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Rwanda: S.O.S for Dr. Leopold Munyakazi

Dr. Leopold Munyakazi upon his arrival at Kigali Airport

“Moments ago I came from the Kigali Maximum Security Prison commonly known as 1930 where one of the prison guards approached me and told me to do whatever is possible to make the world become aware of the critical mental conditions of Dr. Leopold Munyakazi.

The prison guard continued stating that “according to the information provided to him by one of the DMI (Directorate of Military Intelligence) operatives who does not condone the RPF cruelty but feels helpless, Dr. Leopold Munyakazi has received a poisonous injection that destroys the human brain and affects intellectual capacity. Such a decision came about when the Rwandan officials realized that it would be challenging to prosecute Dr. Munyakazi while in his full intellectual capacity, especially when the mass media, the press and foreigners would be following his trial proceedings.”

In fact, this is happening after Dr. Leon Mugesera (who was deported from Canada to Rwanda) challenged the Rwandan judiciary. Since then, the Rwandan officials have learned a lesson that they would no longer allow such a situation to happen again. This is why they injected Dr. Leopold Munyakazi with drugs that are commonly used in torture chambers to interfere with the reasoning capacity of the defendant.

It is that reason that prompted the DMI agents to do whatever they could to prevent a second mistake from happening with regard to Dr. Munyakazi’s case.This prison guard, who insisted to remain anonymous for security reasons, confirmed to me that Dr. Munyakazi’s mind has definitely been deranged due to these injections. 

Indeed, he now spends days dancing like anyone who is mentally ill but the prison authorities have been stating that Dr. Munyakazi has been traumatized by his deportation from the US to Rwanda.

However, the truth is that anyone who saw Dr. Munyakazi during his first appearance to the court before receiving such poisonous injections can confirm that he was indeed in good mental state.

Upon hearing such bad news about Dr. Munyakazi, I tried to find out if the news was true or not. I approached one of the prisoners in 1930 prison who was heading to the prison cafeteria to buy food for his inmate friend. The prison cafeteria is owned by a rich businessman who is commonly known as Nyirangarama. I asked that prisoner the following question: “It is being rumored that Dr. Leopold Munyakazi, the prisoner who was recently extradited to Rwanda from the US, is not doing well. Do you know anything about that?”

The man confirmed the bad news.  “It is true”, he said. “We’re all in shock because his behavior has suddenly changed. He is acting like a deranged man. It is being rumored that the origin of such insanity are the injections that Dr. Munyakazi received at the hands of DMI agents”. He stressed that upon his arrival to Rwanda, Dr.  Munyakazi was safe and sound, a man full of humor and passion, a man anyone could tell from his conversations that he really is intellectual. 

Because that prisoner was in a hurry, he said: “Please let me go buy food for my friend. The least I may say is that the RPF-Inkotanyi are unbeatable evildoers. Within a few hours they can destroy one’s brain and make him/her become completely psychotic. They are evil!”  

I also hurried up to leave because I was worried that someone may suspect the reason why I was inside the prison. I rushed out, then once at the prison gate, the prison guard I mentioned above added: “It’s never too late to save someone. If it is possible, please alert Dr. Munyakazi’s family and ask his lawyer to visit him and request urgent mental treatment on his behalf.”  

posted by Mamadou Kouyate @ 3:21 PM 0 Comments