He survived the coup attempt of October 1993 and in February 1994 became Minister of State for Development Planning and Reconstruction.
[2] By 1993 Ciza served as a member of the central committee of the Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU).
[4] Ciza and fellow Deputy Prime Minister Melchior Ntahobama were betrayed by their military guards and were imprisoned.
[6] On 6 April 1994 Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira attended a regional summit in Dar es Salaam.
At 8:23 PM as the jet was approaching Kigali International Airport, two surface-to-air rockets were fired, with the second missile striking it.