Rwanda National Police

 When a family is ridden with spouses’ conflicts, the consequences are dire to their children who also find themselves divided in support of either parents resulting into violence.

The message was delivered by Rwanda National Police (RNP) while meeting about 100 couple members of a Pentacostal church – Communaute Évangélique de Pentecote L’ Espoir (CEPA) , in Kamonyi District on November 17.

The meeting was organized by Police and CEPA in Kamonyi to sensitise couples in the church against domestic conflicts as well as bring them on board to fight and prevent the vice.

AIP Augustine Mbonyumugenzi, while speaking to the congregation urged them to be ambassadors against domestic wrangles.

“When families are living in harmony it is easily reflected in the upbringing of their children and development of a family,” AIP Mbonyumugenzi said.

“Effects of domestic misunderstandings go beyond homes and that’s why you should strive to ensure that differences are solved amicably either internally or with the help of those concerned,” he said.

“It would be unfortunate for your neighbours to reach to an extent of attempting to kill each other when you knew about it and you did nothing to help; that makes you an irresponsible neighbor,” said Mbonyumugenzi, urging them to be an eye for their neighbours by reporting families that could be embroiled in domestic disputes.

According to Mbonyumugenzi, most of these wrangles in Kamonyi are cause by drunkenness and drug abuse, which requires collective efforts to combat it.

Pastor Augustine Biziamana thanked the police for enlightening the church members about effects and causes of family wrangles and asked the congregation to take the message seriously.

Last month, police reconciled and reunited 21 families in Kamonyi that had for long been wrecked by wrangles.