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The Deputy Director General of Mali Police force, Kassoum Sininta, on April 8, visited the Rwanda National Police (RNP) headquarters in Kacyiru and called for strong collaboration and exchange of best practices to build professional forces.
Sininta was received by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Administration and Personnel, Stanley Nsabimana and other senior officers, who briefed him on the RNP achievements in the last 14 years of its existence.
DIGP Nsabimana outlined the establishment of the National Police College (NPC) in Musanze district, Police Training School and Gishari Integrated Polytechnic (GIP) in Rwamagana district, Community Policing, Ethics centre and Isange One Stop Centre to provide free medical, psycho-socio and legal services to gender violence victims, as some of the RNP achievements.
“Rwanda and Mali share some historical background. There is need to collaborate and share experiences for the good of both our police forces and countries in general,” DIGP Nsabimana said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Damas Gatare, the Commissioner for Public Relations and Community Policing said the RNP vision is to have a “credible, capable, vibrant, and professional force to deal with the modern socio-economic policing related challenges.”
“Rwanda Police officers are doing a great job in bringing peace and security in and out of the country,” Sininta said.
“I am impressed by the level of cleanness in Rwanda, the effectiveness and well organized traffic department and the force’s commitment and measures to fight corruption,” he said.
He also visited the Ethics Centre and Isange One Stop Centre which operates under the Kacyiru Police Hospital.
“This is a clear indication on how effective RNP addresses gende-related crimes and serve as a role model to other police forces,” he observed.
Sininta, who was in the country to attend the 20th Genocide commemoration, also visited NPC in Musanze.
Rwanda maintains a contingent of 140 Formed Police Unit in the West African nation.
