Rwanda National Police

Over 10,000 people from across the country are undertaking both theoretical and practical public driver’s license tests in an exercise that will last for about one month.

 The exercise that began on November 7 in the City of Kigali, has now reached the Southern Province.

 “We will soon be going to the Northern Province and later Eastern Province. We emerged some neighbouring districts of the Western, Northern and Southern provinces,” said Supt. Jean Marie Vianney Ndushabandi, the Traffic and Road Safety Department spokesperson.

 Tests in driving schools are scheduled for next month, he added.

 “We are encouraging those who register online to always verify their registration and be sure they are at the right site before the tests start. We sometime experience cases of people who show up at wrong sites and these tests can only be done at sites where the candidate registered because that’s where their names are, and the same area where results and licences of candidates that passed, will be sent,” said Supt Ndushabandi.

 Ndushabandi also appealed to successful candidates to safeguard the registration number, payment receipt, ID number and know the district where they will sit the tests from.

 The public registration of candidates seeking a driver’s licenses is only online, using a mobile phone.

 For those seeking a provisional licence, they send an SMS as; ID number –space- District –space- P –space- O –space- Rwanda Revenue Authority receipt number, and send to 3126.

 (EXAMPLE: 1198080043026249 Gatsibo P O 08979198, Send to 3126).

 Letter “P” stands for provisional while “O” means the candidate does not have any driving licence.

 For those registering to do practical tests, they send an SMS as; national ID number –space- District –space- your licence code –space- letter (A, B, C, D, E, F) indicating category your are pursuing, RRA receipt number and send to 3126.

 (EXAMPLE: 1199O81111111111 Kamonyi G619016⁄2012 B 08979198, and send to 3126.)

After sending the message, a successful candidate gets feedback indicating the code and district where they will do their tests from.