My name is Shumbusho Alexandre, also known as P-Track. I am 22 years.
In 2008, I was from School, Ecole primaire de Kimisagara located in Kigali city of Rwanda. I had my bag back on my back, two men approached me and told me that they had something that they want me to carry for them, they promised to award me 1000 rwf, by that time it was like a million to me now. I accepted without asking them what I have to carry, I was ready be a heavy burden.
As it was 5 years after the Tutsi genocide, sometimes there were some roadblocks in the middle of the roads and had to check on everyone except students of course. Those two men took me to a coin and putted two white things that looked like a white flour and told me to meet in the center that was just few minutes after passing by the police. That’s was an easy task for me and I did it as if nothing wrong. Arriving on the destination, they paid me 1000 Rwf and added a tip of 200 Rwf for a service and asked me if I would like to keep on working with them but had to keep it as a secret. That’s was very easy for me, I found a new way of making easy money that I can use to do whatever I wanted.
I started helping them cross into secured area even in other ways that are far away from my school, I had to carry my bag and uniform and sit in their cars and help them pass through the road blocks. They started paying me 50,000 rwf per Month after 3 months working with them. That’s was a very huge amount which is twice a salary of my teacher. I did not have anything to do with that money as however I used that money, I had like 35k savings per month.
I did that job in 3 years with those men until they were shot dead during a counter with police. By that time, I had 900k in my room, which was enough money to start thinking what to do and I was in the month of my final year.
I didn’t wait to do the national exam, I had seen all their business, where they buy drugs and where they sell them. I took the risk and used my money to buy and sell drugs, those people trusted me as they have seen me working with them for three years. I started with my 900k in just 5 months I had a saving of 3 million. My parent did not care about me dropping out of school as they did not even have any means of paying for my school fees. I lied to them that I had an organization that paid for my primary school without knowing that I was the one in charge.
I started using drugs when I was 13 years old, I had to test the quality of drugs and want sometimes to be high in order to deal with clients. Together with my friends who were much experienced in selling drugs than me, we started whole selling drugs from Uganda, In the place where they don’t know me, I had to use my older friends as I was still very young but smart and helped them to carry drugs alongside with hired group of students. The business was good and after about four years, I had a saving of 30 million on the account that was created under my mother’s names and I was a signatory.
I started becoming addicted to drugs especially Marijuana, I had money but I did not have any control. I was suffered a lot I wanted to leave drugs but it couldn’t be possible. I could be at ease without using drugs. In the interval of two hours without using marijuana my hands started shaking, and my whole body pained a lot until I use some. Tired of such life I start doing whatever I want, I did not have fear of police or anyone, I started engaging in street fights I did not fear anything.
One day in 2016, I was caught by the Police and sent me to Iwawa one of Rehabilitation centers in Rwanda. It was very hard for me as I was really addicted to drugs but due to the fact that I wanted a healing I accepted living there and accepted the collection. Due to my addiction, I spent one year in Iwawa center and I have learnt different skills including automobile mechanics. After one year of collection I was completely healed.
After coming back from Iwawa, I went to my parents and told them all my story, that were surprised on how they did not know me. I told my mother that I have been saving on the account that we have opened, and she didn’t check it as she was sure that she had nothing on the account. Next morning, we went to the bank and withdrew all the money and used them into different legal business. My father started selling woods, I started selling cars parts and my mother started running a restaurant. God was on our side, all our businesses are going good, and we have settled our life.
In my life I have learnt that drugs are really bad and its addiction is very dangerous than any disease that I had in my life. I have seen God doing what is impossible as some of my old friends has died due to drug addiction others are in prison but me God made me free.
