{{Police has detained Kalisa Christopher, Executive secretary of Rubavu district, Bihingiro John, former Gisenyi Prison Boss and Mugume James, the prison\u2019s accountant both accused of conniving to mismanage public funds.}}<\/p>\n
Prosecution alleges that the officials used fake documents to pay an entrepreneur who had won the tender to supply food items to the prison, for the job he never did.<\/p>\n
Kalisa Christopher is particularly accused of paying the entrepreneur 7 million Rwandan francs, while, the Prison boss, James Mugume, who was the entrepreneur, along with Bihingiro are facing charges of using fake documents to pay the contractor.<\/p>\n
Alain Mukuralinda the spokesman of the national public prosecution authority told Press that the men are currently facing two counts which are mismanagement of public finances, and using fake documents.<\/p>\n
He said if found guilty they could face prison sentences between 5 to 20 years.<\/p>\n
Subject to provisions of the law, the crime of mismanagement of public servants attracts between 5 to 20 years, while forgery attracts between 5 to 10 year prison sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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