The year of the Rose

2008 will go down for Rwanda as the year of the woman. The country registered growth in many areas; economic, political, social and of course patriotism, mostly propelled forward by the women folk. It was a year that awakened in many what had for some time been just a tinge of self esteem, but all that became history when thousands were mobilised because one of their own had been targeted. Rose Kabuye was not a soft target as those who sought to haul her to a Paris court all the way from Germany had thought; neither were they prepared for the backlash that was manifested not only on Rwandan streets, but in the European capitals as well. The coming together as one was reminiscent of the liberation war era when people were mobilised from the four corners of the earth to bring this country back on track.