[Update I]
The controversial Rwandan Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro, who led the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has been fired by the Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame. Generals Emmanuel Ndahiro along with Jack Nziza have been accused, since least year, of assassination attempts against Rwandan exiled opposition leaders, especially General Kayumba Nyamwasa, British-Rwandan and American citizens.
Based on sources close to the Rwandan Intelligence services, the sudden replacements of Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro is consecutive to the trials in South Africa where they are targeted by South Africa prosecution. Both Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro and General Jack Nziza, who led the Department of Military Intelligence and is current the Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Defense are specifically accused of being the Rwandan officials who ordered the failed assassination of General Kayumba Nyamwasa.
Last month, leaked tapes of the conversations allegedly among General Jack Nziza, Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro, Captain Francis Gakwerere and Pascal Kanyandekwe, the alleged assassins, and General Kayumba Nyamwasa’s personal driver surfaced (See South African Security Services Hunt Down Rwandan Operatives.)
Also, the Rwandan sources confirm to AfroAmerica Network that the British Intelligence Services have opened an inquiry against Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro and General Jack Nziza. The two are suspected of ordering the assassination of Rwandan-British citizens living in United Kingdom and American and Rwandan-American citizens. The British Security services found out about the plot and formally warned Rwandan-British citizens and detained and deported a Rwandan operative who had tried to infiltrate the British territory.
Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro is being replaced by Major General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, whereas General Jack Nziza is being replaced by Colonel Dan Munyuza.
Whether these sudden replacements will appease the British Security Services and the South African prosecution will remain to be seen. At the moment they only appear to confirm that the Rwandan Government has for the first time acknowledged the implication of its security services in the campaign of assassinating opposition leaders.
In this update: Jack Nziza as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defense and Colonel Emmanuel Ndahiro. Thanks to readers who pointed out the error.
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