Sam kaka biography

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It was October 1, 1990.

A few meters across Kagitumba border with Uganda – which is miles away from Gabiro military barracks in Rwanda’s Eastern Province, the mood was strange.

Rebels had camped at the border on the Ugandan side. They were on a mission.

The Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) – a rebel group of young Rwandan men and women, were ready for war to liberate their country after decades of forced exile.

On that same morning, the first bullet was shot – marking the start of a 4-year liberation struggle.

While Kagitumba border was the entry route for RPA rebels, a section of other rebels dispatched across to northern parts of the country to Ruhengeri (current Musanze district) and Byumba (Gicumbi district) which later served as the main base of the rebel group.

In simple ways, the three areas – now covered under 3 dis