A total of 210 youths from Rwezamenyo sector in Nyarugenge district met on May 22 to discuss their role in the ongoing campaign against crimes and drug abuse in particular and reinforce security in the sector.
Hardi Munyakazi, one of the participants observed that the youth can actually play a vital role in reinforcing security in the country, if they all committed to do so.
“Majority Rwandans are the youth and most of those involved in crimes are also the youth. If we can all stand up and join forces with Police and other security organs against crimes, sustainable security can be inevitable in a very short period,” Munyakazi observed.
He appealed to fellow youngsters to abstain from drug abuse and join the campaign against drugs in the country.
Assistant Inspector of Police Alexandre Minani, District Community Liaison Officers, thanked the youth for standing up against criminal acts such as trade and consumption of narcotics and illicit brew, which has led some of their colleagues to drop out of school.
He took the youth through major drugs registered in Rwanda such as cannabis, kanyanga, chief waragi and other illicit brew made out of sorghum and sugarcane residues.
He also explains to them on the dangers of the vice and laws that prohibit and punish those involved.
Trafficking and consumption of such drugs is punishable under article 594 of the penal code.
Alexis Semitari Rwezamenyo, the sector Executive Secretary also appealed to the youth to organize themselves in anti-crime clubs to effectively raise their voice in the campaign to reinforce safety and security in their communities and the country in general.
RNP
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