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Police in Bugesera District is holding a man who allegedly offered a bribe worth Rwf100, 000 to an officer in an attempt to lure him into wrongfully releasing his colleague, who had been arrested.
Jean Baptiste Ayirwanda was apprehended red-handed on June 24 in Kamabuye Sector, after the officer informed his workmates of the suspect's unlawful move.
Ayirwanda's colleague, whom he was trying to save illegally, had been arrested in connection with narcotic drugs related crimes, and is said to be a member of a group of drug dealers believed to operating in the district.
Inspector of Police Emmanuel Kayigi, Police Spokesperson for the Eastern Province
explained that Ayirwanda contacted the officer on his mobile telephone, promising to offer him Rwf100,000 if he released his colleague.
“The officer agreed to meet the suspect, but had informed his superiors about the alleged attempt to offer him a bribe. Upon meeting, the suspect offered the bribe and was arrested red-handed in the act,” IP Kayigi said.
“Corruption and bribery are taboo in Rwanda and Police officers are professional and aware of the ill-effects that accepting bribes can cause to them and even the impact it has in the country."
He reminded residents to seek for public services through the right channels instead of opting to such "unacceptable and unlawful" ideas.
He appealed to Rwandans to be on guard and report any issue related to graft in order to collectively overcome the scourge.
RNP set strategies such as creating the anti- corruption,Inspectorate of Services and Ethics, force disciplinary unit, online registration of driver’s licence seekers, internal audits and Ethics Centre among others as measures to impart ethical standards that uphold the concept of zero stance to graft, among its personnel.
The Ethics Centre located at the RNP Headquarters in Kacyiru, was established in 2012 to advance professional standards, values and norms of officers and employees of other public and private companies, among others.
Article 641 of the Penal Code stipulates that any person who directly or indirectly offers a gift in order to get an illegal service or refrain from carrying out their duties shall be liable to a term of imprisonment between five and seven years or a fine twice to ten times the value of what they had offered in bribes or both.
