Rwanda National Police (RNP), yesterday, paraded three people, including two housemaids suspected to have stolen about Rwf10 million from their employer.<\/p>\n
The house-help identified as Solange Nikuze and Sarafine Twizerimana allegedly stole US$11, 400 and Rwf560, 000 after breaking into their employer’s bedroom on December 11.<\/p>\n
They were arrested in Kicukiro on December 14, where all the money was also recovered from the suspects and returned to the rightful owner identified as David Isanga.<\/p>\n
While narrating on how they hatched the plan to steal the money, Nikuze said: \u201cWe planned it and we made a copy of the key of his bedroom, we waited for the day when he wasn\u2019t home, we opened his room and stole the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her accomplice, Twizerimana told journalists that after stealing the money, they panicked \u201cbecause it was too much and in the process, we were arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reacting to the incident, the Central region Police Spokesperson, Supt. Emmanuel Hitayezu said: \u201cOn December 11, Isanga filed a theft case upon realising that his money was missing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe immediately started investigations which led us to the two ladies. We found them with all the money and we returned to the rightful owner,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He, however, went on to advise the public against keeping large sums of money at home to prevent temptations and ensure safety of their finances.<\/p>\n
Upon receiving his money, Isanga expressed his gratitude toward RNP for the quick response and recovering his money.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am overwhelmed by the professionalism and commitment RNP officers showed throughout the process. They worked day and night and explored all possible avenues to ensure that they get to the real suspects and recover my money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Explaining why he was keeping large sums of money at home, Isanga said: \u201cI was supposed to pay off someone but he told me he was an Adventist and couldn\u2019t take cash on a Saturday, that\u2019s how I ended up keeping the money home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, this is a lesson that everyone should learn from. It also signifies the importance of reporting to police as soon as you encounter such a challenges because it also helps them to act in real time to intercept suspects and recover what was stolen,\u201d Isanga added.<\/p>\n
In a related development, police also paraded Ibrahim Kubwimana, who was arrested in connection with forgery and counterfeiting official documents including land titles, tender documents, Identification cards and stamps, among others.<\/p>\n
At the time of his arrest on December 14, Kubwimana was found in possession of 22 fake stamps, forged land titles, academic transcripts as well as a forged National IDs.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that he was forging and selling tender documents to those who were applying for bank loans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe received information about a habitual forger and trailed him up to his workplace in the city centre in Kigali, where we caught him red-handed forging a national ID and a police service card,\u201d Supt. Hitayezu said.<\/p>\n
He was apparently selling them at Rwf160,000 each.<\/p>\n
He warned the public against falsifying legal documents and instruments.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations are still going on to find out if there are other forgeries or accomplices. Even those that hold such fake documents will be prosecuted,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n
Under article 609 of the penal code, “any person who forges or alters documents by forged signature or fingerprint, falsifying documents or signatures or impersonation, forging agreements, its provisions, obligations, discharged obligations shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of more than five to seven years and a fine of Rwf300, 000 to Rwf3 million.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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