul commended the government on its relentless efforts to fight Genocide ideology and its for promoting national reconciliation programmes.

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Entertainment spots to close as Rwanda commemorates Genocide