{{Fifty local leaders from Bugesera District on Thursday completed three-day training in fighting and preventing Gender Based Violence (GBV) and drug abuse.}}
The training held in Nyamata and organized by Rwanda National Police (RNP) through its anti-GBV medical wing – Isange One-Stop Centre – benefited officials from the five sectors of Nyamata, Ntarama, Mwogo, Mayange and Musenyi.
The trainees are sector and cell executive secretaries, the in-charge of Social Affairs at the sector level, youth representatives and Local Defence personnel from the five sectors.
This was the last batch to benefit from the training, bringing the total to 150 from 15 sectors in Bugesera, with an aim of giving them more tips in the ongoing campaign against GBV and the sell and consumption of narcotics and illicit brew.
Participants tackled issues like the nature of gender related crimes, their negative impact laws against the vice, crime prevention and reporting system.
The head of Medical Services in Rwanda National Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr. Wilson Rubanzana, who presided over the closing of the exercise, observed that most GBV related crimes are fuelled by drug abuse.
“Drugs such as cannabis and illicit brew are enemies to security and the national development in general,” ACP Rubanzana stressed.
“This vice [drug abuse] is also a big enemy to health. You can never expect anything good from a community whose people are drug addicts,” he added, appealing to the leaders to join efforts to fight GBV by eliminating its causes.
He appealed to the leaders to strengthen the culture of timely sharing of information with security organs to end security and development threats in the district.
Julius Rukundo, the district vice mayor in charge of Social Affairs thanked Rwanda National Police for organizing the training, but challenged participants to use the acquired skills for the good of the people and the country in general.
{{Drugs destroyed}}
The event, which started with a match against GBV and drug abuse, which included students, residents and motorcycle operators in Nyamata also saw drugs which such as illegal gins like 8400 sachets of chief waragi and kanyanga and cannabis destroyed.
Peter Ndayisenga, a primary six pupil at Nyamata Catholique also said drugs are harmful to one’s health.
According to the teenager, anyone who consumes such drugs “is a disgrace to their families and holds no better future for them and that of the country.”
He advised fellow students to “say no to drugs and related malpractice” and instead focus on their studies.
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