{Rwanda National Police (RNP) received two delegates from the Zambian Police who are on a five-day official tour to collect experiences on how the Rwanda Police College operates and how it has empowered officers. }
The two officials include the Chief of Research and Planning in the Zambian Police, Senior Superintendent of Police, Derrick Chongo, and the Acting Director of Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs, John Phiri.
The visit is aimed at helping the Zambian government to set up its own Police College that is similar to that of Rwanda, in order to improve the skills and knowledge of their police forces, but also cut the cost of training, which the government incurs year on year.
They were received by Commissioner of Police, Bruce Munyambo at the RNP Headquarters in Kaciru, alongside other senior Police officers.
In his presentation, CP Munyambo told the delegation that the National Police College (NPC) in Musanze District has progressed into an international centre of excellence in police training and development.
“The National Police College in Musanze, the Police Training School in Gishari and the Counter Terror Training Centre in Mayange, have had a big role in professionalizing the force in a very short period of time. They have helped to build the capacity of officers and equipped them with relevant skills,” Munyambo said.
“Our future prospect is to open up schools that offer tailor-made courses for our officers pursuing Masters of Science in information Security and Masters in Criminal Justice and Human Rights.”
He also commended the good relationship between RNP and the Zambian Police, adding that RNP schools were established not just to serve Rwandan officers but to provide high quality training to officers from other African nations.
The Zambian official, SSP Derrick Chongo, commended RNP for having a model college that other Africa states can benefit from, adding that the national Police in Zambia is planning to construct a college modeled around what Rwanda already has.
“What we have seen so far is impressive – we have not seen it elsewhere on the continent. We will be reviewing the curriculum at these Police schools as well as look into how they are funded and then report back to our government on how best to implement our own school,” Chongo said.
“What we seek for is professionalism. We want our Police to be self sufficient and train its officers on its own without relying on other schools, which are usually very expensive. We are glad that such an important lesson can be picked from our good partners in Rwanda.”
Police officers from Rwanda and other African countries have graduated from the three police academies and schools. They offer a wide range of trainings in forensic science, police professional studies, law and criminology, information security, as well as intermediate command and staff courses and senior command courses.
The schools also offer information technology courses, driving lessons, basic and cadet courses.
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