{"id":38817,"date":"2019-01-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rib-warns-against-the-theft-of-water-equipment\/"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:03:41","slug":"rib-warns-against-the-theft-of-water-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rib-warns-against-the-theft-of-water-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"RIB warns against the theft of water equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, 27 January, RIB investigators detained Saveri Ngayabahiga, 22, who is suspected to be in the clique of thieves, after a tip-off from the public. The investigators\u2019 search into Ngayabahiga\u2019s house discovered a number of smashed digital water meters. Residents accuse him of shattering stolen water meters before selling them as scrap metals. Ngayabahiga denies the accusation.<\/p>\n<p>RIB Spokesperson, Modeste Mbabazi said the suspect is charged with \u201ctheft and aggravated circumstances of theft under article 166 and 167 of the law determining offenses and penalties in general, since the suspect is believed to carry out the theft at night\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Article 166 states that \u201cAny person convicted of theft is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than one million Rwandan francs (FRW 1,000,000) and not more than two million Rwandan francs (FRW 2,000,000), community service in a period of six (6) months or only one of these penalties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mbabazi issued a warning to the culprits and pledged that RIB will continue working closely with the public to stop the illegal acts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask the public to always report such incidents of theft to help prevent further damage to their properties,\u201d said RIB Spokesperson. <\/p>\n<p>Aim\u00e9 Muzola, the CEO of Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) lauded RIB\u2019s investigators in detaining the suspect and urged the public to share related information on time to curb the vice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI request our clients to own the safety and protection of these pieces of equipment and in case of any suspicion, to report to relevant authorities,\u201d the CEO said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28103 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2019-01-30_at_16.22.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28105 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2019-01-30_at_16.22.20_1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda Investigation Bureau is investigating cases of theft and vandalization of water meters in Gisozi sector. This comes after residents raised concerns of rampant stealing of these meters in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38817","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38817"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38817"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}