The bodyguards could either kill the targets or allow a Rwandan hit squad to do the job. Mr. Higiro says he asked for a $1.5-million (U.S.) payment to arrange the hit, and Col. Munyuza countered with an offer of $1-million in installments. In their recorded conversations, the man identified as Col. Munyuza suggests that the hit men could be rewarded with “a piece of the market” – possibly a contract at a Rwandan cellphone company. “Tell him that the essential thing is that the job is done and I’ll take care of the rest,” he says to Mr. Higiro. “I know people who’ve carried out similar jobs in the past, and they are well-treated today.”
News of Rwanda liliendelea kudai kwamba wakati dunia ikishangilia kuanza kazi kwa kikosi cha kulinda amani nchini DRC,kilichojumuisha wanajeshi kutoka Tanzania, mahusiano kati ya Kikwete na Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa yalizidi kuharibika’ Lakini katika hali inayoashiria bayana kuwa taarifa za gazeti hilo “zimetiwa chumvi,” News of Rwanda lilidai kwamba mwezi Julai mwaka jana, Kikwete alimteua mtu aliyefahamika kama Zongo kuwa Naibu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa. Ifahamike kuwa Naibu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa ni Jack Zoka, na aliteuliwa kushika wadhifa huo (mpya katika muundo wa uongozi wa TISS) muda mfupi baada ya Kikwete kuingia madarakani kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 2005.