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A driver identified as Jean Marie Vianney Gatete, 39, was arrested Saturday, December 11, at about 6am, in Kivumu village, Murambi cell, Shyogwe sector of Muhanga district for attempting to bribe a Police officer with Frw2, 000.
The Southern region Police spokesperson, Superintendent of Police (SP) Theobald Kanamugire said that Gatete was trying to seduce the traffic officer with the bribe to let him continue the journey without the required traffic related documents.
?Gatete was driving a truck ?FUSO? and was stopped by Traffic officers for their usual road traffic control duties. They found that the truck had no inspection certificate, no transport authorisation and with worn tyres. Instead, he tried to bribe the officers with Frw2, 000 so as to let him continue his journey and to prevent penalties for the violation of traffic regulations, leading to his arrest for the alleged attempted bribery," SP Kanamugire said.
SP Kanamugire warned motorists against such criminal mentality, which will only lead to arrest and imprisonment.
"Respect traffic rules and regulations. If you are caught in any violations, do not turn it into a criminal act by trying to offer bribes," he advised
Under article 4 of law n? 54/2018 of 13/08/2018 on fighting against corruption, any person who solicits, accepts or receives, by any means, an illegal benefit for himself/ herself or another person or accepts a promise in order to render or omit a service under his or her mandate or uses his or her position to render or omit a service commits an offence.
Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of more than five years but not more than seven years with a fine of three to five times the value of the illegal benefit offered, solicited or received.
Penalties provided under this article also apply to a person, who offers or promises to offer a benefit, by any means, an illegal benefit for him/ herself or another person to have a service rendered or omitted.
