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{{The Inspector General of Police Emmanuel Gasana has advised regional police officers to fight cross-border crimes and those related to computer technology.}}

Gasana was speaking at the launch of a two -day East African Police Chief Cooperation Organizations (EAPCCO) subcommittee meeting, which he also chairs.

He noted that police force ought to equip themselves with skills on latest technology since the majority of crimes emerge from use of ICT.

Francis Rwego, the head of Interpol in the region, agreed with Gasana that the use of ICT would facilitate information sharing among the police forces in the region in fighting crimes.

“Nowadays people with ill intentions are using technology to conduct cyber crimes, duplication money, human trafficking and terrorism that’s why we need to cooperate to curb these offences.

The EAPCCO subcommittees include Permanent Coordination Committees made up of the heads of Criminal Investigation Departments and heads of National Central Bureaus (NCBs), legal, training, and Gender subcommittees.

These committees are set to discuss the progress in the implementation of the 13th EAPCCO Annual General Meeting resolutions, challenges and way forward. The outcome of the two day meeting will be forwarded to the Committee of Police Chiefs.

EAPCCO was formed in 1998, as follow up to regionalization policy, adopted by the INTERPOL executive committee in 1985. It was confirmed by the Interpol General Assembly in 1995 as an effective way of improving international Police cooperation in combating transnational crime and criminals.

EAPCCO objectives are stipulated in article 3 of its constitution as primarily combating cross border crime though cooperation and collaboration, adoption of joint strategies, monitoring, information exchange and training.

It is also responsible for crime situation reviews and meetings, legal and mutual assistance and legal harmonization and other activities that would enhance combating cross border crime.

Currently EAPCCO is composed of twelve member countries and they include Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eretria, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan Tanzania and Uganda.

{{Yves Muyange the director general of Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA) has noted that frequent power rationing in the city is due to the ongoing repairs of some equipment in various power plants.}}

He noted that repair works at the Gikondo power plant and Jabana are scheduled for completion soon, “most of the machines were old causing periodical technical faults, hence we’re fixing new spare parts,” he explained.

However, Muyange disclosed that power shortages wouldn’t end over night since even after the repair process is over; water levels at Rusizi power plant have reduced a fact that has led to the reduction of electricity production from 12 to 8 mega watts.

“This is very common during dry seasons but no need to panic since we’re trying to come up with alternatives. That’s why we’re fixing our mega generators,” he remarked.

{{Following debates on land taxation rates, the Rwanda Institute of Sustainable Development (RISD) has announced its intentions to organise a dialogue aimed at discussing land related issues.}}

According to a communiqué from RISD, “the dialogue is in line with evaluating implementation of land reforms through discussions of land lease and land taxation,” the statement reads in part.

The dialogue will attract experts from LandNet, a local network involving relevant stakeholders dealing with land issues in the country.

Peter Bazimya, a specialist on land issues has on frequent occasions highlighted that land taxation is an area where urban planners have no action or even no interest because, in general, local taxation on land and rent is imposed mostly to raise revenues for the municipality, and most people think that it has nothing to do with planning.

He adds that land taxation has a lot of impact on land use because it gives an incentive or disincentive to keep or sell land, “High land tax will force some obsolete industries, like old factories or old warehouses, to leave the city or at least to leave the center of the city and go to the suburbs.”

Bazimya further explains that in this case, it’s not the action of the planner that is changing land use; it is the price of land and the taxation on land.

“So taxation can be used to reform land use in a city. It might be a more useful and efficient tool in bringing about more efficient land use than just drawing a plan with color and saying “this is industry” and “this is residential. Very often it is really the tax and the land prices which will change land use, not the colors on the master plans.”

{{Gentil Rugwiro, a 23 year old man, was arrested while bribing police with Frw70,000 on Tuesday during the Driving license Tests conducted at Gakinjiro.}}

Rugwiro said, “After emerging successful in the ‘parking’ test, waiting for ‘demarrage’, I tried to give Frw 70,000 to a policeman though remarking that I am likely to be jailed for I did it publicly.”

Rugwiro had been a shopkeeper before embarking on the search for a driving License to become a car driver.

Police Spokesman Supretendent Theos Badege says, “We want to fight the culture of corruption by sensitising citizens that good service delivery is their right.” He noted that for people failing in driving license tests, corruption is not the solution.

{{Gisozi police is holding Valentin Mugabo, Eric Siboniyo, Samuel Nyandwi, Jean Baptiste Munyaneza and Chrysostome Murengerantwari in connection with domestic theft.
The incident happened at Kadobogo village, Kagugu cell, Kinyinya sector in Gasabo district.}}

Valentin Mugabo, 25 and Eric Siboniyo, 24, a taxi conductor are suspected of stealing domestic items while the three others are accused of buying the stolen materials.

Only Mugabo confessed to the offense saying that they steal places where they are oriented.

He says, “ I used to work in a home and the gatekeeper told us that they own electronic materials and that home proprietors are not around; he gave us a key and stole TV; CD and DVD reader and amplifier.

Eric Siboniyo says that he did not steal but he kept materials which he did not know had been stolen.

Samuel Nyandwi, Jean Baptiste Munyaneza and Chrysostome Murengerantwari are arrested for having bought stolen.

Samuel Nyandwi, a 41 year old resident in Kicukiro bought the stolen Television set. He urges the general public to be cautious when buying such items, “people should not buy items without a receipt; if they want to buy a material out of a shop, they should ask the authorities to approve it.”

The police spokesman, Supt. Theos Badege, said that it is not good to buy materials out of shops for they may have many risks to the customer.

{{Kigali city authorities have established 53 Motor cycle taxi parking areas in major zones of the city. This move will curb the previous haphazard parking of motorcycle taxis that kept the Traffic police and Motorcyclists in a chase game.}}

The head of Nyarugenge based Motorcycle association, KOTARATAMONYA Mbarushimana Daniel says the new changes will reduce on the misunderstandings motorcyclists have been having with the Traffic Police.

Motorcycles will always park in a line and passengers will always use the motorcycle in queue. However, previously motorcyclists would scramble for passengers resulting into disputes and sometimes injuring the passengers in the process.

More parking areas are expected to be established in and around the city areas.

{{Construction of a modern bus terminal in Kigali City centre will be completed by the end of April 2012. Eng. Semitari Vedaste Sehene in charge of construction at the site told IGIHE.com.}}

The construction technicians at the site told IGIHE.com that the expected tasks will be complete within two months.

“You can see that the place for buses is finished and we are remaining with roads which will be built by CO-TRACO.” the constructors said adding that routes are shorter enough, measuring 345 m, to be finished within a month.

Eng. Nyirihene Semitari said that all activities are not assigned to the company he heads except car parking rows, roads and water caves.

He said, “I am the engineer subcontracted for construction activities at the site. I am sure I will be done with my activities by the end of April. Other activities are reserved for FBW that will use machines.

The terminal will open doors to the public for use by May said Hatari Sekoko, the head of Doyelcy Company that won the tender on to handle the construction.

Construction of buildings in the terminal are supposed to be finished within three years.

{{Geoffrey Mutagoma, the chief editor of Rwanda based KFM radio owned by Nation Media Group (NMG) has assured listeners that they intend to challenge the local culture of advertisers influencing the editorial policies of media houses.}}

“We will report independently, professionally and responsibly and no one has the right to influence our editorial policy and of course local advertisers won’t shy away because I believe they would want quality,” he added.

During the launch of the radio station at Kigali Serena grounds, the NMG Chief Executive Officer Linus Gitahi added that they intend to promote professionalism in the local media by especially training local journalists.

Gitahi also noted that they intend to introduce other media outlets such as the Television and newspaper, through these new products NMG intends to add on its employment opportunities.

“Right now we have employed more than 50 staff but our target is to hire 300 of them,” he noted.

The minister in charge of cabinet affairs Protais Musoni hoped that KFM would deliver professionally and further encouraged NMG to invest into a TV station.

“We only have one television channel in the country (TVR) and we’re longing for another one. Therefore Nation Media Group that’s another opportunity you can exploit,” he advised.

NMG has a strong presence in the region and has cross listed it shares onto various stock markets within the East African member states.

{{A child and three others have this morning survived an accident involving a speeding car and two careless motorcycles.}}

The accident occurred at a road connecting Kacyiru and Nyarutarama commonly referred to as ‘Gukombanya’ because it is commonly used by trucks and motorcyclists and less travelled by smaller vehicles.

The road is preferred because there is not any traffic congestion hindrance. This has caused most motorists to drive carelessly and mostly resulting into accidents.

IGIHE.com was at the scene as the accident happened. Two motorcyclists were riding on this road towards the same direction. One motorcycle on each side of the road. The cyclists were talking to each other while riding without paying attention to a speeding approaching car.

In just a few seconds, the motorcyclist on the wrong side of the road attempted to switch to the correct side but ended up crashing into the friend’s motorcycle.
The driver of the approaching car successfully avoided crashing the motorcycle but lost control and hit a pole on the road side damaging the car bonnet.

Aboard this car was a child in the backseat who had buckled-up well and was pulled out of the car safe. The car driver was also safe. The child was heading to school

Traffic police arrived on scene ten minutes later too find the driver of the vehicle and the two motorcyclists on the side of the road.

The motor cyclists have been identified as Bizimana Gaspard and Victor Nkurunzia

Nkurunziza was riding on the wrong lane. He told our reporter, “I was paying attention but the car was over speeding. That is what caused him to swerve dangerously. Though the vehicles front was badly bashed in the child who was seated in the backseat of the car was safely strapped in and was unharmed, as goes for the driver.”

{{Rwandas Supreme Court has set a target of disposing-off of 66 corruption cases still pending.

According to Sam Rugege the supreme court president the target will be achieved in this week dedicated to the fight against corruption in the country.}}

Rugege says that despite the country’s good ranking in the anti corruption fight, there shouldn’t be any relaxation but to press more to eradicate corruption.

He also said that corruption in court is dangerous because this is where citizens go seeking justice and they shouldn’t bribe to get services from the judiciary.

Responding to the challenge of delayed hearing of several cases in court, Rugege said the delays are caused by the high number of cases yet the judges are few.

He noted that currently in the Supreme Court there are about 2080 cases for only 14 judges and in the high court there are about 6000 cases for 16 judges.

Its expected at the conclusion of the anti corruption week ,a march will be held involving stake holders including Media,national prosecution,ombudisman office,ministry of Justice and advocates