{"id":43195,"date":"2021-03-30T07:31:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/unmiss-rwanda-deploys-second-batch-of-police-peacekeepers\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T07:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:34:01","slug":"unmiss-rwanda-deploys-second-batch-of-police-peacekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/unmiss-rwanda-deploys-second-batch-of-police-peacekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMISS: Rwanda deploys   second batch of Police peacekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second batch of the FPU-1 contingent of 240 officers was deployed following the first cohort also of 80 officers deployed early this month.<\/p>\n<p>The second cohort was led by CSP Faustin Kalimba, the contingent commander, for a one year tour-of-duty.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner of Police (CP) Denis Basabose, Commissioner for Counter-terrorism saluted them off at Kigali International Airport on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Before their departure, they had spent 14 days in quarantine, all tested negative for Covid-19 and vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, later in the afternoon, CP Basabose also received a similar number of the replaced officers led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Gilbert Ryumugabe.<\/p>\n<p>It is also the second cohort to be replaced under the rotation exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The rotation in batches is part of the COVID-19 prevention measures, where they are also required to first undergo quarantine in South Sudan before starting their peacekeeping duties in Malakal, Upper Nile state.<\/p>\n<p>CP Basabose, who represented RNP leadership, thanked the replaced officers for their professionalism and discipline during the tour-of-duty.<\/p>\n<p>Their spirit, he added, maintained the good image of RNP and the country in general.<br \/>\n&#8220;Welcome back home&#8230; the RNP leadership commends yours service and for representing your country ably,&#8221; CP Basabose told the officers.<\/p>\n<p>The new arrivals will also be tested for COVID-19 and quarantined.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda FPU mission in Malakal is mostly charged with the protection of civilians in internally displaced camps, UN personnel, security of key installations and humanitarian assistance, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the deployment of FPU1-VI, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyuza urged them to be defined by their &#8220;professionalism, discipline, teamwork, integrity, values and alertness and the momentum to maintain and protect the image and reputation of their country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The rotation will be conducted in three phases as a deliberate effort to abide by the recommended health guidelines to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38178 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/the_second_cohort_was_led_by_chief_superintendent_of_police_csp_faustin_kalimba.jpg\" alt=\"The second cohort was led by Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Faustin Kalimba.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda National Police (RNP), on Monday, March 29, deployed the second cohort of 80 Police officers as part of the ongoing rotation of the Formed Police Unit-One (FPU-1) contingent serving under the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"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-43195","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\/43195","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43195"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=43195"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=43195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}