The new body was established under the Law No 12/2017 of 07/04/2017. It has the responsibilities to carry out criminal and counter-terrorism investigation, crime intelligence, and economic and financial crimes investigations.
The handover event which took place at Police Headquarters in Kacyiru was presided over by Justice Minister Johnston Busingye.
RIB will be supervised by the Ministry of Justice and will have its headquarters in Kacyiru.
At the handover ceremony also was the Inspector General of Police Emmanuel Gasana; the Secretary General of RIB, Jeannot Ruhunga and Deputy Secretary General Isabelle Kalihangabo.
Speaking at the event, Busingye said that the handover marks the history of the country especially in the rule of law. He said that it is a journey which started back in 1990s and a journey for good and forever.
“I want to thank the great work done by Rwanda National Police in ensuring safety of Rwandans and their property. Police has contributed to the growth of our country and the formation of RIB is proof to that,” he said.
He said that the handover of responsibilities is going to ease the work of all parties in the justice sector and improve professionalism and efficiency.
“RIB was established to continue in the line that RNP has drawn in stopping and dismantling different crimes. I encourage close partnership between both institutions and thrive for good of all Rwandans,” he said.
Speaking at the event, IGP Gasana said that restructuring security organs helps them acquire new knowledge in combating contemporary crimes like cyber-crimes, cross border crimes, terrorism, crimes undermining the economy of the country and drug abuse and trafficking among others.
“RNP will work closely with RIB in our respective responsibilities so that we will leave no vacuum for criminals to occupy,” he said.
“I want to thank the police officers who have been transferred to RIB for the job well done. They are professional and committed officers who contributed greatly to the mandate of the police and I’m certain they will continue to perform exceptionally while in RIB,” he said.
RIB Secretary General, Col Ruhunga, thanked RNP for the efforts invested in building the judicial police to where it is today having contributed to effective justice delivery.
“This is a firm foundation we are going to build on and take it forward,” he said.
RIB has the mission of preventing and pre-empting criminal acts by identifying and investigating all kinds of physical or cyber-crimes.
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