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Twenty-six police officers from ten African countries attending the fifth intake of the Police Senior Command and Staff Course graduated, yesterday, at the National Police College (NPC).
The graduands are from Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda, the host.
Dignitaries attending the graduation and pass-out at NPC.
The one year course covers professional executive leadership, strategic management and development, command, strategic policing skills in contemporary setting as well as a master's degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation.
The graduation ceremony presided over by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Johnston Busingye, coincided with the pass-out of two other courses; Police Tactical Command and Police Junior Command and Staff Course of 40 and 20 police officers, respectively.
Senior Command and Staff Course Students.
The four-month intensive Tactical command course is designed to enrich the officers' operational skills at tactical level.
Minister Busingye said that such courses are a clear testimony of the commitment of Rwanda National Police to build the personnel capacity of all levels of its command structure in order to fulfil its mandate.
He said that the rule of law, law and order and development are closely interlinked and that well trained, professional and disciplined law enforcement institutions, delivering according to international and constitutional principles of human rights in compliance with the law, sustainably underlie around development.
“Effective response to complexities of the contemporary policing environment associated with globalisation, use of sophisticated technology in the commission of crime, transnational organised crimes and other global realities require regional and international cooperation, sharing experience and harmonisation of training, ” Minister Busingye said.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Johnston Busingye, speaks during the event.
He underscored that in the rapidly changing world, the people also need to participate in policing and “entitled to expect and receive accountability from the institutions on how they are served, and to take this relationship for granted.”
Rwanda's tragic history and Africa's law enforcement challenges in general, Minister said, defines the importance of pools of officers to who combine strategic command dimension with full understanding of national, regional and global peace and security dynamics.
Minister Johnston Busingye handing over the award to SSP Dr. Oreste Tuganeyezu, the overall best student of the Senior command and staff course.
He urged course participants to maximise their skills and be catalysts of law enforcement for the wellbeing of the people in their respective countries and Africa in general.
He further pledged the government's commitment to support RNP's capacity building efforts, adding that the ongoing police restructuring is being “carefully implemented to place our law enforcement institutions ahead of current and future service expectations.”
Minister Johnston Busingye awards CP Moses Kafeero from Uganda for the Best Allied Student on the Police Senior Command and Staff Course.
The Commandant of NPC, Commissioner of Police (CP) Felix Namuhoranye, said that the Police senior, Junior and tactical courses were introduced to ensure a comprehensive approach to human resource development by combining professional and academic aspects.
These vertical and horizontal training packages, he added, are customised in line with the changing nature of the security landscape.
SP Oliver Mukantabana from RCS was awarded as the Most Improved Student.
“The ultimate goal is to prepare officers to effectively operate within a policing environment that is becoming increasingly sophisticated and challenging not only because of the complexities in post-conflicts situations but also because of the paradigm shift n crime trends that are transnational in nature,” CP Namuhoranye said.
State Minister in charge of Constitutional Affairs Evode Uwizeyimana awards one of the best students of the Junior command course as the commandant of NPC, CP Felix Namuhoranye looks on.
The joint events were also attended by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Emmanuel K. Gasana; State Minister in charge of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Evode Uwizeyimana; Ethiopia's ambassador to Rwanda, Chief of Staff Major Gen. Jacques Musemakweli; Commissioner General of Rwanda Correctional Services, George Rwigamba; Secretary General of NISS, Brig. Gen. Joseph Nzabamwita; Deputy IGPs Dan Munyuza of Operations and Juvenal Marizamunda of Administration and Personnel, as well as family members of the graduands, among others.
