The motorcycle registration number RG 935Y, was impounded earlier after the suspect was found riding without a driver’s license.<\/p>\n
The police spokesperson for the Eastern region, Superintendent of Police (SP) Hamdun Twizeyimana said that the suspect was arrested in Gashenyi cell, Rukomo sector after he tried to give a bribe of Rwf11,000.<\/p>\n
“Police officers on duty stopped the rider and found him, among others, without a driver’s license, and his motorcycle was impounded,” SP Twizeyimana said.<\/p>\n
Instead of going through the right channels, SP Twizeyimana added, the suspect tried to seduce the Police officers with a bribe of Rwf11,000 to release his motorcycle illegally and to prevent related fines.<\/p>\n
He was immediately taken into custody over bribery and handed over to RIB at Gatunda station.<\/p>\n
SP Twizeyimana warned against riding or driving without a driver’s license and violating other road safety standards.<\/p>\n
“The thinking that you will give a bribe and get away with the offence is a misplaced idea that will only lead to imprisonment. You can imagine, this was a traffic offence which became criminal for something avoidable,” he warned.<\/p>\n
Article 4 of the law N\u00b0 54\/2018 of 13\/08\/2018 on fighting against corruption states that any person who offers, solicits, accepts or receives, by any means, an illegal benefit for himself\/ herself or another person or accepts a promise in order to render or omit a service under his or her mandate or uses his or her position to render or omit a service, commits an offence. <\/p>\n
Upon conviction, he\/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of more than five (5) years but not more than even (7) years with a fine of three (3) to five (5) times the value of the illegal benefit offered, solicited or received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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