Maputo nabs top “Rwandan assassins” over Karegeya’s killing

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Maputo nabs top “Rwandan assassins” over Karegeya’s killing

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Editorial Team

Lt Col Francis Gakwerere who is among four suspects held in Mozambique overe Col Karegeya’s assassination. He was in a list of the Rwanda death squad we published last week.

Reports reaching our News Desk from the Mozambican capital Maputo say four Rwandans including a senior military official, are being held in Mozambique in connection with the killing of former Rwandan chief of external intelligence Col Patrick Karegeya.

Col Karegeya is believed to have died from asphyxiation after he was lured to a plush Johannesburg hotel on New Year’s Eve. His body was discovered the next morning after his family became suspicious when he failed to contact them to with them Happy New Year. Mozambique police spokesman Joao Machava said the Rwandans were detained a week ago and are awaiting extradition to South Africa. Machava gave no details as to where the four suspects had been detained but it is believed that the Mozambican police were acting on a tip-off from their South African counterparts.

One of the four suspects is a senior official in the Rwandan armed forces, Lt Col Francis Gakwerere. His name was on a list of seven people claimed in a blog run by Rwandan dissidents to belong to a hit squad sent to South Africa to eliminate Karegeya. Police in South Africa suspect the former spymaster was strangled. A bloodied towel and curtain cord were found in a safe in the hotel room. Opponents of the Rwandan government say he was murdered at the behest of Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Karegeya was once an ally of Kagame, and they fought together in the Rwanda Patriotic Front. He headed the feared external intelligence agency from 1994, when Kagame’s rebel movement took power and ended the Rwandan genocide, until 2004. Karegeya was then arrested, and served an 18-month sentence for alleged desertion and insubordination. He had been living in exile in South Africa since 2007. Earlier this week Kagame said it’s a matter of time before those who’ve betrayed Rwanda face consequences.

A Rwandan opposition movement that the late Col Karegeya helped form, the Rwanda National Council (RNC) has accused President Kagame of refusing to acknowledge political reform, embarking instead on hunting down those opposed to him both inside Rwanda and in foreign countries. The RNC was formed in 2010 to spearhead a national peaceful struggle to end what it called “the current dictatorship” and establish democracy and peace for all Rwandans. The RNC said while Rwandan democratic voices have over the last several years called for a peaceful settlement of the country’s problems through dialogue, President Kagame has “rejected peace and dialogue” and instead opted for “a violent path, by assassinating and jailing his opponents and declaring war on all Rwandans who demand freedom”.

It is now calling on President Kagame “and his criminal regime” to “resign immediately”. The RNC is also calling upon the Rwandan people to “reject fear and intimidation, remain calm, united and be more determined to continue the just and legitimate struggle for freedom”. It has called upon the international community, especially Western countries that have serenaded President Kagame since 1994, to invoke its responsibility to protect “the new international security and human rights norm to address its responsibility to prevent and stop genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity”.

The Rwandan opposition is also calling upon the international community to “compel President Paul Kagame and his agents of terror” to account for the crimes they have committed before, during and after 1994. It wants the international community to support the Rwandan people who are seeking a new political dispensation characterised by truth, justice, the rule of law, genuine reconciliation and healing. “We would like to assure the Rwandan people that though the struggle for freedom, unity, democracy, justice and shared prosperity is long and difficult, ultimately freedom will triumph over dictatorship and the pursuit of a better life for all over imposition of death,” the RNC said.

A Rwanda opposition blog, Ikaze Iwacu has come out with what it says were the plans that led to the death of Col Karegeya. While we cannot possibly verify the facts of the website’s conclusions, we leave it to the readers to make up your own minds.

Once criminal Paul Kagame told his selfish parliamentarian that, “I will smash the opposition with the hammer and crush them.” Once Paul Kagame talks about something, he will always follow on it. Once criminal Kagame says that he will kill you, he will make sure that you’re dead. The criminal has now got his target again.

Apollo Ismail Kiririsi

After getting the news from South Africa on the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya, Ikaze Iwacu decided to start an investigation by contacting its informers within Village Urugwiro and DMI. The investigation was not to confirm that criminal Paul Kagame killed Col. Patrick Karegeya, as everyone knows that he ordered the killing. But to identify the Killing squad that went to South Africa to carry out this heinous mission.

Names of the killing squad that went to South Africa

• Appolo Ismael Kiririsi; who is a perceived friend to Karegeya.
• Brig. Gen. Faustin Kalisa; external under the president’s office.
• Col. Francis Mutiganda; head of Rwanda’s external and former escort to Jack Nziza.
• Maj. Matungo; an assassin from the presidential guard.
• Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere; an external operative who is experienced at assassinations.
• Captain Tuyisenge; presidential guard and Paul Kagame’s personal body guard.
• Lt. Col. Charles Shema; external and Paul Kagame’s nephew.

Ikaze Iwacu hasn’t come up with the above names; these names were given to Ikaze Iwacu by its informers. Readers may doubt our information; reliable informers within DMI have told Ikaze Iwacu that the above names have been holding clandestine meetings in Gikondo at a house that was formerly owned by Kabuga Felicien; top level meetings were always conducted by killer Jack Nziza and on the 20th December 2013 even Kagame personally attended this meeting at 2PM. As the meetings were always conducted in the middle of the nights.

Ikaze Iwacu informers stated “that it was unfortunate that we did not know that they were planning to kill Karegeya. Usually these meetings at this location are usually held before kidnappings on opposition members in Uganda, Kagame attending this meeting is assign that they were aiming a high target.” This informer continued to tell Ikaze Iwacu that before the abduction of Lt. Joel Mutabazi there were also similar meetings taking place at this house in Gikondo that was formerly owned by Kabuga Felicien. Ikaze Iwacu readers should know that the operation to kidnap Lt. Joel Mutabazi was personally supervised by Killer Jack Nziza and conducted by Col. Franco Rutagengwa, Lt Col. Burabyo James and Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere.

Who is Apollo Ismail Kiririsi?

Apollo Kiririsi is a son of the late Hadji Kiririsi; those who know this family [say] that Apollo’s father Hadji Kiririsi was a honourable man, hard working and loved by all the Muslim community in Rwanda and the region like in Burundi and in the City of Goma. The son Apollo Kiririsi is the opposite of his father, he is a conman that he even grabbed all the wealth left by his late father without sharing with his siblings.

Apollo Kiririsi is not a normal person. Those who know him say that he speaks fluent Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Arabic, French, English, Russian and some Lingala and Luganda. He has lived in Egypt, Kuwait, Russia and Europe. He was also imprisoned in England for Drug trafficking. Apollo Kiririsi had also dealings with the CDD-FDD rebellion in Burundi as he was their channel of conduct for weapons and it was due to arms dealings with CDD-FDD that he was briefly imprisoned in 2002 in Rwanda.

Apollo Kiririsi was also involved in human smuggling where he transported many men and women in Europe and America. Reliable informers have told Ikaze Iwacu that between 1997 to 2002; more than 70% of people that came to Europe and America were helped by Apollo Kiririsi. As one Rwandan in Holland [said] “My parents paid Apollo 2000 dollars to bring me to Holland through Moscow.”

On this fate full day Col. Patrick Karegeya had gone to meet Apollo Kiririsi as usual, since Patrick Karegeya was always in contact with this man as one of his informers in Rwanda. As an external intelligence officer Col. Patrick Karegeya had recruited this man as his informer in the region. When Patrick Karegeya wanted to meet this man he never used to visit him with escorts as Apollo Kiririsi always wanted his meetings with Karegeya to be kept as a secret.

Why the above criminals?

Ikaze Iwacu asked its contacts in DMI why they suspect the above names to have been involved in the assassination of Patrick Karegeya. Our informers have told Ikaze Iwacu that on the 22nd December 2013, a group led by Brig. Gen. Faustin Kalisa, Maj. Matungo and Captain Tuyisenge left Rwanda a board Kenya Airways to Lilongwe and then to Mozambique. These men weren’t in Kigali during Christmas period as they had travel outside Rwanda.

The second group left Rwanda on the 26th December 2013; it was led by Col. Francis Mutiganda that involved Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere, Lt. Col. Charles Shema and Col. Francis Mutiganda. This group left Rwanda a board Ethiopian air ways to Lusaka Zambia. Ikaze Iwacu would like to remind its readers that Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere is the person who led the attempted assassination on Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa and the brain behind the assassination of Mzee Laurent Kabila as he was his former escort before being sent out of Congo, when Mzee Laurent Kabila told Rwandans to return to their country.

Ikaze Iwacu asked its informers why they suspected that these men and this is their reply:

• This group should be suspected as the first group that composed of Brig. Gen. Faustin Kalisa, Maj. Matungo and Captain Tuyisenge travelled before Christmas, yet knowing that all of them have wives and children. During Christmas they were still out of the country.
• The second group also visiting the South African countries that was composed of Col. Francis Mutiganda, Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere and Lt. Col. Charles Shema, was also suspicious. This group left exactly after Christmas and they lied to other DMI agents that they are going to Uganda. But we later found out that they travelled to Zambia.
• The informer said that, “ We in the DMI knew that Jack Nziza was leading top secret meetings in Gikondo DMI safe house with the above killers; that even President attended; those people would not tell us otherwise if the information was leaked they would have been killed.”
• The above DMI men are constantly in pubs around Kigali; but since early December we stopped seeing them in pubs as they were involved in planning for something.
• The above men know those countries in South Africa very well, they have operated before in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa itself.
• These are the same people that killed Theogene Turatsinze in Mozambique and that operation was personally carried out by Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere at the orders of Paul Kagame.
• This group was large enough for technical operation and it was composed of well known Presidential hit squad.

However these informers have confirmed with Ikaze Iwacu that Apollo Ismail Kiririsi was not among the people who used to attend the Gikondo meeting. Rwandans should know that Kagame’s external intelligence uses Ugandan passports and of recently they have started using Congo Brazzaville passports and Nigerian passports obtain by the Nigerian mafias with the help of Mr Joseph Habeniza, Rwanda’s ambassador to Nigeria.

The relationship between Apollo Kiririsi and Jack Nziza

Ikaze Iwacu tried to ask its informers if they know whether there is a working relationship between Apollo and criminal Jack; one of the informers told Ikaze Iwacu that initially they did not know each other, but after the release from 1930 prison Apollo Kiririsi was introduced to Jack Nziza by Sheikh Saleh Harerimana who is an internal DMI agent for Jack Nziza; and from then they would meet but, we in the DMI thought he was running business dealings with JacK Nziza as Apollo is always in Dubai.

Here in DMI we are shocked at how easy col. Karegeya was able to trust this man knowing his history as a street crook. The DMI informer continued to say that “the problem of being in intelligence work is that you become obsessed with information. Karegeya was obsessed with knowing information about Kagame and the RPF; and that was his weakness.”

Ikaze Iwacu asked its informers why they suspected that these men and this is their reply:

• This group should be suspected as the first group that composed of Brig. Gen. Faustin Kalisa, Maj. Matungo and Captain Tuyisenge travelled before Christmas, yet knowing that all of them have wives and children. During Christmas they were still out of the country.
• The second group also visiting the South African countries that was composed of Col. Francis Mutiganda, Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere and Lt. Col. Charles Shema, was also suspicious. This group left exactly after Christmas and they lied to other DMI agents that they are going to Uganda. But we later found out that they travelled to Zambia.
• The informer said that, “ We in the DMI knew that Jack Nziza was leading top secret meetings in Gikondo DMI safe house with the above killers; that even President attended; those people would not tell us otherwise if the information was leaked they would have been killed.”
• The above DMI men are constantly in pubs around Kigali; but since early December we stopped seeing them in pubs as they were involved in planning for something.
• The above men know those countries in South Africa very well, they have operated before in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa itself.
• These are the same people that killed Theogene Turatsinze in Mozambique and that operation was personally carried out by Lt. Col. Francis Gakwerere at the orders of Paul Kagame.
• This group was large enough for technical operation and it was composed of well known Presidential hit squad.

However these informers have confirmed with Ikaze Iwacu that Apollo Ismail Kiririsi was not among the people who used to attend the Gikondo meeting. Rwandans should know that Kagame’s external intelligence uses Ugandan passports and of recently they have started using Congo Brazzaville passports and Nigerian passports obtain by the Nigerian mafias with the help of Mr Joseph Habeniza, Rwanda’s ambassador to Nigeria.

The relationship between Apollo Kiririsi and Jack Nziza

Ikaze Iwacu tried to ask its informers if they know whether there is a working relationship between Apollo and criminal Jack; one of the informers told Ikaze Iwacu that initially they did not know each other, but after the release from 1930 prison Apollo Kiririsi was introduced to Jack Nziza by Sheikh Saleh Harerimana who is an internal DMI agent for Jack Nziza; and from then they would meet but, we in the DMI thought he was running business dealings with JacK Nziza as Apollo is always in Dubai.

Here in DMI we are shocked at how easy col. Karegeya was able to trust this man knowing his history as a street crook. The DMI informer continued to say that “the problem of being in intelligence work is that you become obsessed with information. Karegeya was obsessed with knowing information about Kagame and the RPF; and that was his weakness.”

The informer told Ikaze Iwacu that apart from the above names no one else knew about this plan, if the National Security Personnel had known about it trust me, we would have known it. The DMI informer stated that “People like James Kabarebe, Karenzi Karake and Patrick Nyamvumba may not have known about it; it was an exclusive plan done by criminal Paul Kagame, his right hand dog Jack Nziza and the above named thugs.”
Rutembesa Didier’s movement in Kigali.

Ikaze Iwacu readers should know that Rwanda’s chief spy in South Africa was in Rwanda, where he arrived early December; going back to Rwanda is not a problem but the people he met while he was in Rwanda. Ikaze Iwacu informer in village Urugwiro has testified that Didier was a regular night visitor in village Urugwuiro. s thugs in their plans to eliminate political opponents.

The end of Apollo Kiririsi
Rwandans know how the RPF operates; they don’t like any one on the outside knowing too much. Kagame has turned his guns against those who know his secrets, and it is a matter of time before criminal Kagame eliminates Apollo Kiririsi.

Conclusion
All Ikaze Iwacu informers in the Rwandan security services confirmed that this group must have entered South Africa by road through the Mozambique- South Africa road. By the time Ikaze Iwacu went to press, these men were not yet in Rwanda. Kwame Nkrumah once said that “Those who assassinate others are, because they have failed to convince them. You can kill the body but you can’t kill the spirit of Ideology.”

For the Kagames they think that they will convince Rwandans by using death squads and his blood money. Rwandans are registering RPF’s killings and trust me, the time is soon coming for these thugs to pay up. The tragic consequences will be severe for Kagame’s thugs and Rwandans know who they are!! For the RPF’s criminal politician, Rwandans know who you are and you will one day pay for your crimes.
When we tell opposition leaders that the only way to remove criminal Kagame and his RPF bandits is through an armed struggle; we are usually rebuffed, called war mongers, FDLR sympathisers or haters of Rwanda. J.F. Kennedy once said that “Those who make a peaceful revolution impossible, will make a violent revolution inevitable.” Dear Rwandans the time is ripe to weed out RPF and all its criminals.