Works to upgrade Gatsibo District's genocide memorial site in Kiziguro are underway, a project that will be carried out in two fiscal years, costing Rwf380 million.
Gatsibo District is part of former Murambi Commune, in which Tutsis suffered a lot before and during the 1994 Genocide, under leadership of Jean Baptiste Gatete, who was sentenced to 40 years by International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for genocide crimes.
Sibomana Jean Nepo, Chairperson of Ibuka in Gatsibo District, said: "Construction of the Kiziguro memorial is something we have been waiting for a longtime ago, because that place keeps history of our people."
The second genocide memorial site in Gatsibo is located in Bugarura, Remera Sector, however, Mayor Gasana said once the one in Kiziguro is complete next year, the bodies will relocated from Bugarura to Kiziguro in order to have one site.
Those places include Rwankuba, Murambi Sector, Gatsibo District, at the shores of Lake Muhazi, where people gather to honour the Tutsis who were killed and dumped in the water during the Genocide.
