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On Monday, April 27, 2020, General Paul Kagame was asked about Kizito Mihigo’s death under police custody. Instead of answering the question, Kagame deployed what I may term question dodging — a rhetorical technique known as intentional avoidance of answering a question. Kagame ended his non-answer by posing a question of his own in these words: ”Can we put this question to rest”? The answer is no.