{Two officials from the Zanzibar’s Anti-corruption and Economic Crimes Authority (ZAECA), yesterday, visited Rwanda National Police (RNP) General Headquarters as part of their tour to learn best practices in fighting economic crimes against graft.}<\/p>\n
Shashid Said Selimena, one of the officials, said that Rwanda’s strategic approach at all levels including RNP, makes it one of the best places to visit and to learn from.<\/p>\n
\u201cZanzibar\u2019s anti-corruption and economic crimes authority is a relatively new body, setup in 2013, but willing to learn from best practices elsewhere,\u201d Selimena said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis visit to Rwanda and the police in particular is a great learning experience that will inform Zanzibar\u2019s strategies against graft in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRwanda\u2019s anti-corruption initiatives, mainly the political will, should be copied by countries in the region and Africa at large, to minimize the impact corruption presents to the development of nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Celestin Twahirwa, the Commissioner for Community policing in RNP, who received the officials, explained to them that the struggle to combat graft in Rwanda is a \u201cconcerted effort from both state and non-state actors and members of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an inter-state agency coordination mechanism where information about graft is exchanged without compromising each other\u2019s core functions\u201d ACP Twahirwa said.<\/p>\n
He said that through this complimentary role speareheaded by top leadership and political will, Rwanda has been able to curtail corruption to significant levels.<\/p>\n
He said police uses different forms of dialogue through community policing methods and media to sensitize and involve the public in fighting corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice has partnerships with various stakeholders including youth organizations, community policing committees, anti-crime clubs, and unique partnership with public and private institutions, to weed out corruption jointly\u201d he noted<\/p>\n
ACP Twahirwa also explained that within the police structures, an ant-corruption and embezzlement units were established to specifically fight corruption in and outside the police.<\/p>\n
International and regional reports rank Rwanda one of the least corrupt countries globally.<\/p>\n
Source:Police <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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