US speaks out on Kigeli V's burial

Nov 05, 2016

The burial date has not been announced yet

The United States of America has issued a statement assuring Rwandans that their last monarch Kigeli V will be buried in his home country.

After his death tensions escalated between his personal aides and a delegation from Kigali led by Pastor Ezra Mpyisi on where he should be buried.

His aides residing in the US wanted Kigeli V to be buried in America whereas the relatives in Rwanda wanted him buried in his home land.

However, in the statement, the relatives of the King revealed that he would be buried at his native home in Mwima Nyaza, the South Province where he was inaugurated.

The burial date has not been announced yet.

Kigeli V's spokesperson Bonniface Benzige, while speaking to Voice of America, said he will not let the king be buried in Rwanda.

Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa commonly King Kigeli V who ruled from July 28, 1959 until the over throw of the Rwandan Monarch on January 28, 1961 died three weeks ago.

Aged 80, he succumbed to illness in the state of Virginia.

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