MugundaMan wrote:Yes indeed. Most Congolaise are very familiar with these facts, but it is remarkable how most people outside of Congo are in the dark about these truths!
Thanks Mugunda et al for these informative pieces. Probably we don't have these information due to the lack of good communication infrastructure in Congo and the language barrier.
I have been hearing rumors of kabila's and musevenis lineage for some time but i have never come across information shedding some light towards these allegations; but i have two thing to add to this matter.
1. Traditionally once you marry a woman her children became yours especially if you married your deceased brothers wife. This was in order to protect them in the future so they would have name form themselves in society. In the old times this was critical i.e having fathers name to indicate you belonged.
2. Once a person is born in a country you assume citizenship of that country not unless the law states otherwise or the child on reaching adulthood decides not to; or the parents decide not to claim citizenship for the child. lawyers can correct me if i am wrong.
Finally, The Tusti hima ideology is true. They believe they have a right to rule and the Bantu should be their slaves.
For Kenyans to understand this in our local context, the Tusti resemble the Somalis in our country; height, build, features etc. In fact the Rwandese think that the Somalis are Tustis.
Now us the other black people are the Bantu we are usually of average height, dark and stocky i.e well built and our bodies suited for hard labour unlike our Somali brethren.
If you go to Rwanda you will understand what i am talking about. At first you wont notice the difference but with time and interest you will.
Discrimination in Rwanda is based on height the shorter you are the more disadvantaged you are. Their society respects people of height and you you can see it everyday; especially in the armed forces, where taller individuals find it hard to accept commands from shorter people (Hutu).
The worst affected are the Twa who are shorter than the average Kenyan to below i.e anyone who is waist high. Unlike kenya where we never consider such things as height in our interactions. In Rwanda its a critical factor that can affect your future career. Before Kagame the Twa were heavily discriminated against and would be chased from their land killed like dogs so that the others could occupy their land. This has been outlawed and Twa are being integrated into the society.
Now to congo. Congo is a very very rich country far exceeding what we have here in Kenya. The tribes are numerous far superseding Kenya's; but the people are dirt poor; but a few, very very few minority are super rich i have yet to see somebody that rich in Kenya. You can find this few rich individuals living a life of splendor in seats made of gold, marble bathrooms owing big boats for a lack of a better word while outside the masses live in darkness as there are no lights, there are no roads only dirt roads piled with rubbish on the roadsides. Its like someone in karen building in the middle of majengo.
The problems are minerals, especially the ones used to power our phones. The white people want these minerals they cant invade, so why don't we use the Africans to get them for us. That's where museveni and kagame come in. They want this resources. Hence the wars. Rwanda is a poor densely populated country. Don't believe the illusions you see about kigali. Go to the interior of the country. They need these resources to maintain the status quo and kagame owes the Uganda and the anglophones for his victory and stay in power.
Museveni collects his dues as he helped kagame win the war and i think this is where the bad blood is between kagame and museveni maybe he is not paying his dues.
This leads us to the current situation of fayulu and felix. The french have never forgiven the anglophone countries of prying Rwanda away from their grasp in the 1994 Rwanda civil war and to add insult to injury the anglophone countries funded an invasion of Congo and usurped mobutu.
So the french and Belgians, due to the demand in Congo and the world, that only democratic means be used to change the current leadership, they decided to support fayulu; and tried to use the old french means; of using money to convince the other opposition candidates to support their candidate, in order to regain control of the country, like the old times;
But the anglophone countries would have none of this, they convinced felix to stand as a candidate. The rest is what we see, the francophone countries especially France are protesting but the anglophone countries are keeping mum.
Some might say the catholic church is respected and their findings ran contrary to what is declared but if you are an history buff you will know France is a deeply catholic country, they even invaded the Roman catholic church in Italy to defend the faith. The catholic church draws most of its support from France.
But with the recent congratulatory messages coming form uhuru and south africa we now know where the anglophone countries stand.
I highly doubt if the congolese will fight to have fayulu be declared the president not unless the french decide to arm and fund the uprising. The Congolese only wanted a change from kabila they didn't care who. Now they have a president even though they are not sure if he won. That is good enough for now. Fayulu has to accept the fait accompli.