A University in Uganda has promised scholarships to children of genocide survivors in Rwanda. St. Lawrence University’s chief executive officer and founder of St. Lawrence University, Mr. Lawrence Mukiibi pledged during his visit to Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre in Rwanda that the scholarships will remain as long as the genocide survivors can produce children. St. Lawrence University is owned by president Museveni’s wife, Janet Museveni, while Nyamata memorial centre hosts the remains of about 11,000 Tutsi victims.

Mukiibi says St. Lawrence University pledges scholarships in remembering one million people massacred during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi community in Rwanda. The university will offer 20 scholarships to genocide survivors every year.

Louise Karamage, the Deputy Director General in charge of higher education loans at Rwanda Education Board confirmed the scholarships St. Lawrence University offers to Rwandan students.

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