Copyright © 2017 Noble Marara NOBLE MARARA All rights reserved. ISBN-13: 978-1974552412 ISBN-10:1974552411 ii DEDICATION This book is dedicated to all Rwandans who were killed as result of nonsense political and ethnic conflicts that occurred in Rwanda in various time since Rwanda was established as a country. CONTENTS 1 Chap I: Where all begun 1 1.1 The first Peek 1 1.2 The truth about the death of General Rwigyema 6 1.3 My escape to France 16 2 Chap II: Kagame assaults and Killing field 25 2.1 The teenager house maid assault 25 2.2 President Kagame and his house staff’s abuses 27 2.3 Kagame a mad man 36 2.4 The Conspiracy of Massacre of our Commanders. 41 2.5 Kagame’s unreported killings 55 2.6 Who Killed Kagame’s personal Doctor, Dr Gasakure? 60 2.7 Asiel Kabera was a humanistic man 64 2.8 Brig. Gen Dan Gapfizi died a similar way he used to killafande Late Adam Waswa 66 3 Chap III: Kagame simply a dictator 71 3.1 Similarities between former president Idi Amini and Kagame 71 3.2 President Kagame told citizens of Rwanda to tolerate and remain silent 75 3.3 According to Paul Kagame all Hutus are convicts of genocide 78 3.4 Paul Kagame, Edouard Bamporiki encouraging Hutus to apologise, even those who never committed a crime 82 3.5 The genesis of the grenade attacks on our land 88 3.6 Rape: The ‘friendly fire’ of the Rwanda Civil war in 1994 92 3.7 Reasons why President Kagame will cling power forever 96 3.8 2017 Kagame to become a Ceremonial President 103 NOBLE MARARA 4 Chap IV: Kagame’s Deceptions, betrayal and paranoia in the name of Power. 107 4.1 We paid our Dues 107 4.2 Kagame self-harming by incarcerating his brothers and comrades 112 4.3 President Kagame threatens to imprison to save his name 116 4.4 Inyumba Aloysia’s betrayal 118 4.5 Kagame slapped in the face twice in lifetime 121 4.6 (RSSB) Rwanda Social Security Board coffers dry up and Kagame Locks Kantengwa 124 4.7 The infamous Agaciro Fund 128 4.8 Kagame’s obsessions with cars and driving 132 4.9 The poisoning of Paul Kagame 137 5 Chap V: The First family Honours, power and selfishness. 142 5.1 President Paul Kagame to receive the NRA medal of honour after 26yeras. 142 5.2 President Kagame rising from being a failure in school to addressing Oxford University 146 5.3 Once a good mother now a killer 152 5.4 The selfish president of the tiny landlocked nation of Africa 155 5.5 Why our King remains in Exile part 1: 159 6 Chap VI: Kagame Proxy war in Democratic Republic of Congo and His troubled relations with Neighbouring Countries 173 6.1 A hungry President, the truth behind Congo War 173 6.2 Kagame’s next tactic in order to govern DRC 177 6.3 A summon to my good old comrades: M23 Saga 181 6.4 Kagame planning to terrorise Burundi 187 6.5 Kagame misses the opportunity to Kill Nkurunziza 190 vi BEHIND THE PRESIDENTIAL CURTAIN 6.6 The suspected Rwandan Killing hand in Burundi 192 6.7 Kagame an honest man 194 6.8 Kagame and Museveni troubled relationship 198 6.9 Kagame Concocting Regional Battle 205 6.10 MONUSCO/SADC will wipe Rwanda out one day. 209 6.11 The Great Lakes Region muddle on Again 212 7 Chap VII: Kagame love hate relationship with West 223 7.1 The panel Vs Greening and Kagame 223 7.2 Anxious wait of the UK government decision on Aid provision to Rwanda (2012) 230 8 Chap VIII: oppositions party power struggle, disunity and Weakness 237 8.1 Political parties in Rwanda 237 8.2 The Genesis of Marara’s fallout with Rudasingwa 243 8.3 Is Rudasingwa’s arrogance destroying RNC? (Before RNC divorce) 245 8.4 General Kayumba save RNC or risks Dr Rudasingwa tearing it apart (Before RNC divorce) 251 8.5 Rwanda National Congress (opposition party) disunity was predicted. 252 8.6 Continuously Mourning for Col Karegeya boosts enemy morale 255 8.7 A message to our leaders 258 9 Chap IX: My tribute to comrades and my commander 263 9.1 A tribute to Sgt Blackman 263 9.2 A tribute to Afande Col. Karegeya a principled man 271 9.3 To my Dear commander, Tom Byabagamba . 274 9.4 Young Muhirwa saga 279 vii NOBLE MARARA viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank my children without whom this book would not have been accomplished. I also thank all editorial team of Inyenyeri News, Inyenyeri Radio and Ms Jennifer Fierberg for all your support and assistance in writing this book. Lastly I want to thank Global Campaign for Rwandans Huma Rights for supporting this book publications so that it can be able to reach as many people as possible. i Introduction I had always loved writing; I’d kept Presidential Curtains as weekly publication, written short stories and had ideas for books. I’d never thought about writing a consolidated story but there came a point where I wanted to share it to try to release myself from the past and its haunting memories. I should explain that I grew up in exile and life shaped me into an ever- wanting man like Oliver Twist. In Charles Dickens, full-length novel “Oliver Twist” the major theme is the classic theme of Good versus Evil. Indeed, the fall out between President Kagame with me and his former comrades who even sacrificed their own lives to bring him to power have been victims of exposing Kagame’s evil. Despite many difficulties I have managed to excel in school and well qualified from University in the UK and working as Psychiatric Mental Health Professional. In my confused mind, I had become the deaf dumb and blind in the captivity of the RPF and Kagame that had captivated me for many years. In this book, I therefore share my experience as body guard of President Paul Kagame since 1992 until 2001. In this book, I also describe what I witnessed in Kagame’s personality, relationship with his troops, decision making, leadership style and his uncontrolled temper. I further analyse some Kagame’s actions using my professional skills and experience as result of working for him. In fact it’s when I left the military i NOBLE MARARA and I became mental health professional specialist that I found Kagame’s state of mind wanting, such as anger, sadness, or jealousy. I therefore used my mental health expertise to analyse his state of mind. There are important historical events that I describe as I witnessed them on the side of those who were making relevant decisions at the RPF headquarters. All that information is provided in a compilation of articles and speeches since 2012. As I write this Book I feel a sense of relief that I was getting my experiences down on paper. Indeed, this book is intended for the world to know more about President Paul Kagame, when it came to writing about difficult and painful events and my experience and Kagame I had to consider what I really wanted to share with Rwandans and the international community because Kagame’s dark side has never been made public and it can only be known by someone like myself who has been very close to him for more than 10 years. This book will help others as well as myself and to inform present and future Rwandan Politicians or professionals, academics and anyone wanting to gain an insight into politics. Indeed, this book will help many people encountering with madness or politicians who not only behave like sycophants but also politically bankrupt. Writing this book is empowering me and it is important for me to tell my truth, my experience with a dictator and for my voice to be heard. Writing makes me stronger and helps me to feel more resilient and know who I really am. London 5th August 2017 ii BEHIND THE PRESIDENTIAL CURTAIN Acronyms BCDI: Bank of Commerce Development and Investment BRD: Bank Rwandaise de Development or Rwanda Development Bank CND: Legislative Assembly, National Development Council DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo EWASA: Energy Water and Sanitation Authority FAR: Forces Armées Rwandaise FDLR: Forces Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda or Rwanda Democratic Liberation Forces FDU: Forces Democratic Unifiées or Unified Democratic Forces FEDEMU: Federal Democratic Movement of Uganda FNL: Front National de Liberation or National Liberation Front FOBA: Force Obote Back Again FRONASA: Front for National Salvation MRND: National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development MTO: Military Transport Officer NEC: National Executive Committee NRA: National Resistance Army iii NOBLE MARARA PPU: President Protection Unity PTSD: Posttraumatic stress disorder RNC: Rwanda National Congress RPA: Rwandan Patriotic Army RPF: Rwandan Patriotic Front RSSB: Rwanda Social Security Board SADEC: Southern African Development Community UPC: Uganda People’s Congress iv 1 Chap I: Where all begun 1.1 The first Peek When the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) evaded Rwanda in the late 1990’s, it relied on Uganda’s government and its National Resistance Army as their main source of supplies and logistic support. We relied on the Ugandan army on weaponry, ammunition and even withdraw routes whenever needed. Apart from the government support, Uganda like all our neighboring countries, harboured countless Rwanda refuges and sympathising citizens than cared to support our cause. Most of these Rwandans were very wealthy and gave most of their hard- earned wealth to the Rwandese Patriotic Front Cadres worked around the clock to convince everyone how Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) was going to make a historical change.