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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Senior Reporter
The government of Rwanda has been inspired by the visionary concepts developed by Zimbabwe and will soon establish an institution similar to the Zimbabwe National Defence University that offers strategic training for defence students.
Rwandan Minister of Defence Major General Albert Murasira, who is visiting the country, yesterday said the East African country had a lot in common with Zimbabwe and a Defence University would present an opportunity for continuous learning.
“I have visited Zimbabwe following the good relations between Zimbabwe and Rwanda. I have been impressed by the similarities between our two countries with regard to our journey of liberation. I realise again we have the same path of trying to find solutions from our security situation.
“The idea of establishing the Defence University was guided by a visionary person because it helps to acquaint and develop strategic studies especially in defence areas. Defence is a broad concept of security which encompasses all types of security from food security, health security and economic development,” he said.
He said establishment of the Rwandan Defence University would strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
The ZNDU was established in 2012 as the Zimbabwe National Defence College and was transformed into a university in March 2017 in terms of Statutory Instrument 38 of 2017 and Section 5 of the Defence Act Chapter 11:01.
“I am impressed at how all this (the University) was planned with visionary leadership and even the infrastructure is well established to accommodate students to give them a good environment for their study,” said Major Gen Murasira.
The Minister had earlier in the day also toured the National Heroes Acre where he received a detailed account of the country’s liberation war history before visiting the graves of various heroes and heroines laid at the shrine.
He also visited the Chibondo Genocide Museum at the entrance of the national shrine, which depicts the scenes of the massacre where 750 young women and children who were murdered by the Rhodesian forces were buried in a disused mine shaft.
Major Gen Murasira commended the way the country had managed to capture the way history had evolved over the years.
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