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Two men were arrested separately on Friday for attempting to bribe police officers to offer them illegal services.
Police said Jeremie Barore was arrested outside Kimisagara Police station after he tried to corrupt an officer with Rwf180, 000 in order to release a colleague, who is aso detained on charges of theft.
Another suspect, Jean Pierre Shako was arrested in Rusizi district where he tried to offers a bribe of $5 to prevent penalties after he was caught violating traffic rules.
“Barore approached the officer and promised to offer him cash in return of releasing his friend identified as Gerald Kayigire, who is detained at Kimisagara Police station for stealing a television set and mobile handsets, which he was caught with, red-handed,” Supt. Emmanuel Hitayezu, Police spokesperson for the City of Kigali, said.
“The officer reported the attempt to his superiors, and Barore was arrested in the act,” he added.
He warned that there will be no mercy to anyone caught in such criminal acts and trying to corrupt officers, maintaining that “corruption is zero tolerance. ”
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.
