{Twenty-three Rwanda National Police (RNP) will, this Sunday depart for a one year peacekeeping duties under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).}
The officers, who will be serving as Individual Police Officers (IPOs) join other over 180 Rwandan police officers already deployed in South Sudan.
The UNMISS Police Commissioner; Commissioner of Police (CP) Bruce Munyambo and the Chief of Operations CP Emmanuel Butera are also Rwandans.
Rwanda, which is among the major contributors of peacekeepers globally, maintains about 1000 officers including five Formed Police Units (FPUs) contingents of 750 officers, in seven missions.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Emmanuel K. Gasana, during a pre-deployment briefing on Saturday, urged the officers to serve the people of South Sudan with dignity and discipline.
“The one year period that you will spend in peacekeeping mission should be a year of serving professionally, selflessness and dedication, while maintaining main objectives of the mission mandate,” IGP Gasana told the officers
“To achieve your mission mandate, you must uphold RNP and National values, know and do what’s required” he added.
The IGP reminded them always be quick to report to their superiors should they encounter any challenging situations
He wished them a safe journey and again appealed to them to work as a team with other peacekeepers.
Meanwhile, the Police Chief later debriefed other 15 IPOs including nine female officers , who returned home separately after successfully completing their one year in Central African Republic, Haiti and Ivory Coast.
He reminded the returned officers that a lot has been achieved while they were away and urged them to use the gained experience in their new deployments.
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