{Police in Nyagatare District is holding a man accused of attempting to bribe a local leader, who was following up his alleged medical-related business, without qualifications.}
Valens Habyarimana, who owns a pharmacy in Tabagwe Sector, was arrested red-handed on March 21 while offering a bribe of Rwf100, 000 to the sector executive secretary.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the local leader recently went to the suspect’s pharmacy, while in line of his duty, only to find that Habyarimana was operating without required medical qualifications.
“On Monday, Habyarimana came to his office with an envelope which he offered to the local leader, on opening it he found in Rwf100, 000.
When the local leaders asked him what the money was for, he argued that it was just a token he was offering to him to bury to pharmacy issue,” said Inspector of Police (IP) Emmanuel Kayigi, Police Spokesperson for the Eastern Province.
“The local leader then called police, who arrested the suspect before leaving the office,” he added.
Habyarimana, argued that he studied in the Democratic Republic of Congo and that his academic transcripts were still in Goma.
“Rwf100, 000 is more enough for one to travel to Goma to collect his academic transcript instead of committing a crime, which is a taboo in Rwanda. This act is an indication that he could have been operating illegally without required academic qualifications, which will also be followed to find out the reality of it,” IP Kayigi explained.
He appealed to people, especially those dealing in medical related business, to follow all required standards owing to the fact that tilting from the standards can be “disastrous” and puts the public in a danger of being given wrong and harmful medical services.
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