Rwanda National Police

Police in Nyanza District have launched investigations into alleged embezzlement of Rwf9.3 million that were not accounted for at a savings and credit cooperative in Ntyazo Sector.

Police spokesperson for the Southern region, Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Emmanuel Kayigi, said that three employees of Sacco Urumuri Rwamajyambere were arrested on Friday as part of the ongoing investigations.

“We have arrested the branch manager, a cashier and the person in charge loans; preliminary investigations implicated these three people to have had a hand in embezzling the missing money,” CIP Kayigi said.

“Investigations have so far obtained forged reports, letters and documents that the trio used to steal the money,” he explained.

He added: “We are working with Rwanda Cooperative Agency and members of the affected Sacco to build a conclusive dossier that will be forwarded to prosecution to bring to book all those responsible and to recover the embezzled money.”

The spokesperson also called upon anyone that could be having information on this case to come forward and facilitate investigations.