Busasamana Sector executive secretary, Epimaque Uwimana told IGIHE that the executive was arrested in the act by security personnel.
“It is true. Yesterday, the executive secretary went to meet Epimaque Hakizimana in Gasiza centre who gave him Rwf20,000. Because the police were nearby, they asked what he was giving him the money for, to which the executive said he didn’t know,” he said.
He added that Hakizimana was asked what he gave the executive money for, and responded that they had agreed on the money to allow him make local brews.
The executive secretary suspected of soliciting bribes is in police custody at Busasamana Police Station.
According to a study conducted by Transparency International Rwanda in 2016, Rubavu District local government was found to be the most corrupt at a ranking of 22.7%.
The forth article of the law against corruption stipulates that anyone who requests or offers, in any way, something, to himself or to any other person or agrees to it in order to do or not do something in their duties or to perform his or her duties in order to do or not do so, commits a crime.
When convicted by court, he or she is sentenced to a term of more than five years but not more than seven years and a fine of Rwandan Francs from about 3 to 5 percent of the total amount of gains they requested or received.
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