The Ministry of Justice (MINIJUST) is seeking ways of recovering public misappropriated funds.
Isabelle Kalihangabo, the Permanent Secretary/Solicitor General in the Ministry of Justice, however said there are still challenges of establishing competitive processes and procedures of identifying properties and wealth amassed from misappropriated public wealth since many culprits don’t register their wealth altogether.
Kaliningabo made the observation during the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on the contribution of the judicial sector in the promotion and enforcement of accountability that brought together judges and other employees of justice ministries from Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and Congo Brazaville where she noted that Rwanda has ensured necessary processes to track agents of wealth misappropriation even though the recovery of wealth has not fully succeeded.
“Culprits in swindling public funds or misappropriation as identified by the Office of the Auditor General, the national Office of the Ombudsman and other judicial organs are penalized. However, at times it becomes difficult to recover the wealth since much of it is not registered in their names,” she said.
She added that the ministry of justice is seeking how to freeze property accumulated as a result of misappropriation and swindling.
“Even when the property is registered in other people’s names, but there is ample evidence to prove impropriety, the ministry of justice should look for ways of recovering the wealth, no matter how long it takes,” she said.
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