Former Gicumbi mayor arrested again

{The former mayor of Gicumbi district, Mvuyekure Alexandre along with four other people have been arrested following investigations that have linked them to abuse of office at the time they served.}

Mvuyekure was arrested along with former Gicumbi district executive secretary, Fidèle Byiringiro; president of district’s advisory committee Bizimana Jean Baptiste, businessmen Nsengiyumva Faustin and Mutabaruka Dieudonne.

They were all arrested on Tuesday, the spokesperson of the National Prosecution has told IGIHE.

“It is true that they are arrested. Our department investigating economic crimes is pursuing all the five individuals,” he said.

Nkusi explained that they are accused of crimes committed in different times between 2013 and 2014.

He said that investigations will continue.

IGIHE has obtained information from credible sources that they suspects are accused of rendering early payments to a contractor who constructed a road near the district’s office before all works were completed.

Mvuyekure was arrested with Phocas Mukunzi, deputy chairperson of governance department in Gicumbi district over misappropriation of Rwf 33 million through using forged documents, a crime they had been alleged to have committed in 2010 when Mvuyekure was the executive secretary of Rubaya sector.