According to a Statement from yesterday’s Cabinet Meeting that took place in Village Urugwiro, chaired by President Kagame, the Head of State pardoned juveniles after displaying good behaviors and passed National Examinations with very high grades.
“Pursuant to the powers conferred upon him by the laws, His Excellency the President of the Republic informed the Cabinet Meeting that he granted mercy to 18 youth who were serving their respective sentences in Nyagatare Prison and who displayed good behavior and passed national examinations with very high grades,” reads the Statement of the Cabinet Meeting.
In National Examination results for Primary and Ordinary level, students who sat for last year exams which was unveiled early this month, the juveniles passed with good grades.
Among 15 boys and one girl who sat for primary leaving examinations, the performance was thus; eight in first grade, seven in the second grade and one in third grade.
Of the five students who sat for Ordinary Level National examinations, one got first grade, two in second and two more in the fourth.
Speaking to IGIHE, the Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) Spokesperson, CIP HillarySengabo said that of the 22 students who sat for national exams, four of them had completed their termin jail.
RCS, in a statement said that “18 students who passed well in National Examination and pardoned by the Cabinet Meeting, will be released today from Nayagatare Prison,”.
Last year, President Kagame also pardoned other 16 juveniles who passed National Exams with high grades.
Yesterday’s Cabinet Meeting also approved the Ministerial Order granting release on parole to 392 inmates who have fulfilled legal requirements.
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