He was arrested on 12th April 2021. <\/p>\n
IGIHE has learnt that the man is suspected to have defiled her daughter two times in 2019 when the girl was aged 17. <\/p>\n
The spokesperson of RIB, Dr. Murangira B. Thierry has confirmed to IGIHE that the man was arrested for interrogation on alleged charges. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe man is detained at RIB station in Nyamata as investigation is underway to record files that will be transferred to the Prosecution,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Dr. Murangira assured that the institution is standby to hold accountable defilement suspects. <\/p>\n
\u201cRIB reminds Rwandans that it won\u2019t tolerate whoever committing such crime of defilement. People should continue to stand against such vice because it is punishable by laws,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n
Figures show that defilement cases have been on rise whereby 17, 849 were impregnated in 2016 and 17,337 in 2017. In 2018, the number increased to 19,832 while a total of 15,656 teens were defiled and impregnated between January and June 2019. <\/p>\n
Upon conviction, a person who commits child defilement is liable to imprisonment for a period of not less than 20 years and not more than 25 years, if the victim is 14 years or older.<\/p>\n
If child defilement is committed on a child under fourteen (14) years, the penalty is life imprisonment that cannot be mitigated by any circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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