{"id":1483,"date":"2012-01-05T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nyagasozi-local-leader-arrested-for-bullying\/"},"modified":"2012-01-05T13:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T13:59:48","slug":"nyagasozi-local-leader-arrested-for-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nyagasozi-local-leader-arrested-for-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyagasozi Local Leader Arrested for Bullying Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Nyanza district Mayor Abdallah Murenzi has confirmed the arrest of Cassien Rukundo of Kabilizi sector for alledgedly attacking and injuring several residents at Nyagasozi cell with a mob of local night guards (Abanyarondo).}}<\/p>\n

\u201cRukundo is being interogated by Police. We will communicate the outcomes to the press once Police investigations are concluded,\u201d Murenzi noted.<\/p>\n

Rukundo is a local leader at Kabilizi sector in charge of development. He was arrested following a petition filed by area residents accusing him of bullying locals and denying them various rights.<\/p>\n

Victims claim that it was not the first time they were harassed by Rukundo. He allegedly whips residents with a stick especially when residents fail to attend the monthly communal service (Umuganda) and defaulting local medical insurance (mutuelle de sant\u00e9 ).<\/p>\n

Rukundo however argues that he whipped a team of thugs that had attacked him and a team of local night guards (abanyarondo) on the eve of new year while on a patrol. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn our way to Muhanga center in the night we met a man who was grazing his cattle in another person\u2019s garden. When we questioned him about illegally grazing in someones land, he agreed to pay a fine of Frw 5,000.
\nHe later went to a nearby house and returned with a group of more than 20 people. We had no choice but ran away before they would attack us.”<\/p>\n

Rukundo claims he didn\u2019t attack anyone that night but later conducted an operation in the area the following day to arrest some suspects.<\/p>\n

During the operation he allegedly whipped several people with a team of night Guards loyal to him and three residents were seriously wounded in the operation. <\/p>\n

Marcel Makuza a victim who has been bandaged on his skull disclosed that he was beaten without any committing any crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I walked home from the market I found several men along the way, I greeted them however, one of them said that I was among the people who attacked them on the eve of New Year and they immediately started beating me mercilessly despite my innocence,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n

Pauline Mutabaruka the executive secretary of Nyagasozi noted that tough actions should be taken against bully leaders. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe appoint them to lead us not to injure people when they are in the wrong. They shouldn\u2019t take the law in their hands,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n

She condemned the attack of a Muragijimana a 15 year old boy who sustained injuries on his left eye.<\/p>\n

Another resident only indetified as Bimenyimana disclosed that he has been harassed in the past by Rukundo for lacking mutuelle de sant\u00e9 yet among the vulnerable in the community. <\/p>\n

Source: IGITONDO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

{{Nyanza district Mayor Abdallah Murenzi has confirmed the arrest of Cassien Rukundo of Kabilizi sector for alledgedly attacking and injuring several residents at Nyagasozi cell with a mob of local night guards (Abanyarondo).}} \u201cRukundo is being interogated by Police. We will communicate the outcomes to the press once Police investigations are concluded,\u201d Murenzi noted. Rukundo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[158],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-b_igi_adm1n"],"bylines":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":1}],"contributors":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":1}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}