{"id":48139,"date":"2023-05-23T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rib-denies-minister-s-arrest-over-bribery-amidst-viral-speculation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:47:49","slug":"rib-denies-minister-s-arrest-over-bribery-amidst-viral-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rib-denies-minister-s-arrest-over-bribery-amidst-viral-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"RIB denies Minister’s arrest over bribery amidst viral speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Monday evening, series of tweets started spreading, claiming that a minister had been arrested for receiving bribe at a hotel in Remera. <\/p>\n

The person was described as an individual passionate about sports and an active participant in the popular bi-monthly sports event, Car Free Day, in Kigali. These rumors gained traction and sparked debates on various social media platforms throughout Tuesday, May 23, 2023.<\/p>\n

RIB’s spokesperson, Dr. Murangira B. Thierry has confirmed to IGIHE that the information was baseless and affirmed that no high-ranking official was arrested at the mentioned hotel. <\/p>\n

“No high-ranking official has been arrested at a hotel. The information is unfounded,” he stated.<\/p>\n

While arrests of high-ranking officials for corruption are not uncommon in Rwanda, it is important to note that such incidents do not correspond to the current case. <\/p>\n

It is worth mentioning that the recent arrest of Edouard Bamporiki, the former State Minister in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, had attracted significant media attention. <\/p>\n

In January, Bamporiki was sentenced to a five-year prison term by the High Court after being convicted of fraudulent acquisition and abuse of power. He is currently serving his sentence at Mageragere Prison.<\/p>\n

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{Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has reacted to rumors circulating on social media regarding the arrest of a minister for corruption. The bureau clarified that no minister has been apprehended for receiving bribery, contrary to the viral rumors.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000056526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000056526,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghghhgh.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghghhgh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghghhgh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghghhgh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghghhgh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghghhgh.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48139","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=48139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000056526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48139"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=48139"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=48139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}