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Police have reminded members of the public to do away from any bribery attempts, adding that they should follow the law instead of resorting to offering bribes to acquire illegal or free services.
The calls comes after the arrest of one Justin Kubwimana, 31, a resident of Nyarubuye Sector in Kirehe District for allegedly attempting to bribe a traffic police officer, who caught him riding a motorcycle without a driver’s license.
On March 15, when the police officer on duty stopped Kubwimana and found him violating road safety standards, the latter instead pulled out Rwf5, 000 which he tried to offer to the officer to avoid being penalized.
Reaching on the incident, the Eastern Region Police spokesperson, Inspector of Police (IP) Emmanuel Kayigi warned the Public against such malpractices, saying that “bribery or corruption can never be tolerated either in Rwanda National Police (RNP) or any where in the country.”
“Rwanda National Police like in any other government services in general offers what is duly legal and fights anything illegal, so the public should take that into account and follow the law instead of taking illegal channels to solve issues.”
Drivers and motorcyclists are perceived to be the majority group that attempt to bribe police officers after they are caught violating traffic rules.
In 2014 and 2015 alone, RNP arrested 341 civilians majority drivers (117 in 2014 and 224 in 2015), who were attempting to bribe officers or to buy their way out of unlawful acts.
IP Kayigi said that the “dire consequences of abetting or breeding corruption remains a springboard for Rwanda National Police to be much proactive to implement national laws and policies to give it no room in Rwanda.”
“Such malpractices also have grave effects on the services people receive that’s why all Rwandans should stand up against it.”
In the Penal code, bribery is defined under article 633, section D, as giving or agreeing to give a gift in cash or any other illegal benefit, for the provision of a service or an act in unlawful way, or to reward the provider of the service or act rendered by a recipient or an intermediary.
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 any usual duties shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of five to seven years and a fine of twice or up to ten times the value of what they had offered in bribes.
Police have reminded members of the public to do away from any bribery attempts, adding that they should follow the law instead of resorting to offering bribes to acquire illegal or free services.
The calls comes after the arrest of one Justin Kubwimana, 31, a resident of Nyarubuye Sector in Kirehe District for allegedly attempting to bribe a traffic police officer, who caught him riding a motorcycle without a driver’s license.
On March 15, when the police officer on duty stopped Kubwimana and found him violating road safety standards, the latter instead pulled out Rwf5, 000 which he tried to offer to the officer to avoid being penalized.
Reaching on the incident, the Eastern Region Police spokesperson, Inspector of Police (IP) Emmanuel Kayigi warned the Public against such malpractices, saying that “bribery or corruption can never be tolerated either in Rwanda National Police (RNP) or any where in the country.”
“Rwanda National Police like in any other government services in general offers what is duly legal and fights anything illegal, so the public should take that into account and follow the law instead of taking illegal channels to solve issues.”
In 2014 and 2015 alone, RNP arrested 341 civilians majority drivers (117 in 2014 and 224 in 2015), who were attempting to bribe officers or to buy their way out of unlawful acts.
IP Kayigi said that the “dire consequences of abetting or breeding corruption remains a springboard for Rwanda National Police to be much proactive to implement national laws and policies to give it no room in Rwanda.”
“Such malpractices also have grave effects on the services people receive that’s why all Rwandans should stand up against it.”
In the Penal code, bribery is defined under article 633, section D, as giving or agreeing to give a gift in cash or any other illegal benefit, for the provision of a service or an act in unlawful way, or to reward the provider of the service or act rendered by a recipient or an intermediary.
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 any usual duties shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of five to seven years and a fine of twice or up to ten times the value of what they had offered in bribes.
