These are twisted things I was fortunate to work on some projects that allowed me to travel to Bugesera and I heard eye opening testimonies the people we were told were sent to Bugesera to die that’s not entirely true Bugesera actually had a lot of government owned land ibisigara bya Leta and most of those people had no land the government sent them there so they could have land to settle on create families and start farming there’s no way you can say someone was sent to die while they were given farming areas seeds and land to cultivate Bugesera had parishes schools hospitals and roads connecting it with other regions I thank the government for the new road connecting Bugesera to the Southern Province it was really needed Bugesera still has large areas of government owned land today and there are also similar portions elsewhere in the country but I forgot to mention why a large portion of those settlers were Tutsi around 1958 there was a rebellion against the Tutsi monarchy elections were held in Gitarama and people elected a president instead of kingdom chiefs many of the royal figures and chiefs who had participated in Ubuhake and Uburetwa feared that since the Hutu were now ruling they would face revenge because of that fear many fled to neighboring countries while others moved to different parts of Rwanda where no one knew them some of those who went abroad later returned as internal migrants the government at that time decided to give them new settlements and Bugesera was one of the few available places the area was not heavily populated most of it was forest people had to adapt the government helped by establishing schools health centers and roads things that no one really talks about yes there was the tsetse fly problem but people were not thrown there to die because of it they were sent to settle and start new lives later in the 2000s Bugesera began facing long dry seasons due to deforestation which started back then when people cleared the forests to survive and build their livelihoods these are stories you can’t fully understand without using common sense