tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149903088571551838.post2847761443328810708..comments2023-08-26T07:34:27.241-07:00Comments on Ann Garrison: KPFA Radio News, "Election Observers" in Africa, 2010Ann Garrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763740577715213433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149903088571551838.post-66389673251048056652010-07-12T08:34:46.129-07:002010-07-12T08:34:46.129-07:00The world allover knows very well that Kagame is n...The world allover knows very well that Kagame is not going to be voted instead he is gonna rig as he did in 2003.I was among the election officers in northern Rwanda when an elderly man stood in Ruhengeri stadium and told him openly and I quote "Nyakubahwa bwana prezida,uzi neza ko abahungu bawe batwiciye abana bakatumaraho namatungo.kuva waza muli ki gihugu ntamahoro twigeze tugira..nzineza ko akababaro mfite ngasangiye nabanyarwanda bose kandi nziko nindangiza kuvuga ibi muranyica ariko ntabwo tuzagutora uko byagenda kose.If I put it in English,Honorable president, you know very well that your soldiers killed our beloved ones and looted our livestock.since the time you invaded Rwanda the people of Rwanda no longer have peace.I know that I share the same feelings with most of Rwandans and I surely know that after speaking your men will kill me but I can conclusively say that the people from this region will not vote for you." That is what happened. the people of Ruhengeri because that is where I was working in Rwanda National Election team, people voted for Twagiramungu Faustin.However at night the RPF military came with other ballot papers which they exchanged with the ones voted by the citizens. It is a work which was done the whole night and when the morning came the observers counted what was there which was not the genuine ones. so observers means nothing since there is no opposition. what are they going to observe?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08912494335846493682noreply@blogger.com