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Government to set up compensation fund for genocide victims

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    Meanwhile, Rwandan Justice and Institutional Relations Minister Jean de Dieu Mucyo announced that preparations were underway to establish a compensation fund for those affected by the genocide. Laws were being drawn up to cover the set-up and management of the fund “such that those who deserve compensation can start getting it,” RNA on Wednesday quoted Mucyo as saying. “Different countries and organisations have expressed their willingness to contribute money as long as they are made to understand how the fund will be run,” Mucyo added.

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