Manizabayo had failed the practical driving test when he decided to take the criminal move to influence the officers to overturn the results and include him on the list of those who passed the test.
Manizabayo, who was seeking Category A license for a motorcycle, failed to maneuver through cones.
“I have failed the test a number of times and my provisional license is about to expire. So, I decided to bribe them with Rwf100, 000 to influence them to overturn their decision but I was arrested while handing over the money to one of the Police officers,” Manizabayo said.
RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) John Bosco Kabera urged anyone inspiring to become a driver to follow due process and to avoid any criminal shortcuts.
“People should change the thinking that they will obtain a driver’s license through bribes, which is an act of corruption. Both parties; the person, who offers the bribe and one who receives it will face the law,” CP Kabera warned.
He thanked the officers for sticking to the RNP professional standards.
“It is the responsibility to every RNP officer to fight crimes including corruption in their day-to-day duties. If you fail, try again but do not take decisions that will make you regret,” CP Kabera said
Article 4 of law n° 54/2018 of 13/08/2018 on fighting against corruption states; any person who solicits, accepts or receives, by any means, an illegal benefit for himself/ herself or another person or accepts a promise in order to render or omit a service under his or her mandate or uses his or her position to render or omit a service, commits an offence.
Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of more than five years but not more than seven years with a fine of three to five times the value of the illegal benefit offered, solicited or received.
Penalties provided under this article also apply to a person, who offers or promises to offer a benefit, by any means, an illegal benefit for him/ herself or another person to have a service rendered or omitted.
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