{{Students of the College of Arts and social sciences (CASS), Huye Campus have been challenged to spearhead the transformation of the country by fighting any sort of negative ideologies and crimes in general.}}
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Damas Gatare, while briefing students on the security status in the country, on April 10, at their campus in Huye, said there is security and safety in the country, but added that there is need to strengthen cooperation to fight few security threats that still exist.
“As we remember the tragedy that befell Rwanda 20 years ago, we should maintain a spirit of joint efforts, through community policing, to fight negative ideologies which could lead the country into another genocide,” ACP Gatare, the Commissioner for Public Relations and Community Policing in Rwanda National Police, told students.
“Police and army cannot work independently; you should play your role towards your country’s security and development,” ACP Gatare, who doubles as RNP spokesperson, added.
He also briefed them on the forces policies to improve security in and outside the country including working with the youth and the general public to share information to prevent criminal acts like drug abuse, training and equipping officers with relevant skills to deal with modern policing challenges and partnering with regional and international police forces and organizations to fight transnational crimes.
The Rwanda National Police is currently a member of various regional and international police organizations like EAPCCO, EASFCOM, Interpol and is engaged in eight peacekeeping missions.
The force, he said, also established an anti-corruption unit, toll-free lines to fight graft within the force and also ease the police-public communication in crime prevention.
ACP Gatare thanked those students in anti-crime clubs and challenged them to concentrate their studies to be future drivers of the country’s development.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Nzabamwita, the Military and Defence spokesperson, who also briefed the students on the pre-conflict Rwanda and the role of RDF and RNP in stabilising the country, said the genocidal forces hauled-up in the jungles of the eastern DRC are not “threat to the development of Rwanda.”
He instead outlined genocide ideology, illiteracy, and diseases as some of the threats that the country is addressing.
“As academicians, you should mind more about these and other similar threats to further liberate the country. We cannot forget what happened in our country in 1994; as we mourn our loved ones, let’s continue to be active citizens and remember you are the mantle of the post-genocide Rwanda,” Brig. Gen. Nzabamwita said.
Naome Nayebare, a third year Law student commended security organs for their role in maintaining safety in the country.
She also lauded RNP’s Community Policing strategies to prevent crimes and appealed to fellow students and the youth give no ears to rumours and misleading information on internet.
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