Belgian government’s conspiracy to protect genocide deniers, genocidaires and terrorists

Some of Jambo Asbl members.

Despite its overwhelming role in Rwanda’s tragic history which ended up in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Belgium has tirelessly shielded genocide fugitives and deniers, financing them to strengthen their revisionism.

Brussels nurtures Jambo, a Belgium-based organization formed in 2008 claiming to be an association that fights against human rights abuse yet its sole mission has always been genocide denial. Jambo’s members are mainly descendants of the perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The group aims at sanitizing its members’ relatives who are planners and perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Belgian government officials know everything about Jambo’s evil agenda but chose to protect and support it.

In October, Belgian envoy to Kigali Versmessen Bert, was asked by reporters why Belgium is not doing anything about Jambo, while the group is known for denying the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and promoting double genocide theory.

The envoy responded that the determination as to whether someone has negated or denied the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi is a preserve of the courts. He added that it shouldn't be a matter of people accusing others of being genocide deniers.

The Belgian diplomat clearly defended Jambo.

Belgium and Jambo Asbl have the same political objectives. This made it possible for Jambo Asbl to enjoy the protection of the country and advances its shared plan of redeeming their tainted reputations and tactically concealing its crimes by tarnishing the image of the current Rwandan government that put an end to the murderous consequences of Belgian colonization and genocidal regime.

In 2020, Laure Uwase, a member of Jambo Asbl and daughter of two génocidaires - Anastase Nkundakozera and Agnes Mukarugomwa, was appointed as a commission member, to examine the role of Belgian colonial rule in Rwanda and the entire Great Lakes region.

Uwase was not qualified as an expert in the colonial history of Rwanda, but she was simply appointed to push for Belgium’s agenda.

Inside Jambo’s genocide denial plot in Belgium

Kigali tried its best to be a good partner to Brussels and honors the memory of the Belgian peacekeepers murdered by the genocidal regime with a dignified memorial, but the latter shows contempt by working closely with genocide deniers, providing a safe haven to genocidaires, and chooses not to prosecute them for political reasons.

Harbored by Belgian government, Jambo is going far in achieving its mission of denying the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Members of Jambo allege that the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda was neither planned nor organized by the government led by Juvénal Habyarimana.

Like other genocide deniers, Jambo spreads the narrative that the angry Hutu, following the assassination of President Habyarimana, spontaneously committed the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Rwanda has on many occasions condemned this narrative. The international community acknowledges that the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi was well planned and executed accordingly.

In March 2018, Jambo organized a conference in Belgium's parliament building for discussing a bill meant to criminalize denial of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The group aimed to show that the draft law posed a problem on freedom of expression.

The law was adopted in April 2018, causing much anger to members of Jambo Asbl who keep on claiming that it raises serious concerns of stigmatization of the Hutu, intimidation and political repression.

Those complaints simply signaled that members of the group fear to be brought to book for their denial activities.

The Belgian envoy to Kigali pretended to be unaware of all these. But again, since the law was adopted, no single member of Jambo was tried.

Promoting double genocide theory

Jambo Asbl has recognized the legal qualification of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda for political and tactical reasons. The fact remains that the theory that its leaders constructed around this genocide falls under the pure and simple negation of this crime.

Jambo has organized numerous side commemorations to mark alleged mass atrocities and “genocides” including the supposed genocide against the Hutu.

Through its media outlet jambonews.net, the group promotes double genocide theory by highlighting that there was two genocides in Rwanda, one perpetrated against the Tutsi and another perpetrated against the Hutu.

By advancing this double genocide theory, Jambo wants to whitewash their relatives who have the blood of the Tutsi on their hands.

The group members hide behind the anger over the prosecution of their relatives to whitewash their dark agenda. They fabricate stories and bribe witnesses to shift the blame on the victims and cover up their relatives’ crimes. Their background reveals that they inherited hate and genocide ideology from their parents.

Jambo works closer with genocidal and terrorist militias

Jambo has been supporting FDLR, a US-sanctioned terrorist and genocidal group, as well as its splinter groups including FLN operating in eastern DRC.

These groups were formed by the remnants of ex-FAR and Interahamwe militia known for their activities and genocide ideology. Like FDLR, they are committed to return to Rwanda militarily, overthrow the government of national unite and complete their mission of exterminating the Tutsi in Rwanda.

In June 2014, members of Jambo Asbl led by Kayumba Placide went in DRC looking for FDLR leaders including its acting President Maj Gen Victor Byiringiro.  They discussed on progress of FDLR’s acts in a bid to overthrow the RPF-led government of Rwanda.

After meeting Gen Byiringiro, the same date saw Kayumba meeting with FDLR descendants to give them a “message of solidarity and sympathy”. He provided them the financial facilitation collected from Western countries, and asked them to put all their efforts in supporting FDLR’s terror acts.

Kayumba was the then President of Jambo asbl. He is currently President of FDU-Inkingi, another negative political movement working tirelessly to destabilize Kigali.

In September 2020, Jambo asbl’s Secretary General Norman Ishimwe Sinamenye interviewed Maj Gen Hakizimana Antoine alias Jeva, the Commander of FLN, about progress of their attack plots against Rwanda.

All those interviews spread globally via Jambo News to mobilize for those terrorist groups.

Jambo has collaborated with FDU-Inkingi, on many occasions, to organize fundraising events aimed at supporting FDLR.

These armed groups backed by Jambo are responsible for different terror attacks on Rwanda’s territory, including one that plotted in October 2019 in Musanze District, Northern Province. At least eight people killed and 18 others wounded during the attack.

At least nine civilians killed in militia attacks claimed by FLN on June 19 and December 15, 2018, in Nyaruguru District, Southern Rwanda.

Belgian government is knowingly protecting and supporting genocide fugitives and deniers by providing most of them citizenship to strengthen Belgium’s conspiracy of genocide denial and revisionism.  Jambo as well as their relatives who are perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi enjoy this protection while spreading their venomous narration against Kigali.

Though Brussels criminalized denial of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, no single individual from Jambo was prosecuted and probably it will never happen in Belgium.

Jambo’s activities target Rwanda while serving the will of Belgium.

This article was first published by IGIHE, on November 22.