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NAIROBI, class="ok"> Dec class="ok"> 9 class="ok"> (AFP) class="ok"> - class="ok"> Rwanda's class="ok"> vice-president class="ok"> and class="ok"> defence class="ok"> minister class="ok"> Paul class="ok"> Kagame class="ok"> has class="ok"> paid class="ok"> a class="ok"> 27,520-dollar class="ok"> loan class="ok"> lent class="ok"> to class="ok"> him class="ok"> by class="ok"> a class="ok"> Uganda class="ok"> bank class="ok"> in class="ok"> 1989, class="ok"> the class="ok"> official class="ok"> New class="ok"> Vision class="ok"> newspaper class="ok"> reported class="ok"> Friday.
Kagame, class="ok"> a class="ok"> former class="ok"> head class="ok"> of class="ok"> military class="ok"> intelligence class="ok"> in class="ok"> the class="ok"> Ugandan class="ok"> army, class="ok"> borrowed class="ok"> the class="ok"> money class="ok"> from class="ok"> the class="ok"> Uganda class="ok"> Commercial class="ok"> Bank class="ok"> to class="ok"> develop class="ok"> his class="ok"> 259-hectare class="ok"> farm class="ok"> in class="ok"> central class="ok"> Uganda.
The class="ok"> bank class="ok"> received class="ok"> Kagame's class="ok"> cheque class="ok"> on class="ok"> Monday, class="ok"> the class="ok"> newspaper class="ok"> said.
Kagame, class="ok"> along class="ok"> with class="ok"> several class="ok"> other class="ok"> senior class="ok"> military class="ok"> officers class="ok"> of class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> origin class="ok"> deserted class="ok"> the class="ok"> Ugandan class="ok"> army class="ok"> in class="ok"> 1990, class="ok"> to class="ok"> form class="ok"> the class="ok"> Rwanda class="ok"> Patriotic class="ok"> Front class="ok"> (RPF), class="ok"> which class="ok"> invaded class="ok"> Rwanda class="ok"> to class="ok"> fight class="ok"> for class="ok"> the class="ok"> right class="ok"> to class="ok"> return class="ok"> of class="ok"> ethnic class="ok"> Tutsi class="ok"> refugees class="ok"> who class="ok"> fled class="ok"> tribal class="ok"> massacres class="ok"> in class="ok"> the class="ok"> 1950s class="ok"> and class="ok"> 1960s.
Fred class="ok"> Ryigyema, class="ok"> the class="ok"> first class="ok"> RPF class="ok"> commander class="ok"> and class="ok"> former class="ok"> Ugandan class="ok"> defence class="ok"> minister class="ok"> who class="ok"> was class="ok"> killed class="ok"> in class="ok"> fighting class="ok"> shortly class="ok"> after class="ok"> the class="ok"> invasion class="ok"> began, class="ok"> was class="ok"> lent class="ok"> 22,800 class="ok"> dollars class="ok"> by class="ok"> the class="ok"> bank. class="ok"> He class="ok"> died class="ok"> before class="ok"> settling class="ok"> the class="ok"> debt.
The class="ok"> RPF class="ok"> formed class="ok"> the class="ok"> government class="ok"> in class="ok"> Kigali class="ok"> in class="ok"> July class="ok"> after class="ok"> defeating class="ok"> the class="ok"> Hutu-dominated class="ok"> army class="ok"> loyal class="ok"> to class="ok"> president class="ok"> Juvenal class="ok"> Habyarimana class="ok"> who class="ok"> was class="ok"> killed class="ok"> in class="ok"> a class="ok"> suspicious class="ok"> plane class="ok"> crash class="ok"> in class="ok"> April.
His class="ok"> death class="ok"> sparked class="ok"> an class="ok"> unprecedented class="ok"> wave class="ok"> of class="ok"> tribal class="ok"> massacres class="ok"> in class="ok"> Rwanda. class="ok"> The class="ok"> killings, class="ok"> perpetrated class="ok"> mainly class="ok"> by class="ok"> extremists class="ok"> Hutus class="ok"> against class="ok"> Tutsis, class="ok"> were class="ok"> estimated class="ok"> to class="ok"> have class="ok"> left class="ok"> between class="ok"> 500,000 class="ok"> and class="ok"> a class="ok"> million class="ok"> people class="ok"> dead.
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