Police held a meeting with security officers of commercial motorcycle cooperatives and associations operating in Kigali to lay strategies on how to deal with security challenges faced and caused by people in the taxi motorcycle business.
During the meeting held on June 17 at the RNP headquarters in Kacyiru, the security officers observed that they are facing a challenge of motorcycle theft where some people pose as passengers and assault motorcyclists before stealing their motorcycles.
Some of the motorcycles, they said, are sold in the neighboring countries while others are sold as spare parts.
Felix Ruhinda, coordinator of motorcycle cooperatives in the country also said that most of the operators hide under the night darkness to operate without driving licence and other required documents.
Among the resolutions taken after the meeting security officers agreed to work from morning till midnight, those drivers who work at night shift to be holding their driving license.
With partnership with police they agreed to fight those with bad habit of stealing motorcycles, work with discipline and work six additional hours.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Theos Badege, Commissioner for Criminal Investigation Department to be vigilant in their duties identify defiant members and share information with security organs on anything that might affect them in their businesses.
ACP Badege urged them to be security conscious especially with people they transported at night.
It was agreed during the meeting that the security officers increase working hours to be able to identify undisciplined members.
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