The week-long tour for the 34 students from eight African countries, started on Monday, May 16, as the officers collates classwork with fieldwork and field experiences.
The 10th PSCSC intake is attended by law enforcement officers from Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, South Sudan, Somalia, Zambia and Rwanda, the host.
Rwandan students include those from RNP, RIB and RCS.
On their first day of the study tour on Monday, the PSCSC participants visited three institutions, namely; the Carabinieri Provincial Commando of Rome, Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage; and the Carabinieri Historical Museum in Rome.
The Carabinieri are the national gendarmerie of Italy, which primarily carries out domestic policing duties.
At the Provincial Commando of Rome, which is responsible for policing the City of Rome, participants were received by the Commander of the Unit, General Lorenzo Falferi, who hailed the good cooperation between Rwanda National Police and the Carabinieri.
“This visit and study tour strengthens this existing good working relationship,” said Gen. Lorenzo, who thanked the National Police College for selecting Italy and the City of Roma in particular, for the study tour.
RNP and Carabinieri signed a cooperation agreement in 2017 to partner in capacity development, including peace support operations, counter-terrorism, aviation security, public order management, VIP protection, cybercrime, traffic and road safety, environmental protection as well as acquisition of modern police equipment, among others.
Course participants were taken through the historical background of the Carabinieri Provincial Commando of Rome, its organizational structure and its activities in ensuring the security of the City of Rome.
They were explained on how it works hand-in-hand with other security agencies, namely; Italian Police, Italian Financial Investigation Unit and the military.
They also visited the operational center for the unit to learn how it responds to different calls including emergencies, for assistance. Participants also visit the Mobile Brigade whose activities include quick response and bomb disposal, among others.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Rafiki Mujiji, NPC Commandant, who is heading the students in the external tour, said that there is a lot to learn from Carabinieri’s policing experience.
“The External study tour is part of the training programme for the Police Senior Command and Staff Course and is undertaken for comparison and benchmarking purposes in a selected country. Italy was chosen for its model of policing, which responds to the emerging challenges of policing, especially terrorism,” CP Rafiki Mujiji
At the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, the students were taken through its history since it was established in 1969 to protect Italian cultural heritage.
Its responsibilities also include to recover the stolen artifacts and to investigate crimes related to illicit export of Italian artifacts.
The PSCSC participants are also expected to visit other institutions, including the Officers Club of the Armed Forces of Italy (CUFA), Cyber Security Division; Parma Scientific Investigations Department, 2nd Mobile Brigade and the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), before they conclude the tour on May 21.
The CoESPU in Vicenza is a center for advanced studies and a doctrinal hub, serving as a think-tank and a training center. It was set up by Carabinieri in March 2005 as part of an agreement between the Italian Government and the G-8 Nations.
The opportunities were showcased during discussions on investment, trade partnerships and cooperation between both countries held in Kigali.
Investors will take advantage of these opportunities through Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO).
Under this partnership, both countries will establish a joint committee to create avenues for cooperation in the areas of energy and agriculture among others.
During the meeting, Rwanda took Slovakian investors through best practices to facilitate investment where new businesses can begin operations after six hours of company registration.
Slovakian investors were also told that Rwanda is becoming an investment hub in Africa where business people’s security is guaranteed.
On another note, Slovakia also presented opportunities available for Rwandans where investing in the country will give them access to a wider marker of the European Union (EU) bloc to which the country belongs.
Rwanda’s exports to Slovakia include coffee, tea and art pieces among others.
Diane Sayinzoga, the Head of Special Economic Zones and Export Facilitation Department at RDB has said discussions on available opportunities between both countries are promising to yield good results.
“Rwanda also has what to offer to them, especially, high-value crops such as coffee and tea. We have a potential market for those products in Slovakia,” she noted.
Daniel Ondrus, heading the delegation from Slovakia revealed that the country decided to bring 18 business people to Rwanda to explore areas of investment after witnessing showcased opportunities at the recent Dubai expo.
He expressed optimism that the discussions will be fruitful and pave the way for collaboration between both countries.
Rwanda and Slovakia are also making preparations to sign trade cooperation agreements expected to facilitate investment on both sides.
The duo aged 21 and 37 respectively is suspected of murdering the girl on 26th April 2022 in Burera Village, Rugazi Cell of Katabagemu Sector in Nyagatare District.
The suspects are detained at Katabagemu RIB Post. Their files have been transferred to the Prosecution while the third suspect is at large.
If convicted of contemplated murder, the suspects are liable to a life sentence as per Rwanda’s penal code.
RIB has cautioned the general public against such crimes and reminded them that culprits will face justice.
It is said that the girl who was stabbed to death worked as a supervisor at a farm in the area. She would prepare the payroll and ensure everyone is fed at work.
A source has told IGIHE that the girl has been working at the farm for five years.
On the evening of 25th April 2022, it is said that the daughter left the farm heading to the main road along with a cow-keeper.
They shopped items that were taken home by the cowboy while the lady stayed behind.
It is said that the girl stayed with cow-keepers from neighboring farm with whom they were sharing foods.
Her body was later found with evidences that she was raped before being stabbed to death. The body was dumped at the farm where she worked in Rwanyingo.
The girl’s body was taken to Ngarama Hospital postmortem the next day before burial at his birthplace in Rwamagana District.
The report shows that these gaps in agriculture-related projects impeded ambitions to create new jobs and uplift citizens from poverty.
It has been observed that some of projects overseen by Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) awarded contracts at an abnormal price higher than the prevailing market price which resulted into the wastage of public funds estimated at Rwf1.4 billion.
On 31st January 2020, the report indicates, Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Board signed a framework contract with a contractor for the supply and installation of irrigation infrastructure in different locations in Rwanda. This contract provided for hiring of excavation machine at a cost of Rwf 3,800,000 per day.
According to prevailing market prices, this price is unreasonably high because the standard price ranges between Rwf300, 000 and Rwdf500, 000 in Kigali City or between Rwf600, 000 and Rwf1.6 million outside Kigali.
Similar contract was awarded during the execution of four projects including Gashora and Mukunguli Mashlands, Rwabiharamba dam and Bwera dyke.
During the year ended 30th June 2021, the government earmarked Rwf14 billion under the agricultural input subsidy scheme. This brought the total investment in the scheme since July 2017 to Rwf 53,935,236,289.
The Government through the Crop Intensification Program (CIP) provides agriculture inputs (seeds and mineral fertilizers) to farmers through a subsidy scheme to help them transition from subsistence agriculture to intensified agriculture for farmers to sustain the country’s food security.
However, the report indicated that the scheme is facing challenges in its implementation, which impinge on its intended objective of increasing agricultural production. These include weaknesses noted in the use of smart Nkunganire system, a digitized supply chain management system used in the management of the national farmer’s subsidy program.
A review of the system revealed weaknesses including information on arable land not shown for each farmer in the system and fertilizers sold without using Smart Nkunganire System yet all agro-dealers are required to use Mobile Ordering Processing Application (MOPA) to order and sale seeds and fertilizers to the farmers.
Other issues include the delay to pay suppliers’ invoices for agricultural inputs (fertilizers and seeds).
The audit noted that fifteen (15) districts delayed to pay suppliers’ invoices of seeds and fertilizers amounting to Rwf5.1 billion. The delays were up to 736 days. As a result, this may delay the supply of seeds and fertilizers to farmers.
There is also an issue of agro-inputs sold to neighbouring countries and failure to reconcile seeds distributed to agro-dealers with seeds received by farmers among others.
{{Weaknesses in the implementation of the irrigation program}}
The report has shown that some irrigation projects are not sustainable due to failure to correct pointed out defects.
One of key strategic interventions of National Strategy for Transformation (NST1) is to increase the acreage of consolidated and irrigated land from 48,508 ha (2017) to 102,284 ha in 2024 and to promote agricultural mechanization.
In responding to this national aspiration, RAB has invested heavily in mechanization and construction of irrigation projects in various marshlands across the country.
During this year’s audit, it was noted that there are rampant defects in constructed irrigation projects reported in previous audit that had not been addressed to enable efficient functioning of the irrigation schemes.
The report indicated that the government is not realizing value for money from funds invested in their construction as the beneficiaries are not using them for the intended purpose.
{{Problems in milk collection centres}}
The government has invested Rwf12.9 billion in Milk Collection Centres (MCCs) project with an aim of building milk collection centres to collect raw milk, where processors can get a greater volume and quality milk. However, the audit of this project revealed that many milk collection centres operate below their installed production capacity.
It was observed that 90 out of the 132 MCCs constructed (68%) are operating below 50% of the installed capacity, 17 MCCs (13%) were operating between 50-75%.
The milk collection centres were operating below their installed production capacity mainly due to low supply of milk from farmers.
Among others, three MCCs namely Busoro in Nyanza district, Bumbogo in Gasabo district and Nyamiyaga in Kayonza district that were constructed at a cost of Rwf 216,504,403 were not operating at the time of the audit. Further, twenty-nine (29) milk coolers and thirteen (13) generators worth Rwf 201,539,323 and Rwf133,195,010 respectively were idle.
{{Post-Harvest and Agri-Business Support Project }}
The Government invested funds amounting to Rwf 37,238,834,673 in the implementation of Post-Harvest and Agri-Business Support Project (PASP) with the objective of addressing challenges of post-harvest losses in priority crops to increase rural incomes and create new investment and employment opportunities for vulnerable groups.
PASP started in March 2014 without needs assessment and baseline data on the level of post-harvest losses and capacity of existing post-harvest handling infrastructure per commodity value chain in each district. The project was implemented without information about the capacity gaps in terms of facilities to be closed by the implementation of the project.
The investment committee approved beneficiary’s business plans without assessing whether the plans were viable and ready to be implemented. In aggregate, forty-four (44) approved projects involving investments of Rwf 3,365,149,212 including grant amounting to Rwf 899,709,733 have failed and were abandoned by business promoters before starting operations.
Regarding idle buildings and machines procured with PASP grant funds, the audit identified one (1) fruits and vegetables collection centre, five (5) processing plants and maize milling machines worth Rwf 907,073,852, that were idle for a period of up to four (4) years.
The fruits and vegetables collection centre lacked cold rooms, a key equipment in storage of fresh vegetables and fruits. On the other hand, the processing plants and maize milling machines lacked three-phased electricity connections which contributed to the assets being idle as these were not included in the project design as indicated by business plans approved by Business Development Fund.
Among others, thirteen (13) projects that cost Rwf 3,323,078,903 which received PASP grants amounting to Rwf 1,302,929,347 were completed and not put to use due to incompatibility of machines and solar systems, and equipment not being in conformity with technical specifications. As a result, government is not realizing value for money.
The report established that BDF held undisbursed funds amounting to Rwf765,918,178 and it was also expected to recover funds amounting to Rwf 790,249,471 from beneficiaries whose grant contracts were cancelled as a result of unsuccessfully implementation of funded projects. However, there is no provision on how the remaining funds will be used after the project’s closure.
{{Glitches in Gako Beef Project}}
Gako Beef Project started in October 2014 with the aim to establish a sustainable cattle production system for development of quality meat, and marketing value chain in Rwanda. The Government invested Rwf 14.6 billion in constructing infrastructure including roads, water and electricity.
The audit of this project has however pointed out gaps including the lack of project design and clear strategic direction.
The report shows that RAB did not have a project profile documents detailing specific objectives of Gako Beef Project, key performance indicators, roles and responsibilities of involved stakeholders, project technical design, required resources and market strategies.
Else, it is reported that RAB did not have a clear multi –year action plan detailing what and how activities and the targets were to be implemented from 2014 up to 2020 when Gako Meat Company was registered to replace Gako beef project.
This hindered the implementation, coordination and monitoring of the project.
Agreement between Government and investors stated that investors should have a business plan indicating the established breeds of cattle, the allocated land to grow pastures, the minimum number of cattle to deliver to the abattoir, the minimum beef production and the type of feedlot that will be constructed.
However, the audit did not get the business plans from investors for analysis. As a result, investors were rearing types of breeds that were not included as agreed, and they did not establish the minimum number of cattle to deliver to the abattoir. Consequently, the report reveals, type breeds unfit for meat production are being sold by Gako Meat Company.
{{Gaps in Girinka Program}}
Girinka program was initiated to reduce poverty through dairy cattle farming, improve livelihoods through increased milk consumption and income generation, improve agricultural productivity through the use of manure as fertilizer, improve soil quality and reduce erosion through the planting of grasses and tree.
From January 2016 to June 2021, the Government invested Rwf18 billion in this program. However, the audit of this program indicated that contradicting criteria between Ubudehe categorization and Girinka Program resulted in providing cows to beneficiaries incapable of managing them.
According to the program design, the eligible beneficiaries to benefit from Girinka Program should be in category 1 or 2 of Ubudehe, have well-constructed cowshed and at least 0.25 to 0.75 hectares of land for plantation and grazing. Category 1 is described as extremely poor family and category 2 as poor family. In addition, category 1 beneficiaries are those that neither own a house nor land.
This led districts to provide cows to beneficiaries who are incapable of keeping them to yield the intended quantities of milk. As a result, 23 beneficiaries returned cows to Districts’ authorities (Burera and Bugesera). Besides, the report noted instances where cowsheds were not adequate to keep cows in good condition. Consequently, the Districts registered death of 1,570 cows in three (3) years due to poor maintenance.
At the start of the program in 2016, MINAGRI identified 1,037,111 poor families to be considered for the program with equivalent number of cows needed to accomplish the program objectives. A baseline survey was not conducted to establish the number and localities of eligible beneficiaries who need cows as required in the concept note.
The audit has established that RAB continues to inject funds into the program without updated information on the needs in each district. Up to the time of audit in October 2021, RAB had not established key performance indicators to measure the extent to which the program has met the target objectives, key achievements and areas that need improvement.
The move has been announced by Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations and Commander of Land Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) via Twitter handle.
Lt Gen Muhoozi made the revelation on Monday 16th May 2022 following discussions with Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) delegation led by the Head of Defence Intelligence, Brig Gen Vincent Nyakarundi.
“After 4 days of fruitful deliberations we have reached good resolutions on how to work together. Once again, I thank our two great Presidents Kaguta Museveni and Paul Kagame on revitalising our strong alliance! Viva UPDF! Viva RDF!”
On the fourth day of discussions on Monday 16th May 2022, it was reported that Sgt Major Robert Kabera was arrested. He had fled Rwanda to Uganda in 2020.
Sources reveal that Sgt Maj Robert who fled Rwanda after he was suspected of defiling 15-year daughter might be deported to Rwanda to face justice.
This has been revealed by the university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor designate in charge of academic research affairs, Dr. Catherine Wanjiku.
She said, whereas many people in the country may think the lab is for the exclusive use for the university’s students, anyone interested in learning English can do so at the facility.
English is the language of instruction at MKUR. For this reason, the university set up the lab to assist its students gain proficiency in the language.
MKUR receives students from different parts of the world. A good number of them come from French-speaking nations in Central and West Africa. In addition, other students hail from nations outside Africa. Some of them need to improve their English language skills.
English is a widely spoken language globally. It is the main language for international communication, business, academia, medicine, science, technology and law.
Informed by this fact, Rwanda adopted English as the third official language in the country.
Since 2008 when the government made that declaration, it has been encouraging Rwandans to acquire English language skills to be able to navigate today’s competitive world.
At MKUR, Rwandan students and their colleagues from other nations are helped to acquire English language skills with ease. The campus has a state-of-the-art English lab equipped with the latest audio technology used to train students so that they master the language.
“The lab supports students to learn and understand the English language. Our studies include different levels of English and combine reading, writing, listening and speaking. Its open to all MKUR campus-based students and those studying online. It’s also open to the general public for those who want to learn or improve their English language skills,” says Jean de Dieu, the English lab coordinator at the campus.
He further explained: “English being a popular language across the world, proficiency in it is a highly sought skill in the international work place.”
Jean De Dieu asserts that having English language skills gives those seeking international jobs an edge.
“Most professions in Rwanda need English speakers because of its significance to the business world and international trade. It is also the main language of the world and more than 500 million people use it every day. More than half of the world’s visited websites are in English.”
Dr. Wanjiku points out that many of the world’s best universities use English as the main language of instruction. She adds that huge volumes of books on diverse subjects taught at university are in English.
English language skills are therefore key in teaching and learning. “Therefore, the English lab plays a very important part in moulding students with little understanding of the English language,” she says.
MKUR attracts students from non-English speaking countries such as Mali, Chad, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) because of its commitment to teach English to non-speakers and those who want to improve their English skills, argues Dr. Wanjiku.
Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, MKUR is focused on growth. It is similarly committed to sensitising the public on the essence of learning English and welcomes people to study the language at its lab.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Hamdun Twizeyimana, the Police spokesperson for the Eastern region, said that four people were arrested during the separate operations, although others managed to flee back to Uganda.
“The rings were trying to sneak into the country cannabis, kanyanga and other assorted banned illicit gins, and plastic bags,” SP Twizeyimana said.
“During the operations, Police seized from the traffickers 5kgs of cannabis, over 40,000 pieces of plastic bags, 115 litres of kanyanga, 750 pieces of African gin and 83 pieces of zebra gin,” he added.
He identified those arrested as Samson Duhabwanayo, 20, who was caught with kanyanga and cartons of plastic bags, Gatanazi Felicien, 61, who was trafficking kanyanga and the duo of Ephraim Maniraguha, 24, and Suzanna Nyiramana, 40, who were also sneaking kanyanga into Rwanda.
“These are successful operations facilitated by credible information provided by the public, especially those residing on the borderline where smugglers and drug traffickers use porous entry points,” SP Twizeyimana said.
Kanyanga and other alcoholic beverages produced without complying with the set standards, are classified as simple narcotic drugs under the Ministerial order Nº 001/MoH/2019 of 04/03/2019 establishing the list of narcotic drugs and their categorisation. Cannabis is classified as a “very severe drug.”
Article 263 of law No 68/2018 of 30/08/2018 determining offenses and penalties in general, states that any person, who unlawfully produces, transforms, transports, stores, gives to another or who sells narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, commits an offence.
Upon conviction for “very severe narcotics,” the offender faces between 20 years and life imprisonment, and a fine of up to Rwf30 million.
In case of simple drugs, the offender faces between seven and ten years and a fine of not less than Rwf5 million but not more than Rwf10 million.
The court revealed that the decision was reached on grounds of evidences provided by the Prosecution noting that Ishimwe must be remanded for the sake of fair justice awaiting trial in substance.
Ishimwe is facing three charges related to sexual abuse against some of participants of Miss Rwanda beauty pageant which he organized for long.
These include rape, soliciting or offering sexual favours, and harassment connected to sexual relations.
The court has however said that there is no evidence pinning him to this crime.
On offering sexual favours, the court said that the accusation should be maintained since the suspect does not make clear how he would induce happiness to one of girls accusing him.
The court also resolved that the allegation of harassment related to sexual favours must be maintained considering the fact that the suspect went for a trip with a girl and called her during night hours asking for sexual relations.
Sgt Kabera is arrested following the search to his home over suspected illegal possession of a gun.
It is said that Sgt Robert has been arrested today morning and detained in Masanafu of Kampala.
Chimpreports has reported that Robert was arrested over allegedly sneaking a gun into Uganda.
Sergeant Major Kabera Robert gained popularity for his stage name ‘Sergeant Robert’.
Before fleeing, he was part of RDF Army Military Band renowned for his song ‘Impanda’ among other songs praising Rwanda’s army.
He fled RDF towards the end of 2020. At the time, it was said that he defiled his daughter aged 15 at his home in Ndera Sector of Gasabo District on 21st November 2020 and disappeared after committing the crime.
IGIHE learnt that Robert was ill-drunk before sexually assaulting his daughter.
Sources reveal that he might be sent to Rwanda, following his arrest, to face justice.
As he arrived in Uganda, Sergeant Robert appeared in an interview with Daily Monitor, Uganda based newspaper in which he confirmed to have escaped to Uganda where he was seeking asylum.
He explained that he fled the country on 18th November along with his wife through Kagitumba peripheral border lines. The former RDF soldier narrated that he left three children and a seven-month old child.
As he left the country with the child, the suspect was obstructed by flooded footpaths and decided to leave her in Rwanda lest she drowns.
His deportation to Rwanda will further evidence collaboration between both countries and efforts to restore relations to normal.
However, it won’t be the first time both countries exchange suspected criminals.
In 2013, Rwanda arrested Namuyimbwa Shanita alias ‘Bad Black’ who had illegally crossed to its land. He was not allowed to leave his country after he was convicted of funds misappropriation.
Before both countries’ relations worsened in 2017, Uganda had received more 26 suspected criminals from Rwanda to face justice at home.
In 2020, Rwanda and Uganda signed extradition treaty to exchange criminals at the 4th Quadripartite Summit of the Heads of state of Uganda, Rwanda, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed at mending bilateral relations held at Gatuna One Stop Border.
The extradition treaty constitutes, among others, the legal framework to handle cases of justice including those related to subversive activities practiced by either of the 2 countries’ nationals in the territory of the other party.
The treaty is of great significance as Rwanda accuses Uganda of sheltering suspected criminals and harbouring terrorist activities of rebel outfits including RNC, FDLR and RUD among others intending to threaten Rwanda’s security.
This was indicated in the the Auditor General’s report for the fiscal year 2020/2021 presented to the parliament on 12th May 2022.
WASAC was created in 2014. The Auditor General has indicated that the institution has been making losses since its creation that cumulatively stood at Rwf19.1 billion as at 30th June 2021.
Apart from losses in the management of WASAC, it is reported that the institution has unpaid debts including Rwf17.5 billion from Bank of Kigali to be repaid in 10 years.
The institution is also said to have another debt worth Rwf400 billion from the African Development Bank. The latter will be repaid in 16 years after a grace period of eight years at an interest rate of 2.5% per annum.
According to the report, this was exacerbated by the continued increase in non-revenue water from 44.1 % for the year ended 30 June 2020 to 45.6 % for the year ended 30 June 2021.
The Auditor General’s report showed that WASAC has in some instances paid the fixed cost of water at a treatment plant’s full capacity yet the consumption is below installed capacity.
From 19th January 2021 (being the service commencement date) to 31 March 2022, WASAC Ltd had incurred fixed costs amounting to US$ 3,825,232.66 (Rwf3.8 billion) for unsupplied water of 6,074,469.06 m3.
It has been also observed that WASAC’s water production reduced by 10% (on average, 6,392 m3 per day) which is related to its poor infrastructures.
Due to this reason, distributing water in districts of Kigali City is still a challenge where the institution has been devising water distribution policy from 2018 to March 2022 to the areas of Remera, Kanombe, Gikondo and Nyarugenge to address shortage.
Despite improvements in some areas, some parts of Kigali get water from one to four days per week.
According to Priority Area 5 of the National Strategy for Transformation One (NST1), the country is aiming to move towards a modern Rwandan household by increasing access to sanitation and hygiene from 87.6% in 2017 to 100% in 2024 and waste management systems were to be developed in cities, towns, and rural areas.
To support the realization of the above-mentioned objective, the Government of Rwanda acquired financing of US$ 440,442,000 for key investments from African Development Bank through Rwanda Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Projection (RSWSSP).
The City of Kigali has 1.3 million inhabitants but does neither have a centralized treatment facility for sewage nor a system of central sewer networks.
It has been four years since the project of setting up a sewerage system in Kigali City was designed. The Kigali Centralized Sewerage System was supposed to be completed in December 2021 at a tune of cost € 96 million as one of key investments to achieve the NST1 objective.
The completion period was extended to June 2023. However, at the time of the audit in March 2022, WASAC Ltd was still conducting the procurement process.
During field visits conducted in March 2022, the audit team observed that some water treatment plants were not operating. These include Cyunyu with the capacity to produce 1200 m3 per day. It was closed in 2017 due to high operating cost.
Another one is Gihengeli with the capacity to produce 3500 m3 per day. The plant does not operate during the rainy season and the infrastructure was old.
There are other plants that need to be rehabilitated with urgency to increase production capacity. These include Rwabusoro in Ngoma District and Nyamabuye in Gicumbi District.
The report also pointed out other anomalies including lack of water in Higiro-Kigembe-Mukindo water supply system along 104.3 kilometers. The system to distribute water to the districts of Gisagara and Nyaruguru was completed at a cost of Rwf3.5 billion. The issue arose five months after the infrastructure’s handover to officials.
{{Gaps in costly electronic management system}}
WASAC was created in 2014 replacing EWSA. To efficiently fulfill its duties, WASAC invested Rwf2.4 billion in a technology meant to facilitate service delivery and oversee water treatment, distribution and renovation of infrastructures.
The technology include the Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system used to enhance resources and projects management among others.
The institution also invested in Customer Management System (CMS), Geographical Information System (GIS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA).
The report indicated that the management of these systems are not promising to serve the purpose yet they took huge investments.
Moreover, it has been observed that there are former employees of the company who still have valid passwords granting them access to the systems which might provide loopholes for data leaks.
Among others, a total of 29,981 subscribers were reported to have water meters with similar serial numbers.
