{"id":44243,"date":"2021-08-26T14:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/dr-bihira-arrested-over-alleged-embezzlement\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:23:08","slug":"dr-bihira-arrested-over-alleged-embezzlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dr-bihira-arrested-over-alleged-embezzlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bihira arrested over alleged embezzlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Bihira who served for different banks in Rwanda has been currently heading a microfiance known as African Agency for Development and Environmental Project (AFADE). <\/p>\n<p> He was arrested on Wednesday 25th August 2021.  <\/p>\n<p>IGIHE has learnt that Dr. Bihira, 61, has been mobilizing people to buy shares in AFADE promising them quick profits.  <\/p>\n<p>It is said that the latter lured members of the public with promises to conduct feasibility study for their projects free of charge and provide loans through Kanani Project affiliated to AFADE.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am among people whom he fleeced money. I have evidences. We made contributions which he embezzled to solve his problems,\u201d a witness has revealed. <\/p>\n<p>It is said that unwitting members of the public contributed Rwf16, 000,000 at different times but never received anything despite claims for their money.  <\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson of RIB, Dr. Thierry B. Murangira has confirmed that Dr. Bihira is held in custody over illegally obtaining another person\u2019s property.   <\/p>\n<p>He also reminded the public that the institution won\u2019t tolerate anyone involved in such fraudulent acts.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRIB reminds all members of the public to be cautious in case they are promised quicker profits. They should be far-sighted and make thorough deductions to confirm if the promise can be fulfilled,\u201d he noted.  <\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Dr. Bihira is detained at Kacyiru RIB Post as investigation is underway to file his case to the Prosecution.  <\/p>\n<p>Clause One of article 174 of the law determining offences and penalties in general in Rwanda, defines fraud as deception, obtaining another person\u2019s property, whole or part of his\/her finance by use of false names or qualifications, or offering positive promises or threats of future misfortunes.<\/p>\n<p>Clause Two of the same article provides a term of imprisonment of between two and three years, and a fine of not less than Rwf3 million but not more than Rwf5 million, upon conviction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39311 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dr_bihira_pierre_canisius_akurikiranyweho_icyaha_cyo_kwihesha_ikintu_cy_undi_hakoreshejwe_uburiganya.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Pierre Canisius Bihira has been arrested over alleged swindling to take possession of another person\u2019s property. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has confirmed having in custody, an expert and economic analyst identified as Dr. Pierre Canisius Bihira over alleged swindling to take possession of another person\u2019s property.}<\/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":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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\/44243","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=44243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44243"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44243"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}