{Gicumbi residents are worried over increased cases of theft by people armed with machetes and swords, calling on the concerned parties to work towards eliminating the vise. } <\/p>\n
The robbers, said to be young men, kidnap residents and take them to a location known as Gatete in Kaniga sector, robbing them clean of whatever they would have been found with.<\/p>\n
Gatete is a stretch in Mulindi locality of Byumba, where thieves waylay traders taking produce and merchandise to markets, coercing them to \u2018pay taxes\u2019 or else rob them of all the goods. <\/p>\n
One of residents who talked to TV1 said that these bandits recently robbed his merchandise worth Rwf 500,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey stopped me along the way and stole my merchandise worth Rwf 500,000, part which was from a loan I got from a bank,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The acting executive secretary of Kaniga sector, Bangirana Jean Marie Vianney said that the matter of thievery is being addressed. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have taken measures. Citizens and security personnel collaborate in patrols,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Residents, however, have requested investigations into the matter of people asking taxes along the highway since they even issue receipts to people they cheat in \u2018collecting taxes.\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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